Wales Tourism and Visit Planning

Why Use Priceline.com?
An Interview with Don Nadeau
Of BidonTravel.com

Holiday In Wales Rick Archer sat down with Don Nadeau, the president of BidonTravel.com, which provides Priceline bidding advice.

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Holiday Wales RA: Why would anyone want to use Priceline?

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Cottage Holiday In Wales DN: You'll save a lot of money.

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Caravan Holiday In Wales RA: Yes, but who wants to get up in time for a 6:00 a.m. flight? You can't pick your departure times or airline or anything like that.

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Camping Holiday Wales DN: Well, just use Priceline for air tickets when you're going to Australia or traveling at the last minute. You'll save hundreds of dollars. When you can plan your U.S. travel well in advance, Priceline may not be your best bet.

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Accommodation Holiday Wales But always bid on Priceline hotels. That's easy and you don't have to get up at 4:00 a.m.

Holiday Last Minute Wales RA: Sure, but I don't want to stay in some crummy place.

Catering Holiday Self Wales DN: No, no, no. Bid for three or four-star hotels. You pick the quality.

Holiday Wales Walking You'll end up at a Hyatt, Hilton, Holiday Inn Crown Plaza, Sheraton, Marriott, or Doubletree-someplace like these.

Family Holiday Wales And, over a few days, you'll save hundreds of dollars.

Holiday Riding Wales In fact, I predict you'll save on average at least $100 a night over the prices you get on Expedia, Hotels.com, or similar discount hotel sites. Priceline hotel savings average some 40 percent over these sites.

Adventure Holiday Wales RA: What about location?

Holiday Park South Wales DN: You pick that, too.

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Holiday In Wales RA: So you can't pick a specific hotel, just a general neighborhood?

Holiday Wales DN: That's right.

Cottage Holiday In Wales That's why hotels use Priceline to sell excess inventory at prices they don't want their regular customers to find out about.

Caravan Holiday In Wales RA: So would it be correct to assume that if there's a big event going on in the area and hotels are heavily booked, rooms won't be available through Priceline?

Camping Holiday Wales DN: Actually not.

Accommodation Holiday Wales Groups can book large blocks of rooms at hotels, then find out not as many are traveling, and release some rooms back to hotels. I once got a Priceline discount at the headquarters hotel of a huge medical convention at the last minute.

Holiday Last Minute Wales Priceline tells you if rooms are available before you bid.

Catering Holiday Self Wales RA: How do I know what to bid?

Holiday Wales Walking I have an entire site devoted to that! Go to the Priceline Hotels section of BidOnTravel.com.

Family Holiday Wales RA: Just give me three main tips.

Holiday Riding Wales DN: Okay. First, bid on three or four-star hotels. That's where the real savings are.

Adventure Holiday Wales Second, look up the best prices for the star quality and neighborhood you want on a site like Hotels.com. Knowledge is power, and that way you won't overbid.

Holiday Park South Wales Third, find out what Hotwire.com charges.

Cottage Holiday Wales Hotwire is Priceline's main competitor in the 'you don't find out the name of your hotel until you pay category,' and it's prices are usually a bit higher than Priceline's.

Holiday In Wales Therefore, bid 10 - 20 percent below Hotwire's price.

Holiday Wales See BidonTravel.com, though, if you want to refine this process to maximize your savings.

Cottage Holiday In Wales RA: What if I still overpay?

Caravan Holiday In Wales DN: Priceline has a best price guarantee.

Camping Holiday Wales If you book a room on Priceline, and then find a lower price on another website for the same type of room at the same hotel or resort on the same dates, Priceline will refund you the difference. There's some small print, such as "this rate has to be available to the general public and you have to make your claim within 24 hours of booking," but you really can't lose.

Accommodation Holiday Wales RA: There must be some drawbacks to using Priceline for hotels.

Holiday Last Minute Wales DN: There are.

Catering Holiday Self Wales Most importantly, you'll get no refund if you cancel. You won't be able to change dates.

Holiday Wales Walking Also, you'll usually end up with a standard room. At some hotels, these may not be large enough for more than two people.

Family Holiday Wales RA: What about smoking or nonsmoking?

Holiday Riding Wales DN: This is never absolutely guaranteed regardless of where you book.

Adventure Holiday Wales When using Priceline or other online sites, I usually call the hotel directly to make sure it has me on its nonsmoking list. I also try not to show up too late, when the hotel may have run out of certain types of rooms.

Holiday Park South Wales RA: Thanks. I'll try bidding next time after reading the tips on your site.

Cottage Holiday Wales Rick Archer is President of SearchSummit, a Search Engine Marketing company.

Holiday In Wales An extensive world traveler, Don Nadeau, president of BidonTravel.com, taught world geography for many years in both Canada and the United States, and developed the first high school level Urban Studies program in the U.S.
Don loves helping people travel "on the cheap," and frequently uses the advice found in BidonTravel to make his own trips more affordable.

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