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  • decides2dream
    decides2dream Posts: 14,977
    digitalkc wrote:
    Just booked a room at Club Quarters for $95 through Priceline "Name your own price".






    finally, me too!
    i've been bidding $90 for awhile, and getting nothing. upped my bid to $95...got the same place, for 10.30 and 10.31. shame to have missed out on the radisson deal but so it goes...i really would've preferred scoring the sheraton deal @ $89 that someone managed, only b/c i am a preferred guest member and it would've upped my points, but c'est la vie. this is still far better than the deal offered by sheraton for buy one night, 2nd night 50% off b/c that came to $60 a night per person, before fees....so more like $75 a night, whereas this is $57 pp a night with taxes and fees. so $18 a night saved pp, $36 total saved pp.....good enough for me! $$$ for a few more drinks, or the poster, whatever.... :mrgreen:

    just HAPPY to have a room!
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  • mydogmookieblaylock
    mydogmookieblaylock Posts: 2,996
    so if i fly in solo from Des Moines - what is my best / cheapest option - priceline style.....its just going to be me so i dont need a big or even a nice room - unless someone wants to split a room
  • Tuolumne Mama
    Tuolumne Mama Posts: 1,210
    You may want to check the Philly Preparty thread. There's a list of places that were offering specials - not sure if all or any are still available but it may be worth a look.
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  • PureandEasy
    PureandEasy Posts: 5,818
    For those who haven’t booked yet, I wouldn’t recommend a hotel near the airport, there’s nothing out there but the airport and hotels.

    I live in Jersey but since I have a friend coming into town from Seattle, we’re going to stay downtown at the Embassy Suites, right smack in the middle of the city, across from the Four Seasons. It’s accessible to all the public transportation, especially the Philadelphia Phlash, which runs from 10 to 6 every day and will take you from Penns Landing all the way to the Zoo and Please Touch Museum (and everything in between). You can get a pass for the day for $5. It won’t take you to the shows, but it will get you around a good bit.

    Here’s a link for more info on the Phlash.

    http://www.gophila.com/c/tours_and_tran ... /1303.html
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  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,255
    If anyone is going all week, I got the Embassy Suites Center City 3star hotel for $65 a night on Priceline last night. Probably helped I was staying 5 days, so the weekend folks may not be so lucky.
  • mydogmookieblaylock
    mydogmookieblaylock Posts: 2,996
    bootlegger10 wrote:
    If anyone is going all week, I got the Embassy Suites Center City 3star hotel for $65 a night on Priceline last night. Probably helped I was staying 5 days, so the weekend folks may not be so lucky.
    so the area i'm guessing was downtown?
  • PureandEasy
    PureandEasy Posts: 5,818
    Yes, if you're wondering, downtown Philly would be center city.
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  • The Fixer
    The Fixer Posts: 12,837
    PureandEasy wrote:
    For those who haven’t booked yet, I wouldn’t recommend a hotel near the airport, there’s nothing out there but the airport and hotels.

    I live in Jersey but since I have a friend coming into town from Seattle, we’re going to stay downtown at the Embassy Suites, right smack in the middle of the city, across from the Four Seasons. It’s accessible to all the public transportation, especially the Philadelphia Phlash, which runs from 10 to 6 every day and will take you from Penns Landing all the way to the Zoo and Please Touch Museum (and everything in between). You can get a pass for the day for $5. It won’t take you to the shows, but it will get you around a good bit.

    Here’s a link for more info on the Phlash.

    http://www.gophila.com/c/tours_and_tran ... /1303.html

    smart move...the airport and stadium areas are not where you want to be. Unless you like industrial areas with nothing to do.

    Stay in Center City (this is what downtown philadelphia is called). Can't stress this enough
  • Jearlpam0925
    Jearlpam0925 Deep South Philly Posts: 17,527
    The Fixer wrote:
    PureandEasy wrote:
    For those who haven’t booked yet, I wouldn’t recommend a hotel near the airport, there’s nothing out there but the airport and hotels.

    I live in Jersey but since I have a friend coming into town from Seattle, we’re going to stay downtown at the Embassy Suites, right smack in the middle of the city, across from the Four Seasons. It’s accessible to all the public transportation, especially the Philadelphia Phlash, which runs from 10 to 6 every day and will take you from Penns Landing all the way to the Zoo and Please Touch Museum (and everything in between). You can get a pass for the day for $5. It won’t take you to the shows, but it will get you around a good bit.

    Here’s a link for more info on the Phlash.

    http://www.gophila.com/c/tours_and_tran ... /1303.html

    smart move...the airport and stadium areas are not where you want to be. Unless you like industrial areas with nothing to do.

    Stay in Center City (this is what downtown philadelphia is called). Can't stress this enough

    All I know is 1st-timers to Philly who stay in the airport/stadium area better not tell me that their first impression of the city sucks. It will be their own fault.
  • PureandEasy
    PureandEasy Posts: 5,818
    [/quote]

    smart move...the airport and stadium areas are not where you want to be. Unless you like industrial areas with nothing to do.

    Stay in Center City (this is what downtown philadelphia is called). Can't stress this enough[/quote]

    me either, definitely not the airport area, if you stay down by the Spectrum, at least you can hop on the Broad street line and get into town in a matter of minutes, out at the airport, it will cost you a pretty penny for a cab into town (probably about 40 bucks) or you'll have to take the R1 airport line into town and that would be a little bit of a pain, only because of the infrequency of the trains and the time factor (probably about 30 minutes into town)
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  • The Fixer
    The Fixer Posts: 12,837
    PureandEasy wrote:

    smart move...the airport and stadium areas are not where you want to be. Unless you like industrial areas with nothing to do.

    Stay in Center City (this is what downtown philadelphia is called). Can't stress this enough[/quote]

    me either, definitely not the airport area, if you stay down by the Spectrum, at least you can hop on the Broad street line and get into town in a matter of minutes, out at the airport, it will cost you a pretty penny for a cab into town (probably about 40 bucks) or you'll have to take the R1 airport line into town and that would be a little bit of a pain, only because of the infrequency of the trains and the time factor (probably about 30 minutes into town)[/quote]

    another point to note is that it's next to impossible to get a cab if you stay by the stadiums and there is no event going on. I've closed down mcfaddens many times after phils/eagles games and been shit out of luck trying to find a cab. there is nothing around, so it's a wasted trip for the cab drivers (or they try to charge you double...those bastards)
  • PureandEasy
    PureandEasy Posts: 5,818
    definately watch out for the cab drivers, they will rip you off in a hot second

    There really is no need for cabs though, the public transporation system in this city is pretty damn good if you ask me

    I work at 7th & Spring Garden Street and I can be down at 19th & Market in a matter of minutes

    hop on the 47 to Market Street to the El, take the El to 13th Street (free interchange to trolley) and two stops later I'm smack damn in the middle of downtown

    I do it quite often as a matter of fact, and if everything comes right away, I could get there in about 10 minutes using three differnet types of public transporation

    that's pretty damn good if you ask me
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  • Sharon_Hearts_PJ
    Sharon_Hearts_PJ Bristol, PA Posts: 1,383
    Hell YES! Just snagged 5 nights at Embassy Suites for $69/nightly, Oct 27-Nov1. SO excited!!!!
    It is such a perfect location, and a really nice hotel!
    *Rock and/or Roll!*
  • Given To DragonFly
    Given To DragonFly Posts: 601
    Question...
    We ARE staying at the stadium Holiday Inn (hubby thinks the walking distance to the venue is worth the trade-off), but we DO plan to catch the rails into downtown several times, esp on Thurs night when there's no show. So I'm wondering, how late does the public transportation run? If we get outta the bars around 2am, we'll probly hafta catch a cab back to the hotel, right? I just know that's how it is in Boston.
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  • thatisking
    thatisking Staten Island, NY Posts: 44
    Just got the Embassy Suites for Oct 30th thru Nov. 1st for $74 per night via priceline ... :mrgreen:

    Can't wait!!!
  • PureandEasy
    PureandEasy Posts: 5,818
    Given To DragonFly wrote:
    Question...
    We ARE staying at the stadium Holiday Inn (hubby thinks the walking distance to the venue is worth the trade-off), but we DO plan to catch the rails into downtown several times, esp on Thurs night when there's no show. So I'm wondering, how late does the public transportation run? If we get outta the bars around 2am, we'll probly hafta catch a cab back to the hotel, right? I just know that's how it is in Boston.

    yeah your best bet that late at night is a cab I would think

    the subway downtown will be easy for you to snag from the hotel, it's more the airport people who are going to miss out on the city activities, or else pay some bigger $$ to get back and forth several times
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  • mydogmookieblaylock
    mydogmookieblaylock Posts: 2,996
    thatisking wrote:
    Just got the Embassy Suites for Oct 30th thru Nov. 1st for $74 per night via priceline ... :mrgreen:

    Can't wait!!!
    are those rooms 1 bed or 2??
  • Scott36
    Scott36 Posts: 109
    mydogmookieblaylock wrote:
    thatisking wrote:
    Just got the Embassy Suites for Oct 30th thru Nov. 1st for $74 per night via priceline ... :mrgreen:

    Can't wait!!!
    are those rooms 1 bed or 2??

    Priceline never guarantees more than one bed in any room you book through them. That's between you and the hotel. However, by name, the Embassy Suites are all suites! Hence, if staying there you will have at least one bed and one pull out sofa bed.
  • Jearlpam0925
    Jearlpam0925 Deep South Philly Posts: 17,527
    Scott36 wrote:
    mydogmookieblaylock wrote:
    thatisking wrote:
    Just got the Embassy Suites for Oct 30th thru Nov. 1st for $74 per night via priceline ... :mrgreen:

    Can't wait!!!
    are those rooms 1 bed or 2??

    Priceline never guarantees more than one bed in any room you book through them. That's between you and the hotel. However, by name, the Embassy Suites are all suites! Hence, if staying there you will have at least one bed and one pull out sofa bed.

    Whenever I make a reservation through Priceline I follow up by calling the hotel I was given and request how many beds I need.
  • mydogmookieblaylock
    mydogmookieblaylock Posts: 2,996
    thanks for the info ...time to negotiate 8-)

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