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Hard2IMAGINE2007VICHard2IMAGINE2007VIC Posts: 638
edited May 2013 in The Porch
Just curious if anyone is getting any amazing deals for a room off Priceline for Chicago? I remember scoring a room for $65 at Hyatt Regency for PJ in Chicago 2009. I'm hoping to get lucky again for my upcoming July trip. Please post any deals, bids and areas that you have been successful at securing a good reservation online.
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    glorified Kglorified K Posts: 66
    Guess not.
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    Fatal SmileFatal Smile Posts: 111
    I just asked this same thing today. Should have searched before posting the same thing. We got the Hyatt for $60 in 2009. I have been checking as often as I can for the $60/night in that same area and for a 4-star only hotel. Hopefully when they drop the price people will post it again on the Forum so we can all try and get it. Wait and see, I guess...
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    VeddermbVeddermb Posts: 381
    Depends on what you mean by a great deal - we got a room through them at the James that is usually $339 per night (according to the James' website) for $139 - so for two nights it is costing us about $280 which is still less than one night at regular price - we could have probably got a less expensive room but it is my wife and I's first trip to Chicago so we didn't mind spending a bit extra. I know that $339 is not necessarily the accurate price but I'm happy with the deal all things considered and I have some piece of mind (shameless Iron Maiden plug)
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    jen.ryanjen.ryan Posts: 339
    Priceline express deal - 5 star downtown loop $145.

    ended up at the hard rock.
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    8181 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    looking on hotwire and crossrefencing with betterbidding.com


    you can get a two star for $66 per night in the theater district. guessing it's the travel lodge.
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    derbydavederbydave Columbus, OH Posts: 11,254
    I had the dates around the Wrigley show entered in Hotwire and they are "watching" the rates for me...
    I got a "Price Drop" e-mail from them today for this:

    4-Star Chicago Hotel
    Fri, 07/19 – Sun, 07/21
    $144 per night
    Original Price $252
    Savings of: $108

    The downside to getting these deals thru Hotwire is you don't find out the name of the hotel
    until after you've booked the room and paid for it & it's non-refundable
    No mention of exactly where in Chicago this deal is though ;)

    I've booked a room here just in case I can't find something better:
    http://www.millenniumhotels.com/millenniumchicago/

    I can always cancel this one if something better pops up!!!
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    JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,432
    jen.ryan wrote:
    Priceline express deal - 5 star downtown loop $145.

    ended up at the hard rock.

    thats a nice deal.....what days?

    I looked for 7/18 - 7/22 but the 5 star Downtown Loop didn't show up.
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    Fatal SmileFatal Smile Posts: 111
    I am still holding out for a deal under $100. The Hyatt was $60/night 2009.

    Hope they can drop the price soon so I can scratch that item off the list.
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    8181 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    Fatal Smile wrote:
    I am still holding out for a deal under $100. The Hyatt was $60/night 2009.

    Hope they can drop the price soon so I can scratch that item off the list.


    i don't think you see 60 this time.

    way too much shit going on that weekend (PJ, Aldene, pitchfork, plus all the other normal summer in chicago shit)

    good luck to you.
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    Hard2IMAGINE2007VICHard2IMAGINE2007VIC Posts: 638
    The $60 a night Hyatt regency deal in 2009 was awesome! I had an great time there and was close to everything! I guess hoping for a similar deal this summer is a reach. Any PJ party animals traveling solo and trying to share a room??
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    jen.ryanjen.ryan Posts: 339
    JOEJOEJOE wrote:
    jen.ryan wrote:
    Priceline express deal - 5 star downtown loop $145.

    ended up at the hard rock.

    thats a nice deal.....what days?

    I looked for 7/18 - 7/22 but the 5 star Downtown Loop didn't show up.


    18th - 21st
    but now we decided to come in on the 17th so we need to extend it - or book someone where else one night.
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    1998 - New York (MSG) 9/11
    2000 - Saratoga Springs NY 8/27/
    2006 - New York (Ed Sullivan Theater) 5/4, Albany NY 5/12, Boston MA 5/24
    2008 - Hartford CT 6/27 Mansfield MA 6/28
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    2013 - WRIGLEY! 7/21 Worcester MA 10/16, Hartford CT 10/25
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    jen.ryanjen.ryan Posts: 339
    Fatal Smile wrote:
    I am still holding out for a deal under $100. The Hyatt was $60/night 2009.

    Hope they can drop the price soon so I can scratch that item off the list.


    booked airfare today - used my recently aquired Southwest points.

    they have a promo right now - if you apply for new card and then make a $1000 purchase in the first 3 months you get enought points for a free round trip ticket - takes about about 1 month after your qualifying purchase for the points to hit your account.

    We were buying furniture anyway before this show as announced -so my wife and i each applied - got cards - split the furniture on each card - so we fly for free!
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    1996 - Buffalo NY 10/1
    1998 - New York (MSG) 9/11
    2000 - Saratoga Springs NY 8/27/
    2006 - New York (Ed Sullivan Theater) 5/4, Albany NY 5/12, Boston MA 5/24
    2008 - Hartford CT 6/27 Mansfield MA 6/28
    2010 - Hartford CT 5/15/10, New York (MSG) 5/21/10
    2013 - WRIGLEY! 7/21 Worcester MA 10/16, Hartford CT 10/25
    2015 - Philly 4/28, Philly 4/29, Fenway 8/5
    Eddie Solo
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    CAVSTARR313CAVSTARR313 Posts: 8,756
    I got to try this once..

    I think my personality has a conflict with sites like this.. crazy, I guess..

    But i like to know where i am staying when I send the money out.. I hate the fact that you dont know..
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    jen.ryanjen.ryan Posts: 339
    Caveeze wrote:
    I got to try this once..

    I think my personality has a conflict with sites like this.. crazy, I guess..

    But i like to know where i am staying when I send the money out.. I hate the fact that you dont know..

    I love Priceline. Save a ton of $. Just wont use it for flights. But hotel and rental cars its great
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    1996 - Buffalo NY 10/1
    1998 - New York (MSG) 9/11
    2000 - Saratoga Springs NY 8/27/
    2006 - New York (Ed Sullivan Theater) 5/4, Albany NY 5/12, Boston MA 5/24
    2008 - Hartford CT 6/27 Mansfield MA 6/28
    2010 - Hartford CT 5/15/10, New York (MSG) 5/21/10
    2013 - WRIGLEY! 7/21 Worcester MA 10/16, Hartford CT 10/25
    2015 - Philly 4/28, Philly 4/29, Fenway 8/5
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    Green Disease ReduxGreen Disease Redux Posts: 391
    I booked through hotwire got the sax for 130night
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    JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,432
    Hyatt has a deal with Chase where you get 2 free Hyatt hotel nights once you spend $1,000 with a Hyatt Chase Visa. Hopefully I get my vouchers in time to use for Chicago.
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    dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam NINUNINOPRO Posts: 139,158
    Green Disease Redux wrote:
    I booked through hotwire got the sax for 130night
    ive been told too that hotwire is a great way to fiond a good deal
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    dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam NINUNINOPRO Posts: 139,158
    my friend Lori score The Palmer House Hilton for 130 per night with Priceline
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    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
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    8181 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    Caveeze wrote:
    I got to try this once..

    I think my personality has a conflict with sites like this.. crazy, I guess..

    But i like to know where i am staying when I send the money out.. I hate the fact that you dont know..
    Great for hotels. I priceline and hotwire all my hotels. Only way to go
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    Hard2IMAGINE2007VICHard2IMAGINE2007VIC Posts: 638
    So you can score a 4 star hotel (Hyatt Regency, Westin, Sheraton...) at grant park millenium area on Pricelines express deals for $132 a night when you apply the "SPRING" promo code at checkout for an additional 5% off. Is this about what everyone is paying who booked for Hyatt Regency this summer?
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    Oceans 98Oceans 98 Posts: 232
    Chicago Sheraton, O'Hare (4 stars). I bid $67 on Priceline and got it. It's in Rosemont and right on the blue line, runs 24hrs, easy access to downtown and Wrigley Field.
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    front spacerfront spacer Earth Posts: 3,246
    Oceans 98 wrote:
    Chicago Sheraton, O'Hare (4 stars). I bid $67 on Priceline and got it. It's in Rosemont and right on the blue line, runs 24hrs, easy access to downtown and Wrigley Field.

    What's the parking situation? Sometimes they rip you for a parking charge as much as the friggin' room! :cry:
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    Tom KTom K Posts: 842
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    hyperballadxhyperballadx Posts: 138
    Got free parking at my hotel, so that will count for something, considering how expensive it is to park in the city. I am staying at the Hyatt down Wacker Drive. I am planning on just taking the train down to Wrigley Field.
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    WillSmithWillSmith Sunnyside Posts: 20
    I did the name your own price through Priceline in Chicago for the first weekend of March. The criteria I used was 4 stars in the loop. From reading the boards I started at $65/ night. After a couple of days increasing the bid about $11 each time I got the Hyatt regency for $97 + taxes/ night. I also booked 2 weeks before we stayed, so I dont know if that makes a difference.
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    bobby dazzlersbobby dazzlers Posts: 1,995
    Any more news on the Priceline front?
    It's a hopeless... situation
    And I'm starting to believe
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    apkirklandapkirkland Big Sky Country Posts: 194
    dimitrispearljam wrote:
    my friend Lori score The Palmer House Hilton for 130 per night with Priceline
    I just booked The Palmer House for $130 a night on Priceline using the Name Your Own Price deal. I've been trying all week to bid around $100 for a 4 star hotel downtown, but with the Phish announcement, I upped it & got it on the first price I put in. I don't know if prices will go down at this point, but maybe if you wait til closer to the date? I wasn't willing to take the chance and $130 seems like a decent deal in Chicago that weekend.
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    jonsey30jonsey30 Rochester Hills, MI Posts: 998
    I gambled and did the 4 star option in River North - Magnificent Mile area for $130/night. Ended up with Hotel Felix, which I was hoping not to get, but whatevs. $600 for 4 nights, all taxes and everything. Also, will be taking the train from Flint, MI to Chicago (Union station right near my hotel), for about $100 round trip for my wife and I. So no driving, spending money on gas or parking, can stand up and walk around, or go to the bathroom if I need to, and it takes about 5 hours, same as driving would. I think there might even be a bar on the train to get cocktails. We'll use the CTA 3 day pass to get around to the tourist attractions.

    Now if I just had tickets for the concert, the trip would be perfect :(
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    Mamasan23Mamasan23 Posts: 16,380
    You can stay at my house for free if I can have your +1 GA ticket ;)

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    marcPJfanmarcPJfan Austin, TX Posts: 802
    I booked the Travelodge yesterday through Priceline's express deals for Wednesday - Saturday for $59/night. 1 star in Millennium Park, Loop & Grant Park. Saved 50% off the $120 regular price. Looks like it went up to $62 today.
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