There's really no comparison. With Priceline, you pick an area (like in Chicago, you can pick O'Hare, downtown, and a few others), a "star-rating" and make a bid. If a hotel accepts your bid, your credit card is immediately charged. In other words, you don't pick your hotel, it picks you.
For price comparisons, I've done it three times in Chicago - once downtown and twice out by O'Hare. Out by O'Hare, I got a night at the Hyatt for $50. Downtown, I got 2 nights at a swanky boutique hotel (The Allegro: http://chicago.citysearch.com/profile/3632745/chicago_il/allegro_chicago_a_kimpton_hotel.html) for $80/night. The cheapest Expedia/Orbitz/Travelocity rates for the same area and nights were over $100, and we ended up in a nicer hotel than we could have done otherwise, too. It varies a lot, depending on what's going on, when you book, and if you're in tourist season or not. But, you can get hotels for sometimes more than half off the lowest advertised prices. For instance, the Allegro's current rate is ~200/night. I think it was slightly less than that in the winter when we went. -d On 9/27/07, Bruce Sorge wrote: > Dana, > So how does it compare to Expedia? That is what I typically use for my > travel arrangements. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion 8 - Build next generation apps today, with easy PDF and Ajax features - download now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:243259 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
