| Priceline and Hotwire are not your standard hotel | | | | When you use Hotwire, rather than using any bidding |
| booking sites. Rather than hotels and their rates being | | | | strategy, which can get a little confusing for some, |
| clearly visible to the user, for both sites, you do not | | | | the prices are already there for you. Hotwire is |
| know what hotel you'll be staying in, until your credit | | | | indeed more user friendly. |
| card is charged. Why would anyone use such a | | | | Here are the pros and cons for each site: |
| service? Because the savings from them can be | | | | Priceline: |
| enormous. Hotels depend on Priceline and Hotwire to | | | | Pros: Amazing bargains. You can use a bidding |
| sell any remaining rooms which would otherwise go | | | | strategy for immediate rebids. Ranks number 2 in |
| unsold. Both sites act as a middle man between the | | | | customer satisfaction among travel sites by J.D. |
| hotels looking to sell off unsold rooms at discounted | | | | Power and Associates. |
| rates and hotel bargain shoppers who don't mind not | | | | Cons: Not as user friendly as Hotwire, especially if |
| knowing what hotel they'll be staying in. | | | | you rebid. |
| When you use Priceline you bid the lowest rate | | | | Hotwire: |
| possible on a hotel. You know which general | | | | Pros: Amazing bargains. Named by J.D. Power and |
| neighborhood you'll be staying in, the star level of | | | | Associates as the top travel sites in terms of |
| your hotel, but not the hotel itself. If you search | | | | customer satisfaction. |
| "priceline bidding strategy" you'll see that there is a | | | | Cons: This is my personal opinion, but I believe that |
| way to beat Priceline's bidding rules. Rather than being | | | | you can get better deals on Priceline for the simple |
| able to bid 24 hours for a hotel for your desired | | | | reason that Hotwire's prices are already |
| destination , you can bid virtually when you want for | | | | predetermined, unlike Priceline where you get to |
| as many times as you want. | | | | name your own price. |