Priceline always seemed like a good idea, although the Shatner commercials worried me a little. But I never actually used the site to make reservations, because the idea of placing a blind bid without knowing what I should be asking for (the Name-Your-Own-Price model) is a little scary. Whatever price I end up getting, I’m going to wonder if I could have gotten a couple dollars cheaper. But shouldn’t it be possible to ask other people what prices they got? Obviously Priceline doesn’t want to tell their users about this, but somebody should be organized enough to get this together.
Apparently someone has been organized enough, and they did it a couple years ago but failed to inform me. Bidding for Travel has users post the deals they’ve gotten from Priceline, as well as some tips for making more informed bids. They don’t seem to have a lot of data about airline prices, but the hotel data is pretty recent, and all they ask in return for the savings is that you tell them what deal you got.
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