# Have you ever \*Priceline Negotiated!!\* a hotel? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 6, 2010, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-priceline-negotiated-a-hotel/545671 "2010-07-06T03:37:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2010, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-priceline-negotiated-a-hotel/545671/41 "2010-07-07T17:03:41Z")
Huzzah! So after my bid was accepted, I went to a few other travel sites to see what I should have expected to pay the good old fashioned way, and I paid about 35% of it’s retailing for. I even went to Priceline itself to look up my hotel, and my bid is still 40% of their price. Pretty flippin’ sweet if you ask me. Saving money is awesome. Thanks again, kids. ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2010, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-priceline-negotiated-a-hotel/545671/42 "2010-07-07T19:34:40Z")
What if I am traveling with a pet? Can I specify to Priceline that I only want a hotel that will accept pets? ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2010, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-priceline-negotiated-a-hotel/545671/43 "2010-07-08T13:40:28Z")
Unless I missed something, you cannot request amenities or place any other sort of request with Priceline if you’re bidding for a price. You can select your area, star quality of hotel, and price. Whatever you get is what you get. It’s rolling the dice a little, but you mitigate risk if you make sure your selection is really what you want. I’m happy, and I’ll do it again. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-priceline-negotiated-a-hotel/545671.md?page=2)