"Room Auction"-style websites for hotel deals in Portugal?

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DrMoriarty

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Does anyone happen to know of an equivalent site to for hotels in Portugal? (i.e. where you input your dates and budget and hotels can make offers)

Or is it a specifically "Anglo-American" thing?
 
Did you try Priceline? there's a .com, .co.uk and .eu version but only some of them are auction based
 
Thanks. The .eu one reverts to .co.uk, but when I enter our dates and go through the "Name Your Own Price" bit , I end up at a page where I've to add credit card details and agree to the following:

[broken link removed] [FONT=geneva,helvetica,sans-serif]If we find a hotel that accepts your price, we'll immediately purchase your hotel rooms on the credit/debit card you provided to us. Please note, you will not be provided with a list of hotel options. [FONT=geneva,helvetica,sans-serif]Please remember, once you click "Book My Hotel Room" your request cannot be changed, cancelled, or transferred and refunds are not allowed.[/FONT][/FONT]
[broken link removed] [FONT=geneva,helvetica,sans-serif]If your price is not accepted, we will stop our search and your credit/debit card will not be charged.[/FONT]

Seems rather a leap of faith... :confused:

On roomauction.com you're presented with a range of offers which you can examine before committing to a booking or providing card details.
 
Sorry, I thought you were familiar with Priceline. Yes it is a gamble but a little research in advance can often reveal the hotels.

My tips

  1. Never bid on anything less than 4*
  2. Have an idea of the area of the city you want to stay in, and check the priceline maps. One of the hotels we go to in London is in a different zone according to Priceline than for any other site
  3. Check the priceline lists on www.betterbidding.com

We use Priceline almost exclusively for hotel bookings, have saved a fortune and have never had a bad room.
 
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