Deals on Arlington area hotels

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Any fencers, parents, refs, groupies still looking for Arlington area hotels might find Captain Kirk and his Priceline enterprise useful. (a.k.a. priceline.com) . . .

I know the details of 3 winning Priceline hotel bids of people headed to the NAC:

A bid for $52 per night for a "3 star" or better hotel in the "Arlington - Grand Prairie" zone got a room at the Hilton Arlington.

A bid for $38 per night for "2.5 star" or better in the "Arlington - Grand Prairie" zone got a room at the Amerisuites Grand Prairie.

A bid for $39 per night for "2.5 star" or better in the "Arlington - Grand Prairie" zone got a room at the Amerisuites Arlington.

Since you bid on areas and star levels, not specific hotels, all the bids specified *only* "Arlington - Grand Prairie" for the zone to get something close to the action. All three of the properties above look to be within 3 miles of convention center.

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Oh and by the way ... while the "US Fencing Rate" is $95 per night at the "official" hotel, the Wyndham Arlington, the AAA rate at the same place is $80.

The Wyndham is next door to the convention center.

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Oh and by the way ... while the "US Fencing Rate" is $95 per night at the "official" hotel, the Wyndham Arlington, the AAA rate at the same place is $80.

Hmm, they told me it was a discount off their highest price, which made it $125. Did they tell you differently, and if so, what did you ask?

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Originally posted by qatet
Hmm, they told me it was a discount off their highest price, which made it $125. Did they tell you differently, and if so, what did you ask?

The USFA rate of $95 is listed on the NAC site at http://www.fenceintexas.org/2003_nac_f/lodging.htm It's past the deadline for that rate, but it doesn't matter since it wasn't a very good rate anyway.

Reservations at $80 AAA rate at the Wyndham can be booked via the Travelweb hotel booking site at http://www.travelweb.com

And a quick check of the Wyndham.com website shows there's even a lower rate of $69 per night available under the "Wyndham Webrates" program. Rooms booked at those "webrates" require pre-payment and are non-refundable:

WYNDHAM ARLINGTON DFW SOUTH HOTEL
1500 Convention Center Drive
Arlington, TX 76011

DELUXE, NON-SMOKING, 1 KING BED, COFFEEMAKER, IRON AND IRONING BOARD, DAILY USA TODAY NEWSPAPER, ON COMMAND VIDEO, HIGH SPEED INTERNET ACCESS

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Rate Plan Rate Amount
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WYNDHAM WEBRATES 69.00 US DOLLAR Daily
MUST BE BOOKED WITHIN 21 DAYS OF ARRIVAL ONLY-NON REFUNDABLE
ARLINGTON DFW TAX (13%)


The hotel business is hurting, so people can take advantage of the conditions and save some money. And then perhaps spend their savings on fencing equipment