Swag's Jazzfest FAQ - Priceline and Hotwire Hotels - 2008 Results

 

Color Key

1st weekend dates in Green
2nd weekend dates in Blue

Rejected Priceline bids shown in Orange
For accepted multiple-zone bids, actual hotel zone is in Blue

*** Jazzfest 2008 Priceline Results (Scroll this page down for Hotwire results).

Dates of Stay Bid Zone Level Accepted? Hotel Date of Bid
Tu 4/29 - Fr 5/02 $56 DT 4* Y Hilton Riverside 4/28/08
We 4/30 - Mo 5/05 $111 FQ,DT 4* Y Sheraton 4/26/08
We 4/30 - Mo 5/05 $91 FQ,DT 4* N   4/26/08
Th 5/01 - Mo 5/05 $155 FQ,DT 4* N   4/25/08
Sa 4/26 - Tu 5/06 $83 FQ,DT 4* Y Hilton St Charles 4/22/08
We 4/30 - Mo 5/05 $91 FQ,DT 3* N   4/21/08
We 4/30 - Sa 5/03 $60 DT 4* N   4/20/08
We 4/30 - Sa 5/03 $55 DT 4* N   4/18/08
Fr 5/02 - Mo 5/05 $109 FQ,DT,GD 3* N   4/18/08
Su 5/04 - Tu 5/06 $60 DT 4* Y Intercontinental 4/18/08
Su 5/04 - Tu 5/06 $55 DT 4* N   4/18/08
Fr 5/02 - Mo 5/05 $89 FQ,DT 4* N   4/17/08
Th 4/24 - Tu 4/29 $61 DT 4* Y Hilton Riverside 4/15/08
Sa 5/03 - Tu 5/06 $70 DT 4* N   4/15/08
Sa 5/03 - Tu 5/06 $70 FQ 3* N   4/15/08
Su 5/04 - Tu 5/06 $60 DT 4* N   4/15/08
Su 5/04 - Tu 5/06 $60 FQ 3* N   4/15/08
Th 5/01 - Mo 5/05 $75 FQ,DT 4* N   4/11/08
Tu 4/29 - Sa 5/03 $55 DT 4* Y Hilton Riverside 4/11/08
Sa 5/03 - Mo 5/05 $89 DT 4* Y Hilton Riverside 4/11/08
Mo 5/05 - We 5/07 $45 DT 4* N   4/11/08
Tu 4/29 - We 5/07 $55 DT 4* N   4/10/08
We 4/30 - Mo 5/05 $89 DT 4* Y Hilton Riverside 4/10/08
We 4/30 - Sa 5/03 $55 DT 4* Y Hilton Riverside 4/10/08
We 4/30 - Tu 5/06 $65 FQ,DT 3* N   4/10/08
Th 4/24 - Mo 4/28 $61 DT 4* Y Hilton Riverside 4/10/08
We 4/30 - Mo 5/05 $102 FQ,DT 4* N   4/09/08
We 4/30 - Su 5/04 $72 DT 4* Y Hilton Riverside 4/09/08
We 4/30 - Su 5/04 $55 DT 4* N   4/09/08
Fr 5/02 - Su 5/04 $102 FQ,DT 4* N   4/09/08
Th 5/01- Sa 5/03 $55 DT 4* Y Hilton Riverside 4/09/08
Th 5/01- Sa 5/03 $64 DT 4* Y Hilton Riverside 4/09/08
Th 5/01- Sa 5/03 $50 FQ,DT 4* N   4/09/08
Fr 5/02- Sa 5/03 $70 DT 4* Y Hilton Riverside 4/09/08
Th 5/01 - Su 5/04 $85 FQ,DT 4* N   4/09/08
We 4/30 - Mo 5/05 $70 FQ,DT 4* N   4/09/08
We 4/30 - Sa 5/03 $55 DT 4* Y Hilton Riverside 4/09/08
Mo 4/28 - Su 5/04 $140 DT 4* Y Sheraton 4/09/08
Th 4/24 - Su 4/27 $65 DT 3* Y Hilton Riverside (4*) 4/09/08
Sa 4/26 - We 4/30 $82 DT 4* Y Intercontinental 4/08/08
We 4/30 - Mo 5/05 $122 FQ,DT 4* N   4/08/08
Th 4/24 - Mo 5/05 $115 FQ,DT 4* Y Sheraton 4/08/08
We 4/23- We 5/07 $115 DT 4* Y Sheraton 4/07/08
We 4/23- We 5/07 $111 DT 4* N   4/04/08
Th 5/01 - Su 5/04 $85 FQ,DT 4* N   4/03/08
Mo 4/28 - Th 5/01 $45 FQ,DT Bou N   4/03/08
Th 4/24 - Mo 4/28 $45 FQ,DT,GD 2* N   4/03/08
Th 4/24 - Mo 4/28 $60 FQ,DT,GD 3* N   4/03/08
Th 4/24 - Tu 5/06 $60 FQ,DT,GD 3* N   4/03/08
We 4/30 - Mo 5/05 $101 FQ,DT 3* N   4/02/08
We 4/30 - Mo 5/05 $100 FQ 4* N   3/28/08
Mo 4/28 - Th 5/01 $48 DT 3* Y (Bout) Wyndham Whitney 3/21/08
Mo 4/28 - Fr 5/02 $50 DT 3* N   3/22/08
We 4/30 - Mo 5/05 $71 FQ,DT 3* N   3/22/08
Mo 4/28 - Th 5/01 $50 DT 3* Y Marriott Conv. Center 3/21/08
Mo 5/05- Tu 5/06 $40 FQ,DT 3* N   3/21/08
Th 5/01 - Su 5/04 $85 FQ,DT 4* N   3/19/08
Tu 4/29 - Tu 5/06 $102 FQ 2.5* N   3/19/08
We 4/30 - Mo 5/05 $100 FQ,DT 4* N   3/11/08
Th 5/01 - Fr 5/02 $81 DT 4* Y Renaissance Pere Marquette 3/08/08
Th 5/01 - Fr 5/02 $75 DT 4* N   3/08/08
We 4/30 - Tu 5/06 $100 FQ 2.5* N   3/05/08
We 4/30 - Mo 5/05 $100 FQ,DT 4* N   3/04/08
Fr 5/02 - Mo 5/05 $175 FQ,DT 4* N   3/02/08
Th 5/01 - Su 5/04 $85 FQ,DT 4* N   3/01/08
Th 5/01 - Sa 5/03 $105 DT 4* N   2/16/08
Tu 4/29 - Th 5/01 $63 DT 4* Y Renaissance Arts 2/16/08
We 4/30 - Mo 5/05 $100 FQ,DT 3* N   2/18/08
Th 5/01 - Su 5/04 $85 FQ,DT 4* N   2/16/08
We 4/30 - Mo 5/05 $70 FQ,DT 3* N   2/12/08
Mo 4/28 - Th 5/01 $70 DT 3* Y Marriott Conv. Center 2/11/08
Mo 4/28 - Th 5/01 $70 DT 4*/B N   2/11/08
We 4/30 - Mo 5/05 $75 FQ,DT 3* N   2/11/08
Th 5/01 - Su 5/04 $110 FQ,DT 4* N   2/09/08
We 4/30 - Mo 5/05 $75 FQ,DT 4* N   2/07/08
We 4/30 - Mo 5/05 $80 FQ,DT 3* N   2/06/08
Th 4/24 - Tu 5/06 $70 FQ,DT 4* N   2/05/08
Th 5/01 - Su 5/04 $99 FQ,DT 4* N   2/03/08
Th 5/01 - Su 5/04 $70 FQ,DT 3* N   2/03/08
Th 4/24 - Th 5/01 $60 FQ,DT 4* N   2/03/08
Th 4/24 - Tu 5/06 $60 FQ,DT 4* N   2/03/08
Fr 4/25 - Mo 5/05 $70 DT,GD 4* N   2/03/08
We 4/30 - Mo 5/05 $85 DT 4* N   2/03/08
Th 4/24 - Mo 4/28 $70 DT 4* Y Renaissance Arts 2/03/08
We 4/23 - Mo 4/28 $75 DT 3* Y (4*) Renaissance Arts 2/01/08
Th 4/24 - Mo 4/28 $35 AIR 3* Y Radisson New Orleans Airport 2/01/08
Th 5/01 - Mo 5/05 $93 FQ,DT 3* N   1/28/08
Th 5/01 - Mo 5/05 $130 FQ,DT 4* N   1/25/08
We 4/30 - Mo 5/05 $91 FQ,DT 3* N   1/25/08
Th 5/01 - Su 5/04 $91 FQ,DT 4* N   1/22/08
We 4/30 - Mo 5/05 $85 FQ,DT 3* N   1/21/08
Th 5/01 - Su 5/04 $90 FQ,DT 4* N   1/17/08
Fr 4/25 - Su 4/27 $35 AIR 3* Y Radisson New Orleans Airport 12/16/07
Th 4/24 - Mo 5/05 $100 FQ 2.5* Y Holiday Inn Chateau Lemoyne 8/27/07
Th 4/24 - Mo 5/05 $90 FQ 2.5* N   8/27/07

Priceline Zone Key - Click to View Map

New Orleans Priceline Hotel Map - My friends at BetterBidding have implemented a Map feature, and I've helped them to get the New Orleans map online. This shows many of the known New Orleans zone Priceline hotels on a Google map. You can scroll around, zoom in, and click the hotel markers to get details on each property. Check it out at http://www.betterbidding.com/maps/new-orleans.php.

Zones are occasionally re-drawn.  Always double check before bidding, and if you notice any changes, please let me know.

Abbreviation Zone  
FQ French Quarter Bounded by the River, Esplanade, Rampart, and Canal St.
DT Downtown - Convention Center Combines the old CBD & CC zones. Spans the area from Canal St to US-90; from the River, to the Superdome, to just past I-10.
GD Garden District Includes the Garden District along St Charles, from US-90 out to about Jackson Ave.
AIR New Orleans Airport (MSY)  
MET Metairie - Harahan  
NOE New Orleans East  
WEST New Orleans West Bank  

*** Jazzfest 2008 Hotwire Results

Dates of Stay Rate Zone Level Hotel Date Booked
We 4/30 - Su 5/04 $129 FQ 4* Astor Crowne Plaza 4/25/08
Th 5/01 - Su 5/04 $143 FQ 4* Astor Crowne Plaza 4/25/08
Su 5/04 - Mo 5/05 $143 FQ 4* Westin 4/25/08
Fr 4/25- Fr 5/02 $109 DT 4* cust fave Intercontinental 3/22/08
Su 4/27- Th 5/01 $76 DT 4* cust fave Intercontinental 3/12/08
Mo 4/28- Tu 5/06 $159 DT 4.5* Le Pavillion 1/24/08
Between 9/23 and 9/25, about 50 others got the same deal listed below, for various dates and lengths of stay.
We 4/23 - Su 5/04 $39 FQ 3* Holiday Inn FQ 9/24/07
Th 4/24 - Mo 5/05 $39 FQ 3* Holiday Inn FQ 9/23/07
Fr 4/25 - Mo 5/05 $39 FQ 3* Holiday Inn FQ 9/23/07
Th 4/24 - Su 4/27 $38 FQ 3* Holiday Inn FQ 9/23/07


Hotwire Hotels Identified:
Disclaimer - nothing is ever 100% guaranteed, it's possible that another hotel could match these criteria exactly.


Hotwire Zone Key - Click to View Map

Zones are occasionally re-drawn.  Always double check before bidding, and if you notice any changes, please let me know.

Abbreviation Hotwire Zone Notes
FQ French Quarter and Downtown -
French Quarter		 Bounded by the River, Esplanade, Dauphine, Canal St.
DT French Quarter and Downtown -
Downtown New Orleans		 Bounded by the River, Esplanade, I-10 and US 90 (Ponchatrain Expy), minus the area in the FQ zone. This includes the hotels along Rampart St at the edge of the Quarter.
GD French Quarter and Downtown -
Garden District		 Bounded by the River, US 90 (Ponchatrain Expy), Claiborne Ave, and Napolean Ave.
MID French Quarter and Downtown -
New Orleans Midtown		 Bounded by I-10/Claiborne on the southeast, and extending north and west from there (see the map).
AIR Airport - New Orleans International MSY  
MET Airport - Metairie - Harahan  
EAST New Orleans East Northeast of Downtown and the French Quarter
LAP La Place Currently unavailable
HAR Harvey - Gretna Currently unavailable

 

Hotel Ratings

The ratings on the different opaque sites are different.  Often, Hotwire rates hotels about one star higher than Priceline does, so a Priceline 3* may be a Hotwire 4*.

You can see a list of known Priceline hotels in New Orleans and their star ratings here on the biddingfortravel site.

Past Years' Jazzfest Bidding Results:

Here are results gotten by folks in the past. Rates and success vary greatly, and things are still settling down post-Katrina.

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