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When coming for our 3 day training, you'll want to stay in the Mission Valley area of San Diego. The highest quality hotel on Priceline for the Mission Valley area is 3 stars (Red Lion, Marriott, Doubletree, Handlery, etc). Past graduates of ours have been successful bidding between $55 to $65 dollars for a 3 star hotel, about the same as the noisy Super 8 Motel around the corner from us. Please book your stay to include the night before your training so you can wake up and travel just the short 5-10 minutes to our office and be ready to go at 7:30 AM. And if you want to impress Ward, get there on Lombardi time, 7:15 AM.

What can you do if you're not successful with your first bid on Priceline? Well, you can re-bid, as long as you change something about your offer, other than the price. You'll have to change your travel dates, or room star rating, or widen your area. Obviously you can't change your travel dates, and you probably don't want to change your hotel quality.

So here's how you change your bid. Expand the area! Don't worry, you'll still be staying in Mission Valley. Choose an area that has a lower star rating than Mission Valley. You effectively get a "free" re-bid, and yet you don't have to stay in the lower quality hotel or area. Currently as of February 29, 2008, San Diego County has five zones that have less than a 3 star rating: East County, National City, North County Coastal, San Ysidro, and Sorrento Mesa. NOTE!! Do not change the star level, just the area!

VERY IMPORTANT POINT: If Priceline adds a 3 star hotel to one of the five areas mentioned above, you could end up staying there! The chart below is current as of February 29, 2008.

Here are the detailed instructions on how to bid:

1. Go to www.priceline.com/hotels/.
2. Choose San Diego, put in your travel dates, and submit the form.
3. Click on the "Name Your Own Price" tab or pop-up (do not use the grid with prices and star levels on that page).
4. Check the box next to Mission Valley and go to the next page.
5. Choose 3 star, bid $55 bucks, enter your name, and then complete the process.
6. Got your room? Congratulations!! If not, continue below.
   1. Do not accept counter offer, if given one.
   2. Change your offer by adding the East County area.
   3. Increase bid to $58 and complete the process.
   4. Got your room? Congratulations!! If not, continue below.
      1. Do not accept counter offer, if given one.
      2. Start a whole new bid, with new zones. That means go back to the beginning! We'll change the zones in step 6. It's important to start all over again, in order to maximize the number of unique combinations of bids.
      3. Go to www.priceline.com/hotels/.
      4. Choose San Diego, put in your travel dates, and submit the form.
      5. Click on the "Name Your Own Price" tab.
      6. Check the boxes next to Mission Valley and Sorrento Mesa, go to the next page.
      7. Choose 3 star, bid $61 bucks, enter your name, and then complete the process.
      8. Got your room? Congratulations!! If not, continue below.
         1. Do not accept counter offer, if given one.
         2. Change your offer by adding the East County area.
         3. Increase your bid to $64 bucks, enter your name, and then complete the process.
         4. Got your room? Congratulations!! If not, continue below.
            1. Now that you understand the procedure, use the chart below to continue bidding and re-bidding.
            2. You should be bidding in $3-$5 increments.

To summarize: (Details of bidding permutations)

Bid #	Bid Type	Area	Add Zone	Quality	Suggested Bid
1	New Bid	Mission Valley	---	3 Star	$55
2	Re-Bid	Mission Valley	East County	3 Star	$58
3	New Bid	Mission Valley, Sorrento Mesa	---	3 Star	$61
4	Re-Bid	Mission Valley, Sorrento Mesa	East County	3 Star	$64
5	New Bid	Mission Valley, National City	---	3 Star	$67
6	Re-Bid	Mission Valley, National City	East County	3 Star	$70
7	New Bid	Mission Valley, Sorrento Mesa, National City	---	3 Star	$73
8	Re-Bid	Mission Valley, Sorrento Mesa, National City	East County	3 Star	$76
9	New Bid	Mission Valley, North County Coastal	---	3 Star	$79
10	Re-Bid	Mission Valley, North County Coastal	East County	3 Star	$82
11	New Bid	Mission Valley, Sorrento Mesa, North County Coastal	---	3 Star	$85
12	Re-Bid	Mission Valley, Sorrento Mesa, North County Coastal	East County	3 Star	$88
13	New Bid	Mission Valley, National City, North County Coastal	---	3 Star	$91
14	Re-Bid	Mission Valley, National City, North County Coastal	East County	3 Star	$94
15	New Bid	Mission Valley, Sorrento Mesa, National City, North County Coastal	---	3 Star	$97
16	Re-Bid	Mission Valley, Sorrento Mesa, National City, North County Coastal	East County	3 Star	$100
17	New Bid	Mission Valley, San Ysidro	---	3 Star	$103
18	Re-Bid	Mission Valley, San Ysidro	East County	3 Star	$106
19	New Bid	Mission Valley, Sorrento Mesa, San Ysidro	---	3 Star	$109
20	Re-Bid	Mission Valley, Sorrento Mesa, San Ysidro	East County	3 Star	$112

There are more iterations available (up to 32 bids!) but do you really want to pay more than $112 for a 3 star hotel? Call the office if you want the 32 combinations.