A friend of mine had told me that her family members had bid for a $45 3 star hotel room on priceline and got it...for the weekend and area to which I was traveling. So, I used priceline.com for the first time to make my hotel reservations. I started out placing the same bid described above. The website responded that they could not meet that bid, and I would need to change my area or star rating criteria or increase my bid. I proceeded to increase my bid, rather than changing criteria. However, the site would not proceed if I did not change... read full review »