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Priceline Launches an iPhone App That We May Actually Use

October 30, 2009 at 1:28 PM | by juliana | 0 Comments

It's no secret that we love the bargain rates you can get on opaque booking sites like Hotwire and Priceline, even if it occasionally means a repeated stay at a hotel with flippant service. It's also no secret that we have been thoroughly disappointed with the iPhone apps that hotels put forth, with most of them not doing much beyond offering a mobile reservations site.

But Priceline's new Hotel Negotiator iPhone app is one that we may actually use. And it's not just because we want William Shatner on our iPhone.

Again, nothing totally new has been invented here. Basically, it's the Negotiator booking function on your iPhone. But the app does have GPS location allowing you to name your price at a hotel that's closest to your current location. It also displays the most recent average winning bid for the last three weeks for hotels in different neighborhoods at different star levels. And it's got a cool "fist bump" icon for when you want to Negotiate with Shatner.

Then again, we take our opaque booking process VERY seriously and we'd need to be able to cross-check sites like BetterBidding.com to see which hotel we might be booking. We love a good deal alright but we also like to know which hotel we'll be shacking up in.

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  1. MosesT

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    re: Priceline Launches an iPhone App That We May A

    With this new application, the user will be able to save some money because we can easily see some bargain rates. I just hope that this new application will really be a great help to the users. By the way, if you have a financial emergency and can't go to a bank because they don't offer the kind of assistance you need, you could try instant payday loans. It's easier than you'd think - and because lenders are indeed internet savvy, you can apply to lenders over the internet, or even over the phone. Many instant payday loans lenders perform no credit checks, require no faxing, and can wire you the funds within hours with direct deposit straight into your checking account. Remember, it's a short term solution to a short term problem, and long term financial problems are best dealt with by a financial professional as instant payday loans aren't advisable to use in that context.
    November 2, 2009 at 1:14 AM
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