Bidding |
| How does bidding work? |
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You have the facility to offer a bid for any hotels listed available on our site.
You can make offers with a Multipled-bid for up to three hotels and you will receive email confirmation within 6 hours if your
bid has been successful.
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| What is a Multipled-bid? |
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A Multipled-bid is the process of bidding for more than one hotel at a time. A Multipled-bid enables you to bid on up to three
(3) hotels at the same time and the first one to respond will get your booking and the others will be deleted.
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| Can I make multiple bids? |
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You can make as many bids as you want, but only a Multipled-bid is connected whereby the first hotel secures the booking
and others deleted immediately. Each separate booking that is not linked, is taken as a separate booking and if confirmed, will
result in multiple bookings.
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| Do Multipled-bid have to be for the same days and the same cities? |
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No, a multipled-bid can be for three different dates and can be for three different areas.
Eg. If you are considering a trip to Kuala Lumpur & Penang and are flexible on location; you can bid for a hotel in KL, one in the
many resorts in Penang & and another in Penang city. The bidding process gives you the flexibility to bid on destinations and
dates required, with the advantage of securing the bid at the best possible price.
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| Which rooms can I bid on? |
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The rooms that are open for bidding will be a ( ? ?? ) color with the word "bid" in the corner of the box.
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| How many days in advance can I bid for? |
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This is a "Last Minute" site which sells rooms for the next 28 days only, enabling hotels to be able to offer the best possible
rates.
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| Am I bidding against other customers? |
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No. You are dealing directly with the hotel and have no other bidders involved. The hotel will, at its discretion, determine the
quantity of rooms available for bidding & the value of your bid and accept it on its merit.
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| How do the hotels determine what the prices will be and if they will accept bidding for the room? |
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The "Last Minute" concept is based on hotels knowing what their occupancy will be for the next two weeks with some
accuracy. (They cannot be as sure over longer periods).If they realize that they will be quiet over that period, for seasonal or
other reasons, then they are in a position to be able to discount the rooms on the basis that is better to sell at a discount than
to keep rooms empty.
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| What should I bid? |
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That is entirely up to you, but it should be lower than the hotels rate published for the day. We have a minimum in the system
to stop "time wasting" bids and we have an average bid as a guide to what past bidding has been. Obviously, the closer to the
requested rate will be an advantage, but the advantage of this website is that bargains are there to be made.
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| How low can I bid? |
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There is a lower limit default to prevent bids to stop possible nuisance bids that will not be accepted, saving hotels time by not
having to action. Bargains will be made if the hotel is quiet for the period required. However, unreasonable low bids will more
than likely be ignored by hotels.
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| Can I change my mind once I've made a bid? |
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Up until the moment you submit your bid, you can amend or cancel any bid made. Once you submit your bid, no changes can
be made.
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| How will I know if a bid is accepted? |
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As soon as your bid is accepted by a hotel, a confirmation email will be sent to you with all the details.
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| Will I be told if my bid is not successful? |
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Yes, once a bid is accepted you will get an email confirmation and if declined, an email will be sent to you and you can make
another bid. If a "Multipled-bid" is being used, you may have up to three bids open at the time, so if one is declined, you still
have others that can be accepted, before another bid can be made. However, you are to bear in mind that hotel has up to six
hours to accept your bid.
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