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When Priceline launched its Price Negotiator travel campaign starring William Shatner, of StarTrek and Boston Legal fame, they had no idea that it would take on such a life of its own.
In an effort to boost its visibility into the crowded online travel network, the satirical commercials portray Shatner as an eerie cross between his past and present television characters.
Priceline Bidding & Search Options
Negotiate: Name Your Own Price
If you can be flexible when you travel, Priceline negotiation can save you up to 40% or more on your hotel rooms and airline tickets, and up to 25% or more on your rental cars, compared to the other leading travel sites.
- $25 Name Your Own Price Hotel Guarantee!
Prticeline is so sure no one can out-negotiate the Negotiator, that all Name Your Own Price® hotels are backed by the new Big Deal Guarantee.
- Name Your Own Price (NYOP) Air Stop guessing the best flight deal! See the best flight routes with the biggest savings. Shop for the cheapest flights to any city by departure and arrival dates.
- Priceline Cruises Cruises from $179. All the top cruise lines, Carnival, Princess, Celebrity, European Cruises, Honeymoons, Last-Minute Cruises, & more. 110% lowest price guarantee. Limited time!
- Name Your Own Price Las Vegas Hotels. When you Name Your Own Price ® for Las Vegas Hotels, you choose the price, area and star level
Price Bid
Priceline lets you bid on travel deals on top name hotels, car rentals and airlines. Search published bids or name your own price for a hotel to save up to 50%.
- See Winning Hotel bids in Top Cities before you negotiate. Enter your travel destination and the latest price bids will be shown.
- See Winning Rental Car bids in Top Cities from $11 a day! Save up to 40%.
Special Deals & Packages
Priceline.com posts unadvertised deals on special offers for a limited time. Browse today's top deals from Priceline.com on vacation packages.
- Save up to $500 on your Vacation Package at priceline!
Choose Your Exact Hotel + see pictures and descriptions, choose your exact Flight + see airline and times.
- Priceline Last-Minute Vacation Package Deals! Save up to 60% Off.
- Save up to $325 when you book Flight + Car Rental. Select your Exact Hotel or Name Your Own Price!
Priceline hotel homepage.
- Priceline Last-Minute Cruises from $60/ night!
Depart in 30 days or less aboard a last-minute cruise & save up to 75%.
- Las Vegas Deals: flights, hotels, cars, vacation packages & more!
New Las Vegas page; hotels, flights, cars, vacation packages. Plus, maps of strip casinos & and surrounding areas.
No More Flight Booking Fees on Priceline
In his never ending quest to save you even more money on travel, the Price Negotiator has decided to permanently eliminate airline ticket booking fees on all domestic and international published fares.
Save on airline tickets over leading sites like Expedia, Travelocity, and Orbitz even when you don't want to Name Your Own Price ®. (Note that booking fees still apply when you Name Your Own Price ®).
With low prices and more choices, Priceline makes it easier to save money on airfare, plus there are no booking fees. Priceline does not offer promo codes for discounts. Instead of using promotional codes or coupons, Priceline lets you bid on your own price and does not charge booking fees on published flights. Find out more about Priceline Low Air Fare: NO priceline Booking fees on ALL published Airfare!
Priceline Last Minute Deals
Priceline is the online price leader for
last-minute trips. The biggest names in travel use Priceline to sell
last-minute seats on airplanes, fill empty hotel rooms and cruise ship
cabins and move unused rental cars - all at huge discounts. Save up to
60% if you name your own price. Priceline bids will save you hundreds of dollars when you take advantage of Priceline Last-Minute Hotel Deals!
How Priceline can lower its fees
- Negotiate Flights: Over the last
12 months, a substantial percentage of searches on priceline.com have
resulted in up to 60% savings on Name Your Own Price® in comparison to
the lowest published fares on priceline.com (same travel dates and
origin and destination dates). Savings are not guaranteed and will vary
based on offer price and availability. Airfares are subject to change
frequently and there is no guarantee that an offer will be accepted.
Priceline's Name Your Own Price® service is different from other travel
sites. Exact airline and flight times are disclosed only after purchase.
- Negotiate Hotels: Over the last 12 months, a substantial percentage of accepted offers have resulted in savings of up to 50% in comparison to the lowest published rates on other leading online travel sites for the same itinerary. There is no guarantee that hotels, dates or prices will be available and savings are not guaranteed. Actual prices and availability are always subject to change. Priceline's Name Your Own Price® reservation system is different from other online travel sites. With priceline's Name Your Own Price® reservation system, the exact hotel is shown only after purchase.
- Negotiate Rental Cars: Over the last 12 months, a substantial percentage of accepted offers have resulted in savings of up to 30% in comparison to the lowest published rates on other leading online travel sites for the same itinerary. Percentage based savings claims apply to rental car purchases using priceline's Name Your Own Price® reservation system only and are compared to published price for the same rental car type and dates and do not include taxes and fees. Rental car savings are not guaranteed and will vary based on offer price, availability and actual itinerary. Priceline's Name Your Own Price® reservation system is different from fixed price travel sites. With priceline's Name Your Own Price® reservation system, the exact Rental Car company is shown only after purchase.
- Negotiate Vacation Packages: You can save up to $325 when you use priceline.com's Vacation Package service to book your hotel and flight together. The savings figure is based on an internal study comparing the price for travel for two passengers of booking a flight and hotel together using priceline.com's Vacation Packages to booking the same hotel and similar flight itinerary (same travel dates and origin and destination cities) separately on priceline.com. The Vacation Package price yielded a savings of up to $325 over the separate prices of the same hotel and similar flight itinerary. Vacation Package prices shown are per-person based on double occupancy, include round-trip airfare and hotel, and all taxes and fees. Vacation Package prices shown are based on availability over the last 21 days. There is no guarantee that Vacation Package hotels or prices will be available. Requests for same-day travel must be submitted prior to 12:00 PM local time in your departure city.
Priceline travel tips
Looking for a specific flight, hotel, rental car, or vacation package? No problem. Just tell Priceline what you want and they search through thousands of published itineraries and prices.
Priceline is the only place where you can shop and compare from over 60,000 hotels around the world and select your exact hotel and price - or - Name Your Own Price® and save even more!
With Priceline's Best Price and Quality Guarantee, you can be sure you're getting the lowest rate at top-notch hotels - even at the last minute!
Priceline does not use promo codes or coupons. Instead, they have a choice of ways to save when you plan your own travel details.
Priceline instantly displays an easy-to-compare product and pricing chart. Choose what works for you. They do all the work so you can find exactly what you want in seconds.
This is a sampling of the ways you can save big by purchasing your travel through the priceline.com web site. Links for each section take you to the appropriate Priceline department.
Source: Priceline.com
Go to Priceline.com to start saving more today!