01 ngo-04
I-Anatomy ye-New York Priceline Hotel Deal
(c) uMark D. Kahler Idili lehhotela lasePriceline livame ukufika lapho amazinga okugumbana ephakeme futhi indawo yedolobha inkulu. Lokho kwakungenzeke ngami uhambo oluhlelwe ibhizinisi eNew York .
Ngidinga igumbi lamabili ubusuku phakathi komuntu waseManhattan, lapho izinga lokulinganisa igumbi lihamba khona cishe ngo-$ 300 / ubusuku. Ngangidinga ukuba ngisondele emahhovisi ngaphandle kwe- Times Square , inhliziyo yezokuvakasha ezithambile kakhulu eNew York.
Ngingakwazi ukubhuka i- New York igumbi lezinkanyezi ezimbili noma ezintathu ngezinkanyezi ezimbalwa futhi ngahlala ngaphansi kwesilinganiso sika-$ 300 / ebusuku. Kodwa abahleli benkomfa yami yebhizinisi bafaka umonakalo othakazelisayo: banikeze isilinganiso seqembu elihle kakhulu se $ 259 / ubusuku ehotela elinezinkanyezi ezine eliseduze. Amakamelo ezinkanyezi ezine avame ukubiza okungenani u-$ 300 / ubusuku.
Ngaphambi kokubhuka leyo mikhiqizo, ngazizwa ngiphoqelekile ukuba okungenani uzame ukukhetha "igama lakho lentengo" yePriceline. Kuleso simo, wenza izinhlinzeko nge-geographic zone kanye nekhwalithi yezinga lezinkanyezi ezindaweni ezingabonakalwanga ngaphandle kokuthi ibhidi lakho elingabuyiselwe livunyelwe.
Amaviki ayisithupha ngaphambi kohambo, ngasebenzisa isu lokubamba iqhaza lePriceline ukuze ngishaye isilinganiso samarandi angu-259 ehhotela ehhotela lezinkanyezi ezine. Chofoza "okulandelayo" ubone ukuthi kwenzeke kanjani.
02 ka 04
I-Priceline Hotel Deal: I-Bidding
(c) uMark D. Kahler Ngenkathi ngifuna uphenyo lwamahotela angu-Priceline, ngangazi ukuthi lezi zinkinga zazincane kakhulu zokufika okuthile okungaphansi kwezinga lamaqembu angu-259 / ebusuku. Ngibheke izinga elijwayelekile lokugibela ubusuku bezinkanyezi ezine emkhatsini wendawo yedolobha laseManhattan futhi ngathola izintengo zamakamelo ku-range $ 400- $ 500.
Ungathola umuzwa wamagama ehotela anikezwe kulezi zigaba ngokufinyelela uhlu lwehhotela eNew York ku-BetterBidding.com.
Ngokulandelayo, ngavula igama elithi "igama lakho lentengo" ku-Priceline, lapho ngathola khona izindawo ezingu-21 zokubizela eNew York City (ngaphandle kweNew Jersey nezindawo zezindiza e-Queens). Akuzona zonke lezo zindawo ezihlinzeka ngamahhotela amane-star. Ngakho ngiyakwazi ukubuyisela ngokuphepha ngokufaka lezo zindawo - eziningi engingafuni ukuhlala ngazo - ngingenayo ingozi yokufika khona lapho nje ngigcina ukulungiswa kwezinga lezinkanyezi ezinkanyezini ezine.
Kuyinto elula ngokwanele ukuhamba ngezindawo futhi ubone ukuthi yiziphi izinto ezingenayo izinkanyezi ezine. Yenza inothi kubo. Kunabantu ababili kwabangu-21 abanikeza izinkanyezi ezingu-3.5 njengezinga eliphezulu kakhulu lekhwalithi. Indawo engiyifunayo, i-Times Square / Theatre District, inikeza izinketho ezinhlanu, ezi-4.5 kanye nezinkanyezi ezine phezulu ohlwini.
Ngakho-ke ngiyakwazi ukubiza kathathu endaweni ye-Times Square ngaphambi kokuba ngifake izindawo ngaphandle kwehhotela elikanye nezinkanyezi ezine. Lokho kusho ukuthi ngizoba namabhidi amahlanu ngaphambi kokuthi ngilinde amanye amahora angu-24 futhi ngiqale futhi.
Ngokulandelayo, ngibeke intengo yami ephezulu ku-$ 240, engaba ngu-R20 / ubusuku ngaphansi kwezinga lesikhathi enginikeziwe. Uma ngizoyeka ukukhetha kwami kwezakhiwo, ngifuna ukulondoloza okungenani i $ 20 / ubusuku.
Ngaqala ukubiza nge $ 165 futhi ngisebenzela indlela yami phezulu nge-rebide ngayinye ku-$ 10 ukunyuswa. Ekupheleni kosuku lokuqala, ngifinyelela kuma-dollar ayi-215 engaphumeleli.
Usuku lokubambisana lwesibili lwenze amathuba amaningi amahlanu. Emizamweni emibili yokuqala yezinkanyezi ezinhlanu nezinkanyezi ezingu-4.5-zenkanyezi endaweni ye-TImes Square, ngishayela imali engu-$ 240 njalo futhi ngiphume kabili.
Lapho ngifinyelela ezingeni lezinkanyezi ezine, ngakhuphula imali engu-$ 215 ehamba ngosuku lwangosuku lwangaphambilini futhi ngafika ihhotela leMarriott Marquis nge-Times Square, ibhande elilodwa nje lomhlangano. Izindleko eziphelele zobusuku ababili, izintela ezifakiwe, kwakuyi-$ 559.
Okulandelayo, bona ukuthi lokhu kuqhathaniswa namanani ajwayelekile.
03 ka 04
I-Priceline Hotel Deal: Imiphumela
(c) uMark D. Kahler Ekuqaleni, sicela uqonde ukuthi isipiliyoni sami sokubanjelwa kwePriceline sibonisa isikhashana ngesikhathi izimo zemakethe eziholela kule miphumela. Imiphumela yakho ingaba ngcono noma ibuhlungu, futhi cishe kungenzeka, ayifani neze neyami.
Ukuthengiswa kwehhotela lami le-Priceline kwangithatha eMarriott Marquis. Izindleko ezilinganiselwa ku-$ 559 zobusuku obunye, izintela ezifakiwe, zingaphezu kwamanani ama-rack ajwayelekile ebhokisini elilodwa ehhotela, ngaleso sikhathi okwakuyi $ 479 / ubusuku lapho kukhokhelwa, futhi $ 519 / ubusuku lapho ikhokhwe ngesikhathi sokufika.
Ngifika etafuleni langaphambili ngo-10: 15 ekuseni ngathola umugqa omude. Ngilindele ukugcina imithwalo yami futhi ngithole isabelo sendawo kamuva ngosuku.
Kodwa ngo-10: 30, abasebenzi bathola ikamelo lami phansi kwe-37. Umbono wawukhawulelwe isakhiwo esiseduze, kodwa ngibona ingxenye encane ye-Times Square ne-Hudson River ekamelweni lami.
Ihhotela lisenhliziyweni yesifunda sase-Broadway, futhi ngingahamba ngaya ezinkundleni eziningi zeshashalazi ezidumile ngaphakathi kwemizuzu emihlanu ekwamukela indawo yehhotela.
Igumbi lalikhulu - ngamanqanaba e-Manhattan - nokuthula okukhulu. Izindonga zincane, okusho ukuthi ngezinye izikhathi uzozwa izingxoxo emakamelweni ahlangene.
Ukuxhumana kwe-WiFi kuyatholakala lapha nge $ 15- $ 18 / ngosuku. Uma uhlela ukusebenzisa uxhumano lwe-4G hotspot, qaphela: Ngithole ukwamukela ekamelweni lami ukuba buthakathaka isikhathi esiningi.
Asikho isidlo sasekuseni samahhala, kepha lokho kwakungeyona inkinga kusukela ngithola ukudla okukhululekile emhlanganweni. Eziningi zokudla, ezinhlobonhlobo zamanani wezintengo, zingaphansi kwezingqimba ezimbalwa zehhotela.
Okulandelayo, cabanga ngamanye amathiphu engeziwe asetshenziselwa ukwenza lolu hambo lithengiseke.
04 ka 04
I-Priceline Hotel Deal: Amathiphu amaningi
(c) uMark D. Kahler Emadolobheni amakhulu afana ne-New York, njalo uqinisekise ukuthi ihhotela lakho lePriceline lizobhekana nani endaweni enakekelwa kahle yizokuthutha zomphakathi . Futhi, qaphela uhlu lwamamahhotela asemandleni at BetterBidding.com nezinye izingosi ezinjalo. Akuzona njalo inembile ngokugcwele, ngoba isamba se-Priceline sishintsha njalo. Kodwa ungakwazi ukunquma ukuthi kukhona yini ukuthi ezinye zezakhiwo ezikhona zingendaweni ezikude.
I-Marriott Marquis ihamba kancane kancane esiteshini se-MTA ngo-42 no-7, lapho ngingathola khona izitimela ezindaweni ezihlukahlukene.
Ngathenga i-$ 20 Metro Card lapho ngifika eLaGuardia Airport futhi ngisebenzisa cishe konke. Ungakwazi ukwengeza inani ekhadini lapho isamba esiphezulu singaphansi kwe $ 2.75, izindleko zokuhamba ngendlela eyodwa.
Amahhotela afana ne-Marriott Marquis anikela nge-room checkout. Mane uhlole ithelevishini yakho esiteshini esimisiwe, bese usebenzisa isilawuli esikude ukuqeda ukuhlala. Ishaya ukulinda emgqeni omude endaweni yokwamukela.
Awunesithakazelo kumabhidi we-Priceline? Yenza ukubhuka kwehhotela ejwayelekile eNew York.