On Apr 23, 2004, at 3:20 PM, Tim Rowledge wrote:

> Jon Hylands <jon at huv.com> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 21:01:26 -0700, Tim Rowledge 
>> <tim at sumeru.stanford.edu>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Has anyone that is going to STS found any good deals on accomodation?
>>
>> Ned mentioned to me the Queen Anne ($35/night, at least via 
>> Priceline).
> The question now is how to use priceline from canada - the credit card
> details page I get is utterly US centric. priceline.ca is a lame site
> that merely points to other sites. Any ideas?

You can get away with using Priceline if you have a credit card with a 
US billing address. Otherwise, forget it.  Ditto Orbitz. I've had 
reasonably good luck with the less-well-known cheap hotel sites that 
litter the net, but it takes some searching. Also, booking directly 
with the hotel can sometimes give a better price than with an 
aggregator - it's best to check before booking.

Good luck and see you in Seattle.

Colin