<p>i may need to book a room in the near future … and nice room for low $$$ makes me happy!!</p>
<p>I think they used price line . com </p>
<p>But, also check Hotel Capstone…sometimes their rate is good, but sometimes not…just depends on the date. Hotel Capstone is on campus, while Wingate is several miles away (but nice).</p>
<p>m2ck remembered correctly. Tuscaloosa hotels vary in both price and quality. When you decide to come down for a football game, the only difference is quality because all the hotels are expensive.</p>
<p>yes, I used priceline, which as you know works sometimes, others not so much. If you have a car I can’t imagine the distance being any kind of issue. Again, guess because we were coming from Chicago which can be a mess, but I found getting around SO easy.</p>
<p>I think the Holiday Inn (Express??) on 15th is also nice. It’s closer than the Wingate and super close to Midtown Village, Target, and lots of restaurants.</p>
<p>What about the La Quinta? I saw rates of about 50 bucks on there for Triple A.</p>
<p>^^^It’s not usually one of the top recommended/rated hotels in Tuscaloosa. I’ve stayed at both Microtels, the Ramada, and the Motel 6, along with visiting most of the other hotels/motels around town. If you stay at least 2 nights between Sunday and Thursday at the Ramada, you can get some very good rates on their website, btw.</p>
<p>In general, I find Alabama lodging to be hit or miss in terms of quality, but prices have generally been very good. If you ever need to stay in Birmingham and have a car, try to get a hotel on the Shelby County (as opposed to Jefferson) side. It helps too during tax free weekend when sales tax is 0% in Shelby County, but 2% in Jefferson.</p>
<p>i think we stayed in the super 8 when we visited … not very delicious!!!</p>
<p>i like it to be nice, if possible, but i also like it to be budget friendly. most of the time we are just sleeping there, so i don’t care that much now nice it is.</p>
<p>I stayed at wingate got a great rate through hotels.com. it was a very nice hotel.</p>
<p>^^^We stayed at Wingate as well and really enjoyed it. Got a good rate at expedia.com</p>
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<p>The wingate website has a web special rate coupon worth considering.</p>
<p>[Wingate</a> Tuscaloosa: Website special of $77.77 to celebrate the month of July](<a href=“http://www.wingatetuscaloosa.com/specials.html]Wingate”>http://www.wingatetuscaloosa.com/specials.html)</p>
<p>I got a really good rate on the Wingate in Feb 2010 by using Priceline bidding system. Hotel was great, new facility, very nice beds & comforters. Includes a full hot breakfast bar at no extra cost (except a tip). I plan to make it my hotel for future visits to BAMA. </p>
<p>It was listed as a 2 1/2 star hotel. Room was a single king, not a double though. Best price is by bidding (but you will take a chance at getting a different hotel. ) Their online special, (visit their website) is the best sure bet, but is not valid on football weekends.</p>
<p>can you specify a double on priceline?</p>
<p>like if you were bringing three people … one bed wouldn’t quite work.</p>
<p>i have never used priceline.</p>
<p>I’ve used it. You specify the number of people…then you get choices of rooms…you choose one with 2 beds in it.</p>
<p>You cannot specify a double and you cannot guarantee a nonsmoking room. Most hotels are pretty accommodating, but some have been known to treat priceline guests worse than the normal-priced guests, but that is only at a select few hotels.</p>
<p>SEA_Tide…I just used Priceline over Spring Break and I specified two beds and got it. </p>
<p>I just checked…I put in 2 days for next week at Wingate and it’s giving me a choice of:</p>
<p>King bed - no smoking</p>
<p>King bed - wheelchair access</p>
<p>2 Queen beds - no smoking - with micro-fridge</p>
<p>King suite - no smoking - with micro-fridge</p>
<p>The first 3 are $99/night…so I’d check with Capstone</p>
<p>got Wingate for $41/night for April 12 – with taxes, it came to $54/night. Krazie Spaghetti and I are doing college tour during her spring break, visiting UA and Clemson to see which is a good fit for her.</p>
<p>Also used Priceline to rent a car from Birmingham airport – got car for $30/night unlimited miles.</p>
<p>in addition, got Country Inn and Suites in Anderson SC for $39/night (Priceline), and Drury Inn and Suites in Birmingham (through Hotwire) for $59/night.</p>
<p>The biggest expense was airfare, esp since we decided to stay two more days to drive to clemson. American Airlines would charge additional $150 change fee/pp to change airfare dates, so we bought one way tickets in addition to our roundtrip tickets instead --that turned out to be less expensive than paying the $300 (for two people) change fee.</p>
<p>Mom of four, seems like we are doing the same thing that week. Our S is junior. We have our tour at UA on 4/12, then going to Auburn (4/13), followed by South Carolina (4/15), and Clemson (4/16). Busy spring break week, driving from TN with all the family. Woohoo!!!</p>
<p>We’re really looking forward to visit Bama!</p>
<p>Dd is a senior and for that geog. area – has gotten in to UA (full tuition), Clemson (OOS waiver), UNC Chapel Hill (no scholarship at UNC Chapel Hill, so we are not visiting).</p>
<p>UA, Clemson, UCLA and UWashington (haven’t have about Fin aid at UW yet) are her top accepted choices right now – she applied to 12 colleges trying to choose schools with good merit aid.</p>
<p>Ask to sit in on classes . .so far, DD is sitting in at a history class at Clemson.</p>
<p>^^^</p>
<p>Have you contact Jami Gates to set up your day? If not, consider giving her a call on Monday. You can also email her. </p>
<p>jami gates 205-348-5599 <a href=“mailto:jami.n.gates@ua.edu”>jami.n.gates@ua.edu</a></p>
<p>BTW…great rate at Wingate!</p>