Hi Karen,

Thanks for the link to Riviera.com.
I was looking for a hotel in Florence.

For curiosity sake, I checked the Grimaldi in Nice and they were offering a large sea view suite at 150 Euro per night. (which at current Euro exchange rate at 1.35 Euro to the US dollar seems to come out to about $202 US) That site also states that at the time you pay your bill it will be in Euro (not US dollars)
Were you able to "lock in" a US dollar rate?

I want to do the same for a hotel in Florence so please let me in on how this is done.

The luxury link.com site is a bidding site, in US dollars, so I can see how this is accomplished.

You seem to come up with the neatest web sites for all sorts of "goodies". Thanks.