I decided to go ahead and use priceline and hotwire for our vacation in June. Hoping I'm not disappointed! :-)
For our one-night stay in Knoxville, I used hotwire. I ended up getting Quality Inn in Alcoa, TN for $36.64 after all the taxes and fees! I was pretty excited about that.
I used Priceline's name your price for our stay in Gatlinburg. I chose the Gatlinburg/North Gatlinburg area and a 3 star hotel. We got Glenstone Lodge for $70/night ($167.10 after all the taxes and fees). I was pretty sure that was going to be the hotel we ended up with - on Hotwire, they had a Gatlinburg South hotel for $78/night, which again, I'm pretty sure was Glenstone Lodge.
Overall I'm pretty happy - I think if I was to do it again, I probably would have bidded a tad lower, but $70/night is pretty good in June for Gatlinburg I believe!
Hoping that hotel is good! :-)
Re: Update to my Priceline/Hotwire dilemma!