Vegas Hotel Suggestions
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Stayed in the Excalibur Hotel at bottom of Strip opposite the MGM Grand Hotel..very reasonable €60 per room mid week, walking distance of Strip. Bit tacky on the furniture and carpets are a bit gawdy but nice comfortable beds and great choice of restaurants in and around the hotel.
I agree...the Venetian definatley looked like the nicest of the hotels on the strip
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I've copied most of this from a previous post.
Stayed at Treasure Island, fairly good room, excellent view of the strip.Request this at the time of the booking.Ask for a high floor looking South/Pool view
http://www.travel2vegas.com/messageboard.html
This forum has tons of advice on Las Vegas. I got a tower deluxe room + $10 free slot play, all for $91 a night including all taxes.They will supply you with loads if discount codes.I used a code on the forum above to book my accomodation on Treasure Island's website.
IMHO this website has some great offers. Some offers are actually better than the actual hotel websites. If you find a good deal on this website,check the hotel's and travel2vegas websites before booking. Also most prices quoted are before taxes are added so beware.
The strip is just one big long road.Stratosphre(big tower) at one end and Mandalay Bay at the other. You can see the airport runways from there I reckon.
Hotels
The best looking hotel in Vegas is Wynn's, it is probably the dearest also.
Most Vegas hotels look the same. The hotel with the best atmosphere was Tropicana (Good deals usually available) .
Saturday nights in most hotels are more expensive to stay.
Downtown is cheaper & ok, but do not venture far from the Fremont Street.
Airport
Airport is relatively close, Mini buses are about $5 to hotel door. $1 tip also.
The bus service is quick, efficient and often.
Shows
Do not buy tickets for a show before you get there unless it is a show that sells out. The are 4 outlets (2 on the way to each end of the strip)that sell half price tickets to most shows.They only sell tickets to show that day and the list and prices come out at about 11.30/noon.
Gambling
To get COMPED you need to play at a $25 table for 4 hours.
if you are the real gambling type, my advice is to gamble at a hotel that appriciates your play. Riveria or Tropicana.PS: Go with an attitude that you are going to win, rather than bring a gambling budget & saying this is how much I can afford to lose..
Hoover Dam & Grand Canyon.
Did not get to the Grand Canyon,helicopter ride about $320
Went to the Hoover Dam, worth going to see.coach tour about $35(We had to stop off at some vitamin factory to purchase/get our entry tickets for the Hoover Dam (Which Created Lake Tahoe), you get to see the areas surrounding Las Vegas(Las Vegas is one if the fastest growing cities in America)The Dam & surroundings are done in an art deco style.
The hotel that had all the children in it was Circus Circus, it was a real cheap and cheerful place.The only other 'children like hotel, as ciara_gmail said was excalibur & is really the last Themed hotel on Vegas.
Bit of advice is to carry about 20 $1 bills with you for tipping all over Vegas.
As for when to book, click on the forum
http://www.travel2vegas.com/messageboard.html & read, it may say when to book.If not use some of the codes and see if you can get a good deal.
Also some airlines do package deals, southwest,america west,
Bellagio fountains are excellent,
Best of luck
Stayed at Treasure Island, fairly good room, excellent view of the strip.Request this at the time of the booking.Ask for a high floor looking South/Pool view
http://www.travel2vegas.com/messageboard.html
This forum has tons of advice on Las Vegas. I got a tower deluxe room + $10 free slot play, all for $91 a night including all taxes.They will supply you with loads if discount codes.I used a code on the forum above to book my accomodation on Treasure Island's website.
IMHO this website has some great offers. Some offers are actually better than the actual hotel websites. If you find a good deal on this website,check the hotel's and travel2vegas websites before booking. Also most prices quoted are before taxes are added so beware.
The strip is just one big long road.Stratosphre(big tower) at one end and Mandalay Bay at the other. You can see the airport runways from there I reckon.
Hotels
The best looking hotel in Vegas is Wynn's, it is probably the dearest also.
Most Vegas hotels look the same. The hotel with the best atmosphere was Tropicana (Good deals usually available) .
Saturday nights in most hotels are more expensive to stay.
Downtown is cheaper & ok, but do not venture far from the Fremont Street.
Airport
Airport is relatively close, Mini buses are about $5 to hotel door. $1 tip also.
The bus service is quick, efficient and often.
Shows
Do not buy tickets for a show before you get there unless it is a show that sells out. The are 4 outlets (2 on the way to each end of the strip)that sell half price tickets to most shows.They only sell tickets to show that day and the list and prices come out at about 11.30/noon.
Gambling
To get COMPED you need to play at a $25 table for 4 hours.
if you are the real gambling type, my advice is to gamble at a hotel that appriciates your play. Riveria or Tropicana.PS: Go with an attitude that you are going to win, rather than bring a gambling budget & saying this is how much I can afford to lose..
Hoover Dam & Grand Canyon.
Did not get to the Grand Canyon,helicopter ride about $320
Went to the Hoover Dam, worth going to see.coach tour about $35(We had to stop off at some vitamin factory to purchase/get our entry tickets for the Hoover Dam (Which Created Lake Tahoe), you get to see the areas surrounding Las Vegas(Las Vegas is one if the fastest growing cities in America)The Dam & surroundings are done in an art deco style.
The hotel that had all the children in it was Circus Circus, it was a real cheap and cheerful place.The only other 'children like hotel, as ciara_gmail said was excalibur & is really the last Themed hotel on Vegas.
Bit of advice is to carry about 20 $1 bills with you for tipping all over Vegas.
As for when to book, click on the forum
http://www.travel2vegas.com/messageboard.html & read, it may say when to book.If not use some of the codes and see if you can get a good deal.
Also some airlines do package deals, southwest,america west,
Bellagio fountains are excellent,
Best of luck
I stayed in the Tropicana. Huge bed with mirror on the ceiling. I sh1t you not!! Pity I was there on my own though!!
Was cheapest I could find in the centre of the strip, I think it was €65 midweek, middle of summer too so it was boiling there. Room had AC. Needed a bit of renovation though. Very old but spotless. Unless you're gambling very heavy, you should just book the cheapest you can find on the strip, (try for centre or south strip) as all you'll need is a bed. You can go from one hotel to the next all you like and enjoy the features of each without having to pay stupid prices for a bed in them.
Also, I wouldn't really recommend staying too far off strip or downtown as Vegas is a bit of a kip once you leave the strip and fremont street.
If you're going to the Hoover Dam, then get up at 6am and go then. Otherwise it will take you two hours to travel the 15 miles and in 40 degree heat that is not something to look forward to!
Enjoy.
Was cheapest I could find in the centre of the strip, I think it was €65 midweek, middle of summer too so it was boiling there. Room had AC. Needed a bit of renovation though. Very old but spotless. Unless you're gambling very heavy, you should just book the cheapest you can find on the strip, (try for centre or south strip) as all you'll need is a bed. You can go from one hotel to the next all you like and enjoy the features of each without having to pay stupid prices for a bed in them.
Also, I wouldn't really recommend staying too far off strip or downtown as Vegas is a bit of a kip once you leave the strip and fremont street.
If you're going to the Hoover Dam, then get up at 6am and go then. Otherwise it will take you two hours to travel the 15 miles and in 40 degree heat that is not something to look forward to!
Enjoy.
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Stayed in Ballys last year, reasonable enough price and fantastic facilities but it seems no matter where you go in Vegas the facilities are good ; so much competition. A good place to book hotels is www.vegas.com
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Anybody stayed in the Luxor Hotel recently? Just wondering what it's like and is it close to the strip.
Cheers.
Cheers.
Stayed there for a few nights last Summer. Is in need of a little updating, but all in all was great for the price we paid (can't remember exact figures but got one of the many deals available online).
Spent a night in the Bellaggio for the experience (and again, got a nice deal on it, room less than half price) and highly suggest anyone in Vegas try and get a night there. Superb doesn't even come close to describing it.
To be honest, you'll spend so little time in the room it's not worth the money for somewhere like the Bellaggio, but great for a one off. Anywhere on the strip (Luxor is on the southern tip of the strip but no problem getting up and down it from there) is perfect location, you'll be walking up and down it anyway to sample as many different casinos (and the general atmosphere) as you can. As mentioned, go off the strip (or the main tourist spots) and you could end up in some questionable areas, so best to stay in the main theme casinos on the strip if possible.
It is very warm, so AC is a must (I know I heard other guests complain that AC was very loud in some rooms in the Luxor, mine was just fine - I'd assume this complaint could be made about/in any hotel in Vegas). Some are getting a little old/run down in comparison to the newer ones, but even then the standard is/can be very high.
Worth staying in the Luxor if for nothing else than trying the "inclinators". Elevators that go up at an incline (following the shape of the building), very interesting after a few of the free drinks!
My husband & I stopped in Las Vegas in the beginning & end of our honeymoon (we went driving to West Coast inbetween)... anyways, when we arrived, we stayed at MGM Grand for couple of nights - fabulous hotel... bit expensive. On our way back, we wanted to stay somewhere else, so we tried the [broken link removed]... the rooms were going for $45/night... on arriving in our room, we were pleasantly surprised - it was HUGE! We got the 'Island Tower Jacuzzi Hotel Suite'... we were 'bumped-up' upon checking-in... but we certainly didn't expect this kind of a room
It was the best value hotel we'd ever stayed in during the honeymoon.
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Would recommend the New York, New York. A lot of the hotels are slots after slots, I would recommend going to one slightly different, the New York New York has a few bars and about 9 or 10 retaurants and a village theme in the lobby, with enough slots to loose your shirt. The luxor is good too. They say the strip isn't long but if you are travelling at high season you don't want to be caught out by having to walk for to where ever you want to go and taxi are never cheap anywhere if you need to get one regularly. For convenience stay on the strip, if possibly.