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Going to book a holiday to Vegas
Has anyone been and can you recommend any hotels


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jonnysmith199 said:
Going to book a holiday to Vegas
Has anyone been and can you recommend any hotels


Cheers
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I have been 4 times recently, what sort of holiday are u after and what sort of price

Cheap..imperial palace

medium..Mirage or Ceasers

high....Bellagio, Aria, Wynn or Venitian/Palazio
 
Yes. Love it!!! Luxor is cheap and not too bad. Stayed at wynns too 4 years ago and was amazing, very nice and if going back would stay there again.
 
problem with Luxor, is its at the very end of strip so position is bad, means lots of walking or trains to get anywhere

TBF that also applies to Wynn
 
Never actually stayed in a hotel on the strip (we have our own pad there :p). But, having visited most of them at least once, I would chose the Bellagio.
 
Stayed at The Imperial Palace several years, that was very nice.
 
Went last year and stayed in the Luxor. Rooms were very average and the hotel was populated by trailer-trash. Overall, not impressed with Vegas.
 
Went on a California/Nevada road trip earlier this year. Las Vegas was definitely our least favourite bit of the trip.
We stayed at Circus Circus...terrible :thumbsdown:

You can get some very good prices on the better rooms in the expensive hotels if you are flexible with dates.
 
PatrickO said:
Went on a California/Nevada road trip earlier this year. Las Vegas was definitely our least favourite bit of the trip.
We stayed at Circus Circus...terrible :thumbsdown:

You can get some very good prices on the better rooms in the expensive hotels if you are flexible with dates.
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Places NOT to stay

Circus circus smells awfull
Stratosphere delapadated
Treasure island unless u get a room at the back away from the ship
Mandalay bay is great hotel but miles from anywhere
Rio off strip and a dump
Pretty much anything off strip unless u are happy to live with hookers pimps strippers and crack heads
Fremont street is just old
Tropicana and Excalibur are a bit naff
 
Been a couple of times and I love it. Stayed at Luxor first time and Monte Carlo the second, and when I go back, I'll probably head back to the Monte Carlo again; nice rooms at a nice price, located just south of centre strip.

However, my tip is to keep an eye on the deals offered by the hotels themselves, as they usually offer good discounts. You should check this site for deals daily: www.fatwallet.com/forums/travel-discussion/1036400/?start=200.

Also, if you haven't heard about it before, try googling "$20 trick", I tried it at the Monte Carlo last year and it worked like a charm.
 
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Statosphere is fine now as it has been renovated, I was there earlier this year and you can get a great deal. It's only drawback is the fact it is miles from the main strip.

Also stayed at the Venetian and whilst it was an amazing hotel, I was put of by the fact that it was absolutely heaving and still quite a walk to get further up the strip.

Still it is well worth it, I can't wait to go back!!

:)
 
In October I stopped in the Planet Hollywood Westgate, it was very tidy. In our suite we had 5 TVs, 2 dishwasher, washing machine, a big kitchen, a little kitchen, 2 bathroom, a 20foot projector.

I'd definitely go there again.
 
j3w3ll3r said:
problem with Luxor, is its at the very end of strip so position is bad, means lots of walking or trains to get anywhere

TBF that also applies to Wynn
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Dont agree with that myself - but I am happy to do a lot of walking anyway! From memory (Luxor was 7 odd years ago), it was quite nice being at one end, as you can wander up one side and through hotels and then down the other side. At the time we used to walk up to the Mall opposite Wynns and back down, as there was not too much further up from there aside from Fremont and Stratosphere which is a long way. Wynns too, is across the road from Venetian and not a bad walk to the rest.
 
I think the Luxor to the Wynn is over 2 miles
 
j3w3ll3r said:
I think the Luxor to the Wynn is over 2 miles
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Yup, but only 5 minutes on the monorail.

Things over there are BIG, and therefore they're well spaced out. However if you make use of the LV Monorail (chargeable, but cheap), the multiple monorails between hotels (all free), and the autowalks, you can avoid walking for most journeys!
 
Each to their own

IMVHO the Luxor is a one of the poorer hotels on the strip and the position is crap, btw I got married and stayed at the MGM the first time I went to Vegas and soon learnt my lesson

Since then and in any future trips I would only stay centre strip as IMO it's easier to get about, as you say unless you have been there you have No idea how big the place is and I just try to make travel/walking between places the minimum, let's face it in some hotels it can take you 20mins to walk from your room to reception let alone across the road
 
I've also stayed at the Luxor in Las Vegas. I didn't really enjoy my stay, beds were a bit firm for my liking.

Would recommend looking at Trip Advisor, ignore some of the complete idiots on there who complain about things that are not relevant to the hotel itself.

Enjoy your time in Las Vegas! :)
 
We have stayed at a load of the hotels in vegas.
Tropicana, gave you a bit of how it was, a little old school vegas hotel before the big corporations took over. yes was a bit dated and theming was dated but it wasnt that bad it was clean and the staff were very good. and it has suposedly been renovated in the last year so should be a lot better.

Luxor, was ok but it is a bit further down the strip roomes were nice in the tower which were newer and the renovated rooms in the pyramid were ok but not all were renovated. as it is one of the cheaper hotels it does get filled with less well off guests. but I generaly spend very little time in the hotel anyway.

Ballys, its miles walk from the rooms to the strip, so far they put a moving walkway from the entrance, we got a free suite and it was huge but knackered and again it has been renovated since we were there but I wouldnt go back.

Paris, stayed a few times here freebys and paid but is an acceptable backup hotel, not too expensive and if you get one of the renovated rooms its very nice, one of the rooms on the front and you can watch the fountains at belagio all night. and the front desk like the $20 sandwich.

MGM is always cheap due to having soo many rooms available but MGM is huge and for me just too big.

The hard rock hotel was great but a bit out of the way.

Never really gone for the higher end hotels mainly becasue I don't really make use of the other facilities as long as they are clean and have comfy beds I'm happy.

If your looking to just get flights and hotel seperatly then sign up for the hotel email news letters the offers are usually pretty good.
 
Love Vegas...

It all depends on what you want and how much you have to spend?

I stayed at The Bellagio and it is amazing although for the 'greyer' end of the market where as Planet Hollywood and the newly opened Cosmopolitan are for the 'younger' end.

Think we paid about $200 per night in The Bellagio.

Then on a road trip we stayed in The Travel lodge (this is like a motel) but its opposite Bellagio and next door to Planet Hollywood so in the heart of it all. It was safe and cheap @ $50 per nite.

So it all depends on what you want and what money you wish to blow.

Good luck enjoy
 
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Was thinking of the MGM grand but you read mixed reviews about it
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Hotel is ok, its just huge, as i said i got married there and stayed there for a week, its a long way down the end of the strip too
 
All of Vegas is equally tacky, trashy, depressing, depraved and vile. Fun for a few days simply for intriguing people-watching, but you'll be screaming to get out of it once the sight of pensioners transferring their life savings from paper cups into one-armed bandits, drunken idiots and people flicking porn flyers in your face along the strip finally reach boiling point.
 
onona said:
All of Vegas is equally tacky, trashy, depressing, depraved and vile. Fun for a few days simply for intriguing people-watching, but you'll be screaming to get out of it once the sight of pensioners transferring their life savings from paper cups into one-armed bandits, drunken idiots and people flicking porn flyers in your face along the strip finally reach boiling point.
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LOL all very true, but all part of its charm :D
 
my daughter is getting married in Vegas in 2013 so I will keep an eye on this thread I think :-)
 
j3w3ll3r said:
LOL all very true, but all part of its charm :D
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I know what you mean. Like I said, it's fascinating from a people-watching perspective and I don't regret visiting, but it's certainly not a place I'd ever visit again. I found it extremely depressing - parts of Los Angeles are somewhat similar in that there's this air of desperation everywhere and it gets to you after a while.
 
onona said:
All of Vegas is equally tacky, trashy, depressing, depraved and vile. Fun for a few days simply for intriguing people-watching, but you'll be screaming to get out of it once the sight of pensioners transferring their life savings from paper cups into one-armed bandits, drunken idiots and people flicking porn flyers in your face along the strip finally reach boiling point.
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Sounds like my kinda place. I myself can be a very drunken at times.
 
Apart from the Stratosphere, it doesn't really matter where your hotel is positioned along the strip, between the Luxor and say, The Mirage. You'll probably end up walking all the way along between them anyway, just looking.

I've stayed in the Paris, and it was ok. I did have a bit or a row with the concierge over their failure to provide any trolleys to get baggage from the car park to the room. It's all part of the scam to get you to have your car valet-parked and then pay for somebody to transport your cases for you. The view from the Paris tower was good.

The monorail was a nightmare. Try finding it from within a hotel. You'll end up walking half a mile through every gambling area and corridor. And when it came to getting out at my destination - no exit signs - nothing. I found myself wandering round no end of deserted corridors and enclosed courtyards. I almost ended up taking an employee hostage to get me out on to the main street. Never again.
 
MisterE said:
The monorail was a nightmare. Try finding it from within a hotel. You'll end up walking half a mile through every gambling area and corridor. And when it came to getting out at my destination - no exit signs - nothing. I found myself wandering round no end of deserted corridors and enclosed courtyards. I almost ended up taking an employee hostage to get me out on to the main street. Never again.
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Thats the whole point the casinos are designed to keep you in there, no clocks or windows so you have no idea how long you have been there. When we stayed at the trop we used it from the MGM 4 times and never got to the station the same way on any of them.

You want to go to your room yep thats through the casino, going to see the show? yep just the other side of the gaming area. toilets everything. you don't think they build hotels there for you to stay in do you? they build casinos for you to spend money in and put a hotel on the back so you can stay another night to spend more money. the hosts are there so you don;t have to get up and go get drinks or food so you stay at the tables or slots pouring your kids inheretance in to the casino vault.
 
onona said:
All of Vegas is equally tacky, trashy, depressing, depraved and vile. Fun for a few days simply for intriguing people-watching, but you'll be screaming to get out of it once the sight of pensioners transferring their life savings from paper cups into one-armed bandits, drunken idiots and people flicking porn flyers in your face along the strip finally reach boiling point.
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I found Vegas to be amazing, been twice, married there on the 2nd trip and would list it as the top 3 places to go back to - and would be gutted if i never went back. For me its the size and scale of everything, I like poker too so a few games on that is brilliant. The sights of the hotels (like the pirate show outside one of them) is amazing, and the shopping is excellent too. Add a whole host of great shopping to that.
 
cambsno said:
I found Vegas to be amazing, been twice, married there on the 2nd trip and would list it as the top 3 places to go back to - and would be gutted if i never went back. For me its the size and scale of everything, I like poker too so a few games on that is brilliant. The sights of the hotels (like the pirate show outside one of them) is amazing, and the shopping is excellent too. Add a whole host of great shopping to that.
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Whilst I never actually got married there (my partner refused!) I agree with the above. It is what it is and if you go expecting to walk a long way as all the hotels are huge and designed to keep you in and be prepared for the fact it is usually mega busy then you will be fine.

I can't wait to go again but with a little one on the way it might be a while! :bonk:
 
Shopping is very good there, I have been 3/4 times now and can't wait for the next trip out there.

I do disagree with cambsno on the pirate show? Its pants its like power ranges with over exagerated head movements to make them look like they are speaking but the women are good to watch.
 
I'm not into Gambling at all, but I liked Vegas, I'd definitely go again.

TBH the only place I didn't really like when I went to California/Nevada in October was Los Angeles, I enjoyed my day at Universal Studios but the rest of LA had nothing at all going for it.
 
Yeah LA is a bit of a dump and you spend most of the day stuck in traffic
 
Only been to Vegas once and absloutely loved it, cannot wait to go back (and if you're in photography, and go to WPPI, it's a tax deductible business expense!).
We stayed at the Luxor, which is getting a bit shabby, but cheap, rooms perfectly reasonable, it is quite a walk to the strip.
It's attached to the Excalibur, which looks rough, and the Mandalay Bay, which looks gorgeous, but is even FURTHER from the strip (although think the mono rail may go from there, you would def use this).
Didn't like the look of Circus, Circus or Stratosphere, pretty shabby and not well situated waaaaaay down opposite end of strip.
Bellagio, Mirage, Ceasars, Venetian all looked better places to stay.
Tropicana was a bit shabby at the time (18 months ago), but has now been done up so will probably have bargainous rooms whilst they try and prove they're not naff any more. MGM is fine, huge as said.
Paris, Paris looks fine. Ballys and Sahara look rough.
Most of the hotels have a daily resort fee that if you book with somewhere like expedia, you will end up paying on top.
We found it cheaper to book flights and hotel through different sites - expedia for flights and lowcostusa.co.uk for hotel. Our hotel fee was cheaper here as it included the resort fee.
If you like gambling, it's also worth thinking about what chain you stay in, as they have player's clubs. If you mainly gamble within the same group, eg MGM who own a whole stack of the hotels on the strip, whether you are playing the tables or slots you can accumulate points, which can get you money off your hotel bill at the end of your stay.

Have I mentioned how much I loved Vegas?

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Vegas is a great place, but it is what it is. Which is tacky :D

At the same time all the hotels are pretty much the much when it comes to the rooms (unless you`re paying top dollar). Caesers is a nice hotel imo.

But as I have family in Henderson, it`s easy for me :lol:
 
We went as part of our honeymoon in Aug this year. Stayed at the Trump Hotel and could not recommend it enough. Really great hotel. It is a non gaming hotel but that was what we wanted. Rooms where fantastic, you can see them on the website. High rise as well so good views of
Vegas and the strip.
Located slightly off the strip at the top end behind fashion show mall. They operated with shuttle buses every 10 mins taking you to and from Ceasers and the Wynn. One of the main stops of the strip bus service is only 5 mins away as well. Would definitely reccomend this. It's only $15 for 24hours and takes you from downtown to both outlet malls.

Brett
 
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