Las Vegas thread and MSE guide 2010

mookybargirl

March

ferf1223 wrote: »

While I'm really glad you got an upgrade at your stay at Bally's, I would love to be able to pick your brain on the comparison between Bally's and Paris standard rooms. We're still going back and forth on where to stay our first 5 nights next trip before moving to Encore...part of me thinks try Paris, you'll be moving anyway...part of me thinks go with the known Bally's.

But for the first time ever we're checking in on a Friday night...so it's quite possible we won't get upgraded to the north tower at Bally's anyway...so maybe it is the time to try Paris.

I think mookybargirl rated Bally's over Paris...which is one of the reasons I'm hesitating on Paris.

Decisions, decision!

Ha ha ha, I'm just catching up on the last few days. You know that you're going to have to try Paris :rotfl:

Give me the choice 10 times over, I'd still take Bally's. The room size played a bit part, but as I said, we may have just hit unlucky (although did tip at check in before the clerk assigned our room). It's not even that I love the plain, some would say boring style that Ballys has, I've enjoyed all the hotels we've stayed for different reason except Paris.... so Caesars, MGM, TI, Venetian, but Paris was just so uninspiring.

Anyway, ferf, you know it's going to bug you if you don't try it, so look for an offer and book a couple of nights....

ses6jwg

April

jaymjay wrote: »

ses6jwg

To give you some idea of prices, we have booked to go 28th April for 10 nights. Our flights were £364 each and we can get a Deluxe room at the Imperial Palace (the cheapest hotel on the strip) for £260 for the whole stay, so that works out at less than £500 each. Obviously, dearer flights and a better hotel would push the price up.

We have already booked an offer for the MGM Grand for our last four nights and are thinking of staying at another hotel for the first four, then moving to Imperial Palace for the weekend. At the moment we are just waiting to see what deals come out but are hoping to pay no more than £600 each for the whole stay.

Hope this helps.

Hey there where did you get those prices?

Cheapest I have found is £643 for 3 people, 2 rooms over 10 nights.

Having done research and talking to my friends our priorities are:

1) On the strip.
2) No Resort fees
3) Must have a pool/ jacuzzi
4) Ideally have a nightclub attached.

We aren't really bothered about the quality of the fit and finish of the rooms etc as long as they are clean.

Imperial Palace with the deluxe room upgrade for £1.99 looks about the best bet at the moment, though looking at some pictures from the outside it looks a dive but never mind, as its in the middle of the action.

photome

ses6jwg wrote: »

Hey there where did you get those prices?

Cheapest I have found is £643 for 3 people, 2 rooms over 10 nights.

Having done research and talking to my friends our priorities are:

1) On the strip.
2) No Resort fees
3) Must have a pool/ jacuzzi
4) Ideally have a nightclub attached.

We aren't really bothered about the quality of the fit and finish of the rooms etc as long as they are clean.

Imperial Palace with the deluxe room upgrade for £1.99 looks about the best bet at the moment, though looking at some pictures from the outside it looks a dive but never mind, as its in the middle of the action.

Have you checked flight prices seperately, have you read page 1 of this thread where all the links are to hotel deals?

Nothing wrong woth IP except the pool. for young guys, with a great pool and centre strip on a budget it has to be Flamingo

Heres one deal link http://www.harrahs.com/vegasvacation/

mookybargirl

March

Ooo, Dodgers coming to town during my stay... please post and if and when you spot tickets on sale.... can't even see the dogers listed on ticketmaster for LV yet.... We arrive on the 29th March and was going to have a car for a few days anyway and book some sports tickets. Enjoyed the college football last trip..... let's hope I can get some tickets!

photome

mookybargirl wrote: »

Ooo, Dodgers coming to town and a (non-title) boxing match during my stay... please post and if and when you spot tickets on sale.... can't even see the dogers listed for LV yet.... We arrive on the 29th March and was going to have a car for a few days anyway and book some sports tickets. Enjoyed the college football last trip..... let's hope I can get some tickets!

Are the Dodgers playing at Cashman fields? If so have you checked the Vegas51s website. It may be difficult to get tickets though as from memory CF only holds about 10000 whereas the Dodgers play in front of 40000 plus

edit
Just checked the website http://lasvegas.51s.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100120&content_id=7944654&vkey=news_t400&fext=.jsp&sid=t400 and the individual game tckts are not on sale yet but last time they played there it was a sellout 10271.

Edit 2

You can buy weekend package for the fri game Chicago v Chicago and the Dodgers sat game by calling the box office (702) 798-7825

ses6jwg

April

photome wrote: »

Have you checked flight prices seperately, have you read page 1 of this thread where all the links are to hotel deals?

Nothing wrong woth IP except the pool. for young guys, with a great pool and centre strip on a budget it has to be Flamingo

Heres one deal link http://www.harrahs.com/vegasvacation/

Yep, flights are coming out at around £450-500 per person return.

We want direct flights. That;s with Virgin Atlantic from Gatwick, so not much room for manouvre as you can see.

Froggitt

Reminder to everyone that Virgin Miles and Money fares generally save upto £100 over the regular fare. Just 2,000 miles redeemd per person. Earn miles for redemption thru various Virgin companies eg Virgin Credit Card, Virgin Poker etc.

stoneman

September

Froggitt wrote: »

Reminder to everyone that Virgin Miles and Money fares generally save upto £100 over the regular fare. Just 2,000 miles redeemd per person. Earn miles for redemption thru various Virgin companies eg Virgin Credit Card, Virgin Poker etc.

But more often than not £20-£40

stoneman

September

photome wrote: »

Have you checked flight prices seperately, have you read page 1 of this thread where all the links are to hotel deals?

Nothing wrong woth IP except the pool. for young guys, with a great pool and centre strip on a budget it has to be Flamingo

Heres one deal link http://www.harrahs.com/vegasvacation/

^^^^^^^^^^
What he said:beer:
The pool is awesome, way better vibe than Mandalay Bay

Cand

September

We saved approx £90 each with m+m for our Sept flights we paid something like £460 and they were going for £550 or some where around that it was defo worth it for us