Las Vegas thread and MSE guide 2010

coz2099

October , November

jonesMUFCforever wrote: »

Anybody travelled to Vegas with Thomas Cook airline?

Price is comparable with Virgin (direct flight from Manchester) for May next year when we hope to go.

Hi Mate, we flew TC middle of october and cant fault the flight at all, we were in premium cabin and not sure if they've stopped this for next years flights but everything was great for us, kept us fed and watered both ways(food was better than ive usually had and bar was well stocked) seats were comfy enough and had loadsa leg room and all the staff were really friendly, also no delays either way!!

I'd defo fly again if they still do the premium cabin!!

Chris.

weezy_gal

December ( including Xmas and New Year )

Toothfairy4 wrote: »

Just booked flights for our honeymoon next september, got a seemingly good deal with BA flying direct to vegas then back fron san fran for £560 each Now just have to book hotels. Any reccomendations for good hotels on the strip, want to stay somewhere pretty nice but no more than about £120 a night. Thanks

I've stayed at The Venetian & The Palazzo, both around your price range and very nice hotels, on the plus side for both of these they're all suites so you get a nice big room.

I'm going to be staying at the Palazzo again in December, I've been saving up my Tesco vouchers and exchanging them for airmiles and managed to get the palazzo for £85 a night, we usually pay around £120 a night, so you have plenty of time to save up with airmiles if you shop at Tesco and do all your christmas shopping online through airmiles. but there are other places you can get reasonable prices for the hotels.

scottish_lass

Wondering if someone can give me some advice re the quote below from travel agents.
Our dates are fairly flexible but want to be in Vegas for 9th Aug our anniversary.
Which hotel is better and why?

Can fly from glasgow or manchester.

2nd August 2011

Glasgow 10:00/12:45 philadelphia

Philadelphia 15:50/21:05 San Francisco

5Nights - San Francisco
@ The Raddison - Fishermans Wharf

7th August 2011

San Fracisco 15:50/12:15 Las Vegas

5Nights - Las Vegas
@ The Flamingo - on the Strip

or
@ The Luxor - on the Strip

12th August 2011

Las Vegas 09:05/16:45 Philadelphia

Philadelphia 18:45/07:00* Glasgow (* next day arrival)

Total Price: £2981.50 Based on the Radisson and The Flamingo.

Total Price: £3021.50 Based on the Radisson and The Luxor.

Thanks

luci

May

scottish_lass wrote: »

7th August 2011

San Fracisco 15:50/12:15 Las Vegas

I would check the timing of the SFO>LAS flight as there's something far wrong with those timings.

tingtong

scottish_lass wrote: »

Wondering if someone can give me some advice re the quote below from travel agents.
Our dates are fairly flexible but want to be in Vegas for 9th Aug our anniversary.
Which hotel is better and why?

Can fly from glasgow or manchester.

2nd August 2011

Glasgow 10:00/12:45 philadelphia

Philadelphia 15:50/21:05 San Francisco

5Nights - San Francisco
@ The Raddison - Fishermans Wharf

7th August 2011

San Fracisco 15:50/12:15 Las Vegas

5Nights - Las Vegas
@ The Flamingo - on the Strip

or
@ The Luxor - on the Strip

12th August 2011

Las Vegas 09:05/16:45 Philadelphia

Philadelphia 18:45/07:00* Glasgow (* next day arrival)

Total Price: £2981.50 Based on the Radisson and The Flamingo.

Total Price: £3021.50 Based on the Radisson and The Luxor.

Thanks

Personally I would recommend not booking it as a package as you will more than likely save at least £400-£500.

I would even consider booking a simple open jaw ticket MAN-SFO then LAS-MAN (or to/from GLA). This will maybe not save you much money but you will have total flexibility if you decide to change the number of nights in each place. You can then book a cheap internal flight once you decide for sure.

I would then just book the SF hotel on somewhere like Booking.com but make sure it's refundable because you will almost certainly get it cheaper nearer the time. Don't worry too much about booking a Vegas hotel yet, with the money you'll save you could stay at the Encore nevermind the Flamingo !

tingtong

Also meant to say sorry for not actually recommending Flamingo or Luxor. Not stayed at either but I think most on here would pick Flamingo based on its better location.

ferf1223

April

scottish_lass wrote: »

Which hotel is better and why?

Is there a reason only those two hotels are options? I have only stayed at Luxor of those two and would probably struggle to choose one...Luxor's location is not the greatest and I'm not a big fan of the property itself...Flamingo is a much better location, has a better pool, though what I have seen of the rooms it isn't really somewhere that screams out at us.

I agree with tingtong about looking at DIY options...the price seems quite high to me though I haven't looked at that sort of combination specifically before.

photome

scottish_lass wrote: »

Wondering if someone can give me some advice re the quote below from travel agents.
Our dates are fairly flexible but want to be in Vegas for 9th Aug our anniversary.
Which hotel is better and why?

Can fly from glasgow or manchester.

2nd August 2011

Glasgow 10:00/12:45 philadelphia

Philadelphia 15:50/21:05 San Francisco

5Nights - San Francisco
@ The Raddison - Fishermans Wharf

7th August 2011

San Fracisco 15:50/12:15 Las Vegas

5Nights - Las Vegas
@ The Flamingo - on the Strip

or
@ The Luxor - on the Strip

12th August 2011

Las Vegas 09:05/16:45 Philadelphia

Philadelphia 18:45/07:00* Glasgow (* next day arrival)

Total Price: £2981.50 Based on the Radisson and The Flamingo.

Total Price: £3021.50 Based on the Radisson and The Luxor.

Thanks

Of the 2 Vegas hotels the Flamingo would get my vote. Location and Pool

Have you thought of doing it DIY, flights next August are not cheap, they are around £750 each but that still leaves you about £1500 on your quotes for accom. Flamingo should be available in Aug for less than £50 a night and SF hotel should be avail for £100 a night so that would bring the total in at about £2250. If you wanted to go DIY and pay £3000 all in you could get a top end hotel in Vegas for that money

credit_crunch

October , November

good morning everyone!

im just waiting on the new stripburger certs coming out - if i remember correctly someone said they are normally updated around 8am - so just waiting patiently

also i want to get the limo booked for the airport pick up. al has been mentioned on here before so il prob book with them. with all thats goin on with the packages/devices found recently do you think this will effect our time at immigration. we are due to land around 6:30pm so any suggestions what time i should organise the limo for?

thanks in advance

wdyw

credit_crunch wrote: »

good morning everyone!

im just waiting on the new stripburger certs coming out - if i remember correctly someone said they are normally updated around 8am - so just waiting patiently

With the hour change in the Uk over the weekend and the USA (most of it) not changing until next weekend, would that make it 7:00am (if it was UK 8:00am), or if it was 8:00am in the states (east/west coast) don't forget to factor in the hour change