Las Vegas thread and MSE guide 2010

StuieUK34

June

pinkstarsx wrote: »

Me & My friend are looking to go to Vegas in October half term next year (she is a teacher)
I've looked at the 24th - 30th (6 nights) and the flights with BA have just come out from Heathrow - £610 return
We can get a cheap hotel (golden nugget, excalibur) for about £110 each for the 6 nights.

Is this a good price?? I've seen Vegas flights for under £500 before but obviously travelling peak time doesn't help!

Crikey, where did you see Excalibur for £220 ?????? (note there will be a resort fee of around £46 on top of that).....

ratkarth

Jodi wrote: »

Hi there,

Looking for advise again please, my partner and I are looking to go to Vegas in December. I contacted the Paris Hotel for somemore info on their Le Rendezvous lounge, I've copied the reply below. It's going to be our first time in Vegas and we are wondering if this sounds like good value?? We had simlar access to the lounge in The Hilton Hotel in New York and there we only had to worry about getting a snack through the day. Any advice would be great! Thank you xx

Thank you for contacting Paris Las Vegas!

We appreciate your interest in your stay with us. In response to your Le Rendezvous inquiry, access to the lounge runs $55.00 per room, per night upon check-in. Access includes the following:

Continental breakfast from 7am - 11am.
Includes: Juices, Coffee, Fruit, Bagels, Cereal, Danishes
Beverages and hors d'oeuvres from 5pm - 8pm.
Includes: Soda's, Fruit, Cheeses, Sandwiches, 2 different hors d'oeuvres daily, Coffee & Juices special request
Newspapers/magazines are available for reading in the lounge.
Free local phone calls from the lounge
Concierge is available during lounge hours to assist guests.
Limited business services complimentary in lounge (domestic faxes/copies).
52 inch television in the lounge.

(This upgrade is available for 2 Adults and Children 11 and younger are free. (up to 3 children per room)

To reserve the lounge, please mention this to the Front Desk agent upon your arrival and they will be able to assist you further.

I hope this was of help, and please let us know if we can assist you with anything further.

Thanks again and have a great day!

I wouldnt touch it with a bardge pole
As previously said so many decent restaurants and bars to try in vegas you really don't want to feel oblidged to use the same place all the time, which you will if you pay with it
plus its expensive when you consider some hotels do a 24 hour unlimmeted buffet pass for not much more in price

Daryl

dan28

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pinkstarsx

StuieUK34 wrote: »

Crikey, where did you see Excalibur for £220 ?????? (note there will be a resort fee of around £46 on top of that).....

Travelrepublic

John_Richo

bungle888 wrote: »

John,
You should try booking your flight + hotel seperate, usually comes in alot cheaper, try your hotel discount...as you are booking direct with the hotel this way and if anyone pulls out usually the hotel is fully refundable, this is always stated.
Where are you flying from and what month do you go?

Thanks for the info bungle. I will keep an eye on flights etc closer to the time, but have a feeling they will be £550+ or so, but i will have to compare that with the expedia deals etc that are around at that time too, i reckon they may come in closer to £700. So its a toss up of what to go for.

John_Richo

pennylane99 wrote: »

reading his posts, says from Manchester in September 2012, so a long way off yet

Yes Penny looking around Sept '12 time, but would like some 'soft' numbers to give the lads some ideas

photome

John_Richo wrote: »

Yes Penny looking around Sept '12 time, but would like some 'soft' numbers to give the lads some ideas

2012 ?

Its another 11 months before flight prices are released, anything could happen in that time!

Spursman180

October , November

Just announced in the Las Vegas Sun that the MGM hotel group will be introducing a resort fee at the Bellagio from January, what they don't say is how much!!! It also states that they plan to introduce fees progressively in all their wholly owned hotels in Las Vegas.

Interesting parts in the report states that MGM earned $20m over the last quarter. MGM comment that they've not had any negative reaction?

The newspaper comments on the fact that the resort fees don't show up when booking, I've seen several posts on here about them.

Obviously MGM don't read these boards. Someone should send Jim Murren the link.

ferf1223

April

Spursman180 wrote: »

Just announced in the Las Vegas Sun that the MGM hotel group will be introducing a resort fee at the Bellagio from January, what they don't say is how much!!!

If Mandalay Bay charge $15/night, I would hazard a guess that Bellagio will be at least that much.

ferf1223

April

feeling especially glad that we managed to get Garth Brooks tickets for our last trip (at $125 + fees each) as ticket prices are going up to $200 plus fees.

http://www.lvrj.com/blogs/vegasvoice/ENTERTAINMENT_Brooks_tickets_going_up_110.html

Ticket prices for all seats are going up to $253 (including fees) starting with the country superstar’s first anniversary dates during the National Finals Rodeo, Dec. 3-5.

The first year price of $143 still holds for Brooks’ dates Nov. 19-21.

We would still consider going again if we could get really, really great seats...but suddenly it's less appealing, even if it's the best show I've ever seen in Vegas. Not really surprised though - tickets were (relatively) cheap until now.