Las Vegas guide and MSE thread 2011

Dangermouse99

I'm looking at booking Vegas in April, which sites are best?

I've looked at lastminute.com, Expedia and ebookers and open to either booking things separately or flight and hotel in one.

Thanks in advance

ferf1223

March

Dangermouse99 wrote: »

I'm looking at booking Vegas in April, which sites are best?

I've looked at lastminute.com, Expedia and ebookers and open to either booking things separately or flight and hotel in one.

Thanks in advance

Have a read through page 1 - loads of info to start with there.

ratkarth

Dangermouse99 wrote: »

I'm looking at booking Vegas in April, which sites are best?

I've looked at lastminute.com, Expedia and ebookers and open to either booking things separately or flight and hotel in one.

Thanks in advance

smartervegas.com or ask on here... where do you fancy staying

ratkarth

Wizbit82 wrote: »

We booked our trip through Thomas Cook last year as it worked out cheaper than doing it all ourselves - I think it is pretty standard that they try and sell you their pre-paid currency card, which is actually a Travelex card.

We did some digging and it's actually better to go direct through Travelex, as the Thomas Cook one charges you to withdraw (on top of what the machine charges you).

We both took Travelexcards with us and they were really good - can just check your balance really easily by calling the number on the back, and they were acceted everywhere we went, just like a normal credit/debit card.

We too are getting married in Vegas (in July) and are using Travelex again

Hope this helps

my mum had one of the thomas cook cards, wouldnt reccomend it, she had some money left over and there appears to be no way to get your money out of it again without loosing lots in the exchange
better option is to get a credit card and take plenty of cash/travelers cheques

ferf1223

March

Wizbit82 wrote: »

We did some digging and it's actually better to go direct through Travelex, as the Thomas Cook one charges you to withdraw (on top of what the machine charges you).

It sounds from this like Travelex isn't necessarily the best of the prepaid cards (2% top-up fee?) and not as good an exchange rate as FairFX or Caxton.

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/travel/cheap-travel-money

spalding

Dangermouse99 wrote: »

I'm looking at booking Vegas in April, which sites are best?

I've looked at lastminute.com, Expedia and ebookers and open to either booking things separately or flight and hotel in one.

Thanks in advance

Worth checking out lowcostusa and city and show for hotels

Froggitt

Just caught the end of Megastructures on channel FIVE, where they demolished the Frontier. Try and catch it if they repeat it.

Dangermouse99

ratkarth wrote: »

smartervegas.com or ask on here... where do you fancy staying

Probably MGM again. I'm getting quotes of around £800 for a week but I remember paying £100+ less last time.

I was just wondering if there was any other sites to book other than the ones I mentioned.

photome

August

Dangermouse99 wrote: »

Probably MGM again. I'm getting quotes of around £800 for a week but I remember paying £100+ less last time.

I was just wondering if there was any other sites to book other than the ones I mentioned.

Have you checked all the links on page 1

Dangermouse99

photome wrote: »

Have you checked all the links on page 1

Yes, I suppose I'm thinking more along the lines of a package again possibly, £750 for flights and hotels seems good. Strange that page 1 doesn't mention expedia or ebookers, I was wondering if there are any like those similar.

Or would people recommend booking separate, just wondered how much more that would cost in general as Virgin flights seem to be £700 on their own