Las Vegas guide and MSE thread 2013

pennylane99

anyone going this week, take your winter woollies, from Wednesday high of 8c during the day and -2c at night, through next Mon/Tues high of 4c day and -1c night

ferf1223

photome wrote: »

What about the Golden Nugget one. rates from $33 sun thru Thursday all thru 2014

where's that please? google is letting me down and we're thinking about a night at GN in April..

Ady87

mat5664 wrote: »

Cosmo cyber Monday offer is pretty pants. Rates not much better than normal and require full pre-payment with no cancellation.

Currently if you book you get $0 resort fee and 2 x passes for the Wicked Spoon buffet. I know I paid $28 a night resort fee and not sure what the buffet was but not particularly cheap,

The next unlockable bonus is a room upgrade too which I presume will be a suite but probably not the wrap around.

jadamcp

pennylane99 wrote: »

anyone going this week, take your winter woollies, from Wednesday high of 8c during the day and -2c at night, through next Mon/Tues high of 4c day and -1c night

Just back yesterday after a week, low to mid 60s everyday which was short sleeved weather for me, only rain was on Saturday when we arrived.

Trip report started tonight, but off to bed now maybe post once complete tomorrow night - no jet lag yet for me but it's 12:30 and I'm still up

pebblesmax

It's been nice today. Bought a fleece in the Old Navy sale to keep me warm after tomorrow.

photome

ferf1223 wrote: »

where's that please? google is letting me down and we're thinking about a night at GN in April..

sorry only just seen your post

http://bookgnlv.goldennugget.com/cgi-bin/lansaweb?PROCFUN+RN+RESNET+RES+funcparms+UP%28A2560%29:;eb1202/;;?/

not sure if its still any good, I got an email and it says book by midnight

Ady87

What time of year provides a good blend of price and weather?

I am looking at May and the flights are around £580 direct for when I want to go with good flight and arrival times. The hotel prices seem a little inflated. I can get 2 of us for 7 nights in the Aria which comes out cheapest of the big properties and a total price of about £1,650.

When I look at July, the flights are more expensive and the cheapest direct I have seen is for the 4th-11th at about £640. The hotels are definitely cheaper though, and as a result it comes in at about £50 more total cost to stay in the Aria. Is this because of the heat?

The only 2 hotels I didn't visit in November were Circus Circus and Monte Carlo so I have a decent idea about the facilities and amenities of most hotels but still can't decide where to go! I really liked Caesers but it looks quite expensive.

Aria is coming in cheaper than Mirage, Caesers, Bellagio, Wynn/Encore, Ventian, Palazzo, Cosmo. Only MGM of the big places is cheaper.

duchy

Yes July is dearer because mainly it's a bit too hot for many ...plus it is (USA) school holiday time so there are few business conventions taking up room space. The best summer time for a combination of cheaper fares and cheaper hotels is end of August - it's still too hot for conventions but transatlantic airfares drop around 25th August from peak rates.

secretmachines

too late now (sorry!), there were a few Cyber Monday deals for hotels, but not sure how they compared to regular booking. these included (taken from social media promos):

hard rock - rates from $35
rio - save upto 30%
caesars - "sale" (no figures)
tropicana - save upto 40%
planet hollywood - savings upto 30%
paris - save upto 30%
flamingo - save upto 30%
palms - 50% off room rates and 2 breakfast buffets
orleans - "sale" (no figures)
LVH - 10 nights - $299
bally's - save upto 30%
cosmo - exclusive rates and 2 Wicked Spoon passes
excalibur - rooms starting at $22
mandalay bay / thehotel - book best rates + a suite upgrade
luxor - rates as low as $29.99/night
trump - 30% off luxury accommodations

a few others had click throughs to offers on their website, but i've not gone that far

vanilla8

Hope I'm not cursing it but the pound is looking very good against the dollar.

http://metro.co.uk/2013/12/02/jetset-take-off-as-pound-rises-to-a-two-year-high-against-the-dollar-4210812/?ITO=news-sitemap