Las Vegas guide and MSE thread 2015

Brats64

If you book direct through the hotel website you will be required to pay the first nights stay,plus taxes.
They will take the rest of the payment after your stay.
You can cancel the reservation usually anytime up to a day or two before your arrival date without cost to you.You would be refunded your initial payment you made.
It's quite a good way to book,as if there is a good price with the hotel,you can "provisionally" book it as a fall back plan.If anything better comes along that is a great deal,you can cancel the booking,and it's cost you nothing.
We use the Post Office credit card for all American payments,gives you a better rate on conversions.There are a few other cards that also give good rates....I'm sure others on here will let you know what they use.


Don't use most of the standard bank cards...they give poor exchange rates,and don't use debit cards.

Edit

Looks like Duchy beat me to it.

bobbyhibs

thank you both for the feedback, so it looks like its whatever card i use that has the currency exchange rate?(plus a fee prehaps)

Its something im looking to do at the moment, Im looking at different opetions, flight and hotel together, booking seperately.Just I had seen an offer for the mgm where my brother and i would both get a buffet pass each per day on out saty, but we checked prices and got a figure and i was like ok whats that to pounds and i got unsure!!

thank you both though for your feedback:beer:

vegasvisitor

bobbyhibs wrote: »

As far as your first part of your post, it must have been really recently for the mandalay bay free booze cos when we went(7th-17th june,i think we got the reward the tail end our trip maybe the 14th?) my brother did have a few beers(cough 6 cough) for no extra charge,

Can't remember where I read it, and it could indeed be wrong. It could have been on one of the facebook groups.

vegasvisitor

I remembered what was said about Mandalay Bay. They now have a drinks package that can be purchased, which would appear to override the previously included for free deal.

http://www.mandalaybay.com/dining/bayside-buffet/

Breakfast
7.00a.m. -11:00a.m.
Adults $17.99
Children $12.99

Lunch
11:00a.m. -2:30p.m.
Adults $21.99
Children $13.99

Dinner
4:30p.m. -9:45p.m.
Adults $32.99
Children $21.99
$7.99 Unlimited Beverage Package (Dinner Only), Premium Beer, Draft Beer, Wine & Champagne

Brunch
Friday - Sunday 7:00a.m. -2:30p.m.
Adults $25.99
Children $20.99
$5.00 add Unlimited Champagne to your Brunch Experience

*Children: 5-12years old
*Seasonal pricing may apply

Seasonal Pricing:

July 31st - August 2nd, 2015*:
Brunch
7am – 2:30pm
$29.99 includes Unlimited Champagne for Adults
$20.99 for children 5-12
Children 4 and under free with paid adult
Dinner
4:30pm – 9:45pm
$34.99 for Adults
$21.99 for children 5-12
$7.99 for Unlimited Beverage Package
Children 4 and under free with paid adult

jodles16

Hello all! I signed up to Groupon Vegas and went to see if I could buy something today, obviously Im not living in Vegas so how do I get around the address aspect?? Sorry if this is a silly question!!

Jodles

bobbyhibs

lesley74 wrote: »

Can't remember where I read it, and it could indeed be wrong. It could have been on one of the facebook groups.

hi
I dunno if it was because we used a Myvegas reward maybe?, but if i recall we have a 2 for 1 thing and i recall we paying for a buffet and my brother had a few beers.I dont think we got charged any extra though for adding on a drinks package. !
but thanks for the feedback

baza52

jodles16 wrote: »

Hello all! I signed up to Groupon Vegas and went to see if I could buy something today, obviously Im not living in Vegas so how do I get around the address aspect?? Sorry if this is a silly question!!

Jodles

pretty sure you can just use a hotels address and postcode.
MGM addy is 3799 South Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas, NV 89109, United States

burnoutbabe

bobbyhibs wrote: »

hi

Has anyone ever booked a vegas hotel direct?
I ve been looking at the mgm grand hotel and well there seems to be a few deals there(and on the offical facebook site) but i guess my issue is its all in dollars.

Does anyone know how it would work , i mean like us usuing pund sterling ,I suppose they use whatever the dollar to the pund rate at the time over there to calculate what it costs?

so can anyone explain it to me please?and share your experinces as well, though it does NOT have to be the mgm grand hotel direct, just if you have used the hotel directly in vegas

Thanks for reading and hopefully for your reply,:beer:

I did book it via MGM when they had a flight and hotel deal going on and got a great deal that included a show as well. We got flights from LA to Vegas organised through it which meant we could get cheap flights to LA and then a few days either side in LA then Disney.

Card was charged at the point of booking for the whole thing which was handy when rate crashed a few months later.

StuieUK34

wow!
Just logged into my Mlife account just to see what offers are there that I Can't use this year
Anyway, Monte Carlo offer = 7 Nights comp ! wow !!!!
shame gotta be used before November this year!
Still, fingers crossed, the offers come back ready for next year!

gamboller

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