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davidmcg2u

Thanks!

I have a long short list - arghh!!

I'm now looking at PH, Flamingo, Ballys, Harrah's.

I think we'll definitiely do Luxor at some point though, either at the start or end of our week. I also really like the look of the Flamingo too (Luxury Go Strip View).

Please keep opinoons coming - need all the help I can get.

middy60

we stopped at both the strat and luxor and wouldnt stop at either again we also stopped at the mgm which is much better,luxor too far away from everything even a good 10 min walk to the monorail at mgm the strat just wants knocking down awful area and miles from everything

gt568

September

davidmcg2u wrote: »

Thanks!

I have a long short list - arghh!!

I'm now looking at PH, Flamingo, Ballys, Harrah's.

I think we'll definitiely do Luxor at some point though, either at the start or end of our week. I also really like the look of the Flamingo too (Luxury Go Strip View).

Please keep opinoons coming - need all the help I can get.

Remeber you don't need to stay somewhere to get the feel for a place. To a certain extent you aren't going to be staying in your room much, and you can visit any casino even if you aren't staying there.

trets77

April

at least with the Hilton you have the Monorail, for a weekend the $151 is probably reasonable .

with the Strat you are basically into the seedy north strip area before downtown with only a taxi as escape without venturing onto the adult bookshop terriority .

Strat is a down market operator , no question . thats how it keeps going by under cutting the rest in everything it does , and pulling in people who cannot afford the strip .
it's well worth visting , but i would never stay there. i would stay downtown but the strat is kinda halfway between the 2 . Location is not a bonus IMO , if you can afford the main strip ,stay main strip .

i would never go all the way up to " Naked City " just to save a few bucks ,

mattyha

Hello Vegas Experts

We have just booked to go from 10th Nov - 20th Nov (10 Nights)

Quite fancy staying in a couple of places, maybe one cheaper than the other, also may fancy going off for the weekend, maybe hire a car drive to see the grand canyon, if anyone can comment on that!

Would it be of any advanage to book up hotels now (with view to cancel and re-book better deals when they come available) - if you do this I presume its best to book with a post office card as wont get charged for doing it?

As im exited, been looking at hotels and there are almost too many!

Can get the bellagio at 199 dollers a night for the last 4 nights, if that a good deal?

Hoping to spend around 1000 dollers on hotels in total.

cheers

Matt

davidmcg2u

trets77 wrote: »

at least with the Hilton you have the Monorail, for a weekend the $151 is probably reasonable .

with the Strat you are basically into the seedy north strip area before downtown with only a taxi as escape without venturing onto the adult bookshop terriority .

Strat is a down market operator , no question . thats how it keeps going by under cutting the rest in everything it does , and pulling in people who cannot afford the strip .
it's well worth visting , but i would never stay there. i would stay downtown but the strat is kinda halfway between the 2 . Location is not a bonus IMO , if you can afford the main strip ,stay main strip .

i would never go all the way up to " Naked City " just to save a few bucks ,

Strat has just been crossed off - thank you all for your honestly!!

Now the Hilton, I was look at the Monorail on the 1st page & was thinking the same. The price is £151 & not $ for Sat & Sun - is this still a good deal?

Also, I really like the look of the rooms in the Flamingo Go Room with view & also PH - is this an accurate pic (LINK) of the standard deluxe in PH? Does anyone have any experience of these?

We're going 7 nts & were intending to try 2 hotels - Hilton, Ballys, Paris, Luxor & MGM now being considered. If I can afford a MGM Signature or Mandalay Bay would it be worth it?

http://www.planethollywoodresort.com/acc_deluxe_room.php

luci

May

Yes that photo is pretty accurate for a remodeled room, but they are still in the process of remodelling all the rooms although most are now done.

You can see my photos of a remodelled resort room HERE and there are photos of the old style Aladdin rooms on the next page of that link.

wdyw

davidmcg2u wrote: »

Hilton - can get a Sat & Sun stay for £151. Firstly, I think the price is good but is it really? I've been told it's not too far from the strip & it seems that way looking at the map Trets posted. I've been told to snap this up while I have the chance!!!

Stayed in the Hilton quite a few times. Walking to and from the strip is not really a sensible option. rooms were fine, as was the Star Trek Experience (which was almost free with the room). You can get free wi-fi in the hotel
and while its not too expensive and its generally free of the blackpool brigade found in the Strat/Circus Circus.

However, £151 for a weekend is way too much. We generally wouldn't pay that in dollars for a weekend there. What dates are you looking at?

davidmcg2u

wdyw wrote: »

Stayed in the Hilton quite a few times. Walking to and from the strip is not really a sensible option. rooms were fine, as was the Star Trek Experience (which was almost free with the room). You can get free wi-fi in the hotel
and while its not too expensive and its generally free of the blackpool brigade found in the Strat/Circus Circus.

However, £151 for a weekend is way too much. We generally wouldn't pay that in dollars for a weekend there. What dates are you looking at?

We'd get into Vegas on Wed 16th July - the weekend is 19&20th.

Thanks

Rudders_2

Does anybody know of any hotels where 3 guys can stay in the same room in 3 separate beds? I've heard that MGM are able to supply a roll out bed