The Las Vegas Thread and MSE guide

stoneman

May

craigbroadman wrote: »

That's the thing really. We are only in Vegas for a week and I have got so many things that I want to do that a half day trip to GC is ideal really. We're all only 24/25 and its out first time to Vegas for all of us, hopefully one day we will get to go back and maybe then experience the South Rim :-)

OK, heres another one to throw at you (you will regret ever asking on here)
If you really fancy a helicopter trip, want to say you have been to the grand canyon, fly over the strip on the way back, then go for the west rim trip. A Lot cheaper than the south rim, we did it, and although it's not as awe inspiring as some think, without anything to compare it to we thought it was cool. I am notoriously hard to please ( I think the Hover Dam is kinda small)!! You get a 50 minute chopper ride each way which is neat in itself, you fly over Hover Dam, lake Las Vegas, and lake Mead, get to see the Colorado River, land down in the Canyon for a glass of champagne (although not as good the South Rim I am told) then if you book your trip for the last one of the day, you will get a twilight strip flight thrown in. As I understand it will be pretty cold at the South rim this time of year anyway. I agree with sturll (must be coming down with something) if I was to spend lots of money on the SR trip, I would want to go right down into the Canyon and actually do something. The time of year is the reason we decided not to go when I asked the question earlier in the week.

stoneman

May

Oneil wrote: »

I went to the Grand Canyon and I gotta say- it was exactly what I expected. A load of rocks, I would have preferred to stay on the strip for the day but the GF wanted to go.

Save your money- look at the pics on google or something

I was typing my essay when Oneil posted this. I would agree

t-elle

Okay, I'll throw one in. We walked down to Mandalay Bay first day and decided to go to Shark Reef Aquarium. Thought it was very nice for the money (that is compared to something we could go see not far from where we live) That is when we realised how bl**dy big the hotels were!!! Seemed like miles to get to it.
Also saw the lions at MGM, looked dead.
Forgot to say we didn't make it to X-Scream. Very sad. So much on next to do list. Ferf1223 did you get anyone to go on with you?
Also very happy to have the excellent weather 3WEEKS :eek: AGO. Any tan is now gone.

jiteshchohan

stoneman wrote: »

I was typing my essay when Oneil posted this. I would agree

i would disagree. When i am off the Vegas in January i will definately be visiting the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, i think people dont realise that to see the true beauty of nature or a man made monument you have to appreciate it. When i went egypt my GF thought the same about the pyramids but when you understand the history behind it you appreciate it. When people go visit the Taj Mahal in India they are overwhelmed initally with the beauty but when they are told the history behind it being there (which by the way is an emperor had workers make that for his wife as an offering of love) They you see their faces drop saying ahhhhh.

Sorry to be long winded but i think you need to see something, experience it and appreciate it. But i cant wait.

Jay

ferf1223

March

t-elle wrote: »

Okay, I'll throw one in. We walked down to Mandalay Bay first day and decided to go to Shark Reef Aquarium. Thought it was very nice for the money (that is compared to something we could go see not far from where we live) That is when we realised how bl**dy big the hotels were!!! Seemed like miles to get to it.
Also saw the lions at MGM, looked dead.
Forgot to say we didn't make it to X-Scream. Very sad. So much on next to do list. Ferf1223 did you get anyone to go on with you?

In the end couldn't get anyone to go on it and didn't really have time...maybe another time.

As for Shark Reef - totally agree on the distance - crazy! I had read it was a long walk but it seemed like miles, you are right! I've been to some awesome aquariums in the US before so Shark Reef was a letdown for me...but compared to say the London Aquarium I thought it was pretty good. I enjoyed it though had I known how small it was I would have spent a bit more time looking at each exhibit - even from the map they gave us it seemed a lot smaller than I was expecting.

When we went to see the lions they had 2 older males in there with their trainers - it was fantastic...it's fairly unusual to get the bigger males in there and was really cool to see them...it's also amazing to me how much they are like our house cats - just lots bigger - they played just like them, on a much larger scale.

sturll

August

duchy wrote: »

I disagree. Not everyone WANTS to raft. The Canyon is worth a visit JUST to look for many people.........we are all different.

Oh look you only read the part of my post that mentioned the word raft.

Go read it again.

mike33_2

Any help appreciated please-first visit to vegas dec 14-21 so tried looking at direct booking at ballys hotel website mid-strip for 1 room for 2 people and cheapest was standard guest room i think with seperate beds which i want came in at $493.77 inc tax which is about £332.00 and then tried comparision site kayak which said ebookers.com was the cheapest and that came in at £268.86 inc tax for same dates etc but as said earlier by ferf1223 its best to try hotels direct first so am i doing anything wrong here with my calculations with seeming ebookers been £60 plus cheaper

trets77

April

*Adam* wrote: »

Hi guys/girls/men/ladies/anything else I forgotten...

I'm doing a quick cheapo emergency trip to Vegas for a week (OH got some time off work) and we're looking to fly 2nd-9th December. Found a deal on Expedia for £432pp for a week at the Sahara and flights with US Airways, 1 change at Charlotte. I had a look at booking separately, but with exchange rate as it is, it appears to be cheaper to book through Expedia...

I'm slowly getting through this thread and was wondering if some kind soul could help me out...

• What is the Sahara like, is it worth staying there or pay £40 more to stay in Imperial Palace etc etc...
• Is it a good deal? Do you think it can be beaten?
• Is the flight likely to be good?

Also, do you nice people happen to have any links/tips for saving money when out there? Vouchers seem to be the best from what I'm looking at here. I have looked through my old posts (I was gonna go in 07 but my relationship at the time failed lol) and have a lot of links from there, but most of those links are from 2006...

Any help you guys can give me will be very much appreciated, thank you!

i don't know what sort of flight prices you can get booking with the airline direct ( for indirect flights) . you need to go to each of their sites and price up some fares.try Virgin , Delta , United , BMI , AA, US Airways , continental , and even BA . also if you can fly on Wednesday check out My travel.


then check this link http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/travel-deals/704925/?start=0 to price up a room.

The Sahara is a long walk off the main strip , but does have the Monorail to get you there . The Imperial Palace is right on the main strip so add up a weeks worth of monorail fairs onto the Sahara price for a good comparison.

trets77

April

mike33 wrote: »

Any help appreciated please-first visit to vegas dec 14-21 so tried looking at direct booking at ballys hotel website mid-strip for 1 room for 2 people and cheapest was standard guest room i think with seperate beds which i want came in at $493.77 inc tax which is about £332.00 and then tried comparision site kayak which said ebookers.com was the cheapest and that came in at £268.86 inc tax for same dates etc but as said earlier by ferf1223 its best to try hotels direct first so am i doing anything wrong here with my calculations with seeming ebookers been £60 plus cheaper

it's not unheard of for a 3rd party too be cheaper for a certain hotel , for a certain date , as the Casino's give blocks of rooms to them , so if they are not selling that particular block then will need to discount it.

of course if you do book with them , you forfeit the ability to cancel it, if you found something better. double check all the deals on offer for your dates using the links on post #1.

what may be happening is that the 3rd party deals are becoming good value because the £ is dropping like a stone against the $ , and these deals were priced up when you had a good exchange rate.

lynzpower

mike33 wrote: »

Any help appreciated please-first visit to vegas dec 14-21 so tried looking at direct booking at ballys hotel website mid-strip for 1 room for 2 people and cheapest was standard guest room i think with seperate beds which i want came in at $493.77 inc tax which is about £332.00 and then tried comparision site kayak which said ebookers.com was the cheapest and that came in at £268.86 inc tax for same dates etc but as said earlier by ferf1223 its best to try hotels direct first so am i doing anything wrong here with my calculations with seeming ebookers been £60 plus cheaper

is £266 for those dates on Hotels.com