The Las Vegas Thread and MSE guide

trets77

April

Emmajane1987 wrote: »

I have just been flicking through the sites again and my flight with Virgin is £493 from London Gatwick do you think i should book now or do you think this price will come down its on the Aprils 8th to 13th. The hotel prices i have found are £319 Treasure Island, Mirage £449. They are non refundable i think they are on cityandshow.com. Do think that i would get better deals nearer the time? I'm so confuesed with booking holidays and i don't no if i want to take the chance on waiting. The Virgin flight was cheaper a few days ago so i'm thinking they are going up.

just realised your dates are easter . :eek: :shocked: . Virgin Direct flight is going to be popular

Bowski

Hi all. Looking for a bit of advice. Trying to book up for my first trip to Vegas next October. Plan was to book flights and then look out for hotel deals nearer the time. Just seen on ebookers 7 nights at the MGM Signature for £760 inc flights with a $140 resort fee. Just wondered what your views were on this offer?

stoneman

May

Bowski wrote: »

with a $140 resort fee. Just wondered what your views were on this offer?

Wow, Signature are taking the p** now with that resort fee. do you know what you get for your $20 a day? Free wi-fi, a newspaper, 2 bottles of water and use of the gym.
I know it's a great hotel and all that, but I wouldn't stay there again with that charge unless TOTAL is less than the big 3-4 hotels, and then it would have to be considerably cheaper, as you have to factor in that you are quite away from centre strip.

Bowski

Thats flying out with virgin - direct flights end of October. Flights - £798 hotel - £868 less discount £144 -£1522 (£761 each)not including resort fee. So would you recommend it?

stoneman

May

Bowski wrote: »

Thats flying out with virgin - direct flights end of October. Flights - £798 hotel - £868 less discount £144 -£1522 (£761 each)not including resort fee. So would you recommend it?

That sounds pretty good to me. The Signature is in most peoples eyes the top hotel in Vegas apart from the Four Seasons. Voted tops on tripadviser compared to the amount of reviews. I have stayed there myself, you are aware that it is completly non-smoking and has no casino as such, it's a 5-7 minute walk to MGM along moving walkway.

SimbaSimon

sew109 wrote: »

You are wrong about the transport you have the choice of Deuce bus which is cheap but you can wait ages for and then you cant get on the first three because they are too busy or cab there is no monorail stop near by and whilst probably not dangerous its not a nice area. Invest more in your hotel and less in your trips you will be glad, if you have to saty at that and of the Strip and I mean have to and are not bothered about the standard of the hotel stay at Sahara as it at least has a monorail station. The other thing about Stratosphere is that you will get stung for a "resort fee" which is paid locally this is per day to use the pool, gym go up the tower etc even if you dont want to use them so make sure you take this into account when comparing prices.

Thanks for your advice. I think I'll leave it as it is for now.

I have checked the resort fee but its already paid for with the cost of booking according to expedia so no extra costs there. The other hotels are nearly double the price and to be honest the room itself looks the same, just a different location. For £15 a night I'm not going to complain if I have to spend a few dollars on a taxi in the evening. At the end of the day we are doing this on a budget and will be our second trip to the USA in 2009 and I'd rather have a budget hotel and a good time, then no time at all.

ferf1223

March

Finally put together a trip report from October (terribly behind, I am)...for anyone who is interested it's here (and it's loooooong)...wanted to get as much down as I could after all this time as much for the in-laws as for us.

http://www.slotgolf.com/vegas/October2008.html

Stew68

ferf,

Wow, what a trip report. Loved reading it, thanks very much for posting it. (Hey and I even get a mention, I feel so honoured!!)

Thanks again.

Stew

trets77

April

SimbaK2K wrote: »

Thanks for your advice. I think I'll leave it as it is for now.

I have checked the resort fee but its already paid for with the cost of booking according to expedia so no extra costs there. The other hotels are nearly double the price and to be honest the room itself looks the same, just a different location. For £15 a night I'm not going to complain if I have to spend a few dollars on a taxi in the evening. At the end of the day we are doing this on a budget and will be our second trip to the USA in 2009 and I'd rather have a budget hotel and a good time, then no time at all.

BUT can you get The Imperial Palace or even The Excalibur for around the same price ???

i really hope you know what staying at the Strat involves .

Thats flying out with virgin - direct flights end of October. Flights - £798 hotel - £868 less discount £144 -£1522 (£761 each)not including resort fee. So would you recommend it?

go input your dates into Virgin Atlantic's web site and tell us what price the flights come up per person.

i can see some £408 fares. so £408 x 2 = £816 leaving £706 for hotels. lets say exchange rate of $1.50 would equal around $1060 for hotel

now the tricky bit .. there is no way to know what the prices will be for your dates @ The Signature until a offer comes out. however lets be conservative and say $149 - $179 for week night is a good guess so ( 5 x $179) (5x $149) = $895 - $745 . your probably looking at $250 for weekends .

so yeah a pretty good deal IMO. who is it with ???

Cage

August

anyone came across any good deals for the Encore yet ? I cant find one.