Renting an apartment for the WSOP

[Dry em]

Anyone done this before and got any advice? Best location? recommended agent? Does and don'ts?

thanks

[julian]

womble, ariston & i did it 2 years back - got a great house but the location was pretty awful, too far out with no amenties nearby.
it's a good idea, just choose the location with care & think about whether you're gonna use taxi's or a hire car

[londonpokergirl]

Have a word with Joe Beevers, he's done this too

[77dave]

Hi Karl

Im currently renting a house in Summerlin which is about 20 mins from the strip. We are currently renting a car but will be buying 1 soon. So as Julian says location is something you really need to look at. If you want Summerlin I can put you in touch with a really good agent. If you want a different area to a search for Remax agents.

There are a lot of houses for rent right now in Vegas but not many that are fully furnished and have a pool. Short term leases are also hard to come by. As you are english they cant do a credit check on you so they will look for proof of income and bank balance to accept your application.

If there is 3-4 or more of you I would look to rent its not easy to get a place or to find the right place but it will be worth it when you get it.

feel free to pm me if you want more details 

jim

 

[womble]

Karl

As Julian said we rented a great 4 bedroom house with pool, jacuzzi, etc. in 2006 - unfortunately we did not check the location (it was in Southern Highlands) which resulted in a half hour drive to the Strip. That said it was tremedous value about $600 per week. We used vrbo.com to source the property, which means you are dealing direct with the home owner not an agent. I sent the deposit by bank transfer and paid cash for the remainder once we were there.

[ariston]

dont rely on taxis if you are out of the way. Its really tricky getting them to pick you up on time and we missed the start of our first 2 events. You need to get a hire car definately so dont forget that to add that to the price.

[action man]

pab, moorman and geeforce have a sick house booked out there for 7 weeks, supposedly the same as ricky hatton rented for his fight. Pm either for details