costs of going to vegas!

[Div]

For last minute deals, Fatwallet seems unbeatable - I got a great MGM deal off there. For planning longer term, it's a good idea to register directly on the emailing lists of the hotels as they often do good deals.

Regarding location, The Sahara is a bit isolated, although the monorail link is very good. For somewhere more convenient but affordable, The Tropicana is quite cheap, but only a few minutes walk from the MGM cardroom. (Worth paying $10 a night extra for Island Tower room)

For flights I think it's also a good idea to register directly with the airlines. American Airlines in particular send me lots of very cheap flight offers, which is a bit frustrating as they dropped their Glasgow services so only fly from Manchester and London.

[cdw1111]

Another vote for fatwallet here,basically the rooms i booked at MGM worked out as for every 3 nights in the hotel get the fourth for free.

[Pelham Boy]

Another vote for fatwallet here,basically the rooms i booked at MGM worked out as for every 3 nights in the hotel get the fourth for free.

Same deal as me. 4 weeks tomorrow!   

[Martu]

What is the fascination about a great "hotel suite" ?

Poker room is far more important, as thats where you spend most of your time.

No need to put the words "hotel" and "suite" in inverted commas. They're not foreign words, nor do they make some kind of alien made-up phrase when written in sequence. In fact many people around the world have enjoyed staying in a hotel suite. I'm using my own inverted commas here purely for reasons of grammar and legibility.

I primarily go to Vegas to play poker, but there happen to be lots of other attractions in the city. Including thousands of spectacular hotel rooms. If you prefer to sleep in Circus Circus or the Imperial Palace and eat at McDonalds all day (as long as you're able to play poker), then that's up to you, but I don't think there's any shame in appreciating some small luxuries in life.

As it happens Las Vegas is one of the places where you can get one of the best rooms (or, if I may tentatively use the aforementioned ridiculed word 'suite' here) for the lowest amount of money in the world. And I would rather pay 20 or 30 pounds a night extra for my cotton covered duvet, 42 inch plasma screen and power shower with built-in radio. But that's just my personal choice.

[Colchester Kev]

What is the fascination about a great "hotel suite" ?

Poker room is far more important, as thats where you spend most of your time.

No need to put the words "hotel" and "suite" in inverted commas. They're not foreign words, nor do they make some kind of alien made-up phrase when written in sequence. In fact many people around the world have enjoyed staying in a hotel suite. I'm using my own inverted commas here purely for reasons of grammar and legibility.

I primarily go to Vegas to play poker, but there happen to be lots of other attractions in the city. Including thousands of spectacular hotel rooms. If you prefer to sleep in Circus Circus or the Imperial Palace and eat at McDonalds all day (as long as you're able to play poker), then that's up to you, but I don't think there's any shame in appreciating some small luxuries in life.

As it happens Las Vegas is one of the places where you can get one of the best rooms (or, if I may tentatively use the aforementioned ridiculed word 'suite' here) for the lowest amount of money in the world. And I would rather pay 20 or 30 pounds a night extra for my cotton covered duvet, 42 inch plasma screen and power shower with built-in radio. But that's just my personal choice.

Blimey, take a chill pill fella ... no one is having a pop at you.

[M3boy]

Certainly no pop intended.

I use inverted comma's when I want to stress a particular word or phrase.

Offending people unintentionally is a speciality of mine though

[AlexMartin]

Certainly no pop intended.

I use inverted comma's when I want to stress a particular word or phrase.

Offending people unintentionally is a speciality of mine though

"muppet"

[M3boy]

Certainly no pop intended.

I use inverted comma's when I want to stress a particular word or phrase.

Offending people unintentionally is a speciality of mine though

"muppet"

I am "deeply" offended by this comment and feel that Alex should be banned from Blonde ASAP.

This sort of flaming needs to be stamped out.

[Rotty]

Off out for my 9th Vegas trip on 31 May


Flying with Virgin ( economy out, premium economy back )

3 nights in the Golden Nugget followed by 10 nights in a suite at the Platinum

works out at about £1200 each

The platinum looks superb , suites for about 90-100 quid a night, good quality and a 10 min walk to the junstion of Flamingo and the strip ( we usually saty ta the Bellagio and it takes longer than 10 mins from your room to the strip there )


only dowber is thatw e did have business class flights with Maxjet booked ate only £125 each more than the virgin flight till Maxjet went bust

[robbiebox]

bmi flights from manchester seem to be getting cheaper for the next 2 weeks departures. Does anyone know if this is common and waiting to book close to last minute will be worthwhile?

[Nibbles]

http://www.hotukdeals.com/item/151003/fly-manchester-to-las-vegas-219-ret/