booking vegas - good websites?

[Claw75]

grrr - had found a great deal through expedia for our upcoming vegas trip.  Went to book today and find that it's now gone up by £210   Still cheaper than booking flights and hotel separately, but would like to shop around a bit first.  Have tried ebookers and lastminute - just wondered if anyone knew of any hidden gems of travel companies out there for good hotel+flight deals that I can take a look at before handing over the dosh. 

[AndrewT]

Despite Vegas tanking at the moment we don't get any of the benefit as the change in exchange rate absorbs all the savings.

You could try kayak.com.

[Claw75]

all is not lost - just checked the price for going and returning a day earlier and it's £400 cheaper

[TheChipPrince]

all is not lost - just checked the price for going and returning a day earlier and it's £400 cheaper

N1, can I ask what price it is?

[Claw75]

all is not lost - just checked the price for going and returning a day earlier and it's £400 cheaper

N1, can I ask what price it is?

FML - I must've put in the wrong dates - went to book the thing and did (what I thought was) same search, and it was back over the original quote for the following day   Whilst I've been waiting for funds to clear the costs of the flight has gone up by over £100 pp so that's the issue.  Anyway, have got direct flights and 7 nights at the venetian for just over £1500 for the two of us (was £1300 yesterday), so still not too bad all in all.

[TheChipPrince]

all is not lost - just checked the price for going and returning a day earlier and it's £400 cheaper

N1, can I ask what price it is?

FML - I must've put in the wrong dates - went to book the thing and did (what I thought was) same search, and it was back over the original quote for the following day   Whilst I've been waiting for funds to clear the costs of the flight has gone up by over £100 pp so that's the issue.  Anyway, have got direct flights and 7 nights at the venetian for just over £1500 for the two of us (was £1300 yesterday), so still not too bad all in all.

For March?

[GreekStein]

Was gonna say pm Woodsey as he knows the sites and deals for vegas pretty well.

[Claw75]

all is not lost - just checked the price for going and returning a day earlier and it's £400 cheaper

N1, can I ask what price it is?

FML - I must've put in the wrong dates - went to book the thing and did (what I thought was) same search, and it was back over the original quote for the following day   Whilst I've been waiting for funds to clear the costs of the flight has gone up by over £100 pp so that's the issue.  Anyway, have got direct flights and 7 nights at the venetian for just over £1500 for the two of us (was £1300 yesterday), so still not too bad all in all.

For March?

yep

[pokefast]

That is good.

You sure you won't be sat out back of the plane with the chickens for that price?

[Claw75]

That is good.

You sure you won't be sat out back of the plane with the chickens for that price?

nah i'll be sat with the monkey

[Woodsey]

Best hotel deals are always here, more will be added every couple of days.

http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/travel-deals/704925/?start=2040

I'd book one of these rather than go for a 'poker rate' as these will be the same price and you will get bored playing in the same hotel the whole time running up the required hours. The advantage of this over booking via expedia etc is that you don't pay up front. I'd book something you fancy now and if you see a better deal closer to the date you can change it without charge, they basically charge you for the first night when you book, but refund if you cancel at least 3 days before.

Book your flight seperately and do it asap as prices will creep up. Kayak.com is the best site I've found, searches all the search engines as well as the airlines and gives you the ability to do a flexible search to best the best prices.

Don't book the two together you will get a better deal and can be more flexible about your accomodation options if you don't.

[RioRodent]

Virgin Atlantic have cheap(er) flights on offer for Vegas at the moment.

Out of interest, you could go direct to the Virgin site and check prices... and then try this link - http://www.virgin-atlantic.com/en/gb/ourdestinations/usa/flighttolasvegas.jsp?WT.mc_id=uk_insider0209 - which was emailed to Flying Club members recently.

[mondatoo]

I'm looking at booking for 16nights in June,was just wondering if anyone can recommend any cheap/decent hotels within 10min walk or so of the venetain as plan to play the deepstack tourneys there mostly.Thanks

[Woodsey]

I'm looking at booking for 16nights in June,was just wondering if anyone can recommend any cheap/decent hotels within 10min walk or so of the venetain as plan to play the deepstack tourneys there mostly.Thanks

Bill's Gambling Hall is the best of the budget hotels in that area by far, the rooms are actually fairly decent, they can be a bit noisy if your not much of a night owl but if your gonna go to bed in vegas before 1am don't bother going IMO. Also its only a 3 min walk from room to street rather than a prolonged trek through the casino to get to the street like most casinos. They also have a comedy Elvis show for free and do great hotdogs right by the gaming floor mmm........ The rates do vary wildly depending on what convention is town, but can be very cheap. Its opposite Caesars and less than 10 mins to Venetian. The next step up in price and quality if you can afford would be the Flamingo.

http://www.billslasvegas.com/

[mondatoo]

I'm looking at booking for 16nights in June,was just wondering if anyone can recommend any cheap/decent hotels within 10min walk or so of the venetain as plan to play the deepstack tourneys there mostly.Thanks

Bill's Gambling Hall is the best of the budget hotels in that area by far, the rooms are actually fairly decent, they can be a bit noisy if your not much of a night owl but if your gonna go to bed in vegas before 1am don't bother going IMO. Also its only a 3 min walk from room to street rather than a prolonged trek through the casino to get to the street like most casinos. They also have a comedy Elvis show for free and do great hotdogs right by the gaming floor mmm........ The rates do vary wildly depending on what convention is town, but can be very cheap. Its opposite Caesars and less than 10 mins to Venetian. The next step up in price and quality if you can afford would be the Flamingo.

Cheers much appreciated

And I lol'd hard at being a bed before 1 in Vegas