vegas trip advice

[mondatoo]

Maybe I got lucky with my room as a few have complained about there stay there so you may be better taking the Sheriff's advice.

I thought IP was a shit hole. I like Bill's nobody else I know has stayed there, sometimes has great rates but its hit and miss but the rooms are good.

Thanks for telling me to stay there 

If/When I next go I'd just stay at the Venetian for ease but as I say I didn't think it was that bad,I've stayed in worse and in a lot better.

LOL did I fk. In the unlikely event I did, I would have said its not the best, or if u need somewhere to sleep and now't else go for it.

Yeah that was it,and I was happy with that.The casino is terrible and I never played there but I was happy with the room,it was clean and there was a maid everyday.Venetian is the nuts though and I'll be looking out for some good deals to tempt me for next summer.

A bit 1970's and motheaten though no?

LOL,Definitely agree with the 1970's bit haha.

[Woodsey]

Maybe I got lucky with my room as a few have complained about there stay there so you may be better taking the Sheriff's advice.

I thought IP was a shit hole. I like Bill's nobody else I know has stayed there, sometimes has great rates but its hit and miss but the rooms are good.

Thanks for telling me to stay there 

If/When I next go I'd just stay at the Venetian for ease but as I say I didn't think it was that bad,I've stayed in worse and in a lot better.

LOL did I fk. In the unlikely event I did, I would have said its not the best, or if u need somewhere to sleep and now't else go for it.

Yeah that was it,and I was happy with that.The casino is terrible and I never played there but I was happy with the room,it was clean and there was a maid everyday.Venetian is the nuts though and I'll be looking out for some good deals to tempt me for next summer.

A bit 1970's and motheaten though no?

LOL,Definitely agree with the 1970's bit haha.

When I last stayed there it was rammed with naaaaaaaaasty hookers. Most other casinos had turfed them out then, but IP still let them scour the bar area looking for drunk tilted victims for some time after that all stopped.............

[mondatoo]

Maybe I got lucky with my room as a few have complained about there stay there so you may be better taking the Sheriff's advice.

I thought IP was a shit hole. I like Bill's nobody else I know has stayed there, sometimes has great rates but its hit and miss but the rooms are good.

Thanks for telling me to stay there 

If/When I next go I'd just stay at the Venetian for ease but as I say I didn't think it was that bad,I've stayed in worse and in a lot better.

LOL did I fk. In the unlikely event I did, I would have said its not the best, or if u need somewhere to sleep and now't else go for it.

Yeah that was it,and I was happy with that.The casino is terrible and I never played there but I was happy with the room,it was clean and there was a maid everyday.Venetian is the nuts though and I'll be looking out for some good deals to tempt me for next summer.

A bit 1970's and motheaten though no?

LOL,Definitely agree with the 1970's bit haha.

When I last stayed there it was rammed with naaaaaaaaasty hookers. Most other casinos had turfed them out then, but IP still let them scour the bar area looking for drunk tilted victims for some time after that all stopped.............

First day I was there a couple of them pestered me for a bit but then I never got asked again,I was never in the hotel to notice them hanging about.

[Chompy]

Remember Nico29 telling me he stayed at the IP and was woken up by pigeons every morning. Not sure whether they were inside or outside the room though.
If you're gonna play enough, I'd stay at the Venetian, $89 weekdays and £119 weekends. Think you need five hours cash playage a day but not sure, as never play cash.
At the other end of the strip The Excalibur gets slagged but really isn't that bad. Rooms are decent and it's fine imo.

[vegaslover]

I stayed in the Excalibur in May and thought the rooms were poor

[Woodsey]

I stayed in the Excalibur in May and thought the rooms were poor

Wrong end of strip too apart from MGM IMO............

[Marky147]

If you're gonna play at the Venetian stay at Harrahs if you're gonna play at Caesars stay at Ballys both of them are much of a muchness, it's just the cab fares you'll save by being closer to the cardroom of said casinos.

If you're gonna be grinding a fair bit then the Venetian poker rate is sweet, I think you have to book at the standard rate and the costs are lowered at checkout though. It also means you are tied in to playing 6 hours a day in order to obtain the discounted rate. Best laid plans to grind always go out the window I find, or maybe that's just 'cause I'm a lazy twat who plays 1 tourney in 3 weeks....

Harrahs is also good if you're on a budget as there is a food court right on the strip outside with a Chipotle, Pizza place, Panda Express and McDonalds. The Grand Lux in the Venetian too is very good sized portions for reasonable prices.

I stayed at IP in 2008 and what a fucking mistake that was, I had a room right over Carnaval court and on the very few occasions I was in the room early trying to catch up on sleep I'd missed had to listen to the disco. 'American Boy' 5 times a night is not what you want when you're dying in your room lol.

The IP does have a karaoke bar though which is pretty com for a night out, XS it's not but there is always a good bunch of characters both local and visitors up for a laugh. Carnaval court is between Harrahs and IP, or Harrahs and Casino Royale which is a good crack too.

www.cheapovegas.com is a good website for a basic insight into all the casinos along the strip

[Woodsey]

If you're gonna play at the Venetian stay at Harrahs if you're gonna play at Caesars stay at Ballys both of them are much of a muchness, it's just the cab fares you'll save by being closer to the cardroom of said casinos.

If you're gonna be grinding a fair bit then the Venetian poker rate is sweet, I think you have to book at the standard rate and the costs are lowered at checkout though. It also means you are tied in to playing 6 hours a day in order to obtain the discounted rate. Best laid plans to grind always go out the window I find, or maybe that's just 'cause I'm a lazy twat who plays 1 tourney in 3 weeks....

Harrahs is also good if you're on a budget as there is a food court right on the strip outside with a Chipotle, Pizza place, Panda Express and McDonalds. The Grand Lux in the Venetian too is very good sized portions for reasonable prices.

I stayed at IP in 2008 and what a fucking mistake that was, I had a room right over Carnaval court and on the very few occasions I was in the room early trying to catch up on sleep I'd missed had to listen to the disco. 'American Boy' 5 times a night is not what you want when you're dying in your room lol.

The IP does have a karaoke bar though which is pretty com for a night out, XS it's not but there is always a good bunch of characters both local and visitors up for a laugh. Carnaval court is between Harrahs and IP, or Harrahs and Casino Royale which is a good crack too.

www.cheapovegas.com is a good website for a basic insight into all the casinos along the strip

Good advice from a ex fellow fat bastard

[Simon Galloway]

I wouldn't be in such a hurry to choose 1 basic hotel.  If you are ok with the concept of staying in a basic hotel, use the map on p1 to familiarise yourself with what hotels there are, then use a discount site such as http://www.smartervegas.com/ to see where the crazy offers are for your dates.

You have to be careful with statements like "Excal was ok"

Excalibur have some newly remodelled 'plasma rooms' which you can either select when you book, or grease your way into when you check in.  If you got one of those, you'd prolly think the Excal was fine.  If you didn't, you'd be lying in one of the original rooms, with chalk marks on the floor, blood stains on the walls, thinking how the hell did you end up recommended this dump?  Fwiw, the hotel will still be a dump whatever room you get in there, but a fresh remodelled room is well worth going after, you have to do your homework a little bit before getting to the hotel to know what those remodelled rooms are called, so you can do something proactive about making sure you get into one.

If you are playing plenty of cash, just snap-pay a poker rate in a 5* hotel and it is impossible to go wrong.

[Royal Flush]

Wynn & Encore 119/189 with poker rate if the budget can stretch that far, simply the nuts.

[cambridgealex]

thank you all very much for the quick response! this forum is the nuts me thinks....anyway given that i have been staying in the shittiest of mexican hostels during the past 5 weeks i think any of these places will seem like the ritz so might just go for the imperial to save monies, but harrahs sounds good too. So am i right in thinking that you get money off if you play a certain amount of poker there everyday?

[Marky147]

Yeah you get discounts for playing a set amount per day in the casino card room, normally 6 hours. By the sounds of things you're looking to budget a bit so it's not even worth getting in the Wynn on their poker rate as it would still work out about $1k for a week roughly.

I'd avoid the IP at all costs for sleeping, pay the small bit extra and get yourself in Harrahs and that way you're close to the Venetian as well. I'd imagine some of your hostels are good compared to that place. I obv ran super bad and got a really shitty room when I stayed there a couple years back.

I'd forget about the poker rates in Harrahs as I'm not sure they even do them, this way you're not committed to doing anything and can play as and when you feel like it. The last thing I want to do when I'm in Vegas is play poker but each to their own ofc.

[Woodsey]

Yeah you get discounts for playing a set amount per day in the casino card room, normally 6 hours. By the sounds of things you're looking to budget a bit so it's not even worth getting in the Wynn on their poker rate as it would still work out about $1k for a week roughly.

I'd avoid the IP at all costs for sleeping, pay the small bit extra and get yourself in Harrahs and that way you're close to the Venetian as well. I'd imagine some of your hostels are good compared to that place. I obv ran super bad and got a really shitty room when I stayed there a couple years back.

I'd forget about the poker rates in Harrahs as I'm not sure they even do them, this way you're not committed to doing anything and can play as and when you feel like it. The last thing I want to do when I'm in Vegas is play poker but each to their own ofc.

I've done the poker rate thing too, I really can't be arsed with it now. I hate being tied down to play x number of hours at a certain room. The games are a lot harder than they were a few years ago and there is nothing worse than being forced playing a shitty game full of grinders to get your hours up when there is better games elsewhere. Especially during the week when there is no events on/fish around, you need the ability to be able to pick and choose the game you sit at.

[Simon Galloway]

C'mon guys - its a pretty easy game.

a) take the best discount rate you can in a 4* + hotel where that is better than the poker rate
b) If that price is higher than a poker rate, take the poker rate
c) when you get there, slip the manager/poker host a twenty discreetly (as in don't shout across the cardroom!) and ask if there will be any problem with your room.

err.. that's it.

Ok - for the sake of completeness, if you managed to be the first person ever to fail at this, and you don't want to meet the poker obligation, start at a) again and check out.

[SirPerceval]

Maybe I got lucky with my room as a few have complained about there stay there so you may be better taking the Sheriff's advice.

I thought IP was a shit hole. I like Bill's nobody else I know has stayed there, sometimes has great rates but its hit and miss but the rooms are good.

Thanks for telling me to stay there 

If/When I next go I'd just stay at the Venetian for ease but as I say I didn't think it was that bad,I've stayed in worse and in a lot better.

LOL did I fk. In the unlikely event I did, I would have said its not the best, or if u need somewhere to sleep and now't else go for it.

Yeah that was it,and I was happy with that.The casino is terrible and I never played there but I was happy with the room,it was clean and there was a maid everyday.Venetian is the nuts though and I'll be looking out for some good deals to tempt me for next summer.

A bit 1970's and motheaten though no?

LOL,Definitely agree with the 1970's bit haha.

When I last stayed there it was rammed with naaaaaaaaasty hookers. Most other casinos had turfed them out then, but IP still let them scour the bar area looking for drunk tilted victims for some time after that all stopped.............

I stayed at Caesars Palace last week and can confirm the hookers were much nicer.

Can someone who is familiar with these services confirm if it is normal to be offered a "good deal" by her AND her girlfriend??