Try going to Fatwallet.com, forums, travel deals, Las Vegas Requests, Las Vegas hotel promos - they have all the latest deals for Las Vegas hotels, but you can also look back and get an idea of what was available this time last year - for example there were a few deals for the likes of the MGM and Luxor for $69 per night. It depends how close you are prepared to book it really - sometimes better deals come out closer to the time. Do you have your flights booked? Do you have an idea of where you want to stay and how much you want to spend? I am watching at the moment for December - gonna book last minute tho - looking at it as the first gamble of the holiday

Suzy

Good advice from Suzy, just want I would suggest.

HERE is the link to the Fat Wallet Vegas Hotels topic. That takes you to the last page where the latest offers are posted. However make sure you check Page 1 as it is updated reguarly.

Offers typically start to come out approx 12 weeks ahead. I would suggest booking a rate you are happy with direct with the hotel then looking out for offers. You will only pay one night's deposit and can get it refunded if you cancel at least 72 hours before arrival.

I have stayed at the Imperial Palace 6 times and have had no complaints. You can read my reviews by clicking Hotel Reviews at the top of the forums. However there are far better hotels in Vegas and I would recommend you stay in one of them if the budget allows, but we usually stay at the IP at the weekends when the rates elsewhere are more than double that of weekdays and start around $300/night.

I got the MGM Grand at $69 in May, stay 3 nights and pay for 2 with $25 dining credit and 2 free cocktails. This offer came out in January on Fat Wallet as was only available for a couple of weeks.

Be aware that March Madness (College Basketball) and Spring Break are in March and this pushes up rates so I would definitely recommend booking early something you can later cancel if you get a better deal. Don't be surprised though if it's too early to book for March next year as I had to call the IP a few times before they would accept a booking.

There are several topic in this forum on Vegas hotels which you will find using the Search facility.

Many thanks Sucy and Luci, some great advice there from both of you!

I've had a quick look at Fatwallet and looks like the place to keep my eye on.

Meantime if anybody alse has any other ideas or spots something, feel free to post here.

Thanks

Luci, forgot to ask, have you ever had the deluxe room at the Imperial Palace, as this looks pretty outstanding in the pictures from the website, and is the type of room available i was looking at for £530 and is it as comfortable as it looks?

The reason i ask is my only previous visit to Las Vegas was 5 nights at the Stratosphere and the bed was quite simply a disgrace and hardly got any sleep due to the bed being so uncomfortable, to the extent i also pulled a muscle in my neck which made the entire holiday a bit of a strain, i certainly dont want a repeat experience on my honeymoon. If it comes to it i would rather pay that bit extra for the comfort.

Thanks

I have a couple of photos of the deluxe room at the IP in our Photo Galleries HERE.

I wouldn't say the beds were comfy and the pillows are as flat as a pancake, but I'm not the best person to judge as I could sleep on a washing line. For a guarantee of a comfortable bed, and because it is your honeymoon, I would recommend somewhere else like the MGM or Planet Hollywood.

How long are you going for, is it 7 nights? If so £530 is approx $1044 which would average the IP at $100/night Sun-Thurs and $250/night Fri & Sat bearing in mind that you have 9% tax to pay on rooms booked direct with the hotel. You will get somewhere far better than the IP for that rate midweek , but probably not at weekends.

Where did you get the price of £530 from, is that direct with the hotel? I would find it easier if you can post the rates in US$ if you can.

luci

Its 10 nights we are going for, and i got that price for the IP at Vegas.com, they are quoting $1078 for the duration.

I never gave it a thought to book the hotel just now, to be on the safe side, then cancel at a later date if a better offer comes up, i take it this is pretty common practice then?

Thanks

Very common practise. Not only that, if you book and later find a lower rate you can just call the hotel and ask them to give you the reduced rate. People do it all the time. Or you could cancel and rebook.

I have just checked your dates on the IP website and can get a deluxe room for a total of $939.50 which beats your Vegas.com rate unless your rate already includes the 9% tax in which case it would be the same. Just checked and your rate does include taxes and you can pay a $9.95 cancellation waiver so the hotel is $50 cheaper booking direct.

Not sure where you are getting your exchange rate. It's $1.99 today which makes your total £541 with Vegas.com or £514 direct with the hotel.

However you need to book direct with the hotel to be able to get rates adjusted, which you can't booking with a third party site.

Personally I wouldn't stay in the one hotel for 10 nights, I would move around to get the best rate at a better hotel, but those won't come out for you until December/January. However I would stay at the IP at the weekend for the lower rates.

Have a look back through Fat Wallet for posts made in December- February this year to get an idea of the rates that were available in March.

luci

Thanks again Luci, your arithmetic is indeed correct and i will defo look to book direct with the hotel. The only problem i was having when trying to get a quote direct with the IP was they were only accepting bookings of 7 nights or less. To book the 10 nights i would have to do 2 seperate bookings. Am i missing something here?

I had to do 2 separate booking to find the price for 10 nights. You can't book more than 7 nights on the Harrah's website (you could with the IP one before they were taken over by Harrah's), but you should be able to if you call them.

If you dial 0844 200 9595 before the 001 for the US it will only cost you 0.5p/min.

luci

Cheers Luci, thats what i thought, just wondered if there was a way round without phoning as it seems like a daft rule.

Most of the hotels in Vegas have a maximum amount of days you can stay, some are 10 days some are 14.

I would call the hotel and get the 10 nights all on one booking. If you book 2 separate stays on the website you may have to check out and check back in again unless you ask them to link the bookings when you check in.

luci

Can I just say the Deluxe room we had at the IP was extremely comfortable....I slept like a log in the bed and the pillows wern't bad either....I had no complaints at all appart from the4 noise factor which in all fainess we were warned about before we booked