Agreed, we go on Wednesday; booked it all indepedently, and are staying at Circus Circus. Their pricing varies up and down day to day, but we got some nights as cheap as $39 - oneor tow are at $109 though, but overall a great deal.

The Venetian has rates from $119 for selected dates at the moment OFFER HERE

Just booked up and really looking forward to it as I've always wanted to stay there.

Caesars Palace also has rates starting at $120 OFFER HERE

luci

Hi everyone ! Just got back from my week in Vegas (fantastic as always - trip report to follow) & have some info to share regarding some of the hotels on the strip.

The Monte Carlo has the biggest building site I have ever seen right next to it at the moment. I was told by someone staying there that they work 24/7 & the vibration can be 'felt' in some of the rooms. We walked past at 23:45 one night & the noise was unbelievable (also just in case anyone is interested the tram from the Monte Carlo to the Bellagio is out of action at the moment as well).

The Venetian is in a similar situation with a new hotel being built next door - taxi driver told us it's going to be bigger/taller than the Wynn !!

The Luxor (where we stayed) is having a major refurb in the pyramid so stay in the tower (like we did) if you don't want to be woken up at 07:30 every morning.

The extension to the Aladdin Desert Passage is also still being worked on.

All in all the strip is a bit of a building site at the moment so choose your hotels with care!!

Luci,

The info on the deals is very interesting. We are going next May and have booked the Flamingo. If you get wind of any deals for then please post it.

Jim

Hi Jim

It's a bit early for deals this far out. I take it you have booked the Flamingo direct? I don't often see deals for the Flamingo, but will keep an eye out.

Your best bet is to keep an eye on THIS SITE People post the latest offers on there, see Page 1, but they only come out 2-3 weeks beforehand.

I have booked Caesars Palace as well as the Ventian for next week as I couldn't resist the offers. Without the offer CP would have cost $283 instead of $120.

luci

We are hoping to go February 7th to 14th. Is it too early yet to get real good bargains on hotels. I am a bit put off by all the reviews I have read about various hotels. They all seem to have something bad about them. We were thinking of the Stratosphere.

Thanks Luci,
Although we have booked direct with Flamingo if we can get a better deal at a centre strip hotel with a good pool we would consider changing.

Hi Waterford

Yes it's far too early to get any deals. Keep an eye on that site in my post above and you'll get an idea of when deals are released. Another site I've recently discover is http://www.travelzoo.com which is where I got the Caesars Palace deal from

Personally I wouldn't stay at the Stratosphere as it's the most northerly hotel on the strip and given that the strip is a few miles long, it means a trek to get to any of the other main casinos.

The Imperial Palace http://www.imperialpalace.com would be in the same price range, but is centre strip. I would call them up and ask their rates as the rates on their website always seem to be higher than I would expect. Another one to consider is the Barbary Coast.

luci

Thanks Luci. I think I will just book my flights and hold tough on booking a hotel until nearer the time.

May be worth booking something now at a price you're happy with incase there are any conventions on the dates you plan to go. You can check when conventions are planned HERE

luci

thanks Lucy. I am just so confused regarding hotels. Everyone seems to have something bad to say about anything I look at and I am just wondering are there a lot of Dives in Vegas or are some peoples standards very high.

We are not really going to Vegas for the gambling. I do want to spend a few nights doing a tour of the hotels, I want to do some shopping and some sightseeing out and about beyond Vegas.

As Luci said keep an eye on fatwallet and also travelzoo where I got my accommodation from also.

I have booked my flight and room at the palace tower at caesers palace seperately exactly the way I sell the holidays to Turkey from my site and if I had gone through virgin (which would have meant a trek to London) then it would have cost £2,700 for the both of us but its cost me just £1,034 which is a whopping saving of £1,666

Just keep checking which I have been doing for months now and its a great feeling to get a bargain like that

John

As I said, I stayed at the Monte Carlo and yes the building site next door is huge but we heard nothing at night (they stopped around 17:30). They do start up around 7am but the noise was only just noticeable from our room which was strip facing. No problem at all.

TC

Glad you didn't get disturbed by the building site but for anyone thinking of staying at the Monte Carlo in the near future they are definatley working late into the night now......maybe it's the time of year ?

Can anyone tell me what the Shahara is like please. Thank You.

At the moment this is my plan.
I can get the following at a rate I like and I am thinking of booking the 1st two nights of our trip and we will think about Sams Town later.
Imperial Palace
Tropicana
Stratosphere
I am most likely to book IP at the moment. Posts about the neighbourhood around the Strat are putting me off.

Hi Waterford

We are going to LV 8 - 15 February. It is our first time and I am quite confused what to book. I am so excited I am even dreaming about Las Vegas

Hi Zabka,

where are you flying from. After a lot of searching we have gone off the idea of flying direct with Virgin from Gatwick. Our problem rests with Ryanair and their stingy luggage allowance. We had to fly Cork Gatwick with Ryanair being our only option and only a 15kg luggage allowance. And I couldnt go to the US for a holiday and not do some shopping and only have a 15kg allowance to get back into Ireland.

We have now decided to fly from Shannon via JFK to Vegas. Flight is a bit longer but we cant have it every way.

I am getting so confused about hotels. Which end of the strip. I dont want to spend a large part of my budget on a hotel when all we will probably be doing to sleeping in the hotel. Oh decision, decisions.

You will be arriving in Vegas the day after us and leave a day later. Enjoy planning your trip.

Hi Waterford

We never really thought about going to the USA but 3 weeks ago (after we came back from Vietnam and my husband said that he doesn't want to do any long hall flights any more ) I found very good deal on Maxjet (599 return) and we booked it! He only agreed becuase it is suppose to be business class airline. We will leave our car in some carpark near Stansted.

I was looking at Barbary Coast hotel on the Strip. We didn't want to spend too much on a hotel because we will be mostly out during the day anyway. And now a friend from Canada said that she will come there aswell and will spend the week with us. So hopefully I can find some room which will accommodate 3 adults. And the Barbary Coast is in very good location!

Exactly as you say decision, decision