Going to Vegas for the first time for a conference at the end of April. Looks like the hotel we're at is not too far from the airport. Still going to hit the strip but any other must see things to check out? Haven't decided about renting a car or not yet; seems a waste if I'm in a course all day but I'd like to go see stuff in the evenings.
So the wife and I are considering going to Vegas on the Easter weekend. Looked at west jet and the prices for two at one of the typical hotels is $2,400 - what do people think about that price. What do folks think the best price I can expect for that weekend?
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Going to Vegas for the first time for a conference at the end of April. Looks like the hotel we're at is not too far from the airport. Still going to hit the strip but any other must see things to check out? Haven't decided about renting a car or not yet; seems a waste if I'm in a course all day but I'd like to go see stuff in the evenings.
Which hotel? You can easily walk the strip from most of them.
So the wife and I are considering going to Vegas on the Easter weekend. Looked at west jet and the prices for two at one of the typical hotels is $2,400 - what do people think about that price. What do folks think the best price I can expect for that weekend?
$2400 sounds really expensive to me for a weekend at Las Vegas. I'm guessing the flights and hotels are expensive because it's the Easter weekend? What do you mean by typical hotel?
You shoul dbe good with cabbing it, it shouldn't cost too much to go from there to MGM area or even Ceasers and walk from there. A car can be a pain if you plan on having anything to drink. I wouldn't consider walking from the Orleans to the Strip, and you will not likely want to spend very much time at the Orleans, but they do have excellent ribs in their buffet.
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It is a great location but the non reno areas are pretty nasty.
Yea, the main reason why we chose it was the location on the strip. However, I did stay at The Quad last year and didn't really have any major issues with it and its not like we are going to spend lots of time at the Hotel anyways.
Weekends are always higher than mid week prices, and then if it's a long weekend, you can be sure the price goes up even more. If there is a big event happening that weekend, it doesn't help.
I normally go mid week, usually because I go to a conference, and if I decide to stay in the hotel that hosts the conference (it changes from year to year), I can be sure to pay 50% higher for room rates than I would a week before or after.
Anyhow I've always found that yes a "package" deal seems the right way to go BUT always price independently too! You can find some pretty sweet room deals that aren't restricted to the hotels airlines deal with.
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Did a bachelor party last month in Vegas and used some recommendation from this thread… figured I’d pass some recommendations forward.
Presidential Limo’s
I have no idea the final cost as the best man grouped it all together but I think it was pretty reasonable. Picked us up on time, with a couple bottles of bubbly on ice and offered to swing by a liquor store on the way to our hotel which was an awesome idea. Was perfect for our party of 9. Return trip was on time, no issues what so ever.
Battlefield Vegas
We shot guns haha. Lots of big ass guns. Call them rather than booking online if you’re going with a large group as they gave us a kickass group rate. Basically got one of their discounted 4 gun packages with a 5th gun thrown in for free. Was approximately $200/person but was money well spent in everyone’s opinion. Instructors were awesome and had lots of stories to tell. Best part they include free pickup/drop-off from your hotel in an open air military spec Humvee. So on the way back to the hotel they took us down the entire strip to the Vegas sign for pictures then back down the strip to the hotel.
Vegas Crawl
We tossed around the idea of doing bottle service but settled on doing a pub/club crawl instead (mostly due to cost). Found some good reviews on trip advisor so we went for it and it was a blast. Basically you start at a couple pubs and then hit up a couple clubs, probably not A list clubs but we were so drunk by that point we didn’t care. We did Coyotee Ugly, Dicks, Lights, LAX and ended the night at the Foundation Room on the roof of the Mandalay Bay. We went into the night expecting no line, no cover (difficult for 9 dudes haha) and not expecting much else and from what we all remember (whoops) it was a lot of fun. Met lots of people from all over north America. Lots of reviews online prefer bottle service over a club crawl but we had such a good time we would probably do this same crawl again. Do not attend if you don’t plan on having a good time and drinking, by the end of the night it’s just a drunken mess haha, definitely lost a couple people along the way.
The trip was so much fun we’re already starting to plan the next one.
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So the wife and I are considering going to Vegas on the Easter weekend. Looked at west jet and the prices for two at one of the typical hotels is $2,400 - what do people think about that price. What do folks think the best price I can expect for that weekend?
The girlfriend and I are going to be in Vegas for Easter weekend. For Thursday to Sunday we have a room booked at The Mirage for $500.
We are spending the week before in San Diego, so we will be flying in from there.
You shoul dbe good with cabbing it, it shouldn't cost too much to go from there to MGM area or even Ceasers and walk from there. A car can be a pain if you plan on having anything to drink. I wouldn't consider walking from the Orleans to the Strip, and you will not likely want to spend very much time at the Orleans, but they do have excellent ribs in their buffet.
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