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Posted: 12/20/2016 4:24:56 PM EDT
Going to book a trip to Vegas for our 40th Anniversary. Where is a good place to stay? I know there are some 5 star hotels, but I'm more on a 3.5 to 4 star budget
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Posted: 12/20/2016 4:26:28 PM EDT
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Rio. New side. $10.00 cab fare to all the $350.00 dinners you can eat. Dropped a shit ton there this past October and had a fucking ball, I think.
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Posted: 12/20/2016 4:28:51 PM EDT
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In the NICE but not $500/night range
Strip: Mandalay Bay, Treasure Island (TI is more central to the strip). Both hotels are more modern. Mirage and Ceasar's Palance are both on the nice side, but older. Downtown: Golden Nugget |
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Posted: 12/20/2016 4:30:05 PM EDT
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First post is correct, Rio is very nice and well within your budget. The only downside is that everything else is a drive because it's on the other side of the highway.
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Posted: 12/20/2016 4:30:30 PM EDT
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how much is your budget for a room?
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Posted: 12/20/2016 4:30:31 PM EDT
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Aria.
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Posted: 12/20/2016 4:30:32 PM EDT
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Only been once and stayed at The Venetian. Most comfortable bed I've ever slept in.
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Posted: 12/20/2016 4:31:17 PM EDT
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We stayed on the 50 something floor of the aria and really liked it
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Posted: 12/20/2016 4:33:16 PM EDT
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Bellagio
Stay away from Circus,Circus |
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Posted: 12/20/2016 4:35:07 PM EDT
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Bellagio Stay away from Circus,Circus You just hit the two extremes I don't think OP wants lol |
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Posted: 12/20/2016 4:35:24 PM EDT
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On a budget? It depends on whether you want to gamble, but I like staying at the Rumor hotel on the cheap (just make sure you check to make sure there's not some special event while you're there). There's no casino, which I think is probably good if you're looking to save money and if you don't gamble.
My favorite hotel is the Cosmopolitan, but it's expensive. I do not like Caesars Palace. Using the Priceline App, I've seen some deals on Trump tower, but it's way off strip. |
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Posted: 12/20/2016 4:37:48 PM EDT
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Never ever Circus Circus. Treasure Island was nice, nothing fancy but nice. Excalibur was ok but I think you'd be better off at the Bellagio, the Venetian, or something similar.
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Posted: 12/20/2016 4:41:52 PM EDT
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I stayed at the MGM grand a couple of months ago. The room was very nice albeit the walls were paper thin and I heard everything that went on in the hallways and connecting rooms.
Also, had to wait for a while for valet to bring my truck. |
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Posted: 12/20/2016 4:49:42 PM EDT
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Never ever Circus Circus. Treasure Island was nice, nothing fancy but nice. Excalibur was ok but I think you'd be better off at the Bellagio, the Venetian, or something similar. We stayed in the HUD houses behind CC once. |
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Posted: 12/20/2016 4:50:51 PM EDT
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Aria.
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Posted: 12/20/2016 5:02:37 PM EDT
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TL;DR: Aria is what you seek.
I've been to Vegas many times in the past 18 years due to relatives that live there. I've stayed all over town. You have to know what you want. Casino? Room? Restaurants? Pool? Visit each webpage for each resort, and read up. Don't just rely on TripAdvisor, Expedia, or GD. Stay away from Fremont Street. You want the strip. You also want the best value for you money. Newer (2008+), expensive but worth it: Aria, Cosmopolitan. Living large with great casinos, restaurants, and rooms, and the prices are reasonable for what you get so there is value. Pools aren't great but you won't be swimming until spring. Expensive and worth considering: Venetian, Paris. Great casino, great pools, great restaurants, big but a bit stale rooms. Expensive and not worth it: Wynn, Bellagio. Restaurants are incredibly expensive even for Las Vegas. Great rooms at sky high prices. Older (1998, remodeled), expensive but on the list: Mandalay Bay, Cesar's Palace. Great casino, great pools, great restaurants, big but a bit stale rooms. Four Seasons is the top few floors of one of the Mandalay towers. The Delano is their newest tower, built around 2005. Better rooms, all mini-suites. Luxor is also late 90s, well maintained. Big rooms in the Pyramid, not so much in the towers. Connected by tram and shopping mail to Mandalay. It's a 3 star hotel, but good location. Monte Carlo - late 90s, well maintained. Big rooms at good prices. Great location. Others: Rio is nice but as said earlier, too far away from the Strip. You get a hotel casino experience if you stay there, not the Las Vegas experience. Circus Circus? Super 8 with casino and a theme park. Excalibur? Super 8 built to look like a castle (but big pools). MGM Grand? Huge but stale. MGM bought Mandalay Resort Group (owners of Madalay, Delano, Excalibur, Luxor, Monte Carlo, a few stakes elsewhere) because they wanted more hotels and better than what they had. TI (they dropped Treasure Island a decade back)? Stale, crowded casino (packed in the penny machines). Mirage? Stale, crowded casino also packed with penny machines. |
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Posted: 12/20/2016 5:06:14 PM EDT
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We always stayed at the Excaliber. Reasonably priced (about what a Best Western or the like would cost nearly anywhere else) and a decent hotel, right next to McCarran. Lot of nice stuff inside for kids if you have any.
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Posted: 12/20/2016 5:07:27 PM EDT
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I went to the steakhouse at circus circus. Not bad and pretty cheap.
The hotel made motel 6 look good. I thought i was going to get mugged or get my car stolen. Excaliber is pretty low end. I would not say super 8 more like a days inn. I agree with aria. |
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Posted: 12/20/2016 5:10:04 PM EDT
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how much is your budget for a room? Well, I'm looking at packages (air, hotel, car) online. Trying to figure out which hotel to get. |
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Posted: 12/20/2016 5:18:18 PM EDT
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Well, I'm looking at packages (air, hotel, car) online. Trying to figure out which hotel to get. You don't need a car in Vegas, not if you're staying on the Strip. It takes forever to valet it, slightly less to self park, Las Vegas Blvd is a rolling parking lot. Just taxi from McCarran or use a hotel shuttle (there are many), and walk from hotel to hotel. What with the taxi stand lines and the traffic, you can walk from Monte Carlo to Paris in the same time to taxi and much less than driving yourself. I don't know the Uber situation in Las Vegas, but if available use it to go further out if you want to visit other things. And you can just rent a car if you need one from the hotel, for just when you need it. Renting at McCarran at arrival and returning on your last day is so 1987. My wife would tell you that in 2016, packages are old school and your best prices are from direct booking on the hotel and airline website, and cutting out all middlemen. The hotel might have a package that includes airfare from a specific partner, we've done that before. |
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Posted: 12/20/2016 5:30:10 PM EDT
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Over the years the place I always keep coming back to is NYNY.
They have always gone above and beyond for me...nice rooms, good food(gallagers steak house  ). good casino, friendly professional people...and a decent location....
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Posted: 12/20/2016 5:31:03 PM EDT
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Trump tower
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Posted: 12/20/2016 5:33:54 PM EDT
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Trump tower This is off strip right? |
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Posted: 12/20/2016 5:34:17 PM EDT
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If you change your mind Cousin Eddy's 1 star is available.
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Posted: 12/20/2016 5:42:40 PM EDT
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This is off strip right? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Trump tower This is off strip right? Yep, stayed there the last two times we've gone. Its actually really nice for the price. No casino and a small restaurant but just about a block off the strip. You can walk out the front doors and cross the street and walk right into the big shopping mall that connects to the strip. Short walk to Planet Hollywood and all that. |
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Posted: 12/20/2016 5:55:12 PM EDT
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Over the years the place I always keep coming back to is NYNY. They have always gone above and beyond for me...nice rooms, good food(gallagers steak house ). good casino, friendly professional people...and a decent location....This is one place I've never actually stayed, just visited. I agree with you about the rest. |
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Posted: 12/20/2016 6:02:16 PM EDT
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In the NICE but not $500/night range Strip: Mandalay Bay, Treasure Island (TI is more central to the strip). Both hotels are more modern. Mirage and Ceasar's Palance are both on the nice side, but older. Downtown: Golden Nugget I like Delano (formerly THEHotel) at Mandalay Bay. |
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Posted: 12/20/2016 6:06:50 PM EDT
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Well, I'm looking at packages (air, hotel, car) online. Trying to figure out which hotel to get. You don't need a car. Use cabs or Uber. Rental, parking, gas...as expensive as cabs and more hassle. Get on Priceline and do an 'express deal'. There are screaming deals on 5 stars and you can get a pretty good idea of what hotel it will be. |
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Posted: 12/20/2016 6:08:42 PM EDT
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Stay wherever the Sheriff and DA conference is being held.
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Posted: 12/20/2016 6:10:18 PM EDT
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Going to book a trip to Vegas for our 40th Anniversary. Where is a good place to stay? I know there are some 5 star hotels, but I'm more on a 3.5 to 4 star budget Bellagio FTMF win. Awesome, beautiful hotel. Exceptional food and service and well located. Shop around for a while if you have time. I got a nice room there for $160 a night last summer. |
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Posted: 12/20/2016 6:11:03 PM EDT
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Well, I'm looking at packages (air, hotel, car) online. Trying to figure out which hotel to get. Seeing its your 40th i would assume you are more mature. Aria or venitian or wynn would be my choice. Aria is pretty much in the center of the strip so you can walk either way. Venitan for the suite and larger rooms. wynn for the classiness. bellegio is too worn down as is the mirage if you are doing a package, expedia i have found is the best. |
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Posted: 12/20/2016 6:11:26 PM EDT
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Mirage is where I stay
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Posted: 12/20/2016 6:13:22 PM EDT
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Also be wary of the resort fee every hotel charges now. Usually about $35 a night on top of the rate.
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Posted: 12/20/2016 6:14:24 PM EDT
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You don't need a car. Use cabs or Uber. Rental, parking, gas...as expensive as cabs and more hassle. Get on Priceline and do an 'express deal'. There are screaming deals on 5 stars and you can get a pretty good idea of what hotel it will be. Last couple of times I've been to Vegas (twice this year), Lyft seemed to dominate there (promoters got paid when passengers took their first ride. Passengers get a discount on their first ride. People are more than willing to hustle in Vegas so it was perfect marketing for the area). Also, for using Priceline Express Deals: http://www.betterbidding.com/index.php?app=hotel_lists&tid=85#ffmenuWB You have to click the link to open Priceline, then go back to the page, select "Las Vegas" and Strip North and/or Strip South. You can use that to figure out which hotel the express deal is for. |
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Posted: 12/20/2016 6:16:49 PM EDT
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This is one place I've never actually stayed, just visited. I agree with you about the rest. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Over the years the place I always keep coming back to is NYNY. They have always gone above and beyond for me...nice rooms, good food(gallagers steak house ). good casino, friendly professional people...and a decent location....This is one place I've never actually stayed, just visited. I agree with you about the rest. Years back on one of our first trips the ex signed us up for their players cards, what a great deal of you gamble, I have cards for all the casinos I like, but again, NYNY has always comped the best....I haven't paid for rooms since those first trips and it's not like I was ever considered a rich man...Let alone the meals and shows they have given me over the years... OP, if you are going to gamble, sign up for player cards at the casinos you like...especially if you plan to go back in the future...As long as you gamble they will comp you from as simple as line passes to paying for everything....plus in the future they will send mailers for free rooms, contest, shows... |
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Posted: 12/20/2016 6:19:38 PM EDT
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Last couple of times I've been to Vegas (twice this year), Lyft seemed to dominate there (promoters got paid when passengers took their first ride. Passengers get a discount on their first ride. People are more than willing to hustle in Vegas so it was perfect marketing for the area). Also, for using Priceline Express Deals: http://www.betterbidding.com/index.php?app=hotel_lists&tid=85#ffmenuWB You have to click the link to open Priceline, then go back to the page, select "Las Vegas" and Strip North and/or Strip South. You can use that to figure out which hotel the express deal is for. now that they charge for parking at some of the hotels even for guest staying its only going to give more buisness to the ride share places |
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Posted: 12/20/2016 6:22:39 PM EDT
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I was just there for work last week. They booked us at the Hard Rock. The room was really nice but its also bit off the strip. I looked at the receipt and the room was 64.00/night.
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Posted: 12/20/2016 6:25:53 PM EDT
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I like to be in the middle of the strip so I can walk anywhere. Usually that means the Flamingo, Harrah's or the Palace. I spend very little time in my room while in Vegas, so I go with whatever is cheapest. It's usually the Flamingo.
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Posted: 12/20/2016 6:28:17 PM EDT
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I always stay at MGM..Never have had a bad experience. You really don't need a car as mentioned, cabs and Uber FTW.
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Posted: 12/20/2016 6:36:38 PM EDT
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Agree with not needing a car, especially if staying on the strip. Traffic is a nightmare and parking is a pain in the ass, on the strip it's better to just walk or use the monorail if you are in hotels connected to it. If you need a ride somewhere Uber/Lyft is readily available and incredibly inexpensive compared to the taxis in town. Earlier this year I stayed at a hotel out in Henderson and a round trip to/from the center strip area cost less than some of the short strip area taxi rides I've taken before. With Uber/Lyft you just need to make sure where the pickup areas are, most of the hotels have a dedicated pickup spot for them now (they will drop you off anywhere). Really the only hotels I would totally stay away from have already been mentioned, Circus Circus and Excalibur are the Motel 6's of the strip. If you are flexible check various dates, the prices for some of the hotels vary wildly especially if a big convention or event is in town. One week the super posh hotels may be way out of your price range and the next you may be able to get an amazing room for rates on par with a lower end hotel.
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Posted: 12/20/2016 6:38:35 PM EDT
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Red Rock Casino is what you are looking for.
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Posted: 12/20/2016 6:39:43 PM EDT
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Home.
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Posted: 12/20/2016 6:45:05 PM EDT
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The Venetian was nice.
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Posted: 12/20/2016 6:48:42 PM EDT
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Seeing its your 40th i would assume you are more mature. Aria or venitian or wynn would be my choice. Aria is pretty much in the center of the strip so you can walk either way. Venitan for the suite and larger rooms. wynn for the classiness. bellegio is too worn down as is the mirage if you are doing a package, expedia i have found is the best. Well, my wife probably wouldn't agree with the Mature part. 
I have cancer in my lungs so long hikes are not in the picture for me, but I don't think we would mind walking the strip, or parts of it. Talking to other people who have been, we're looking at seeing lake Mead and the Hoover dam as well as a day trip to the Grand Canyon. I'll have to watch that great documentary on Vegas Vacations for more ideas. Luckily, I'm old enough to have a valid ID, so I don't need that. Wife wants to go to Cirque du soleil and a couple of other shows. I may see how much it is to get married again by Elvis. 
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Posted: 12/20/2016 6:49:01 PM EDT
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once you find a hotel you like, wander down to the casino and get a card.
Take $100 and go play the 5 dollar slots. play like $20. Make sure you have the card in. if you lose the $20, oh well, if you win, great. Cash out the $80+. My bet is you will have someone there pretty quick giving you a meal voucher. The fact that you are willing to play the $5+ slots will draw them like flies to honey. it can be a great investment. Also, if you win a 20 coin jackpot, hey, you made $100. if you play the nickel machines and win a 20 coin jackpot, you got a buck. I have done this in a myriad of casinos and almost always come out with a free meal. Most of the time, I also win a few bucks. From the $20 investment, take whatever you get, just one time through, dont churn your winnings back into the slot. also, $5 plus slots have the highest par value in the casino, unless they have $25 and $100 slots. Some are 99% par value. Spent about 13 yrs in the gaming industry |
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Posted: 12/20/2016 6:50:04 PM EDT
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Rio. New side. $10.00 cab fare to all the $350.00 dinners you can eat. Dropped a shit ton there this past October and had a fucking ball, I think. And their Seafood Buffet is a hoot. 
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Posted: 12/20/2016 7:00:23 PM EDT
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Red Rock Casino is what you are looking for.   
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Posted: 12/20/2016 7:07:43 PM EDT
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Aria or signature @ mgm
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Posted: 12/20/2016 7:11:19 PM EDT
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Flamingo is a always a good place to stay. Won't break the bank and it's right in the middle of the strip.
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Posted: 12/20/2016 7:13:34 PM EDT
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If you end up renting a car to go to Lake Mead, etc you might want to consider turo.com instead of a traditional car rental agency. They are a new internet based service where you rent directly from the car owner. There are some incredible cars available (some at incredible prices!) to rent. How about a Maserati Ghibli for $320 per day? If that's too rich, you could rent a 2009 Corvette Convertible for $119 per day, a Jaguar F type convertible for $189 per day, a Tesla Model S for $109 per day, or a PT Cruiser for $25 per day. They have lots of choices in a variety of price ranges but you can get some cars that are much more interesting than a rental agency car.
I normally stay on Fremont St because when I am in Vegas it is because I'm going to Front Sight in Pahrump and want something cheap. You don't want to stay there as it is old and cheap. I've also stayed at the Mandalay Bay which we chose because it was nice and had a great pool (it was summer). The downside of the Mandalay Bay is it is at the far end of the strip so everything is a long walk. |
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Posted: 12/20/2016 7:15:47 PM EDT
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palazzo/venetian
Really like the Golden Nugget too downtown, it's really not that far from the strip either |
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