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Best way to do Vegas?

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14 hours ago, h0llywood said:

Really depends on a few factors:

1) Hotel type. Do you want upscale, mid scale or budget. Granted you want to be on the strip so I will eliminate old town and off strip hotels.

2) Room type. Since there are 4 of you, are you looking for 1 room with 2 queen beds (4 to a room), 2 rooms (connected) with 2 queen beds (2 per room) or a 2 bedroom suite.

Those two factors can help determine what hotel to get.

Depending on the hotel you want to get, immediately sign up at mlife.com (MGM Resorts Properties) and totalrewards.com (CET - Caesars Properties). By signing up, you will automatically get discounts on the basic tier. Whichever property you end up choosing make sure to get the players card at the property.

Here are the list of MGM properties. I put them in tiers (High, Mid and low) and also their location relative to the strip:
Bellagio - (Mid Strip) - Not a good 1st hotel to stay as it caters to the older and high roller crowd.
Aria Resort & Casino - (Mid Strip) - Luxury high end hotel/casino. You will pay a pretty penny to stay here but it is very trendy.
Vdara - (Mid Strip) - No casino in the hotel. Straight luxury suites.
Delano Las Vegas - (South Strip) - Luxurious (bed room, 3 tvs, separate living room, tub can fit 4-5 people.). This is my favorite hotel to relax in with just me and my wife. Note a place to hang out with guys.


Mandalay Bay - (South Strip) - The best non luxury hotel on the south end of the strip.
MGM Grand Las Vegas - (South Strip) - The big daddy. Older but larger hotel.
The Signature at MGM Grand - (South Strip) - Condo type rooms near the MGM
Monte Carlo - (South / Mid Strip) - Older but better than the below hotels.
New York-New York - (South / Mid Strip) - Low/Mid hotel. If you can go further north.


Luxor - (South Strip) - Stay here if on a budget. If you do, stay in the Towers.
Excalibur - (South Strip) - (DON'T STAY HERE!)
Circus Circus Las Vegas - (North Strip) - (DON'T STAY HERE! YOU WILL HATE VEGAS)


Here are the list of CET properties. I put them in tiers (High, Mid and low) and also their location relative to the strip:
The good thing about CET is that they're mostly mid strip.

Caesars Palace Las Vegas - Mid Strip - Top luxury and classic hotel 
Nobu Hotel at Caesars Palace - Mid Strip - Botique hotel (expensive)


The Cromwell Las Vegas - Mid Strip -Just renovated hotel.
Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino - Mid Strip -(One of the most fun casinos)
Paris Las Vegas - Mid Strip -(Old hotel. Do not stay here)

The LINQ Las Vegas - Mid Strip - Just renovated but rooms are small
Flamingo Las Vegas - Mid Strip - Needs renovating
Bally's Las Vegas - Mid Strip -Old....older crowd but fun vibe.
Harrah's Las Vegas - Mid Strip -Very old...same as above.

 

Non MGM or CET hotel to stay in:

Cosmopolitan. This is probably the best Casino to stay in Vegas at the moment. It is modern and lots of things going on especially at the night clubs here. If you can get a good rate here, I would highly recommend staying here.

If you want High Roller Hotels, go to the Wynn or Encore but I doubt that is your crowd for the first time. I was there with my sister in law and she was playing 1,000 spins on roulette. 

 

Now these are just for the rooms. As far as travel airline, they also have that option, but since I don't know where you're flying out of (probably CLT?) they have deals if you book hotels and rooms together. Again, if you decide to do that, make sure you sign up and get the players card for that property. 

 

This post was just for the hotel. If you want details on transportation (getting around), clubs (lounges, EDM, etc.), strip clubs (topless, nude, both), off strip (exotic car racing, pub crawls, shooting ranges, horse back riding, helicopter rides, trips to Hoover Dam or Grand Canyon) I can elaborate on that too.

Dude I can't even tell you how much help this is gonna be. Thank you. I already have a totalrewards account from going to Cherokee... I doubt I have many points though cause I haven't been since '14. We definitely all want our own bed. So I'm guessing we would need 2 standard rooms with 2 queens or some kind of suite with a living area would be nice. I'm guessing that's gonna be a lot more expensive though..?

 

14 hours ago, h0llywood said:

Here's a sample stay+flight from CLT-LAS and staying at Mirage.

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What website is this on? How much does the price change to get 2 rooms?

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1 hour ago, chknwing said:

most of the hotels putt a hold on your credit card.  I had 2 rooms they put a $400 hold per room. be prepared for that

Yes this is the customary break poo, smoke weed, make a grand mess, you pay fee. Also they ask you if you want to authorize charges to your room say no as they will generally take $100 per room per night so that's an additional 800 should you get 2 rooms.

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3 hours ago, Nate Dogg said:

Dude I can't even tell you how much help this is gonna be. Thank you. I already have a totalrewards account from going to Cherokee... I doubt I have many points though cause I haven't been since '14. We definitely all want our own bed. So I'm guessing we would need 2 standard rooms with 2 queens or some kind of suite with a living area would be nice. I'm guessing that's gonna be a lot more expensive though..?

 

What website is this on? How much does the price change to get 2 rooms?

Based on some of your answers, and to stay within a reasonable budget for a room, I would look into staying at either planet Hollywood,Ballys, Harrahs, or the Linq. With the exception to PH, you can get more for your $ as long as you don't care about fancy and luxury. 

The #2 rule in Vegas is the hotel you stay in is a place you lay your head down at night, not your home so it doesn't have to be much. But since it's your first time your view may differ.

 

As to the screen shot, that's directly from Mirage hotels website. Only a handful of hotels offer flight and hotel packages. 

Also worth doing a combination of searches of

1) getting hotel and flight package

2) getting hotel and flight separately 

See which is cheaper based on what room(s) you want.

Also note most check in times are 3 p.m. however they let you check in as early as 12 p.m. based on availability. I checked in 2 weeks ago at the Delano at 11 a.m. so it really depends. 

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