Las vegas

[Adenauer]

View from our fountain view room in Planet Hollywood, we loved it.

[MrBig]

Fantastic!! Thank you

[Adenauer]

MrBig said:

Fantastic!! Thank you

Ours was the Ultra Hip Premium Fountain View, very spacious and we really liked it.

[number2]

Great view!

I usually stay at the Bellagio - last visit in 2016 mind you - and I bet the fountain view rooms there cost a lot more!

If I go again I'd probably look to stay in one of the newer hotels, but I'd take a look at those PH rooms as well.

How is Vegas these days? As I say, I've not been since 2016, but has it got stupidly more expensive and even busier like everywhere else?

[Truckosaurus]

number2 said:

....has it got stupidly more expensive and even busier like everywhere else?

Yes. Although plenty of value to be found if you know where to look (or are a returning visitor who can use offers from the various reward schemes and mailing lists).

I am going in 2 weeks time. The first time in the summer. I might regret the choice once I step into the sunshine.

[Trustmeimadoctor]

Personally I don't see the point in strip view
Once you have taken a picture that's it done, or do you all just stay in your room looking out of the window?

Best rooms we have had were the vdara and then aria

But best value was the carriage house just off strip bug much cheaper and no resort fees and parking charges

Last time we were there was 2016 ish though we're supposed to be back twice but COVID screwd them up

[Adenauer]

Trustmeimadoctor said:

Personally I don't see the point in strip view
Once you have taken a picture that's it done, or do you all just stay in your room looking out of the window?

Best rooms we have had were the vdara and then aria

But best value was the carriage house just off strip bug much cheaper and no resort fees and parking charges

Last time we were there was 2016 ish though we're supposed to be back twice but COVID screwd them up

I can understand that as well, we only did it the once for a few days.

I really enjoyed The Tropicana where we also stayed for a few days, that was more authentic 'Vegas' for me, even if it was a five minute stroll into town.

[Mr Roper]

Been a couple of times, first time we stayed at the Topicana which was decent enough. Second time we strayed on Freemont Street....Much better than staying on the strip. More fun, better craic when on the beers and plenty of weirdos.

[Trustmeimadoctor]

When we are there we have never done less than a week and never more than 2 weeks

The downtown grand was also good err downtown

We won't be back any time soon though it just isn't attracting us like it did

[MrBig]

Trustmeimadoctor said:

Personally I don't see the point in strip view
Once you have taken a picture that's it done, or do you all just stay in your room looking out of the window?

Best rooms we have had were the vdara and then aria

But best value was the carriage house just off strip bug much cheaper and no resort fees and parking charges

Last time we were there was 2016 ish though we're supposed to be back twice but COVID screwd them up

To be fair, the carriage house does look pretty good value. You're right though, we spend very little time in the room, but in all the times I've been to Vegas, I've never had a strip view and would like to do it once.

[Trustmeimadoctor]

We snagged a fountain view for the in-laws at the vdara

I say fountain room you could only see it from the bathroom iirc and you were looking between the staytogether suites/Cosmo and the bellagio

Luckily we didn't pay for it as we just said it's their anniversary is there anything you can do

Edited by Trustmeimadoctor on Friday 21st July 11:30

[Mr Roper]

Trustmeimadoctor said:

The downtown grand was also good err downtown

That's where we stayed.

[irc]

Trustmeimadoctor said:

But best value was the carriage house just off strip bug much cheaper and no resort fees and parking charges

Another Carriage House fan here. Easy to get in and out by car. No parking charges. 5 min walk from the strip. Good rooms compared with other USA motel in the same budget. Though as it's the only place I have stayed in Vegas I have no reference.

Not counting the dirt cheap Motel 6 we used for one night at the start of a fly drive. Ok for a few hours.

[Calza]

My time to dip in..

We're in Vegas for 3 nights in late April 2024 as part of our honeymoon tour (flying through LAX and I couldn't not take a few days detour). My first and probably last time!

We're looking at around ~£350 per night tops. Not planning on having a car and enjoy walking. As showy and silly as we can get for around that budget is the target though, when in Rome..

Love the idea of staying in some excessive American 5* mega hotel type thing so am really spoilt for choice. We've just spent an hour looking on booking.com and came up with a couple that appealed on a combination of price / pictures of rooms:

>Trump Hotel - Very cheap for a suite, smallish walk to the strip but we like a lot of walking anyway. The reviews seem okay.
>Waldorf Astoria -A classic with a great name, but does push the budget for a basic room.
>Conrad Las Vegas at "Resort LV" - Further out but not sure that's a deal breaker, a suite slightly above budget but a room well under.
>Bellagio - A classic name, fountain view.

Like I said these stood out, but we're open to others and opinions..

Edited by Calza on Tuesday 2nd January 19:28

Edited by Calza on Tuesday 2nd January 22:25

[goingonholiday]

Calza said:

My time to dip in..

We're in Vegas for 3 nights in late April 2024 as part of our honeymoon tour (flying through LAX and I couldn't take a few days detour). My first and probably last time!

We're looking at around ~£350 per night tops. Not planning on having a car and enjoy walking. As showy and silly as we can get for around that budget is the target though, when in Rome..

Love the idea of staying in some excessive American 5* mega hotel type thing so am really spoilt for choice. We've just spent an hour looking on booking.com and came up with a couple that appealed on a combination of price / pictures of rooms:

>Trump Hotel - Very cheap for a suite, smallish walk to the strip but we like a lot of walking anyway. The reviews seem okay.
>Waldorf Astoria -A classic with a great name, but does push the budget for a basic room.
>Conrad Las Vegas at "Resort LV" - Further out but not sure that's a deal breaker, a suite slightly above budget but a room well under.
>Bellagio - A classic name, fountain view.

Like I said these stood out, but we're open to others and opinions..

Edited by Calza on Tuesday 2nd January 19:28

Check smartervegas.com, links direct to hotels sites with discounts. Trivago to check best prices, booking.com are good but not always cheapest. Dates and days of the week make a massive difference, $400 on a weekend, same room on a wednesday could be under $100.

Trumpis not a 5 star mega resort. Conrad is nice, its not really 5 star mega resort. I stayed there in 2022, going back this year (for 16 nights) but thats a price vs convenience decision.

Stayed at wardorf when it was a mandarin, really good but not 5 star mega resort. Its 5 star but quite small and you could be in any city in the world once inside.

If you want the full vegas experience in a 5 star mega resort then go for Bellagio, Caesars Palace, Venetian/Palazzo or Wynn/Encore.

I think a fountain view at Bellagio fits the bill, but you can't go wrong with any of those!

[Truckosaurus]

goingonholiday said:

...
If you want the full vegas experience in a 5 star mega resort then go for Bellagio, Caesars Palace, Venetian/Palazzo or Wynn/Encore....

This is the correct answer. (Other than perhaps adding in the option of a balcony room with fountain view at the Cosmopolitan).

[Calza]

Sounds good to me and makes sense!

3 rooms on offer at the same price with a view. I can't distinguish the difference at all from what they've listed apart from room size which makes me default to the Tower Founting View King. However one guide says the Tower kings haven't been renovated but others have. Minefield!

Edited by Calza on Wednesday 3rd January 09:02

Edited by Calza on Wednesday 3rd January 09:31

[Truckosaurus]

The 'Resort Tower' is a separate building, so that's one difference. The cheapest room seems to be in the main building, so that's the one to go for (don't forget there's the resort fee and taxes to add - so the $350 room is actually $400+ a night).

[UTH]

God, these posts are making me think I should swap my usual ski trip in April that I probably can't do with my ACL injury to a Vegas trip!!

[MesoForm]

Calza said:

My time to dip in..

We're in Vegas for 3 nights in late April 2024 as part of our honeymoon tour (flying through LAX and I couldn't not take a few days detour). My first and probably last time!

We're looking at around ~£350 per night tops. Not planning on having a car and enjoy walking. As showy and silly as we can get for around that budget is the target though, when in Rome..

Love the idea of staying in some excessive American 5* mega hotel type thing so am really spoilt for choice. We've just spent an hour looking on booking.com and came up with a couple that appealed on a combination of price / pictures of rooms:

>Trump Hotel - Very cheap for a suite, smallish walk to the strip but we like a lot of walking anyway. The reviews seem okay.
>Waldorf Astoria -A classic with a great name, but does push the budget for a basic room.
>Conrad Las Vegas at "Resort LV" - Further out but not sure that's a deal breaker, a suite slightly above budget but a room well under.
>Bellagio - A classic name, fountain view.

Like I said these stood out, but we're open to others and opinions..

We had a fountain view at the Cosmopolitan next door a couple of years back, can't remember how much it was but you get to see the Bellagio as well as the fountains -



Though you do get tired of the fountains go 'WHOOOSH!!!! PSSSHHH!!!' outside your window every 15 minutes until midnight
We did move to the Venetian halfway through our time there (we went to celebrate someone's birthday and wanted a separate holiday of our own after), it's more of an old-school Vegas hotel with crazy long corridors that make you feel dizzy, the absurdity of having canals inside a hotel, etc.