I am a first timer! I am going to Vegas Sunday July 22-27. My husband has a work thing and will be there too, but not staying with us. I have booked a room at the Excalibur for $51.00/night, thanks to fw. Going to try to $20.00 tip trick. Hopefully I’ll have success! I am going with my 2 year old and in-laws. I am flying from MSP and have found the cheapest airfare directly from Sun country for $236 roundtrip. Any tips/deals with children's tickets? I have never been to Vegas, anything I MUST do? What about Hoover? Any good tours? Deals? Should I wait until I get there? We plan on shopping, sitting by the pool, doing kid friendly activities and hopefully some night life. (That's why the in-laws) Any suggestions. Off the beaten path stuff? I love great, cheap food! The stuff locals go for. I am going to buy the coupon book I think. Anyone ever use the Las Vegas Entertainment Book, I was thinking about buying that too. Anything would be well received! Thanks in advance.

I wouldn't waste your time going to the Hoover Dam. IT's a Giant piece of concrete in the middle of the desert. Whoopdeeedooo... Your kids will hate you for making them go. It's sooooo boring. IMO...

bella54330 said:I wouldn't waste your time going to the Hoover Dam. IT's a Giant piece of concrete in the middle of the desert. Whoopdeeedooo... Your kids will hate you for making them go. It's sooooo boring. IMO...

LOL! That's what I said to a co-worker about 10 years ago... He then spent the next three hours (or was it days, maybe weeks) explaining the magnificent engineering feat and every detail on how it was built, why it was built, how much water it holds, how much electricity it produced, blah, blah...

If you're in Vegas and want to see the dam. Drive by, take pic's and keep going until you get to the south rim of the Grand Canyon. Spend the night and drive back the next day.

Dates of Travel: April 25 - April 29 (4 nights), 2 people, 1 room
Destination: Caesars Palace
Budget: I'd like for the hotel to be about $1,000 or less total with taxes.
From: Portland, OR (I don't mind paying hotel and airfare separate, unless theres a good package deal)

I've looked just about everywhere, including Kayak, which basically has the same rates as Harrah's.com. OneTravel.com says there are no rooms available. Orbitz seems to have the best PACKAGE deal, but the hotel room is still about $1,200 - $1,300 total. The Hot Deal page on Caesars Palace is the best deal at $1,133, but I'd like to go lower if possible.

I don't mind getting the most basic room, I'll probably end up upgrading once I get there, unless there's also a good deal for the Palace or Augustus Towers. I'd like to take advantage of the Best Rate Guarantee but I haven't seen anything cheaper that their Hot Deal's ($1,133).

I've searched and found this thread: http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/messageview.php?catid=63&threadid=696697&highlight_key=y&keyword1=caesars, and went to the Web sites mentioned but did not find anything.

Any help is appreciated, thanks in advance!

ebestbuy said:hi i have a question may be dumb but i need help
I am going in las vegas next week for 4 days. I am staying for 2 nights @ Excaliber and then other 2 nights @ MGM, After my first 2 days i need to move to MGM , excaliber checkout time is 11am and MGM checkin time is 3pm. Is that means I cant checkin before 3pm at MGM, I will have 4 hours of time between the change, i dont know if MGM will allow me to check in at around 11am? do any one have idea that i can check in before their checkin time 3pm.
please suggest me what to do?
thank you in advance

when you move to mgm the bell desk will hold your luggage untill your room is ready. you may be able to check in at 11am you never know all you can do is try. but the belldesk will give you a luggage ticket this will give you the ability to use facilitys in the hotel untill your room is ready. When i moved from the trop to treasure island i could check in straight away that was about 20 past 11 so its probly pot luck. have fun and good luck.

Dakota95 said:Dates of Travel: April 25 - April 29 (4 nights), 2 people, 1 room
Destination: Caesars Palace
Budget: I'd like for the hotel to be about $1,000 or less total with taxes.
From: Portland, OR (I don't mind paying hotel and airfare separate, unless theres a good package deal)

I've looked just about everywhere, including Kayak, which basically has the same rates as Harrah's.com. OneTravel.com says there are no rooms available. Orbitz seems to have the best PACKAGE deal, but the hotel room is still about $1,200 - $1,300 total. The Hot Deal page on Caesars Palace is the best deal at $1,133, but I'd like to go lower if possible.

I don't mind getting the most basic room, I'll probably end up upgrading once I get there, unless there's also a good deal for the Palace or Augustus Towers. I'd like to take advantage of the Best Rate Guarantee but I haven't seen anything cheaper that their Hot Deal's ($1,133).

I've searched and found this thread: http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/messageview.php?catid=63&threadid=696697&highlight_key=y&keyword1=caesars, and went to the Web sites mentioned but did not find anything.

Any help is appreciated, thanks in advance!


Why are you so hung up on staying at Caesers, I mean its not that great of a hotel for the price. There are a lot of other strip hotels that will meet your price goals for that date. I always use this blog for booking If you look you can get those 4 nights at MGM for $860 pretax and some free add on bonuses like 2 for 1 spa certificate and $25 bar and restuarant credit. There are also a lot of other hotels to stay at on the strip in the same class for less than what you were getting. I mean unless there is some specific reason you have to or really want to stay at caesers.

I actually found a flight (from Portland, OR) and hotel package for about $1,600 w/ taxes at Caesars. Good deal? The dates are still April 25th - 29th.

Wrong Dates, deleted.

Stay away from Smith & Wollensky. They are located close to MGM. Food was terrible, service was worse. $250 for family of 4 w/no alcohol.

Top of the World @ Stratosphere is really cool (girls would say romantic). Should be in your price range, food is kind of hit or miss...sometimes is good, sometimes not so good. But you can't beat the view.

There is always the old standby of Ruth's Chris.