Las Vegas Hotels?

wldktz10 · May 2011

My fellow grad students and I are planning a post-first-year celebration to Las Vegas. We've got our plane tickets booked but haven't picked out a hotel yet. Can anyone recommend a good hotel that's on the strip with a nice pool that isn't super expensive. Thanks!

1krazykitty · May 2011

Just don't stay at the stratosphere!

Mrs.BoomBoom · May 2011

cheapovegas has really nice comparisons of the different hotels. I've never been to the pool in all the times we've been there, so I have no intel.

debdebdol · May 2011

I've stayed on many hotels on the stips. My favorites in order are Caesar's Palace, Treasure Island, New York New York, MGM Signature (no casino/smoking), and in last place Excalibur.

aj0915 · May 2011

you will save a lot of $$ if you go sun-thur. weekends can get crazy expensive, especially if there is an event going on.

i was just there last weekend. we stayed at the monte carlo, which is south of the strip. it's not in the middle, but there is a lot of action in that area. plus with the new city center..that has new hotels- Aria, Crystals, The Cosmopolitan(which make me drool, the decor is AMAZING)

the pool at the monte carlo was pretty cool- wave pool, jacuzzi, lazy river, main pool. we paid $100 a night(fri-sat). Sunday we stayed at The Mirage(also really nice) $80 a night.

I've also stayed at

MGM( $ varies)

The Venetian($139 a night)

The Luxor($40-$80)

NY NY($65-$100)

I recommend going directly to a hotels website and signing up for their email promotion, you'd be surprised how much you save.

Anyway, good luck. I'm sure you'll find a great deal!! Have fun!!!

OH, and if your group is into the nightclub thing you MUST visit XS, it's inside Encore- best nightclub ever! not even kidding

wldktz10 · May 2011

We're kind of stuck with the days we have because of finals and then the summer clinic starts up right afterwards. So we have one weekend and that's it. Thursday-Saturday.

mrswall84 · May 2011

I've stayed at the Stratosphere and I didn't think it was too bad. The rooms were clean and the pool looked nice. I think we only paid $68 a night but it was during the week. Of course, this was 5 years ago so I don't know if things have changed.

Kaz0918 · May 2011

My sister lives in Vegas and we're hoping to visit her soon. Here are my thoughts.

Tropicana has a crazy fun pool and usually isn't too costly.

I think Hard Rock is overrated and not really on the strip.

Mirage, TI and Ceaser's Palace are a good cluster of hotels near shopping and food with fun pools and good prices.

Mrs.BoomBoom · May 2011

mrswall84:
I've stayed at the Stratosphere and I didn't think it was too bad. The rooms were clean and the pool looked nice. I think we only paid $68 a night but it was during the week. Of course, this was 5 years ago so I don't know if things have changed.

But it's not really near anything else. It's not downtown and not near what we generally think of as 'the strip' IMO you really want a car if you're at the strat

StumpyG · May 2011

My friends and I just booked at Vdara for this summer. It wasn't too crazy expensive (relatively) and is right in the heart of everything. It's a non-smoking, non-casino hotel so should be a little calmer and less gross. I haven't stayed there yet, but it gets good reviews.

I've only ever stayed at NY/NY (which is on the cheaper side and just fine) and Stratosphere (which is dirt cheap, but far away and kinda blah). I haven't been to Vegas in years.

Have a fun trip!

hannikan · May 2011

I haven't been to Vegas in 10 yrs but we stayed at the Luxor and liked it. It's well kept and close to everything. It wasn't too expensive (although we were a big group of recently graduated college students staying together). You don't have to be staying somewhere to eat there so we ate at Mandalay Bay and Excalibar, etc... too.

wldktz10 · May 2011

Thanks for all the tips ladies. I will take this info to them and see how it goes!

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