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- XB120
Went once with my old company a few years ago. As a designer, I was hoping to get some new retouching tips or take a super inspiring class in photography. I signed up for the most advanced classes they offered but 85% still seemed very elementary. Maybe it's a different experience for someone who doesn't use photoshop every day?
- olem0
xb12: seriously? have you been?
i have heard so many great things about it (photoshop world)...
- TechVector0
Platinum is kick ass. Good price, big rooms. I stay there every year for Magic.
- DoTheMacarena0
Honestly, having spent too much time in vegas, my favorite hotel room has been at the MGM Grand Signature suites. They're condos that get rented at room rates when not occupied. They also have balconies. It's just behind the MGM, so it's not DIRECTLY on the strip, but you just have to walk through the mgm. Full kitchen, heated bathroom floors, pop-up tv from the vanity, and the service is amazing as well.
If you want room size, Venetian does pretty well there. If you want cheap with decent location: Bill's Gambling Hall (the old barbary coast) is supposed to be a great deal. Plus it's above Drai's, which is just trouble.
THE hotel @ Mandalay is nice also. MGM (the regular rooms) have always done me well for standard fare vegas. MGM also has the largest casino floor.
So Aria is decent? They still having opening discounts?
- XB120
Just an fyi, that conference is a huge disappointment. It's for amateur photographers who want to learn how so shoot weddings, wildlife and portraiture.
- XB120
Mandalay Bay ... Can't beat the convenience factor
- todaysnew0
filter your hotel search by the price range you're looking for, then go to tripadvisor.com to read the reviews. Pick the one with the best reviews. win.
- olem0
thanks again guys.
- kona0
ceasars palace is ok but overrun with it's mall traffic. nice but too expensive for what it is imo. i always had a hard time finding cheap rooms there. nice casino and restaurants though.
sorry. i mixed up mandalay bay and mirage's location. mandalay is the one way off to the end of the strip, not the mirage. luxor and mandalay are at the end of the strip.
- jeveritt0
I stayed in the Bellagio, and it was amazing! The rooms were huge, we had 2 kings sized beds, massive bathroom, and this was just a standard room... But the gambling was very expensive, minimum bets are really high, so you lose a lot of money very quickly ...
- olem0
none of you have mentioned ceasars palace or mandalay bay. two out of the three i have heard of before i started checking. are they no good?
- kona0
cheap and fun:
bally's
treasure island
flamingomoderately priced, nice casinos, nice restaurants / fast food:
new york new york
monte carlo
mgm
luxoroverly priced but really nice casinos and food:
paris
venetian
mirageluxor and mirage are great but are to the far end of the strip. it makes for longer cab rides (more expensive) if you're trying to get to the other side of the strip. i normally like to stay in the middle so i can walk in either direction and not have to go too far.
if you're young and don't give a crap stay at bally's. it's at the center of the strip, it's cheap and it's a great place to start drinking at 10am. when i was young i thought of my hotel rooms as this... a place to shower and hold my clothes that i'll maybe be in for 2 hours a day/night so i never wanted to spend a lot of money.
if you're older (like i am now) you might be more interested in the restaurants, casinos and pool. ny ny's pool is shit. it's in the hotels shadows for 1/2 of the day and is way too small. mgm's pool is great. the hard rocks pool is ooc if you're single. the hotel blows if you're older and married. too many young hooligans puking in the hallways at 9am.
have fun. strap up. know when to hold em. know when to fold em. know when to walk away. know when to put a hookers body in the trunk.
- SteveJobs0
i learned something about the hard rock on my last stay. if you want to play in the casino, there's a dress code: ed hardy or monarchy. otherwise you look out of place.
- and affliction. forgot that oneSteveJobs
- the strip club across the street is amazing!fooler2
- i hate that hotel for that very reason. blahkona
- hahahaacrossthesea
- take care of that problem by....tjw0511
- ...betting them at the poker table that if you win you can take their ed hardy jacket and they have to wear your "members only" jacket :)tjw0511
- members only jacket.tjw0511
- xcreonx0
I like to stay at the Mirage or Treasure Island. Both are reasonably cheap, on the strip and on the tram line which gets you to all the other big hotels/casinos.
I will be in Vegas at the end of April and am staying at the Mirage. I think my room for two was $80 / night. I got it through Expedia. I've stayed at Treasure Island a few times before for around $60/night.
Lots of hotel deals to be had in vegas.
- chuparosa0
I stayed at the Hard Rock. At first I really hated the idea of staying there but overall I thought it was actually a nice hotel. It's a little bit off the strip which I liked.
- doesnotexist0
palazzo at the venetian
- olem0
thanks guys. have been searching a bit for prices and stuff and it seems like venetian, wynn and bellagio are all a bit out of my price range.
i agree that i shouldn't spend all my money on the nicest room - so i won't, but it would be cool to stay at a... uhm. cool place. =)
- monospaced0
In the end, don't splurge on the nicest room unless you honestly plan on spending a significant amount of time in it. Hopefully you'll be out and about, visiting other hotel rooms, shacking up OPP, y'know.
- scpgt0
excalibur - nah.. it's sort of fun, but not 'nice'..
luxor - yes. the aforementioned windows are cool, but it's also just noticeably nicer than excalibur.
new york, new york - is nice i suppose, but quite forgettable.. there's some fairly nice views available though (considering it's so far down the strip.. http://www.flickr.com/photos/scp…)i've just realised, it's like i've been working my way up the strip everytime i go. i'll hit the bellagio in about a decade at this rate.
- iheartfun0
Bellagio is amazing, Stayed there twice. Venetian is great too. As for lower market good Luxor, MGM, & Paris.