Hotwire Hotel: Help for LAS 8/2-8/4

[gotkwah]

I looked on HOTWIRE and got the following 2 5* hotels:

North: Condo, Spa, Resort. studio, Smoke-free, fitness, pool restaurant

$89/night

South: Fitness, Pool Restuarant

$84/night

(I think this is Aria or Vdara, right?)

North: Resort, suite, casino, fitness, pool, restaurant, business center, high speed internet

$119/night

What do you think about the prices? think I can do better by bidding @ PRICELINE?

While price is certainly important I am def willing to spend a little more not to end up in a bad hotel.

TIA!

[yellowdog]

Most of the times can you do better with PRICELINE. But if you're trying to target a specific property then HOTWIRE can often be a better option if you're successfully able to identify it based upon the star rating and amenities shown before your purchase... the trade-off is that HOTWIRE usually costs a little more than PRICELINE, so you need to decide what is most important to you for a given stay, the lowest possible price OR the ability to take an educated guess as to the property you may receive.

Let us know how we can help you further.

Please use the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your travel purchases.

Yellowdog.

PS. Can you please follow-up your previous Car rental thread with whatever you ended up doing

[gotkwah]

Are you able to ID those 3 hotels i posted from Hotwire?

If its a matter of spending another $10-15/night to know i am booking a better quality place i am all for it. Its only for 2 nights anyway.

I will update the car rental thread.

[AaronJB]

For the 2 5* North properties, when you click on "continue" to go to the detail page and then click 'see all amenities", are there additional amenities showing?

Thank you for using the site's HOTWIRE or PRICELINE links to start your purchases and searches.

[thereuare]

Thank you for using the site's HOTWIRE or PRICELINE links to start your purchases and searches.

Please click this HOTWIRE link before replying.

Thanks.

[gotkwah]

Link clicked.

I now see two 5* North Strip properties both for $89. Here are the amenities when i click Details ans then See All:

North #1: Casino, Fitness Center, Pool(s), Restaurant(s), Business Center, Golf nearby, Tennis nearby, & Spa

North #2: Spa, Resort, Suite, Smoke-Free Rooms, Fitness Center, Pool(s), Restaurant(s), high speed internet, Kitchenette, Condo

The South hotel is still showing $84 and the ammenties are only: Fitness, Pool, Restuarant

Can you ID any of them.

[AaronJB]

5* w/condo - likely Trump

Other 5* North - possibly Venetian or Wynn.

5* South - Aria or Vdara.

Please use the site's HOTWIRE or PRICELINE links to start your purchases and searches.

[gotkwah]

I tried priceline for a 4 or 5 star and didnt get the prices i wanted. We ended up just booking a "package" from Treasure Island. It was 2 nights, 1 @ $89, 1 @ $99. The package had some nice bonuses: 2 for 1 tickets to Mystere (TI's Cirque Du Soleil performance, a $60-70 savings, which we had planned to take advantage up, but then decided not to once we got Vegas) free wifi (a savings of $15/night b/c i would have paid for it) and no resort fee.

I tried the $20 trick at check in (we got there at 2 AM) and the guy quickly gave it back and said "im not sure i will be able to help you". He did give us a room with a strip view. The room was not big but not too small either and it was updated. Overall we enjoyed the stay. (it was our first trip to vegas, so we dont have much to compare it to)

[yellowdog]

gotkwah

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Yellowdog.