Hotwire Hotel: 2* Near Strip West -- need ideas/direction

[travelAlot]

Howdy, I'm doing a budget kind of trip to Vegas Sept 22-25. Challenge is finding a hotel for Fri 22nd or Fri-Sat 22nd-23rd. Looking at Hotwire, a $40/night rate is coming up for a 2* near Strip. I have to stay within about $100 total for the two nights, $60 for 1 night. I've tried every travel site imaginable, including EasyClickTravel. My dilemma is, without a car, I'm OK being offStrip as long as close to a main street where the local CAT runs or better yet to Orleans/GoldCoast/Rio free shuttles. But I-15/Sahara or the Dean Martin Drive hotels cluster won't work.

My dilemma is this: the 2-star that's coming up has these amenities -- Fitness Center, Pool, Landry Facilities. I clicked throught to the purchase page to see if any other features would show. The reason being that a similar 2-star rate was for the condo property that is the Extended StayAmerica on Valley View (perfect as 1/5th mile from Rio/GoldCoast).

From looking at the Hotwire list for Near Strip West, all that I can see is the ESA property and I doubt that the current $40 hotel isn't that. Any ideas what it might or most likely would be? Of course if I book anything it will be via SB or the links here.

Thank you...

[thereuare]

This hotel has not yet been identified and not really much to go on with this one, but i would be concerned about what it could be. At best you could get a La Quinta type of property... at worst a Travelodge or something similar.

Have you considered Downtown where the hotels are generally less expensive, and the area is smaller so you'd be much more likely to receive a hotel near the CAT line to get to the strip.

[travelAlot]

Thanks for the quick response. That's what I figured, just wanted to make sure I was being thorough. I can get something downtown but at a higher price ($66 hotwire, so probably $55 PL). Only direct booking with budget hotel is the Gold Spike -- about $40-45 a night wiothout additional booking fees) -- and the reviews there seem to indicate that it is quite unsafe/unsavory (I'm pretty openminded about stuff, very street smart and not easily scared but the reviews everywhere seem to indicate the Spike isnt a good idea).

For now, I'll hold off, unless the 2-star condo comes back up. Also possibly an On Request EasyClickTravel property but my understanding is On Request means "not available."

Thanks again

[thereuare]

"Off the Record" from EasyClickTravel means that they have sold-out of their pre-contracted rate but will try to get additional rooms. Some hotels readily give them additional rooms, some never/rarely give additional rooms, others base the decision upon their own occupancy levels for the dates in question.

[travelAlot]

Kinda related -- and I apologize if I'm slightly offsubject -- is a question I had about Hotwire's Double The Difference Guarantee for anothe trip. Does anyone have any idea if Hotwire considers Harrah's "hot Rates" -- publicly and readily available to everyone -- to be a valid published lower rate for the DTD program? I'm very tempted to book something, knowing the rate will drastically be reduced, if accepted. But I'm a bit nervous about if the hot Rates are inavlid for DTD purposes and/or if the hot Rates would change from the time I submit my claim to when it's actually reviewed. Any insight on this? Much appreciated as, if I goof, that's a $100 mistake. If I go ahead and book, I'll use the link from here.

Thank You

[thereuare]

Since this is for anther stay please start a NEW TOPIC for this 'other trip' and include the details of what it is you're trying to do... we'll then have a look at the HOTWIRE offer and the 'hot rates'.