Hotwire Hotel: 5* Las Vegas (Strip) Venetian

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Purchased on 30/12/03

Booking details as below:

After booking through Hotwire i checked Venetian's own site for rates, found a $119 rate for a Venetian tower king for my dates by clicking on the suite special offers page, not through main reservations link. It didnt show my dates initally but $119 dela came up when i chose them.

Processed Double the Difference guarantee with Hotwire and after e-mailing proof of venetian offer, a refund was promised of $124.

Well Chuffed, looking forward to the Venetian

Still looking for hotel for 20th Jan in LV but had no luck in PL or Hotwire as big convention still on, anyone any ideas?

Cheers

Graeme

Purchase details below

Check-in: Wed, Jan 21, 2004

Check-out: Fri, Jan 23, 2004

No. of Rooms: 1

No. of Nights: 2

Price Per Night: $150.00

Subtotal: $300.00

Taxes / Booking Fees: $32.95

Total Price: $332.95

DD Refund: $124.00

Final Price: $208.95 :) :) :o

[thereuare]

You can stay downtown for under $50, or stay at Bally's for $113.

It all depends upon your budget and what type of accomodations you require.

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Ideally we want to stay on the main part of the strip, i.e no further north than Treasure Island/Venetian. 4 star if poss...

I currently have a cancellable backup with the Excalibur for $85 for this night, not sure about the hotel though - heard some bad reports.

Ballys rate of $113 looks good, was that on quikbook you saw that?

Also, do you think the priceline/hotwire rates will come down in price nearer to the 21st?

Thanks again for your help!

[thereuare]

Yes, that is where i saw the $113 Bally's rate.

With Las Vegas there is absolutely no knowning where rates will be tomorrow, next week, next month, or even in the next few hours. Rates in LV change quicker (up and down) than any other city in the country!

Bally's is worth the extra $25 (IMO) over the Exaclibur... unless you are traveling with children who might enjoy the castle theme of the Excalibur (on the otherhand, if you go to Vegas to get away from kids then it's a better reason to avoid the Excalibur :) ). As well, if your luggage has wheels it's a fairly easy walk from Bally's to the Venetian (depending upon your agility/mobility), where as the Excalibur would almost certainly require a taxi. Even if you choose to take a taxi from Bally's, it's somewhat cheaper than the taxi from Excalibur, so at least that will defray your extra $25 cost somewhat (a good lesson in looking at total cost)

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A couple of us were following prices at the Venetian for the 1/12 to 1/16 timeframe. It appeared that the Venetian released unsold inventory to Hotwire about 8 days prior to trip time. A huge drop in price was apparent on Hotwire (down to $122).

A $99/night rate was obtained by one of us for that time period using Priceline. These were non-weekend dates, of course. No major conventions.

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Thanks for you detailed help Thereuare,

Managed to snag Ballys for $89 from Hotels.com , strange as the ballys.com site is showing no availability that day :) .

No kids(yet) so pleased to be avoiding the ye olde worlde excalibur.

Now got $25 extra to gamble...nice!

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