Hotwire Hotel: 5* Las Vegas (Central Strip) Venetian

[guntzie]

Hello!

Please assist in identifying 5* Las Vegas Central Strip hotel listed on Hotwire for $131/night for 2 nights checking in 4/9/9, checking out 4/11/9.

Amenities (per the "See All Amenities" window):

Casino

Fitness Center

Pool

Restaurant

Business Center

Internet

Spa

I've recently seen the Venetian on HOTWIRE with a few more amenities listed than this, but did note that on the pinned hotel list that this combination has been noted in the past for the Venetian. However, before booking, I wanted to solicit input on other possibilities for this combination of amenities.

I will be happy to use the BB link to start my purchase. =)

Thanks in advance!

[thereuare]

This is not the 'standard' amenity combination that usually appears for the Venetian, but this combination has been reported once or twice for the Venetian(and i don't think anything else has been reported with this combination), so this woudl be our best guess.

In the past if you've waited a day or two this offering usually changes to the 'typical' amenities usually seen for the Venetian, so if you'd be disappointed if this was something else then you may want to give it a day or two (realizing the risk that this property could disappear and be replaced with something other than the Venetian (such as the Wynn, Palazzo, etc))

Please use these PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links to begin your travel purchases.

Let us know what you decide and how it goes or if we can be of further help.

[guntzie]

Thanks for your feedback!

I've finalized the dates of my trip...I'll arrive on 4/5 and leave on 4/11. A few more questions.

When I search Hotwire for the full date range for 5* hotels, I come up with what appears to be the Wynn for $105-109 (it fluctuates a bit). Amenities are the standard for the Wynn: casino, fitness, pool, restaurant, business, golf, tennis, spa.

Since I also have interest in the Venetian and have heard it turns up frequently on Sun-Thurs searches, I performed a search for 4/5-4/9 to add to the original stay about which I inquired to the board in this thread. Turned up what appears to be the Venetian for a fluctuating $93-95. Amenities are the usual for the Venetian: casino, fitness, pool, restaurant, business, internet, golf, tennis, spa.

My question: if in fact my original post (4/9-4/11) is the Venetian, and the search for 4/5-4/9 is the Venetian, why doesn't the Venetian come up when I search for the whole week? Just trying to understand the inner workings of Hotwire.

Again, I'll be happy to use the indicated HOTWIRE link. I plan to book either option within a day or two, as I'd be thrilled with either the Wynn or Venetian. Thanks again!

[thereuare]

HOTWIRE only shows the hotel with the least expensive rate in the zone at each star level.

As rates and can chance depending upon the dates, it's possible that the Venetian has the lowest rate when splitting the bid but the Wynn has the lowest rate for the longer length of stay (this may not be intuitive but can happen for a variety of reasons, the easiest to think about is if the Wynn offers a 'discount' for a 5+ nite stay)

Thanks for using our HOTWIRE link to begin your purchase.

Let us know how it goes or if we can be of further help.

[guntzie]

So tonight I noticed that the 4/5-4/11 option on Hotwire dropped to $106/night. So I went for it. Used the BB HOTWIRE link.

Amenities: casino, fitness, pool, restaurant, business, golf, tennis, spa.

I totally expected Wynn.

Turns out...it's the Venetian without the Internet amenity. This is the third unique combination of amenities I've seen this week for the same hotel (or so it would appear). This just serves to remind me that even when I think I've figured things out, the unexpected can still happen.

I'm still quite happy, as the Wynn and the Venetian were my first and second choice, and how can I beat $106/night for a week in Vegas?!?!?

Thanks again to Better Bidding....another great vacation hotel for a spectacular price! =)

[thereuare]

Congratulations on your success!

While not the hotel you were expecting glad to see you're happy with the results and this will still work well for your plans.

Another example of how you really need to be flexible when using the opaque providers, but in this sitaution, i too would be fine with any of the 5* hotels reported in this zone with a casino (and i've even be fine with the Trump depending upon my plans for that particular trip)

Thanks for using our HOTWIRE link and sharing your results with the board, helping us add this new amenity combination for this property to the Hotwire Hotel List.

Enjoy your stay.