MichiganMommy Posted September 17, 2004 Report Share Posted September 17, 2004 I'm getting nervous. I am hoping to get a 5* (most probably Venetian) for a 3 night stay, 9/30 - 10/3. I am now two weeks out and the prices are still sky-high. The V's website is still listing the rate as $449 per night. Hotwire is listing the 5* in the $400s (varies every hour it seems). I am seeing people posting that they've gotten November dates already for less than $150/night. Any ideas what is going on? There are no big conferences that I've found over that weekend. The next week is a huge gaming convention (35000 people) that starts on Tuesday. Could this be affecting the weekend inventory? What is wierd is that Saturday night is the cheapest night of the Thurs, Fri, Sat trip. When I plug the individual nights into Hotwire, I get the cheapest rate for Saturday night. Has anyone seen the prices this high 2 weeks out, and then drop? I might be using my backup ressie at the MGM, which would be ok. But Venetian would be awesome!! Link to comment
thereuare Posted September 17, 2004 Report Share Posted September 17, 2004 I would think this Boxing Match will have something to do with it:October 2Caesars PalaceGary Shaw Productions-ShowtimeIBF Jr. Middleweight TitleVerno Phillips vs Kassim OumaIBF Super Middleweight TitleJeff Lacy vs Syd VanderpoolWladimir Klitschko vs DaVarryl Williamson Please use this HOTWIRE and these PRICELINE LINKS: HOTELS, CAR RENTALS, and AIRFARE to begin your travel purchases Link to comment
MichiganMommy Posted September 17, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2004 Oh man, I don't follow boxing, so I had no idea. I'll keep trying, but I'm glad I have my backup plans. I'll let you know if I have success. Thanks! Link to comment
thereuare Posted September 17, 2004 Report Share Posted September 17, 2004 I don't following boxing either, but found that when trying to discover a reason for the higher prices. Please use this HOTWIRE and these PRICELINE LINKS: HOTELS, CAR RENTALS, and AIRFARE to begin your travel purchases Link to comment
MichiganMommy Posted October 4, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2004 We finally did get Venetian on PL 2 days before leaving. The prices never dropped very much. We ended up splitting our bid. For Thursday 9/30 we bid from $200 to $340 and were accepted at $340. For Friday and Saturday together (10/1 and 10/2) we bid from $200 up to $299 and were accepted at $299. We used Hotwire to determine how to split the bid. We were able to beat Hotwire by about $60 for Thursday night, and by about $50/night for the Fri/Sat combination. Venetian.com posted the rates at $429. I'm still not sure why this was such an expensive weekend. We saw them setting up for the prize fight at Caesar's on Saturday. The ring was set up outdoors. They must have had about 10 rows of portable chairs, followed by some portable bleacher seats - about 10 rows? There is also a big gaming convention that starts on Tuesday, with the festivities starting on Monday night. Maybe there were some early arrivals for that convention on the weekend.We really enjoyed the Venetian. The suites were really nice and the bathroom was huge! I did get the impression that we were definitely paying for the size of the room, not other amenties. The bedding/towel quality was similar to other 4* hotels. Sheets and pillows were ok, but not high thread count. Towels were nice, but not super plush spa quality towels. The complimentary shampoo was unlabeled, and the conditioner was the same as I got at the Hampton Inn the last time I stayed there. We used the complimentary copier/fax machine in the room to make some copies and that was really handy. The pool area was nice, but not greater than other Vegas hotels I've stayed in. We were bummed that they closed the pool bars at 5 pm, and the whole pool area including Jacuzzis closed at 7 pm. This appears to be a Vegas thing, and happens at a lot of strip hotels. I guess they want everyone in the Casino! We had a great dinner at the Emeril's Delmontico Steakhouse. The food was really good and the service was excellent! We haven't had service that great in a long, long time. I'm glad we stayed there because we really wanted to see what it was like. That said, I wouldn't pay this much to stay there again. When traveling without kids, we don't really need the extra space. We also enjoy walking from casino to casino up and down the strip, and it was a really long walk down to the other end. Taxis are ok, but we enjoy usually enjoy walking, just not that far! Link to comment
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