Priceline Hotel: March Madness

[sonic_fan]

Hey Guys

I'm new to the site and I got to admit that I also have an addiction with deals. I need to get a room on the strip in Vegas starting on 3/16/05 for 4 nights. That weekend is one of the busier weekends due to the College Basketball Tourney and the marketing people have jacked up the hotel prices because of that. I'm looking to spend about 150/per night and would probably go as high as 200 if it meant a big jump in accomodations. I could use some help with any deals/bargains you can find.

I should mention that I've been to Vegas a few times and I'm also willing to priceline or hotwire if that's the cheapest way to go. Thanks for your help. The back-up plan is something like San Remo, which I don't know if I'm ready to handle.

[hannahb352]

Hotwire appears to have Excalibur for 152/night 3* Casino,Restaurant(s),Pool(s),Fitness Center,Spa Services,Golf Nearby,Tennis Nearby. This could be another 3* but from looking at vacation package for this time period it is most likely Excalibur for a total of 667.95.

But I think I would try Easy Click Travel through the link on this page, Imperial Palace has an "on request" for $89. I would perfer personally to stay at IP to staying at Excalibur, if nothing else for it's great middle of the strip location (plus I have stayed at both), and if you could get this price I would think this would be a good deal for this time of year.

You could try priceline as you have a lot of free rebids and time before this trip but as you said it looks like a VERY busy time in Las Vegas, besides March Madness (which I have been there for and it is a blast!!) you also have several mid sized conventions and then a 135,000 convention for CON/AGG.

Good Luck!

[thereuare]

I think both of the above sites, HOTWIRE and EASYCLICK will be the best places to start.

I'll warn you ahead of time that i don't think many of EasyClick's "on request" deals will be available.

[sonic_fan]

Thanks for the advice. Once I knew that the 3* hotel on Hotwire was Excaliber, I went around to various websites trying to find a better deal. I then remembered that Costco has a Travel agency. At first, I only looked up the Excaliber hotel (No flight) and the rates were more expensive than the $152 + Taxes & fees. I then searched for Airfare + Hotel and found that I could get the exact same flight on America West I was thinking of taking. So the total price - the airfare (price listed on America West) came to be ~136$/per room per night, including all taxes and fees. Just thought I'd share.

[thereuare]

Thank you for the follow-up with your plans... glad you got a price and property you are happy with.

Have a great time.