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We're looking at the middle of July, all of the rates are much cheaper then. My husband and I are looking at Treasure Island, Ny Ny, and Paris...those have the best rates, $99 a night, for that time frame.
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Paris would be a very nice choice, their luxury rooms are nice, the fountain view rooms are a nice added touch and the suites are exceptional. Paris has one of the best locations, a good theme and they carry it off very well. The buffet is way over priced but you're close enough to plenty of other options. One of my absolute favorite spots in all of Las Vegas is Mon Ami Gabi, the sidewalk cafe at Paris, you're only a few feet from the pedestrian walkway along LV Blvd for people watching and in the afternoon/evening you have a great seat for the awesome, Fountains of Bellagio..
I do miss the "French" roulette table, I deal roulette, watching those guys work was like a fiddle player going to a Itzhak Perlman concert.
I have been checking room rates for July 15th-20th & 22nd-27th for someone on YA, the 15th-20th has the lower rates, but his family has decided they all want to go out on the 22nd. He found a very good rate to the Aladdin $80(5 night avg) for a package deal with Alaska airlines from Seattle. This is a heck of a deal. I gave him a couple of options, Flamingo $90 & Barbary Coast $70, all would be great choices depending on the amenities and location a person wanted.
$99(July 15th-18th) for a room at Paris, you found a great deal, you usually only see rates like that in December.
It's a very good sign that the rates are that low for those weeks, it means the hotels have plenty of rooms to sell. Extra rooms means you have an excellent chance to get an upgrade. The $20 trick is a time honored method of securing an upgrade in Las Vegas. At check in, have a $20 in your hand, barely visible to the check in clerk. Ask if he/she has an upgrade available, they are going to say no/can't do that/it will cost you >in which case you can at that time pony up the difference(usually less than when you made the reservation) or she/he will say, let me take a look for you >in which case you're probably in luck. If you get that upgrade, and at the conclusion of the transaction when he/she hands you the rooms keys, you say thank you very much and give him/her the $20 handshake...
Enjoy your trip, you're going to love "Paris", and Las Vegas..
To have found rates like that and to narrow your search down to those three, It's obvious you have done your research. These are my favorite sites to check rates and for LV info.
Rooms
http://www.travelworm.com
http://www.i4vegas.com
LV info
http://www.lasvegasadvisor.com
I went to LV for the first time in 1967 and for the past 20+ years spend 4-6 weeks a year there, I will never get tired of Las Vegas. If you have any questions, send me an anonymous e-mail through YA , I would be more than happy to help. It's fun for me...
Paris would be a very nice choice, their luxury rooms are nice, the fountain view rooms are a nice added touch and the suites are exceptional. Paris has one of the best locations, a good theme and they carry it off very well. The buffet is way over priced but you're close enough to plenty of other options. One of my absolute favorite spots in all of Las Vegas is Mon Ami Gabi, the sidewalk cafe at Paris, you're only a few feet from the pedestrian walkway along LV Blvd for people watching and in the afternoon/evening you have a great seat for the awesome, Fountains of Bellagio..
I do miss the "French" roulette table, I deal roulette, watching those guys work was like a fiddle player going to a Itzhak Perlman concert.
I have been checking room rates for July 15th-20th & 22nd-27th for someone on YA, the 15th-20th has the lower rates, but his family has decided they all want to go out on the 22nd. He found a very good rate to the Aladdin $80(5 night avg) for a package deal with Alaska airlines from Seattle. This is a heck of a deal. I gave him a couple of options, Flamingo $90 & Barbary Coast $70, all would be great choices depending on the amenities and location a person wanted.
$99(July 15th-18th) for a room at Paris, you found a great deal, you usually only see rates like that in December.
It's a very good sign that the rates are that low for those weeks, it means the hotels have plenty of rooms to sell. Extra rooms means you have an excellent chance to get an upgrade. The $20 trick is a time honored method of securing an upgrade in Las Vegas. At check in, have a $20 in your hand, barely visible to the check in clerk. Ask if he/she has an upgrade available, they are going to say no/can't do that/it will cost you >in which case you can at that time pony up the difference(usually less than when you made the reservation) or she/he will say, let me take a look for you >in which case you're probably in luck. If you get that upgrade, and at the conclusion of the transaction when he/she hands you the rooms keys, you say thank you very much and give him/her the $20 handshake...
Enjoy your trip, you're going to love "Paris", and Las Vegas..
To have found rates like that and to narrow your search down to those three, It's obvious you have done your research. These are my favorite sites to check rates and for LV info.
Rooms
http://www.travelworm.com
http://www.i4vegas.com
LV info
http://www.lasvegasadvisor.com
I went to LV for the first time in 1967 and for the past 20+ years spend 4-6 weeks a year there, I will never get tired of Las Vegas. If you have any questions, send me an anonymous e-mail through YA , I would be more than happy to help. It's fun for me...
Best place to go shopping or jet skiing in the Bahamas?
I am going to the Bahamas for the first time in March. We are flying in and staying for five days. During this time, I want to be able to go shopping and possibly jet skiing, so I just want to know where the best place to go is. We are staying on Paradise Island, by the way. Are things expensive there? If so, just an estimate of how much money I should take would be appreciated. Also, can you ride the jet skiis and see dolphins? What is a good price for that? Thanks in advance!
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In my experience, the Bahamas isn't a great shopping destination. They have luxury goods (expensive liquor, designer goods, perfumes, and such), which may be cost less in duty-free shops, but if you spend a lot you may have to pay customs anyway; check the customs link I provided, or your country's customs rules if you're not from the US. Things you can get at home are probably cheaper at home, unless they're locally made (arts and crafts, shells, etc.). Duty free means you don't have to pay taxes on having the products imported to the Bahamas, but if you spend a lot you still have to pay customs taxes to bring them home with you.
I wanted a haircut while I was there. The salon in the hotel was outrageously expensive (over twice what I pay in Seattle for similar service), but the concierge gave me walking directions to a local barber shop. They gave me a great haircut for $10, and I enjoyed spending time with local people. They almost forgot to charge me; I had to ask, "Shouldn't I have to pay?" I paid the $10, plus a $5 tip because they were so nice, and so much less expensive than the hotel.
I didn't try jet skiing myself, but two travel companions did. We were out on the beach (in front of the Wyndham or the Sheraton), and they just talked to some guys offering jet ski rides, haggled for a price, and went for a ride. They had a lot of fun. The initial asking price was ridiculous, but they bargained it down to much less. Someone on shore claimed to work with the guys who gave the ride, and tried to convince me that the agreed price was the cost for _each_, rather than the cost for _both_, but I didn't let him scam me. The travel companions thought the rides were much better than they had expected, and they tipped quite a lot extra.
As for dolphins, you're not clear about whether you want to _see_ them in the wild or swim with them. If it's the latter, I'd say please don't. That's very stressful for the dolphins. I don't know how to go about seeing dolphins in the wild, but you can probably get advice on that by phoning the hotel and asking for a concierge -- but call in advance.
Also, Internet access is spotty and often expensive in the Bahamas. Cell phone service is outrageously expensive -- US$2 to $3 per minute if you use a US phone, or over US$70 to rent a local phone, which includes only US$29 of air time credit (over US$1 per minute, outgoing). If you're on a budget, watch your communications costs carefully.
Because Internet is expensive there, it can be difficult to get information from hotels and elsewhere by e-mail. That's why I suggested phoning rather than writing. However, it's rather expensive to place phone calls to the Bahamas, so think through your questions carefully, and if they don't know, offer to give them time to look it up and promise to call back later.
In my experience, the Bahamas isn't a great shopping destination. They have luxury goods (expensive liquor, designer goods, perfumes, and such), which may be cost less in duty-free shops, but if you spend a lot you may have to pay customs anyway; check the customs link I provided, or your country's customs rules if you're not from the US. Things you can get at home are probably cheaper at home, unless they're locally made (arts and crafts, shells, etc.). Duty free means you don't have to pay taxes on having the products imported to the Bahamas, but if you spend a lot you still have to pay customs taxes to bring them home with you.
I wanted a haircut while I was there. The salon in the hotel was outrageously expensive (over twice what I pay in Seattle for similar service), but the concierge gave me walking directions to a local barber shop. They gave me a great haircut for $10, and I enjoyed spending time with local people. They almost forgot to charge me; I had to ask, "Shouldn't I have to pay?" I paid the $10, plus a $5 tip because they were so nice, and so much less expensive than the hotel.
I didn't try jet skiing myself, but two travel companions did. We were out on the beach (in front of the Wyndham or the Sheraton), and they just talked to some guys offering jet ski rides, haggled for a price, and went for a ride. They had a lot of fun. The initial asking price was ridiculous, but they bargained it down to much less. Someone on shore claimed to work with the guys who gave the ride, and tried to convince me that the agreed price was the cost for _each_, rather than the cost for _both_, but I didn't let him scam me. The travel companions thought the rides were much better than they had expected, and they tipped quite a lot extra.
As for dolphins, you're not clear about whether you want to _see_ them in the wild or swim with them. If it's the latter, I'd say please don't. That's very stressful for the dolphins. I don't know how to go about seeing dolphins in the wild, but you can probably get advice on that by phoning the hotel and asking for a concierge -- but call in advance.
Also, Internet access is spotty and often expensive in the Bahamas. Cell phone service is outrageously expensive -- US$2 to $3 per minute if you use a US phone, or over US$70 to rent a local phone, which includes only US$29 of air time credit (over US$1 per minute, outgoing). If you're on a budget, watch your communications costs carefully.
Because Internet is expensive there, it can be difficult to get information from hotels and elsewhere by e-mail. That's why I suggested phoning rather than writing. However, it's rather expensive to place phone calls to the Bahamas, so think through your questions carefully, and if they don't know, offer to give them time to look it up and promise to call back later.
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