Sorry to be the dissenter: we go to Vegas 2-3 times a year for the last 21 years. WE prefer downtown at the Golden Nugger. Very beautiful hotel, spotless, great pool, great restaurants. Bus depot is 2 blocks away to get to the strip. If you have a rental car you just valet park at every hotel you visit. Staying on the strip mean LOTS of walking--the distance from a hotel entrance to the street can be quite a walk let alone from one hotel to the other. We rent a car and just go hotel to hotel if we choose. A couple of fun things: There's great free lounge show at the Plaza Hotel downtown--they are called the sunspots and for the price of a coke it's a great show. See masquerade Village at the Rio Suites. If you choose, you can pay $10. for a ticket and you wear a costume and go out on floats from tracks int he ceiling. It's great fun. Send for a free copy of What's On in Las VEgas and it will give you a list of all the free attractions. Have fun.