Re: Cheap Vegas Hotel Rates....
The wife and I just got back from LV on Thursday-we try to go 2 or 3 times a year on vacation--been going since '85. I've found that by calling the hotels directly--not the central booking number, for Hiltons, for example, you can sometimes get unadvertised rates. All the larger hotels in LV have toll-free direct numbers. Also check out their web-sites for net specials--I recently saw either Ballys or Harrahs for $39 a night for certain dates in June or July.
Also, if you've been to LV before, or even if this is your first time there, be sure to join the hotel's players club. Joining is free at all the hotel casinos, and it gets you on their mailing lists for discounted offers...for example, when we got back from LV this week, there was a letter from Caesars offering us rates of $74 per night midweek, and $119 weekend up until early November.
Hope this helps--its not necessary to pay really high rates there, on this last trip, I got the impression that they may have overbuilt in LV, and there should be good rates available in the future. COMDEX, in mid November, is the exception ,though--the city is usually booked solid months in advance.
Hope this helps. Good luck.