DenverBrian

http://www.smartervegas.com/Promotio...untsCodes.aspx

Orleans is cheap, even over Labor Day - $50 or so.

jammanxc

https://reservations.venetian.com/resnet/lansaweb?procfun+rn+resnet+net+funcparms+UP(A2560) :;CVEV29;082609;2;2;0;0;;;;;;;;;;;;%3F

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Venetian hotel suites for $29.99 a night.. minimum 2 night stay.

sugaree1

•Offer is expressly conditioned upon recipient maintaining his or her historical level of play as of the mailing date of this offer.
•Offer is valid on Venezia Suites only. If guest requests a suite at The Venetian or The Palazzo, prevailing rate will apply and suites are subject to availability.
•Guest must choose between Slot Credits or Table Match Play and may not redeem both. Visit Club Grazie to redeem Table Match Play. Slot Credits have automatically been loaded on your Club Grazie card.
•If Slot Credits have been downloaded, Table Match Play may not be redeemed.
•Must be a registered hotel guest and your reservation must be coded to this offer
•Proper proof of identification is required upon check in. The Venetian and The Palazzo will only honor offers made to the
•intended recipient and will not honor any offers that have been sent or received in error.
•This offer is intended solely for the person with the Club Grazie ID number referenced in your original letter
Reservations made for persons not eligible for this offer may be changed to prevailing rate or is subject to cancellation.
•Must be 21 years of age or older.
•Rates do not include the applicable 12% Clark County Room Tax.
•Limit 1 suite per reservation request.
•A deposit of 1 night's room and tax will be billed upon reservation confirmation.
•You will receive a full refund if the reservations are cancelled no later than 72 hours prior to arrival unless otherwise stated in promotions or offer received.
•A cash or credit card deposit of $150.00 per night is required upon check in for incidentals and the balance of room and tax for the remainder of your stay
•Non-confirmed rates are subject to change without notice.
•Rates are based on double occupancy.
•Additional guests (13 and older) are $35.00 per person, per night. $50.00 per person per night for concierge level
•Limit of 4 guests per suite.
•Check In time is 3:00 p.m. - Check Out time is 11:00 a.m.
•Preferred room type is on a request basis only. Actual room type assigned at check in.
•The above rates are based upon your length of stay, if you alter your arrival or departure dates all rates are subject to change
•Offer is subject to availability, and may not be used in conjunction with any offer within five days.
•Minimum two-night stay required.
•In the event of a dispute, the decision of The Venetian and The Palazzo management will be final and binding.
•A The Venetian and The Palazzo management reserves all rights.
•Please refer to your letter for further restrictions and disclaimer

vurban

I would like this venetian promo in November, but wondering if anyone knows more about this part "Offer is expressly conditioned upon recipient maintaining his or her historical level of play as of the mailing date of this offer." Do does this mean you had to be contacted by the Venetian to book this room?

OverThereTooMuch

Correct.

http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/travel-deals/948255/

People have had the reservation cancelled.

b-jai

Hihi,

I want to make this awsome booking!!!
Will they really check if I'm the Club Grazie member? cus it says in the disclaimer.... Cus I don't wanna end up having no hotel room when I arrive

TAHKUCT

Welcom to flyertalk!
are you a gambler? Then you can take a risk and try it. Then post your experience here. FYI just check the posts above.

jgxtrav1

I wouldn't recommend it. This is a targeted offer for selected Grazie members and chances are very good that they will check it out and cancel your reservation. You may (or may not) be notified in time to make other plans.

However, if you have another backup reservation (i.e. a comp'ed or inexpensive one) elsewhere, it might be worth the gamble.

mwdelta

Posting targeted casino offers here is not a good idea. Offers like this one from the Venetian are not valid for anyone who did not expressly receive the offer! It's misleading to regular folks who are just looking for a deal and should be removed.

If you book this offer, your reservation will be cancelled and/or you will be stuck paying the walk-up rate at check-in. There are plenty of good offers posted all over the web that are not casino marketing offers.

mitchell

Using 3-night AORB40 Orbitz coupon ANYWHERE for $40 off
4+-nights is AORB50 for $50 off

Gold Spike is a 0* hotel, although they are currently renovating. The casino area is no longer 0*. It's a decent 1-2* lobby. The unrenovated rooms are below-Motel-6-quality, so people uncomfortable with that type of room may want to call the hotel to ask about their renovation progress.

$19.99 x 3 days =
$59.97 + $5.70 taxes =
$65.67 - $40 Orbitz coupon =
$25.67 for 3 days.

But Gold Spike has added a $1.99/day (+ tax) resort fee ($6.75 for 3 days) =
$32.42

I received a $5 Blackjack match play when I stayed at Gold Spike ($2.50 value).
See picture at http://ff.im/88a2G

swag

A zero star hotel has a resort fee?

mitchell

Yeah. Isn't it insane?

A lot of 1*-3* hotels in Vegas have resort fees of $5-10, probably because they are in severe price competition on sites like Orbitz, Travelocity, and Expedia.

See my post on Las Vegas resort fees.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/las-v...-fees-bad.html

It's a serious pain-in-the-butt to figure out what's a better deal with
1) Resort fees.
2) Coupons & bonuses at check-in change every week/month

On the high end, the M resort charges a $25 resort fee.

One of the recent bonuses which disappeared was Sahara's unlimited $50 for $40 buy-in coupons (for hotel guests). I cashed in ~$400-500 before they closed the loophole. In retrospect, I should have hit that coupon much harder before it disappeared. I was trying to be a little discreet & use the coupons not-too-quickly.

mudd_stuffin

Good for a place for a nap/shower... Who needs zzz in LV anyway?

jaymar01

I recently read that the M Resort dropped their resort fee.

mitchell

Thanks for the heads up. I googled it in Las Vegas Advisor's 9-10-09 Question of the Day.
- Google cache http://74.125.93.132/search?q=cache:...&client=safari
- subscription only http://www.lasvegasadvisor.com/artic...s=resort%20fee

"Resort fees" first reared their ugly heads in Las Vegas almost a decade ago, when guests of Station Casinos properties found themselves hit with daily charges for phone calls, whether or not any had been made, and an energy surcharge. Stations were subsequently involved in a class-action lawsuit, along with the Hilton, Wyndham, and Starwood chains, and were forced to send compensatory coupons to 940,000 former guests who'd stayed at Station properties between April 1, 2001 and April 4, 2004.

What got those hotels into hot water wasn't the fees themselves, but rather the fact that guests had not been forewarned of the charges prior to check-in. Hence, unfortunately, the fees themselves remain and in many instances have only continued to climb – Green Valley Ranch now whacks on an additional $24.99/day, for example, which they're now obliged to declare on their website (it's in pretty small print).

As to what these "resort fees" cover, it varies from property to property. At Bellagio there's a $25/day charge for use of the spa and fitness center (the fee's waived if you order a spa treatment), while the $3/day fee at the Gold Coast covers access to the fitness center, shuttle service, in-room coffee, and toll-free calls. Hard Rock's $7/day fee includes in-room safe, parking, minibar (but not its contents), bath products, and a plasma TV.

We just called Planet Hollywood and were told that their $4.99/night fee covers two bottles of water, a coupon book for the Miracle Mile Shops, and "free" local phone calls. Irony duly noted. The additional $15/night charge at the Mirage gets you two passes to the "Secret Garden" attraction, access to the fitness center, a daily paper, unlimited local and toll-free calls, two bottles of water per day, bath robes in the rooms, and notary services in the business center. How useful.

OK, back to the facts. As stated out the outset, it would be just too time-consuming for us to research every single policy in town, especially as these vary even between properties within the same group, but here are a few pointers:

Harrah's properties do not charge resort fees but you will be required to put down a refundable deposit against incidentals when your book you room. The same applies to Venetian and Palazzo.

Wynn and Encore don't charge any resort fee and don't require a deposit but do charge your first night's stay to your card when you book. This is non-refundable if you cancel less than 48 hours before checking in.

Station Casinos properties all charge fees, so check before you book a room at any Station or Fiesta. The details should be available on each property's website (often in pretty small print), or call the toll-free number to find out (you can find them all in our hotel listings.

MGM Mirage: Some properties in the group charge a fee, including Luxor, Excalibur, the Mirage, and Signature at MGM Grand, while others, including MGM Grand itself and Mandalay Bay, don't. Interestingly, Luxor recently did some market research among followers of their Twitter, canvassing us for our thoughts on resort fees, which were apparently passed on to casino marketing. Properties within this group are actually obliged to compete with each other and the Luxor's pretty proactive about finding ways to out-market its sister properties, so it will be interesting to see if this hotel decides to drop its resort fees to try to lure guests from its rivals. We can't believe too many people responded that they simply adore resort fees and would like to see more of them, especially if they could be even higher, so perhaps there's a change brewing ... Time will tell.

Boyd properties downtown don't charge resort fees but Coast Casinos hotels (now owned by Boyd) do, and the nightly charge varies from property to property.

UPDATE: 09-10-2009 Reader feedback:

"The new M Resort recently dropped its daily resort fee of about $25. Of course, they increased their room rates by about $25 at the same time, but still, that's much better than being smacked with an extra fee at check-in. Kudos to M Resort for simply being up-front about their rate and not hiding it behind a resort fee." [Ed: Yes, you're correct on both counts and we tend to agree with you.]

"Boyd does charge: 'An additional $4.50 hotel services fee will be applied daily.' (Cut from Sam's Town Web site) What services? I got stuck with the fee on a comped room and will never stay at Sam's Town again." [Ed: Hmm. They told us no, but we'll investigate further. Sounds like a similarly confusing scenario to MGM Mirage, where some in a group do and some don't.]