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Originally posted by Slow-Si
mandalay bay is nice, its fukkin huge. its infamous for its pool, which is definitely the best in Vegas. I mean where else do you see girls wearing tiny ass bathing suits while wearing stilettos. The only crappy thing about the hotel is the location. its near the beginning of the strip
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half of it is under construction... or at least it was being renovated when i was there about 4 weeks ago.
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Originally posted by InvisibleSoul
Well, just decided a couple days ago that my girlfriend and I are going to go to Las Vegas at the end of the month as well.
Did a hell of a lot of research since last night.
A lot of websites have the exact same vacation packages available, just for slightly different prices. I compared like 5-6 of them side by side with the exact same search (yielding the the exact same results) and in the end, http://www.traveltst.ca/ was the cheapest. In the end, we chose a 3-night package at The Orleans and everything came to a bit under $1300 total. It's possible to save about $300 if flying out of Bellingham. We decided to not bother doing that.
After a LOT of contemplation, we decided The Orleans was the best package. It's close enough to the strip, and seems to have the best bang for the buck by far. In all my research so far, I haven't read a single bad thing about The Orleans yet.
http://www.cheapovegas.com/vegas_cas...luerank&limit=
http://www.cheapovegas.com/vegas_cas...?hotel_id=1069
The same package for any decent strip hotel is $300 more per person.
The Orleans has a 24-hour 70-lane bowling alley... overnight bowling is $1 per game. 
Apparently their buffet is very decent and for like half the price of other places.
http://www.lasvegasadvisor.com/refer...?SortBy=Rating
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i heard the orleans is somewhat new. it is a bit farther off the strip, so expect to spend $15-20 on cab fare to get to and from the strip, unless they have a shuttle. i stayed at palace station for $35 usd a night and it was very decent for that price. they had shuttles to and from the strip on the hour, so that was very convenient!
anyway for transport, that kind of money can certainly add up, so renting a car would be a wise choice. but the state of nevada doesn't have 3rd party liability insurance as a mandatory requirement, so even if u get the compact-size car -- expect to pay $15-25 for insurance on top of that. (we took a risk and didn't pay any insurance... ya, not wise but we only used it to go from hotel A on the strip to hotel B on the strip, and back to our hotel)
so just my 2cents about LV. the orleans is quite big, so you can't go wrong with a larger hotel. HAVE FUN!
