Originally Posted by
Dan Druff
This is a dumb article.
I monitor Caesars property rates frequently, and I've never seen a $39 rack rate. I have no idea how she got that, or if she's not telling us the whole story. She claims to be booking it through Vegas.com, which usually has rack rates, but perhaps there was some special on a night when they were super empty.
But it's highly misleading to make it sound like the average person can score a $11 room at Flamingo and $39 room at Caesars, as long as they stay on a weeknight.
I just looked up the Caesars site right now when not logged in (and in incognito mode), and I don't see anything cheaper than $24 (Harrah's), with almost all nights being over $50 everywhere. There is one day in the next month where Caesars is $80, while the rest are all over $100, and often multiple hundreds of dollars, even during the week.
She also quickly mentions the $50 resort fee, as if it's nothing. So the $11 room at Flamingo is more like $60, which is a huge difference.
The article should instead be covering the best VALUE properties on the Vegas strips -- places you can stay fairly cheaply, which aren't complete dumps.
There are three value properties:
Harrah's
Horseshoe (former Bally's)
Park MGM (former Monte Carlo)
All three of these typically give you very good value for your money, and aren't shitholes.
It is actually frustrating when non-gambling friends ask me, "Where should I stay in Vegas?", I give them the above 3 properties to look at, and then they book some shithole like Luxor. Then they complain later that Luxor was a dump. I ask, "Why didn't you book Harrah's?", and their response is, "Well Luxor seemed like a good deal so I just went with that." I ask if they even looked at Harrah's, and they say no. FYI, Harrah's is usually cheaper than Luxor, and is way better.