First time to Vegas

[Banded Drake Calls]

Wanting to plan a trip to Vegas for either late March or early April. Where are the best places to book packages (flight and hotel room) and are some of the must sees. Having never been there before, I'm not exactly sure where to start.

[be12hunt]

I've only been a couple times but if you get tired of the usual Vegas stuff and have time you could go check out the hoover dam. It's pretty close and something different.

[Pineywoods]

We've been several times and as far as the packages go we could never find anyone that beat the deals on expedia.com

[Stroke]

We used to go 2x a year, one summer trip and one NFR trip. Now we cut it back to once a year. It all depends on what kind of atmosphere you are looking for. We always stay on the Strip and make at least one day down to Fremont street for some cheap gambling.

be12hunt is right about going to do other things, we have taken the tour of Hoover dam and the helicopter ride. We have been to the celebrity car museum and we plan on going to the Mob museum/Neon museum this trip. We always go to at least one show when we are there. My wife and I love "Love" show, we have been 4 times. If you are a "Foodie", like my wife, you will find some really great restaurants depending on what flavor you are interested in.

We have never done the package deals, we always stay at a Mlife property and book flights on Southwest airlines. We got this coming up trip for $179 RT from San Antonio.

[ar3731guy]

for flights its hard to beat Allegiannt Air. They fly out of Austin. our last trip to vegas, tickets were $99 round trip.

[ryno77]

I would also rent a car. It's cheaper in the long run then a cab

[big_smith]

If it were me, I would book at one of the older, less fancy casino hotels. You are not going to be in the room much anyway, and my experience most are like a motel 6 anyway. Back in the day, my Mom took my entire family for a week. We stayed at the Imperial Palace, that I think has been torn down. Entire week in the hotel, along with air fare was $250 each. Then when we walked into the casino, my wife ran into one of her friends from high school that happened to work there. He hooked us up with free meals in the hotel restaurant. Cheapest vacation I have ever been on. Hoover Dam was cool.

[hoghunter69]

freemont street is alot of fun, nascar cafe had some good food,

[Stone Cold Bobby]

If it were me, I would book at one of the older, less fancy casino hotels. You are not going to be in the room much anyway, and my experience most are like a motel 6 anyway. Back in the day, my Mom took my entire family for a week. We stayed at the Imperial Palace, that I think has been torn down. Entire week in the hotel, along with air fare was $250 each. Then when we walked into the casino, my wife ran into one of her friends from high school that happened to work there. He hooked us up with free meals in the hotel restaurant. Cheapest vacation I have ever been on. Hoover Dam was cool.

Leaving to go on Dec 11. Your right the IP is now THE LINQ . That where we are staying at this time. We got married at the Flamingo 15 years ago. Love that town.....

[HoustonR6ryda]

Your first time.Please open hand slap the first timeshare dealer who approaches you.

[Mac...]

I took my wife last year for our 10 year anniversary.

If I ever go back I'll stay at the MGM Grand. There's so much to do in that place that you really never have to leave!
We stayed at the Marrage and the smell of all the flowers was overwhelming!

We were there for 3 days and did a lot of sight seeing.
We spent probably close to $3-400 on cabs alone...

Best thing you can do is find the tram and buy a pass for the time you plan on being there. $10-15 per person we didn't find it until day 3, but wish we would've known about it sooner!

[sethcros]

We used to go 2x a year, one summer trip and one NFR trip. Now we cut it back to once a year. It all depends on what kind of atmosphere you are looking for. We always stay on the Strip and make at least one day down to Fremont street for some cheap gambling.

be12hunt is right about going to do other things, we have taken the tour of Hoover dam and the helicopter ride. We have been to the celebrity car museum and we plan on going to the Mob museum/Neon museum this trip. We always go to at least one show when we are there. My wife and I love "Love" show, we have been 4 times. If you are a "Foodie", like my wife, you will find some really great restaurants depending on what flavor you are interested in.

We have never done the package deals, we always stay at a Mlife property and book flights on Southwest airlines. We got this coming up trip for $179 RT from San Antonio.

We did the Penn and teller show, and rock of ages last time we went. We enjoyed both. I really really enjoy the piano bar in Paris. My wife and I usually go there at least twice when we go. The mob museum is cool. We couldn't make it to the neon museum last time, but it's on the menu for next time. I used to live in Las Vegas and would move back tomorrow if I could. I just love the area.

[BigL]

Depends are you going solo, with significant other, or a guys trip?

[Banded Drake Calls]

Depends are you going solo, with significant other, or a guys trip?

With significant other

[Mac...]

FYI, we caught a legit stomach bug while we were there, was down for an entire day looking for a hospital. Had we known you could get IV fluids at the MGM, I would've just gone there. (If the situation comes up for y'all where you need fluids)

Ride the roller coaster around New York. It's rough! But pretty cool.
Mandelay Bay is ok... Not worth the money to me.
We saw cirque du soleil (Circus Ole) Ká and I thought it was pretty awesome! Like watching a 2 hour mortal kombat scene!
If you don't watch that one, you should watch a cirque du soleil act of some sort. I heard none of them disappoint.
Just do a little research on which one you want to watch or you'll end up at a magic mike show of sorts.

Try to catch a Terry Fader show if he's there!
That dude is funny!