VEGAS FF 07!!! :D

[Perzephone]

<p><span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sand">ITS BEEN DECIDED!!!!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS">FAN FAIRE IS IN VEGAS! a bit late in the year but eh oh well. So Rio huh : What happend to the good old Hilton? You mean we can't walk down to Quarks and have a Warp Core and try and walk back to your rooms! I forget where the Rio is again from the Hilton...I must have a Warp Core! Now to figure out what costume I want to do and make it! <span style="font-size: x-small"><span style="color: #339999">Plus is Seamy the Troll around(the one who won the costume contest lastyear)? cus I need to ask her some costume questions, if anyone knows her or her whereabouts send her my way <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> please! & have her send me a PM on here or on the Eq forums <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> thanks!</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS">Now with that said YAY!!! Finally its offical..took long enough <img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> geez.</span></p>

[Igie]

<cite>Perzephone wrote:</cite><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sand">ITS BEEN DECIDED!!!!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS">FAN FAIRE IS IN VEGAS! a bit late in the year but eh oh well. So Rio huh : What happend to the good old Hilton? You mean we can't walk down to Quarks and have a Warp Core and try and walk back to your rooms! I forget where the Rio is again from the Hilton...I must have a Warp Core! Now to figure out what costume I want to do and make it! <span style="font-size: x-small"><span style="color: #339999">Plus is Seamy the Troll around(the one who won the costume contest lastyear)? cus I need to ask her some costume questions, if anyone knows her or her whereabouts send her my way <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> please! & have her send me a PM on here or on the Eq forums <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> thanks!</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS">Now with that said YAY!!! Finally its offical..took long enough <img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> geez</span></p></blockquote><p>It's not that far. Take Paradise east to Flamingo, then north on Flamingo. Or take the Tram to Bally's then walk from there... </p><p>Lot's of options. Besides, making the walk is half the fun....</p>

[QforQ-MxO]

What do you guys think is a reasonable budget for this trip?  I'm forced to fly there(I live in Ohio) but would really like to attend so I can cover it for my website(Vanguard Radio, official radio station for Vanguard).  Unfortuanately I'm a college student, so I dont have a whole lot of money : /

[SG_01]

Hrmm, more I look into it, more I realise that a reasonable budget is around 1.5k - 2k$

[Saroc_Luclin]

Cost of travel there is one thing. From what I heard on the EQII boards, weekend SOE rates are 150$, weekday rates are 140$, so for a Thursday evening, Friday evening, Saturday evening you are looking at 450$ for a room there. Plus the cost of the fan faire itself, then food and souvenirs and anything else you may need. (and any taxes/hotel fees or whatever). So maybe budget in the 750$ range + Transportation costs; less if you share rooms and what not. If you can book your travel to arrive earlyish Friday morning you could probably save your Thursday night stay. (And no one says you HAVE to stay at the Rio)

[Arrinya]

<p>Several people from my Guild have booked hotels nearby and some are rooming together to save costs.  You should see if anyone would be willing to room with you. Lots of folks do it at the fan faire.</p>

[Igie]

<p>Remember, you don't have to stay at the RIO. You can stay other places... </p><p>You can usually find rooms between $60 to $90 on weekdays and $80 to $120 for weekends if you look around. If you live near anywhere that <a href="http://www.allegiantair.com/?utm_source=msn&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=allegiantbrand" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Allegiant</a> <a href="http://www.allegiantair.com/?utm_source=msn&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=allegiantbrand" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Air</a> flies, you can usually get some better deals. If you book airfare 3 weeks out, you can usually get pretty cheap there too.</p>

[Rawlden]

<p>Sweetpea is a Blackjack player. In '05 at the Hilton she played enough blackjack that the Casino Host reduced our room rate from the SOE special rate to the Casino rate. Effectively cutting our room cost in half. And we paid the bill out of Sweetpea's winnings so our 6 day stay was effectively free.</p><p>Now, every time she goes to Vegas, she stays at the Hilton and plays more blackjack and they always give her the Casino Rate of about $75 for week nights and $85 for Fri and Sat. Last time she went they completely comp'd her for the first 2 nights.</p><p>So if we go we will probably be staying at the Hilton.</p>

[SG_01]

Heh, for me the cheapest ticket there is around 1000$ /sigh

[Rawlden]

<p>Where ever you do stay, a few pieces of advice:</p><p>DO get the house Player card or whatever they call it. They use it to track your gambling. Not how much money you gamble but how much TIME you spend gambling. The more time you spend gambling, the more comps you can earn. Comps are usually accumulated in points or dollars which can be applied to your bill when you check out.</p><p>DO get to know the Casino Host. This is the person who will be able to cut your room rates if you do enough gambling. Check with the Casino Host BEFORE you check out. In '05 Sweetpea spent about 16-18 hours at the Blackjack table in 5 days. That was enough for the Casino Hose to cut our room rate almost in half. What would have been a $1000+ bill was reduced to just over $500 and Sweetpea had won over $900 at the table.</p><p>If you know someone who is a <b><u>skilled</u></b> Blackjack player, invite them to come along and spend the days playing Blackjack while you do SOE stuff. It could pay off.</p>

[Rawlden]

<cite>SG_01 wrote:</cite><blockquote>Heh, for me the cheapest ticket there is around 1000$ /sigh </blockquote> Sweetpea and I live in Wisconsin. We will be driving(approx 1700 miles). Even at today's gas prices, it's cheaper than 2 round trip air fares. AND is saves us the cost of a rental car in case we want to do any sight seeing.

[SG_01]

Heh, I would take that in consideration if you could drive accross the ocean <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

[Saroc_Luclin]

Bah you can drive across an ocean; you'd just need to rent snowmobiles for part of the trip. Keep going north until you can't go north any more, then head south. When you get to Whitehorse or Yellowknife, rent a car and keep on going to Vegas. Might want to leave now while they're still snow on the arctic ocean though.

[Perzephone]

<p>Ah your from across the grand ye Pond. That would be expensive UNLESS you have frequent FLyer miles <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p><p>atm its to far out for me to check ticket prices which sucks but I'll try sometime middle of next month.</p>

[Saroc_Luclin]

Being East Coast Canada, it's almost as expensive to fly me down there as it would be for a European it seems; (not quite but we're probably looking at the 750$ Range, give or take *sigh* ) Good thing mom's built up a lot of points from all the school trips to Europe she's arranged over the past decade or so. (Thank you EF Tours. <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> )

[Calthine]

<cite>Saroc_Luclin wrote:</cite><blockquote>Being East Coast Canada, it's almost as expensive to fly me down there as it would be for a European it seems; (not quite but we're probably looking at the 750$ Range, give or take *sigh* ) Good thing mom's built up a lot of points from all the school trips to Europe she's arranged over the past decade or so. (Thank you EF Tours. <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> )</blockquote> I'm sympathetic.  From Alaska it's about $600 just to get stateside to get anywhere else.  Fortunately I think I have enough Air Miles to help out.

[Igie]

<cite>Rawlden wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>Where ever you do stay, a few pieces of advice:</p><p>DO get the house Player card or whatever they call it. They use it to track your gambling. Not how much money you gamble but how much TIME you spend gambling. The more time you spend gambling, the more comps you can earn. Comps are usually accumulated in points or dollars which can be applied to your bill when you check out.</p><p>DO get to know the Casino Host. This is the person who will be able to cut your room rates if you do enough gambling. Check with the Casino Host BEFORE you check out. In '05 Sweetpea spent about 16-18 hours at the Blackjack table in 5 days. That was enough for the Casino Hose to cut our room rate almost in half. What would have been a $1000+ bill was reduced to just over $500 and Sweetpea had won over $900 at the table.</p><p>If you know someone who is a <b><u>skilled</u></b> Blackjack player, invite them to come along and spend the days playing Blackjack while you do SOE stuff. It could pay off</p></blockquote>Lucky for me, I live here.. But my Mother in Law is an assistant to the VP of marketing for Harrahs, so I get cool comps, no gambling at all...

[Maxlord]

<cite>Igie wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Rawlden wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>Where ever you do stay, a few pieces of advice:</p><p>DO get the house Player card or whatever they call it. They use it to track your gambling. Not how much money you gamble but how much TIME you spend gambling. The more time you spend gambling, the more comps you can earn. Comps are usually accumulated in points or dollars which can be applied to your bill when you check out.</p><p>DO get to know the Casino Host. This is the person who will be able to cut your room rates if you do enough gambling. Check with the Casino Host BEFORE you check out. In '05 Sweetpea spent about 16-18 hours at the Blackjack table in 5 days. That was enough for the Casino Hose to cut our room rate almost in half. What would have been a $1000+ bill was reduced to just over $500 and Sweetpea had won over $900 at the table.</p><p>If you know someone who is a <b><u>skilled</u></b> Blackjack player, invite them to come along and spend the days playing Blackjack while you do SOE stuff. It could pay off</p></blockquote>Lucky for me, I live here.. But my Mother in Law is an assistant to the VP of marketing for Harrahs, so I get cool comps, no gambling at all... </blockquote><span style="color: #cc00ff">And lucky for ME that *I* live here as well, and that the Rio isn't far at all... So.. About those Comps from Harrah's, Igie.. lol</span>

[Koldriana]

Aye, so much for the 'deal' I really didn't find anything cheap about it. I'm paying more to get down there this time than I ever had to. The flight is $690 and hotel another $900. Last few trips I've made to Vegas the flights were under $500. Considering I'm in Alberta..almost $700 for a flight is insane.

[Rawlden]

<cite>Koldriana wrote:</cite><blockquote>Aye, so much for the 'deal' I really didn't find anything cheap about it. I'm paying more to get down there this time than I ever had to. The flight is $690 and <b>hotel another $900.</b> Last few trips I've made to Vegas the flights were under $500. Considering I'm in Alberta..almost $700 for a flight is insane.</blockquote><p> Sweetpea and I booked a room for Arrival on the 1st and departure on the 6th using the convention rate and we're only paying US$750 for our 5 nights. I"m guessing most others will only be staying 3 nights.</p><p>But then you're probably talking Canadian money, right?</p>

[Saroc_Luclin]

Looks like he was working it out in Loonies; ~750$USD is about 890$CAD at the moment. Then again he's in Alberta; everything's insane out there lately. <img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

[QforQ-MxO]

Can anyone point me to a cheap hotel?  I cant afford the Rio at $140 a night and I'm not familiar enough with the area to know what's cheap and safe at the same time.  Theres the El Cortez which looks appealing, because it's super cheap and only like 10 mins away by car....and it received good reviews online. I'm a college student flying from Ohio on a slim-to no budget so I'm trying to get an idea of what I need to scrape together. Thanks guys!

[Ellyra]

<p>I've stayed at the Sahara.  I think it's probably the cheapest for the "major" strip hotels, though I haven't looked at prices for the Fan Faire dates.  It's clean, it's safe, it's big.  It's also right on the monorail.</p><p>EDIT:  Okay, so the prices aren't that much cheaper <img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />   $108 for Friday, same for Saturday.  But Thursday and Sunday are only $43!</p>

[QforQ-MxO]

Would wednesday be $43 too?  I want to be there for the entirety of the Fan Faire so I can rep Vanguard Radio <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> Even still, looks like that might be way over my budget with those friday and saturday night rates.  Anyone else got a suggestion?

[danellyn]

<cite>Rawlden wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Koldriana wrote:</cite><blockquote>Aye, so much for the 'deal' I really didn't find anything cheap about it. I'm paying more to get down there this time than I ever had to. The flight is $690 and <b>hotel another $900.</b> Last few trips I've made to Vegas the flights were under $500. Considering I'm in Alberta..almost $700 for a flight is insane.</blockquote><p> Sweetpea and I booked a room for Arrival on the 1st and departure on the 6th using the convention rate and we're only paying US$750 for our 5 nights. I"m guessing most others will only be staying 3 nights.</p><p>But then you're probably talking Canadian money, right?</p></blockquote>What you guys might not have been told is they are charging $100 a night security for the phones and incidentals on the room.  So check in on the 1st and out on the 6th will limint you by $500 if you using s security dep by cc or $200 if you have using cash.  This money gets refunded to you when you check out ( or gets deducted from your bill)  When I called for reservations I made sure they didnt pull what they did in Atlanta and forget to mention the hold on the credit card for the extra fees.and dont forget the 9% tax rate when budgeting. That being said I am not sure if I will be attending because I already booked working the Archon convention in St Louis, we will see Danellyn

[Koldriana]

<cite>Saroc_Luclin wrote:</cite><blockquote>Looks like he was working it out in Loonies; ~750$USD is about 890$CAD at the moment. Then again he's in Alberta; everything's insane out there lately. <img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></blockquote> I am most definately NOT a 'he' and it was probably CAD however so was it last year at $500.

[Igie]

<cite>QforQ-MxO wrote:</cite><blockquote>Can anyone point me to a cheap hotel?  I cant afford the Rio at $140 a night and I'm not familiar enough with the area to know what's cheap and safe at the same time.  Theres the El Cortez which looks appealing, because it's super cheap and only like 10 mins away by car....and it received good reviews online. I'm a college student flying from Ohio on a slim-to no budget so I'm trying to get an idea of what I need to scrape together. Thanks guys! </blockquote><p> How cheap?</p><p>Hooters and the Trop are pretty reasonable ($50 to $60 ish a night).</p><p>If you can stand to stay off strip, <a href="http://www.stationcasinos.com/hotel/accommodations/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Santa Fe Station/Texas Station/Fiesta Rancho</a> are all about 10 to 15 minutes away and start at about $49 USD a night... Some of the other stations are a bit further out, Palace Station is real close, but tend to start in the $70 a night range.</p>

[Igie]

<cite>danellyn wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Rawlden wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Koldriana wrote:</cite><blockquote>Aye, so much for the 'deal' I really didn't find anything cheap about it. I'm paying more to get down there this time than I ever had to. The flight is $690 and <b>hotel another $900.</b> Last few trips I've made to Vegas the flights were under $500. Considering I'm in Alberta..almost $700 for a flight is insane.</blockquote><p> Sweetpea and I booked a room for Arrival on the 1st and departure on the 6th using the convention rate and we're only paying US$750 for our 5 nights. I"m guessing most others will only be staying 3 nights.</p><p>But then you're probably talking Canadian money, right?</p></blockquote>What you guys might not have been told is they are charging $100 a night security for the phones and incidentals on the room.  So check in on the 1st and out on the 6th will limint you by $500 if you using s security dep by cc or $200 if you have using cash.  This money gets refunded to you when you check out ( or gets deducted from your bill)  When I called for reservations I made sure they didnt pull what they did in Atlanta and forget to mention the hold on the credit card for the extra fees.and dont forget the 9% tax rate when budgeting. That being said I am not sure if I will be attending because I already booked working the Archon convention in St Louis, we will see Danellyn </blockquote>It's 7.5% in Clark County. The only thing the "entertainment tax" (2.5%) applies to is shows on the strip and strip clubs.

[Rawlden]

<cite>danellyn wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Rawlden wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Koldriana wrote:</cite><blockquote>Aye, so much for the 'deal' I really didn't find anything cheap about it. I'm paying more to get down there this time than I ever had to. The flight is $690 and <b>hotel another $900.</b> Last few trips I've made to Vegas the flights were under $500. Considering I'm in Alberta..almost $700 for a flight is insane.</blockquote><p> Sweetpea and I booked a room for Arrival on the 1st and departure on the 6th using the convention rate and we're only paying US$750 for our 5 nights. I"m guessing most others will only be staying 3 nights.</p><p>But then you're probably talking Canadian money, right?</p></blockquote>What you guys might not have been told is they are charging $100 a night security for the phones and incidentals on the room.  So check in on the 1st and out on the 6th will limint you by $500 if you using s security dep by cc or $200 if you have using cash.  This money gets refunded to you when you check out ( or gets deducted from your bill)  When I called for reservations I made sure they didnt pull what they did in Atlanta and forget to mention the hold on the credit card for the extra fees.and dont forget the 9% tax rate when budgeting. That being said I am not sure if I will be attending because I already booked working the Archon convention in St Louis, we will see Danellyn </blockquote> The Rio only charged my CC $151.51 which is the first night's stay ($139) plus taxes for the room deposit.

[Zegron]

You could check out the Gold Coast Hotel also, its right across the street from The Rio, <a href="http://www.goldcoastcasino.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.goldcoastcasino.com/</a> , and it would only cost $420 to stay the 1st and leave on the 6th.

[Rawlden]

That sounds like a good deal, but I'm willing to pay the extra $ to have a room IN the convention hotel. When I get tired, all I have to do is find an elevator.

[Igie]

<cite>Zegron wrote:</cite><blockquote>You could check out the Gold Coast Hotel also, its right across the street from The Rio, <a href="http://www.goldcoastcasino.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.goldcoastcasino.com/</a> , and it would only cost $420 to stay the 1st and leave on the 6th. </blockquote>You can check their parent site <a href="http://www.coastcasinos.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.coastcasinos.com</a> which includes Sam's Town, Orleans, Suncoast and a couple others. They tend to be decent priced too.

[QforQ-MxO]

<cite>Igie wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Zegron wrote:</cite><blockquote>You could check out the Gold Coast Hotel also, its right across the street from The Rio, <a href="http://www.goldcoastcasino.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.goldcoastcasino.com/</a> , and it would only cost $420 to stay the 1st and leave on the 6th. </blockquote>You can check their parent site <a href="http://www.coastcasinos.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.coastcasinos.com</a> which includes Sam's Town, Orleans, Suncoast and a couple others. They tend to be decent priced too. </blockquote>If I were to stay at some of these other casinos that arent particuliarly close, is it easy to get a bus ride over or something like that? Also, do they have buses from the airport to las vegas/the hotels?

[Igie]

<p>Yea, there are shuttles to and from almost every casino. There is also the bus option as well. Cabs can be expensive, however suprisingly limos are not...</p><p><a href="http://www.mccarran.com/03_shuttles_01.asp" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.mccarran.com/03_shuttles_01.asp</a> this is the list of ground transport and cost to and from the airport...</p>

[QforQ-MxO]

Thanks! You've been a huge help so far!  Do you know anything about the El Cortez Hotel, at 600 E. Fremont Street?  I've checked it out online and it seems alright, GREAT price..only thing is I've read it's on the edge of the bad side of town <img src="/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

[Igie]

<cite>QforQ-MxO wrote:</cite><blockquote>Thanks! You've been a huge help so far!  Do you know anything about the El Cortez Hotel, at 600 E. Fremont Street?  I've checked it out online and it seems alright, GREAT price..only thing is I've read it's on the edge of the bad side of town <img src="/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> </blockquote><p> That side of town is in "transition" right now. It's not the worst part of town. The El Cortez is getting kinda run down. It's old. If you want to be that close, I would suggest something either connected to the Freemont Street Experience. See <a href="http://www.vegasexperience.com/rooms.cfm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.vegasexperience.com/rooms.cfm</a> for a listing of hotels connected....</p><p>A better option would really be off strip somewhere. I know transportation can suck, but it's much cleaner and usually the people are a bit more decent. If you don't know what I mean by that, a good chunck of people in this town get agitated with "tourists". People actually tend to be a bit more rude on the strip. Also there is a lot of construction on the strip right now. The Stardust will be imploded to make room for condos. They already removed a few other old casinos and other things including the Denny's on the strip. Plus all the construction for new condos already going on.</p>

[QforQ-MxO]

I was looking at the El Cortez because it's super cheap...online I could get my airfare and my hotel together for about $400(flying from Ohio).  I really need to keep this as cheap, safe, and easy as possible..since I'm a college student with a non-existant budget <img src="/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

[Igie]

<cite>QforQ-MxO wrote:</cite><blockquote>I was looking at the El Cortez because it's super cheap...online I could get my airfare and my hotel together for about $400(flying from Ohio).  I really need to keep this as cheap, safe, and easy as possible..since I'm a college student with a non-existant budget <img src="/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> </blockquote>The El Cortez should be safe. Metro is right across the corner and the Fire Station 1 is just a block away. May I ask where abouts you are flying from? And what dates you selected?

[QforQ-MxO]

I'm flying from Columbus, Ohio and I'd love to get there on the first and leave on the 6th, so I can be there for the full duration of the Fan Faire <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> Thanks so much for the help!  If you go I'll definitely thank you in person!

[Igie]

<cite>QforQ-MxO wrote:</cite><blockquote>I'm flying from Columbus, Ohio and I'd love to get there on the first and leave on the 6th, so I can be there for the full duration of the Fan Faire <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> Thanks so much for the help!  If you go I'll definitely thank you in person! </blockquote><p>Best I can come up with is $584 after taxes/fees/etc from Columbus staying at the Fitzgerald... and a non-stop flight</p><p>Planet Hollywood $5 Gift Certificate and VIP Seating</p><p>and</p><p>Your FREE LAUGHLIN DAY TRIP via fully equipped motor coach includes round-trip motor coach. Tour operates Monday through Friday. 11 hours round trip. Your FREE STATELINE DAY TRIP via fully equipped motor coach includes a FREE buffet and Chocolate Factory tour. (not that I know what the point of either of these is...)</p><p>Not sure where you got the $400 is quote, best I could come up with was $444 before taxes and fees which made is $550 ish at the El Cortez. Both flights had layovers (one in Cleveland on the way from Vegas and one in Louisville to Vegas) </p>

[QforQ-MxO]

I got the 400 quote acouple weeks ago when I was looking it up.  Seems like prices have changed over the past 2 weeks : /  Looks like I should definitely plunk down the cash soon then <img src="/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> Best price I can get online is about $450 after taxes and fees(atleast fees and taxes through Orbitz).  Are there any other fees that I'm not aware of?

[Igie]

<cite>QforQ-MxO wrote:</cite><blockquote>I got the 400 quote acouple weeks ago when I was looking it up.  Seems like prices have changed over the past 2 weeks : /  Looks like I should definitely plunk down the cash soon then <img src="/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> Best price I can get online is about $450 after taxes and fees(atleast fees and taxes through Orbitz).  Are there any other fees that I'm not aware of? </blockquote><p>Mostly airport fees, most aren't included in the prices...</p><p>Sept. 11th security fee and a couple others. </p>

[laien]

i found a hotel on the strip for $391 (using AAA for discount)  and thats for aug1st to the aug6th.  wanted a to get there a day before my b-day!   just takes some looking around to find the cheap prices at bigger hotels. 

[Igie]

<cite>laienai wrote:</cite><blockquote>i found a hotel on the strip for $391 (using AAA for discount)  and thats for aug1st to the aug6th.  wanted a to get there a day before my b-day!   just takes some looking around to find the cheap prices at bigger hotels.  </blockquote> Oh yea, it can be done. Actually fairly easily if you call them. And you usually get a free upgrade during Mon-Wed. I got my brother a room at the Luxor for $49 a night and they upgraded him to a suite for free...

[Ta]

The thing about staying offsite is the traffic is crap there. Every time I go, it seems to take 30 minutes to go 4 blocks. The extra cost of the Rio is worth the massive amounts of travel time for me.

[Igie]

It's not that bad as far as traffic goes... I've seen much much worse.

[Zegron]

I've booked my room over at the Gold Coast, its right across the street from the Rio. $385 for the 1st-5th including taxes. Thats not even $100 a night. <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> not bad at all.

[Bist]

<p>After doing a few hours of research on a number of hotels on various sites, it looks like the 80$ and up hotels are worthwhile...the neighboorhoods and areas where the 30-60$ ones are a bit risky, crime and less than comfortable rooms. Not to mention they are quite a ways from the main drag.</p><p>I am in Sacramento, and our guild are going to do the drive down, since taking a plane is almost twice as expensive. Guess we'll drive in shifts. <img src="/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p><p> I do have a question about age...is there a age requirement for the event? I have a daughter that plays, and she'd like to attend too.</p>

[Perzephone]

<p><span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sand">It's all ages but for the night time fun its 21+ like the after party at the last night is a open bar.</span></p>

[Ashlanne]

<cite>Bister wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>After doing a few hours of research on a number of hotels on various sites, it looks like the 80$ and up hotels are worthwhile...the neighboorhoods and areas where the 30-60$ ones are a bit risky, crime and less than comfortable rooms. Not to mention they are quite a ways from the main drag.</p><p>I am in Sacramento, and our guild are going to do the drive down, since taking a plane is almost twice as expensive. Guess we'll drive in shifts. <img src="/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p><p> I do have a question about age...is there a age requirement for the event? I have a daughter that plays, and she'd like to attend too.</p></blockquote> Your daughter will have a blast... The only thing she won't be able to attend is the big Party we usually have but thats only like 4 hours <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />