Encore At Wynn Las Vegas
Classy and playful more than overblown and opulent – even people cheering at the roulette table clap with a little more elegance. The rooms are studies in subdued luxury.
Pricewise, Vegas hotels are feast or famine: the awesome deal you got yesterday? It might triple for Friday's Lady Gaga concert. Then again, bargains in summer, midweek, and after holidays can be shockingly good – even at luxe properties. If you arrive midweek, rooms go for up to 50% less than on weekends. Note that the best deals are often found via hotel websites – which usually feature calendars listing day-by-day room rates – rather than through discount travel websites. Travelzoo.com is a good website to find current deals.
Don't be surprised when you find a 'resort' fee of $5 up to $25 per night on your bill. Valet (tip at least $2) and self-parking are free.
Classy and playful more than overblown and opulent – even people cheering at the roulette table clap with a little more elegance. The rooms are studies in subdued luxury.
Everything about this boutique hotel spells stardom. French doors reveal skyline and palm tree views, and brightly colored Euro-minimalist rooms feature souped-up stereos and plasma TVs.
A 10-minute walk from the city’s convention center, this triple-diamond place’s rates may be lower than at newer all-suite hotels because you won’t get a full kitchen here – only a refrigerator, coffeemaker and microwave.
A home away from home for busy business travelers, even the studio suites here come with full kitchens and an extra sofa bed. This low-lying, bungalow-style complex is smoke-free.
As the Luxor slowly sheds its kitschy Egyptian theme, guest rooms feature vaguely art-deco furnishings, plus marble bathrooms. Newer tower rooms have much better amenities.
A 20-minute drive from the Strip out to Summerlin, this over-the-hill Mediterranean-style resort is popular with business travelers, golfers and families. Suite-sized rooms have bathrooms with separate whirlpool tubs and raindrop showers.
Tucked safely away from the hectic Strip, the atmosphere at this dressed-down Italianate hotel can be downright dead. But it affords loads of privacy, and you may have the swimming pool practically all to yourself.
Don’t let the popular RV park or Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World next door deter you from overnighting at the comfy Silverton Casino Lodge.
Off-Strip and originally aimed at young locals, the post- Real World Palms now attracts a flashier, MTV-influenced crowd and is a favorite with celebrity partiers like Paris Hilton and Britney Spears.
The Palms' high-rise condo, hotel and spa complex lets you flaunt your VIP status in style. Choose from studio, one- or two-bedroom suites, all equipped with gourmet kitchens and step-out balconies.
Popular extended-stay hotel has oversized, but well-used suites that come with coffeemakers, fridges and microwaves. Being close to the Hard Rock keeps it full, though it’s starting to show its age.
There's nothing memorable about this bustling contemporary hotel near the convention center, but it's convenient, especially for business travelers.
Be near the Strip without giving up any business-class amenities at this contemporary high-rise hotel. An upscale chain, the Westin throws in a few Vegas-style perks here and there, including a small casino, showroom and spa.
Popular with cowboys for its equestrian center, this budget-deluxe casino hotel is a short drive south of the Strip, near the outlet mall.
Join a country-club crowd of conventioneers, locals and families here at this barely sophisticated Mediterranean-style hotel. Relaxing rooms come with down comforters and plush robes, plus twice-daily housekeeping if you need it.
A sleek high-rise on Paradise Rd, the Renaissance courts business travelers with comfy in-room work areas, wifi internet access, dual-line phones, a 24-hour business center and convenient access to the city's convention center.
Like an idyllic off-shore island from the MGM Grand's main casino megaresort, the Signature suites are deluxe apartment-style accommodations outfitted with gourmet kitchens, whirlpool tubs, CD/DVD players and if you're lucky, fresh-air balconies.
With a facade that vaguely recalls the French Quarter, this pricey and faded chain motel at least offers free wi-fi internet access.
Across from the Hard Rock, Rumor features a carefree, Miami-cool atmosphere with fun happy hours and DJ nights in the lobby. Its airy suites overlook a palm-shaded courtyard pool area dotted with daybeds and hammocks perfect for lounging.
Adjacent to Ellis Island Casino & Brewery, varying-quality rooms at least have coffeemakers. Pet surcharge $15.
Red Rock touts itself as the first off-Strip billion-dollar gaming resort, and most people who stay here eschew the Strip forever more.
A recent multi-million dollar renovation has made 'the Trop' one of our new faves on the Strip. We like how the 1950s spirit lingers in the casino, while the amenities and design are utterly contemporary.
The service and style at this all-suites boutique hotel with a contemporary NYC vibe make people want to live here. The spacious rooms come tricked out with wet bars and large plasma TVs.
Popular with truckers, this Station Casinos’ gambling hall has cheap motel rooms within spitting distance of the Strip, but you can’t actually walk there. You get what you pay for, so don’t expect much. Solo women may want to look elsewhere.
Send away the centurions and decamp in style – Caesars' standard rooms are some of the most luxurious you will find in town.
Just off the Strip, the coolly modern rooms at this spiffy, non-gaming property are comfortable and full of nice touches – many have fireplaces and they all have kitchens and Jacuzzi tubs.
The ornately appointed rooms have a South Seas theme, and amenities include floor-to-ceiling windows and luxurious bathrooms. Swimmers will swoon over the sprawling pool complex, with a sand-and-surf beach.
The mid-Strip's worst-kept budget secret sports plasma TVs, Victorian decor and a rollicking fun casino with low-limit blackjack tables for beginners. Guests may use the pool next door at the Flamingo without charge.
Nice rooms with a nod to classic French design; the newer Red Rooms are a study in sumptuous class.
Glamorous, one-of-a-kind apartments designed by innovative architect Tony Chi have loft bedrooms and two-story windows.
Are the too-cool-for-school, hip rooms worth the price tag, especially when the service falls short of flawless? The indie set seems to think so.
Inside this faux-Polynesian fantasy, gone is the original tropical hotel theme.
Recently renovated nongaming business hotel is a restful escape from the ruckus of the Strip (drive or take a taxi).
Set just a mile from the Strip. The free wi-fi, free laundry machines and a kitchenette in every room to save on food costs more than makes up for the occasional taxi ride for big nights out.
Run by a chain of gas stations, this off-Strip cheapie is a slots ‘n’ video poker kind of place. Renovated tower rooms come with plasma-screen TVs; some suites have Jacuzzis. Free airport shuttle.
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