Since I sent out the Barbary Coast advertisement, I thought I would just do a little overview and update on good deals and clarify how good that offer is.
That Barbary Coast winter special does beat the i4Vegas discount price on the $40 days, but if you are thinking of booking on the $60 days, i4Vegas is cheaper and $100 weekend rate can be beat at the discounter too. The Barbary will match the discounter's prices if you ask.
The Barbary Coast is an excellent choice, by the way. It is centrally located on the corner of Las Vegas Blvd. and Flamingo and gives you the advantage of coming out in the center of the strip any time of the day or night without a shuttle ride. Currently it is still owned by the same folks who own the Orleans so they will price match. Slink stayed there his last trip and he brought me up and showed me his room. it was very nice, comfortable, with rich wood all around. The casino has been sold and its days are numbered, so it is also a last chance to stay there.
The Orleans still beats that price, however, and can still be had anytime, including weekends from Dec 10-21 for $25 just by saying you found the price at i4Vegas. I find it hard to bellieve that the Orleans comes out ahead of the Gold Coast, but it does so I would not even consider that option. I can speculate that the recent shakeup in personnel with many of the employees of the Orleans going to the South Coast (now Point) and hosts taking their clients with them has freed up rooms and depressed the price. Some of the video poker has been downgraded too.
So it is a very good year for me to have my Birthday homebase there. Everybody is a winner without even gambling.
But remember too that even if you booked at the Orleans, you can always rebook at the Barbary Coast and cancel the Orleans with no penalty for changing your mind.
Remember that flexibility too as you plan your trip. If your airfare lets you add a day or two on either end, you will see more of Vegas for very little addiional money. The rooms are still flexible and the deals are still holding.
All the Coast casino Blog posts can be found here:
http://vegasbirthdaybash.blogspot.com/2006_01_01_vegasbirthdaybash_archive.html
or by clicking on January in the Archive section.
Of course, you can beat Coast prices if you want to stay at El Cortez, two blocks outside of the Freemont Experience downtown. Slink and I will stay there during cowboy week (4-9) to beat the very high prices that week, but if you wanted to stay the 10th thru the 21st you could stay for $18 night in their vintage queen and even have one of those nights free. I have never stayed in these rooms, but the adventure might appeal to some. What I understand is that it is like camping above the casino. One queen bed and the dull ringing of slot machine bells to lull you to sleep. Again i4Vegas has that price, but Cortez will not match it, so once you booked you would be stuck with a cancelation fee if you changed your mind. It is a long way from where I'll be 10-21. Slink and I will have better rooms. The biggest advantage in the El Cortez is that they have the best blackjack games offered in Vegas. Blackjack is basically drying up as a decent game, but the El Cortez so far has kept traditional payouts and rules. That is one of the attractions for Slink. Their standard rooms are $22. Their tower rooms, which are almost exactly like those in the Orleans, are $27 and again each carries the free night offer for the 12th.
I know some of you folks are still considering whether to come to Vegas or not, but I really don't know of anyone looking to book at this time, so I have not been aggressively following hotel prices and sales. If you start seriously looking for hotel deals, let me know. Also the link in the permanent links to the right of this Blog called "Hotel Search Engine" will get you to Trip Advisor and you can search yourself for the discounter deals.
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