What I Learned Last Night booking the Super 8

SUPER 8

You may have read what I learned about booking at Harrah's.
My next focus was on the hugely expensive rooms for April 16-17 at the Imperial Palace.
$85 and $95 did not set well with me, but at the same time I did not feel like going very far on the bus and that weekend, just after the National Broadcaster's Convention, would be a great weekend to look for easy poker tables filled with tourists.

I could not beat the price until I took a look at the Super 8 next to Ellis Island. Over the last few years this place has been getting better reviews. I am hoping it will be about like a downtown room.
I caught a price of $58 for those two weekend nights, but the price was not refundable if I cancelled. Then I tried the AARP/AAA price and hit $62 with the usual 72 hour prior to arrival cancellation fee.
So for a total of $6 I could book these rooms and still look for better deals and have the insurance of no cancellation fee if I could not make the trip.
NO RESORT FEES THERE

And here are the FREE AMENITIES:

Hotel Services & Amenities

* HOTEL AMENITIES/SERVICES:
* 24 Hour Front Desk
* AAA Approved
* Air Conditioning
* Airport Shuttle
* Alarm Clock
* ATM Machine
* Business Services/Copy/Fax
* Cribs
* Dataport
* Elevators
* Free Parking/Outside/Street/Bus/ Truck
* Guest Laundromat
* Heated Outdoor Pool
* Free High Speed Wireless Internet
* Ice Machine
* Interior Corridors
* Available at front desk
* Rollaway



* Safe Deposit Box
* Security
* Spa
* Vending Machines
* AMENITIES- IN All ROOMS:
* Phones-Free Local Calls
* Long Distance Access/International Access
* Satellite/Cable Television with CNN, Fox, etc.
* TV with Remote Control
* View from Room
* Wake-up Service
* AMENITIES- IN SOME ROOMS:
* Handicap Facilities/Ramp
* Non-Smoking Room
* Pets Accepted in 1st floor rooms only-$15.00 plus tax per pet, per night
* Pool View
* Suites Available


That sold me. Perhaps the rooms are not as nice as the Imperial Palace Delux, but staying there would mean that I could have free internet access and a laundry right in the middle of a 16 day stay. That is truly amazing!
I also like having HBO for a movie when I am just too tired to play and yet not ready to sleep. Their television is supposed to be better.
I don't need the free shuttle back to the airport this trip as I am heading downtown at the end of my trip and I'll get that from the El Cortez, but if I like this place well enough, it will be great on a future trip.

So I called and booked and saved $63. Norma was a great help on the phone. She answered all my questions and even told me that if I could get a Traveler's Coupon book, there are often coupons in there for this property.
Working with Harrah's Rewards and booking Super 8, in an hour of rebooking I saved $125.
This brings my 16 night stay in Vegas in April down to $34 - $39 average a night (with taxes) depending on which of two casinos I pick for the second weekend of my stay.