Las Vegas Accommodation

Las Vegas is by far the most visited city in the United States, with 40 million hotel rooms booked in 2006 in the city’s 130,000+ hotel rooms. Finding a hotel in Las Vegas is not a problem, but finding a cheap hotel in Las Vegas has been getting more challenging over the years. Certain times of the year you’ll be showered with specials and bargains, but most of the time you’ll be amazed at how that many rooms can be so full and so expensive at the same time.

You’ve got several options for Las Vegas accommodation, and fortunately there are good choices in all price ranges. From most expensive to least, we’ll summarize some of your options below, with links to pages with more information in that category.

High-end resorts

The Las Vegas Strip is lined with huge hotels, and many of the newer ones have been launched as luxury destinations, with rooms starting over $400 per night. If you want nothing but the best and you are prepared to pay for it, some of the better choices are:

Wynn Las Vegas – This huge new place is meant to be the best in the city.
Bellagio – This art-themed hotel has been catering to the upper crust for a decade now.
Four Seasons – The top 5 floors of the Mandalay Bay are taken up by this expensive chain.

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Strip hotels

Most of the world’s 20 largest hotels are located along this 4-mile stretch of Las Vegas Boulevard South. Prices have been edging up for many years now, and many of the newer places charge over $200 per night on weekends.

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Off-Strip hotels

There are a variety of huge hotels located just off the Strip, or sometimes in another part of the city altogether. Some of them are boutique resorts themselves, like the Palms, Green Valley, or the Hard Rock Hotel, but many are similar to the big Strip hotels at a lower price. Looking off the Strip is a good way to save money and get a similar room, and still usually be within a short walk of the glamorous places on the Strip itself.

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Downtown hotels

Most of the hotels in the Downtown section have not been updated as frequently as their Strip neighbors, and the lower prices reflect that. It’s easy to get back and forth from the Strip to Downtown at any time of day, and Downtown Las Vegas has an interesting feeling of its own. Yes, parts of the area can still be described as a bit seedy, but it’s not dangerous and many people find the “old school” vibe in Downtown to be much more charming than the giant cookie-cutter places along the Strip.

Motels and other smaller places

Even in the middle of the Strip there are a few motels and small hotels that haven’t yet been sucked into the ‘demolish and rebuild’ machine. Many of these places are old, a bit run down, usually with no casino, but they are almost always much cheaper than their glamorous neighbors. There are many cheap places along Las Vegas Boulevard between the end of the Strip and the Downtown hotel neighborhood. This area isn’t really recommended, but it’s good to know it’s there as a last resort for those on a tight budget.

There are some newer, nicer hotels in other parts of Las Vegas and the surrounding cities as well. Traffic in Las Vegas has gotten terrible in the last couple decades, so staying far away is often a good way to waste a lot of your day, but if driving around the city appeals to you it opens up your accommodation choices.

Hostels

Believe it or not, there are a few hostels in Las Vegas. The hostel movement is growing rapidly everywhere so it’s no surprise that America’s most-visited city has opened a few recently as well. They aren’t necessarily the cheapest places to stay in town, but they are cheap and the extra bonus of being able to mingle with other travelers easily is worth a lot to some people.

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