Cheap Travel Deals for Las Vegas
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Cheap Travel Deals for Las Vegas
I’m far from what you would call a Vegas newbie. From 2000-2004, my parents took me to Vegas when I was in middle and high school; I returned in 2009 for spring break during my senior year of college, and again in 2013 with my former college roommate.
I am a huge fan of Vegas, even if you aren’t the gambling type. There are a lot of family-friendly shows to see, and Vegas had tried to get the word out that it can be a family-friendly destination, as well. See all Vegas Activities at Expedia.com: 24/7 fun and excitement
Airfare from the Midwest tends to be around $250 if you book early, but it’s the hotels where you can get a great deal, if you do your homework ahead of time. The Best Flight Deals Found Today at Expedia!
The rules of snagging great deals in Vegas:
1. Sign up for the hotel email clubs – all of the hotel email clubs. When you do, you’ll get emails like these:
![ballys-and-flamingo](https://vacationmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/ballys-and-flamingo.gif)
2. Sign up for the players clubs – all of the players clubs. Sometimes this is the same as the email clubs, and sometimes it is not. Sometimes you can only sign up in-person in Vegas, too, but there are ways around this: the MGM Grand and its sister hotels, for instance, all use the same players club card, and since there’s an MGM Grand in Detroit, where I live, I would be able to go there and sign up before I went to Vegas, if I chose.
3. Research the hotels ahead of time. My go-to hotel is Bally’s because I can go on their site, input my players club number, and get deals. It also gets me room views like these (see below), because I know to ask for the South Tower and not the renovated North Tower.
![View from Bally's North Tower, 2013](https://vacationmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/vegas-view.jpg)
4. Trust that the deals on the hotels’ individual sites are better than Orbitz’s, Expedia’s, and the like. The only exception to this I’ve found is with their packages: in 2009, we got a fantastic deal that we booked end of December, for February 2009, where it cost us each about $500 for airfare from Detroit, four nights at the Wynn (which was a fabulous hotel!), with two people in each room. I believe Expedia was running a special on it too, which is why it was such a great deal. It might also work to call the hotel directly to see if they have any specials going on.
![total-rewards](https://vacationmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/total-rewards.gif)
5. Check the sites frequently and often. I do this with airfare as well – and a quick tip with airfare, fly out and back on a Tuesday or Wednesday if you can – you’ll get the cheapest prices this way. Even if you fly out on a Tuesday and back on, say, a Sunday, prices will be cheaper than flying out Thursday or Friday and flying back on Sunday.
6. For Vegas shows, there are certain half-price ticket booths around The Strip and surrounding areas – Tix4Tonight, for example, and others. Get there early on the day you want to see a show and research what shows they usually have for sale beforehand. It’s always worth it to check the website of where the show is at, too – I got half-price Beatles’ LOVE tickets in January 2013 through The Mirage’s site, because they were doing a winter sale for the show.
![The Forum Shops at Caesars Palace](https://vacationmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/caesars-forum-shops.jpg)
Have fun on your next Vegas vacation!
Photos and article by: Liz Parker