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Published Wednesday, July 2, 2008 | 6:18 p.m.
Updated Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008 | 10:15 a.m.
Gambling Web site operator and Las Vegas Advisor publisher Anthony Curtis has published the results of his twice annual room rate survey and the results, as expected, show some of the lowest room rates in Las Vegas since 2003.
The economic slowdown combined with normally low summer rates are revealing rates of $50 or less at some 40 properties around town. Upscale casinos including Caesars Palace, Bellagio and Mandalay Bay are offering rates of less than $200 a night (with Venetian and Wynn at $199), according to the survey, at Las Vegas Advisor.
The Advisor used several methods including hotel sites and third-party booking sites to find the lowest rates. Consumers can find even better rates than the survey indicated by signing up for Web-only deals sent via email, the newsletter said.
Instead of lowering room rates, they should offer rebates on plane tickets and give out gas coupons.
I think it would be an excellent marketing tool.
Just got back from a week in San Deigo. Stayed Downtown. 4 star hotel for 150. + tax, plus 30.00/day for parking. Las Vegas's new national slogan should be: "Vegas, parking still free."
I stayed at a Station Casino during Na$car weekend this year. Parking was free, but the room had no desk, no coffee pot and there was a high daily charge for internet access, all of which are included in a typical room elsewhere. Oh yeah, when I checked in, they added an 'amenities surcharge' of several dollars a day...I guess that was for the USToday and tiny soaps...never staying at Station again.
I've got a work trip to SF later this summer where my room is $240 a night and parking is $49 a day!
Give me free parking, free internet, free coffee, a desk in the room...all at a Vegas price. I'm packing my bags! See you at the tables...
Yes, they are down except when we try booking for dates during the CES Show in January all of the major strip hotels RIP YOU by charging up to $400-500 per night during the show nights.
CES Promoters already warned the hotels that if they continue ripping off their attendees they will relocate their show to another state. With the High Cost of Airline Tickets and Gas in addition to the rip off room rates it will GUARANTEE a lower attendance at the 2009 CES Show.
We don't really need to gamble to enjoy the CES Show - MOVE IT!
The only thing good with the casinos are the free parking. Then they rip you off with the High Speed Internet Service. Not this time around for me because I invested in a Sprint DSL Service to free me from the casinos DSL rip off rates.
I'm always shocked and amused that the nicer casinos charge $25 a day for the use of their gyms. I think that should be included, considering how much it would help the state of mind of the average Vegas visitor who is going to need some exercise after eating several large meals, or would benefit from the fresh air and endorphins after losing several hundred gambling.
Room Rates are somewhat akin to a 'sticker price' on an automobile. Various discounts and comps often apply as to various add-ons such as those annoying amenity charges.
It would be nice if there were uniform and realistic rate quotes.
As to such things as Internet Access charges and Gym Access (oops, Fitness Center Access) charges, the casinos want to discourage the non-gaming activities. Gone forever are the days of building a showers-only hotel because bathtubs encourage spending a longer time away from the gaming tables, however, the same mentality may yet linger. A gym charge is annoying but it suppresses those would-be freeloaders and can be comped for the real gamblers. There are advantages to the casino's actions but its never really wise to annoy your customers!
news flash to jfnance32...
That marketing "idea" has been common practice at many strip resorts for years....Only now you will begin to see more & more of that type of promotion advertised and marketed on a mass scale. Check many of the Harrah's properties and some of the other casinos in Primm, Laughlin and Pharump. Travel vouchers, cash for gas coupons, airfare comps etc, etc...
My mail box is being filled nearly on a daily basis for low cost rooms and so forth from hotels and casinos that i haven't visited in 6 or 7 years, Why do they want to comp me now they told me years ago they only comp people who average playing $25. per hand for four hours, I've played at $10. per hand for four hours for years and now they want me (you know the one how realy pays for the hotel). the average joe to come back to them.
I say heack no to you you ran me off and now you want me to be disloyal to where i now go.
I used to come to Vegas at least twice a year, but then every thing became so expensive, to get comped even a meal was next to impossible, I mean what does food cost to these operators? Spending between $300 and $600 per table session is not enough? come on now! Length of time or average bet should not matter. I now go to Biloxi, Ms. 6 times a year and never buy a meal anywhere, they are so happy to get my business, they can't do enough for you. Everyone is so nice, I wish we had full casinos here in Florida. I hope Las Vegas wakes up before its too late because there's not enough high rollers in the world to keep it going. Good Luck!
MY wife, I and usually a group of no less than three married couples used to go to Las Vegas no less than three times a year. Our wives used to sit at the slots for hours. Times have changed in LV. It used to appreciate its visitors and make you feel welcome. It used to be a place where one could get away from the real world and take a break from work and responsibility, just let loose. Rude hotel workers snooty bartenders high prices on drinks. The expected tip for just about every service. We can't see the value of going back to Las Vegas. Hope things change. For now see you in Cabo.