Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Going to Vegas! A Transportation and Booking Guide

By Kyle Chapman

Time for that trip to Las Vegas! You know who's coming, and when you're leaving. Your next step is to book your room and flight. Simple right? Well wait a second, is there a way to do this to get a discount or maybe even some free stuff?

To answer your question, most of the time you can find good deals or sometimes free stuff when planning a trip to Las Vegas. You just have to know how to work the system.

Well let's start off with the fun part, FREE STUFF! Whoa now, don't get too excited because to be honest, most people don't get free rooms or airfare when going to Las Vegas. That's just the facts. However, it is possible to achieve, and here's how.

If you gamble a lot and are part of a casino's players club, they will start sending you offers in the mail. A lot of times these offers include free hotel stays, food, shows, and transportation. However, the kind of offers you get depends on how often you gamble and how much money you are betting.

Now, if you gamble more than a normal customer the casino will provide you with a "Casino Host". A host's job is to give you free stuff and make you happy! Yes, I said that correctly. Their job is to give you stuff! So, if you are offered a Casino Host, be glad. They will give you their card, and next time you plan on coming to town call them on up. They will set you up with rooms, nightclub reservations, show tickets, and pretty much anything you can think of. Don't start doing cartwheels just yet though, as they can't give you EVERYTHING. They have bosses to answer to as well and the things you get still depends on how much money you're gambling, and how long you're there. But having a casino host really is the best way to go about getting free stuff.

Now, if you are like most people, you don't gamble enough to get these special offers or to have a "Casino Host". So what is one to do to save a buck? You really have two options.

*Book your vacation through a booking company that offers vacation packages. If the hotel itself isn't going to give you free stuff, go ahead and go through one of these companies to find a discount on a Las Vegas hotel and airfare. A lot of times you purchase things together like a flight, hotel, and a rental car. You can often find really good deals doing this, because these companies will often buy a "block" of hotel rooms, or a certain amount of rental cars and they get a deal for buying in bulk. Therefore, they can pass the discount onto customers like you!

*Visit the hotel's website. Especially in Las Vegas, different hotels will give discounts for Las Vegas rooms seasonally. You can often find a deals such as, "Get a room for $175 a night, and receive a $25 food credit, and $30 in free slot play."

In conclusion, you have a couple of different roads that you can take to get that Las Vegas hotel and airfare discount that you're seeking. You can gamble a lot to get deals, you can book through a booking company, or you can check for deals on the hotel's websites. There really much of a reason to pay sticker price until you shop around a little for those Las Vegas air hotel specials.

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