Bargain Rooms Available In Vegas In June
Summer Slowdown Pushes Rates Lower
POSTED: 11:40 a.m. EDT May 4, 2002
UPDATED: 12:28 p.m. EDT May 4, 2002
LAS VEGAS -- So you're sitting there trying to decide where to go on your summer vacation and suddenly you think, "Las Vegas, baby!"
Well, the good news is that the summer months are among the slowest in the city, so it's often easy to get a really good rate.
I checked the reservations system on Vegas4Visitors.com for rates at various hotels for the month of June and found some pretty amazing bargains
Weekdays are usually cheaper than weekends, so if you can take a few days off from work you can really save yourself some extra dough. For instance, for June 2 through 7 Harrah's is offering rooms for around $50 a night; the Stratosphere is even lower at $40 per night; the terrific downtown hotel Golden Nugget is at about $60 per night; the spanking new and ultra-hip Palms Resort is around $70 per night; and one of my favorites -- Luxor is around $80 per night.
The following week you can get a room at the Aladdin for around $80; Excalibur for about $60; Monte Carlo for about $90; and New York-New York for about $80.
That seems to be a slow week for everyone, with even the really expensive hotels coming down in price. For instance you can get rooms at the Mirage (my favorite Vegas hotel) for around $120 per night; Caesars for $95; the
Venetian for $150; and Bellagio for about $170. Although still expensive, those rates are up to half off what you would normally pay.
The week of June 16 you can get rooms at the Hard Rock for around $75; Luxor for about $80; the MGM Grand in the neighborhood of $85 per night; Bally's for around $60; Paris for about $95; and if you're willing to go off the beaten track, you can stay at the terrific Sunset Station in Henderson for around $50 per night.
The final week of June, starting on the 23rd, finds great rates at Harrah's ($45), the Stratosphere ($40), Monte Carlo ($90), the flamingo ($60), Circus Circus ($55), and the beautiful new Green Valley Ranch for about $120 per night, which is a great deal for that hotel.
As I mentioned, weekends are more expensive but you can still get some decent bargains that are substantially less than what you'd normally pay. June 7-8, the first weekend in the month, sees rates at the Stratosphere around $70 per night; Orleans for $90; and the perfectly respectable downtown hotel Lady Luck at about $55 per night. If you're willing to go off the Strip you can stay at the fantastic Boulder Station for about $75 per night. But even hotels like Luxor and Excalibur are cheaper than normal, going for about $140 and $120, respectively.
If you go the following weekend you can get a $110 room at the Tropicana, which is a bit pricey for that hotel but hard to beat for the neighborhood. If you go downtown you can get a room at the Golden Nugget for about $85 and the Castaways for around $65. The cheapest on the Strip seem to be at the Sahara (about $75) and Riviera ($80), although for both of those hotels don't forget the old maxim that you get what you pay for.
The weekend of June 21 has rates at the Stratosphere around $70 per night; Imperial Palace in the heart of the Strip at about $80; the New Frontier at $90; the Las Vegas Hilton at about $70; and Luxor back around $140 again. Even the Venetian is less than normal for a weekend, running you about $200 per night. Yes, it's expensive, but weekend rates over $300 are not uncommon for that hotel.
The last weekend in June is a little more expensive everywhere, but even the upper-level hotels are cheaper than normal, with New York-New York and Rio at about $150 per night; the MGM Grand at about $160; Bally's around $130; and the Stardust about $90.
The following week and weekend are the dates surrounding Independence Day, so prices go completely out of control, as usual.
You can access the Vegas4Visitors reservation system from any of the hotel pages linked above or by clicking on "reservations" from the main page. Please note that prices may have changed by the time you click through.
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