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Vegas hotel deals starting at $6.25/night

For visitors from across the nation and around the world, Las Vegas leaves the lights on, 24/7.

Love Vegas? You’ll love this party town even more after scoring one of these jaw-dropping hotel deals & vacation packages. (Note: prices don’t include taxes or fees.)

Hotels:

<$10 Buffalo Bills has got to be the lowest priced room in and around Vegas. Sure it’s 48 miles southwest of the Strip, but if a bed is a bed is a bed, grab one here for $6.25 per night Tuesdays through Thursdays. I found this deal available March 17-20, 2009, on Vegas.com. Its website had the rooms for $14.95 per night.

<$35 Your rooms might be considerably older, but there are lots of rooms available for less than $50. A quick scan on Vegas.com revealed rooms at Fiesta Rancho, Fiesta Henderson, Palace Station, Arizona Charlie, Primm, Boulder Station and Texas Station for $25 or less. A total of $30-$35 got you a room at Binion’s, Sahara. Binion’s was even cheaper when booking through TravelWorm with a third-night-free deal. When I checked DealBase, I found Sam’s Town offering rooms at $17.50/night. It also had the Excalibur and Tropicana for as low as $24 and $25/night in May.

<$50 DealBase directed me to rooms at the Gold Coast, Imperial Palace, Luxor and the Orleans all under $40 per night.

$59 Golden Nugget seems to have regular promotions with recent spring deals as low as $39. Get on their e-mail newsletter to be the first to hear about them. When I checked the site today they had rooms for $59/night (Sundays-Thursdays) through March 31 or a third-night-free deal through May 26.

$79 Planet Hollywood has several dates with rooms for only $79/night. Again, a DealBase deal.

$100 The Signature at MGM Grand has suites on sale for as little as $100/night. I found those rates available on a few dates in July. But I did find rates of $109 and $119 weekdays and $169 on weekends, which are still very low for the Signature. Why you’ll like it: This is a non-gaming casino with great customer service and easy access to the MGM should you want to take advantage of its restaurants, bars and table games. Book by March 24 for travel through Dec. 30, 2009. Use promo code “BST09,” (877) 727-0007

$109 Weekend rates at Mandalay Bay starting at $109. Those are prices that you’d expect from a Mandalay Bay sale during weekdays. When I checked the available dates, I did find the $109 rate available the first three weekends in June. Weekday rates were as low as $65 per night starting in May; $79 was a typical weekday rate in March and April. Why you’ll like it: Known for celebrity chef restaurants, Mandalay Bay Event Center, UFC Championships and the House of Blues for starters. Good for travel through Sept. 10, 2009. Use promo code “PWKEND,” (877) 632-7800.

– Jen Leo, Los Angeles Times Travel & Deal blogger

[Photo: Gabriel Bouys AFP/Getty Images]

This entry was posted on Thursday, March 5, 2009 at 6:02 pm by Jen Leo and is filed under Hotels, Las Vegas, Last Minute, Spring. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a comment, or trackback from your own site.

One Comment on “Vegas hotel deals starting at $6.25/night”

Jennifer Phillips Says:
March 9th, 2009 at 1:19 pm
Your post is very helpful when looking for an incredible deal on hotel rooms in Las Vegas. I would have, however, enjoyed reading an introduction about the current economic times and how these low prices are due to decreased interest in traveling to Vegas and the off-season time of year. Your posting of prices just feels a little too abrupt without a preceding informative paragraph. The rest of your post is insightful and delves into both the attractive and unattractive attributes of each hotel. I am astonished that The Signature at MGM Grand is offering such low rates, as I have only heard amazing things about the hotel. Do you think this is because they are seeing a decline in bookings or because of a different reason? I am also surprised that Buffalo Bill is able to offer rooms for as low as $6.25 a night, it seems like they are taking a loss on that deal. Thank you for your honestly with the attributes of Buffalo Bill, I think it is important for readers to know how far off the strip this hotel is. Do you know if these promotions have proved effective yet? It would be interesting for you to write a post about the economic status of the newer, more extravagant hotels on the strip. For example, I wonder how the Wynn could possibly be doing especially after their addition of the Encore, seems like they might be supplying significantly more than their demand. Also, what is your opinion on the new marketing campaign for Las Vegas with the slogan reading “Vegas Bound” instead of the previous “What Happens Here Stays Here”? Do you feel that the nicer hotels like Mandalay Bay and The Signature are harming their image of exclusivity by offering discounted rates? Thank you for your insightful post and I look forward to reading your blog in the future.