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Labor Day Weekend: Beer Pong, A Bull, And Sweet Chocolate Love

September 2, 2010 at 1:09 PM | by Mr Pappagiorgio | 0 Comments

We obviously played beer pong in the wrong basements.

Labor Day Weekend is already here. Hopefully you’ve scored a reasonable room rate and know what not to do this weekend. But there’s also plenty going on that you should do to say goodbye to summer. We'll bring you a roundup of the club and pool scene later on, but for now, here's what you can do that doesn't involve celebs or bikinis.

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Circus Circus Has Upped Its Resort Fee By $1 (But Hasn't Updated the Website)

Where: 2880 Las Vegas Blvd S [map], 89109
August 2, 2010 at 1:23 PM | by juliab | 0 Comments

Those reflections look like a smiley face, but we're actually pulling a sad one right now

Go here for VegasChatter's Resort Fee List.

Should we blame ourselves for this? Having spent the last couple of months fawning over our new BCFF (Best Casino Friend Forever), Circus Circus, even deciding it was the best cheap hotel room in Vegas last week, we’ve had a little setback.

The resort fee has gone up to $6. Including taxes, it comes to $6.72, and it went up on 1 July.

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The Five Best Budget Hotel Rooms In Vegas

July 29, 2010 at 12:16 PM | by juliab | 10 Comments

Sometimes, appearances can be deceptive. When it comes to the rooms, that is. Not the casino. Shudder.

Reader Santony may not agree with this, but we at VegasChatter are all about the bargains. But how do you tell if dealz really are dealz? How to differentiate between a $27 room at Excalibur and a $25 gaffe at Imperial Palace? Should you write off Hooters for being Hooters? And are the Rio “suites” actually places you’d want to set foot in?

Reader, we share your pain, and not just because on our first trip to Vegas we ended up at the Stratosphere. The other week, we were watching the poor souls making their way around IP when we shacked up in the room of hell, and it made us think: wow, if you didn’t know Vegas too well, you’d think that all cheap rooms in this town came with grimy mirrored ceilings and suicidal impulses on the side.

So to save you from popping into CVS for some razor blades, here’s our list of top budget hotel rooms in Vegas. We've shacked up in a lot of dross in order to sift out some goodies. You’re welcome.

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This Vegas Virgin Did It with 'Saved By the Bell'

July 16, 2010 at 4:36 PM | by juliana | 1 Comment

We told you about our first time...visiting Vegas, that is. And now it's your turn to tell us yours. Next up, Vegas deflowers our reader Michael at a very young age. And Zach Morris and AC Slater make an appearance. Enjoy!

Well I honestly can't remember the year, but the reason I am writing this is because the previous “Vegas Virgin” story reminded me of when my parents had taken me and my brother to Vegas.

Every time my parents went to Vegas before, I would hear stories of them staying at The Stardust. Apparently back in the day it was "the-shiz." Even when my brother and I went this time, I can remember the hotel. I remember how smoky the hotel hallways smelled, all the mirrors all over the freak’n place and I think what catches most kinds in … wait for it … the damn crazy looking carpets all casinos have now.

Since this is a story about my first trip to Vegas, it would not be a true Vegas trip unless you meet someone famous. I remember sleeping up in the room while my dad went to play slots or something. The next thing I remember my dad comes running in the room and told my mom, “We need to get downstairs NOW.”

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MGM Mirage's Summer Camp is Going to be Pricey

June 9, 2010 at 7:28 PM | by juliab | 0 Comments

Holly Madison got all dolled up and this is the best you can do, MGM Mirage?

Remember the Camp Vegas launch at the end of April? Well, apart from the TV ads (starring our favorite sexy Vegas lady, Tala McDonnough), we haven’t really seen much evidence of camps on the ground.

Until we got an email through about MGM Mirage’s Camp Vegas promotions. Aria, MGM Grand, Bellagio, Luxor, the Mirage, Monte Carlo, Circus Circus and Excalibur are all offering Camp Vegas packages, although they greatly vary in their dealiness.

Camp Vegas at Aria, for example, costs from $149 and gives you $50 resort credit and an Aria cap and t-shirt – which, assuming you’re despo for the branded goods, is unlikely to entice you more than this. Likewise, the Bellagio’s starts at $174, and offers you an upgrade and an “Exclusive Invited Guest check-in” – nice enough, until you realize that a standard room costs $149 when it’s $174 on the package, and to buy your own upgrade would come in at $179. Not such a deal.

Luxor’s offering assumes you’ll spend your trip on the premises – giving you a pair of tickets to each of Believe, Bodies, Titanic, the Spa and LAX – but for $210 a night, we aint buying (if you are, though, use promo code PDCAMP).

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Introducing Circus Circus West Tower, Or The Nicest Surprise We've Had In Vegas

Where: 2880 Las Vegas Blvd S [map], 89109
June 8, 2010 at 3:21 PM | by juliab | 2 Comments

UPDATE: On 1 July Circus Circus increased its resort fee to $6. FYI.

We’ve stayed in some bad rooms in Vegas (cough Caesars - both times), but never – never! – have we dreaded a hotel stay as much as we were dreading our trip to Circus Circus last Thursday night. If Harrah’s is the most depressing casino on Las Vegas Boulevard, then CC is defo the skankiest – and we speak as people with low standards who spent three happy days at the Stratosphere not so long ago. It was with a heavy heart that we left our $1 room at Sahara to check in here, and that’s saying a lot.

Check in:

Drunk people in the carpark, yay! A lobby that smelt of foot cheese, whoop! And crowds of checked out groups blocking our way to the check in desk, super duper! We were not in the nicest of moods when we finally got to check in, but the lady on the desk was so nice, and so complimentary of our smooth English accent, that the ego massage calmed us right down. And we got even calmer when we realized that, either on account of our accent or our charming manner, she had given us a key to the new West Tower rooms, rather than the Skyrise Tower, which we’d booked (the upgrade normally costs $20). Result! We were still scared though.

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Nice Decor, Free WiFi: This Room May Surprise You

Where: 2880 Las Vegas Blvd S [map], 89109
June 4, 2010 at 1:57 PM | by juliab | 0 Comments

This may look like a boring picture of a computer in a hotel room, but actually, friends, it is highly significant. Firstly, this is our computer, this morning, connected to the free wireless internet in our hotel room.

And secondly, that room looks pretty nice, doesn’t it? Marble desk, less fugly than normal curtains, a color scheme that, whatever you think of orange, definitely isn’t bland.

Where is this little slice of Eden? Circus Circus, people, Circus Circus, in a room which we booked for the princely sum of $27.16. We know – we too were so shocked when we got in the room yesterday that we thought maybe our $1 night at Sahara had induced cruel hallucinations. But no, it’s real, and this has shot to the top area of our Biggest Hotel Surprises Ever list.

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The Circus Circus $12.99 Prime Rib Deal Is Great - For Drunks And Jersey Boys

Where: 2880 Las Vegas Blvd S [map], 89109
May 3, 2010 at 3:02 PM | by juliab | 0 Comments

The sign. Would you dare?

It’s been a while since we ate something gross in the name of research, but every time we’ve driven past Circus Circus lately, we’ve heard the “$12.99 All You Can Eat Prime Rib Dinner” offer calling to us, and wondered if we should steel ourselves to try it. Then a couple of weeks ago, we met some boys from New Jersey who said they had tried it, and it was surprisingly good. So we got the confidence to hit the big top.

Should you trust a boy from New Jersey? Debatable.

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Only The Brave Should Try A $24 Room At Circus Circus

Where: 2880 Las Vegas Blvd S [map], 89109
April 21, 2010 at 5:38 PM | by juliab | 0 Comments

Has your burning desire for a cheap hotel room not been extinguished by our experiences at Excalibur and Caesars? Then, brave souls, you may like to try hitting up Circus Circus, which has a sale on until the end of the day.

Prices aren’t bad at all – rooms start at $24, and there are plenty – nay, plenty - of dates for this price, as well as $26. Weekends start at $56 in May.

After tax and resort fee, the $24 rooms come to $29.79, but for that you do get included free WiFi, two rides at the Adventure Dome, a plate of chips and salsa at the Garden Grill, two free drinks and a pair of fitness passes. Not so bad, right?

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Rock & Rita's to Show Off 'Flair Bartending' at Circus Circus

April 5, 2010 at 8:38 PM | by juliana | 1 Comment

With all these new party bars opening on The Strip, it makes sense that the oft-ignored Circus Circus is trying to get in on some adult action for once. Hence, the opening next month of their "Great American Party"--Rock & Rita's, restaurant bar and something called flair bartending. From the press release:

At Rock & Rita’s, flair bartending will take center stage as drinks and bottles are flipped, juggled, spun, balanced and poured by some of the best professionals in the business. A style of American bartending credited to the legendary Jerry “The Professor” Thomas, who first poured flaming Scotch from a mug while mixing a Blue Blazer cocktail, flair bartending is synonymous with over-the-top showmanship. Rock & Rita’s will showcase flair competition winners from around the world at bartending stations equipped with stage controls for both impromptu and scheduled shows.

This sounds like a cross between "Cocktail" and the scene is "Office Space" where Jennifer Aniston gets fired for not wearing enough "flair" on her jacket. And yes, the bartenders here are known as flairtenders. There was a contest and everything to hire them. You can see them here.

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Finally! Top Chef Las Vegas Gets Back to Vegas Basics

November 11, 2009 at 11:58 PM | by juliana | 0 Comments

All season long, Top Chef Las Vegas has been doing its very best to isolate Vegas from the cooking competition equation. All they've done is parade in big name chefs to act as judges and let the contestants use their fancy hotel casino kitchens to complete the elimination challenges. Heck, they don't even give the M Resort any love anymore.

Oh sure, every so often they throw something "Vegas-y" into the mix like showgirls, a couple of Vegas celebs, a $10,000 poker chip or the opportunity to double down on an Elimination Challenge. But we've always felt that this season could have just as easily taken place in another city. Where's the glitz and glamour? And more importantly, where are the casinos?

Finally, last night we got what we've been waiting for all season.

The episode kicks off with every foodie's fantasy--Padma in bed wearing white robe and her hair in soft layers around her face. In the bed next to her (sadly, not in bed with her) is every foodie's other fantasy--Nigella Lawson, equally stunning as Padma and also clad in a white robe with her hair in soft layers around her face. And thus the Quickfire Challenge begins.

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Labor Day Insanity: Downtown Is Still The Cheapest

August 25, 2009 at 2:07 PM | by Erika Pope | 0 Comments

It’s no surprise that rooms are still available for this Labor Day Weekend. But if you plan to make Las Vegas your end-of-summer, last-hurrah destination, you’d do well to book now as room rates are creeping up.

That’s true especially among the middle- and lower-tier properties around town. According to Expedia.com, you can still get a smokin’ deal at properties downtown (average room rate at the The Plaza for the weekend is $45 per night; the El Cortez is $51 per night and the Four Queens is $74 per night), but some of the less desirable places on the Strip have shot up past the $100-per-night mark. Circus Circus alone stands below that benchmark at a reasonable $96 per night for the three-day weekend, while places like Excalibur are going for $124, Imperial Palace for $127 and Sahara for $112.

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