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The Trop Wants You To Party Hard: 10 Days For $999

Ooh, the Trop is going from strength to strength at the moment and it keeps pumping out awesome deals. In fact, we kinda wish the renovations would never end, as we’re pretty sure they’ll raise the rates once the works are completed.

The latest deal they’re offering is something we’ve never seen before: the Trop Party Pass, bookable from now until September 14. You pay $999 plus tax up front, and in return you get 10 nights in a revamped, Strip-view room – $9.99 resort fee included - plus a VIP check in.

You don’t have to spend the 10 nights consecutively, and you don’t have to stick to one room, either – you can use your allowance up over multiple rooms (hence they’re selling it as a bachelor party/girly weekend deal). Best of all, there are no black out dates - you simply have to use it up by December 28.

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The Revamped Alexis Park Has New Rooms and Low Prices

The Rumor may have been garnering all the attention lately, but it looks like that’s not the only thing that’s been going under the knife down on Harmon – the Alexis Park is talking about its own extreme makeover on its Twitter account. And, dare we say it, it looks rather nice.

We always had the AP down as a bit grotters, but now we’re rethinking our stance. First up, it has a blog. Second, it trumpets the fact that it’s LGBT friendly, and that we love.

And third, these new rooms – or suites, rather – look pretty decent. They’re not as sexy as the Rumor, of course, and they’re unlikely to win any prizes for design (also the bedroom parts of the suites look pretty small), but they look bright and breezy and, most importantly, clean – see the gallery here.

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Oo La La, The Mirage is on Rue La La

If you like deals sites like Groupon.com and Gilt.com for discounts ranging from fashion to restaurants to beauty services and travel, then you will probably like this newish private sale site, Rue La La.

The site offers daily deals for its members on fashion items for men and women but they also include "premium" travel experiences at discounted prices. And today Rue La La has several ongoing deals for The Mirage--four to be exact, ranging from a two-night midweek stay at $220 to a weekend in a tower suite starting at $950. Oh yes, the resort fee is included in the price.

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We Like Good Food and We Like It Cheap. Thankfully, Sushi Roku and Boa Have Our Backs

We've been a couple of busy bees this summer scouting out the Best Budget Hotel Rooms in Vegas for you but while saving money on your room frees up your budget for other things like Chippendales, souvenir drinks and Elvis t-shirts gambling, drinking and eating, that doesn't mean you still need to pay full price for everything.

Fortunately, over at Sushi Roku and Boa inside the Forum Shops, we won't have to park it outside a food court to have a sensibly-priced meal.

That's because both restaurants have introduced a "Summer Breaks" pre-fixe dinner menu for $45 per person that includes a starter, entree and dessert. You only have to decide whether you want sushi or steak. But at these prices, if you're feeling particularly flush you can have both!

The menus are available nightly through Labor Day weekend. Keep reading after the jump for the menu descriptions.

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Celebrate Hump Day's Passing By Replenishing Your Knicker Drawer

Accessories such as whips may not be included in the offer

This week just gets better and better. Not only is Thursday the opening of Vegas! The Show (no, we’re not among the chosen ones to be invited - sob), but it’s also National Underwear Day (hurray).

What does that mean for you? Well, assuming you’re not a skank Hollywood starlet (or a Britney) who prefers to go au naturel, it means bargains for your knicker drawer, courtesy of lingerie shop Love Jones at the Hard Rock (they of underwear room service fame.

On Thursday, they’re emptying the closets and offering buy one pair, get one free on undies from brands like Hanky Panky, Undrest and Sexy Panties and Naughty Knickers (buyable for the names alone, surely).

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The Five Best Budget Hotel Rooms In Vegas

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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Don't Get Duped By 'Free' Show Coupons

These pretty boys led VegasChatter on, in more ways than one!

We spend so long telling you what to do in Vegas, that we thought it was time to redress the balance with What NOT to Do in Vegas. Last week, we talked cheesy souvenir pics. This week we're discussing Free Show Coupons.

Vegas is well-known not just for booze, boobies and buffets but also for a plethora of comps and discounts for shows, restaurants, nightclubs and bars. Typically, you get these offers when you check-in to your hotel room but there are other places to find them too--from nightclub promoters walking the casino in the late afternoon to the skeevy card snappers prowling the Strip (not recommended.)

However, anyone who's been to Vegas even just once knows the real truth--those free comps and discounts usually come with strings attached. And not G-strings either.

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Mandalay Bay's New Deal Will Leave Your Wallet and Your Stomach Heavier

We personally haven’t been able to touch a buffet since our epic seven in 24 hours stint a couple of months back, but we understand that those of you who aren’t similarly scarred are fond of the old all you can eat. So you might be interested in the latest deal from Mandalay Bay.

Stay two nights and as well as your room, the All Day Buffet package gives you two all day buffet passes to fill your little tummies with. Even better, the rates advertised are from $65 for Mandalay Bay, and $85 for THEhotel.

Obviously those rates are too much to hope for. Looking at availability this morning, there are a fair few $86 rates at Mandalay in August and a couple of $70s in September, but to get a $66 deal, you’ll have to wait till November 21.

As for THEhotel, there are a few $100 rates scattered through August (nice!) and some $96s in September. You can score a $90 room for October 31 or your $86 on 21 November.

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MGM To Make Fabulous Las Vegas More Fabulous on August 12

We all know Las Vegas is fabulous. After all, it says so on the sign. But on August 12, Las Vegas will get an extra dose of fabu and it's only partly because Lady Gaga is coming to town.

MGM Resorts are rolling out the welcome mat for the LGBT crowd with My Fabulous Vegas, a deal-packed extravaganza offering guests special perks and insider access all weekend long ranging from special rates on the rooms to VIP entry at private parties, happy hours, show discounts, art tours, shopping trips and access to LOGO Lounge at Mandalay Bay. There's even a meet-up scheduled with the Las Vegas Human Rights Campaign so your weekend doesn't have to be all about partying, music and dancing.

What we think will be stand-out events from the weekend? A meet and greet with chef Susan Feniger at her restaurant Border Grill, a blackjack tournament hosted by the cast of Fantasy and Thunder from Down Under, a Cirque du Soleil cast party and the pre-parties and after parties for the Lady Gaga concert.

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Free Airfare to Stay at Luxor? We're Not Sure It's Worth It

Last time we heard about Luxor offering free stuff to get people to stay there, we thought we’d been scammed, so we were more than a little suspicious when an email telling us to ”fly back free” popped into our inbox.

It is, of course, a little complicated. Basically, you have to book this offer, stay at Luxor and you’ll then qualify for a voucher for a plane fare for your next visit – which, again, you must spend at Luxor.

There’s also plenty of small print but basically, the voucher gets you a roundtrip ticket from “any major airport in the Continental US” to Vegas.

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Evening Call Giving Out Free Shots on July 19

This is Vegas, the land of free drinks--at least on the casino floors while you're gambling. But can you ask for free shots? Your cocktail waitress might oblige you provided her tip is big enough but over at the Evening Call, a sort of take-out bar experience with locations at Bally's, Luxor and Mandalay, shots are free on Monday, July 19 which also happens to be National Daiquiri Day.

All day long on July 19, you can pop into one of these bars and order one of their signature exotic drinks, specially priced at $3, such as passion berry with Russian vodka, blended cappuccino with Irish cream or frozen strawberry with banana rum. The drinks then come with an extra shot of either Bacardi, Three Olives, Kettle One or Jose Cuervo...on the house. You can pour it in or throw it down the hatch yourself.

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The Palms Now Discounting Their Salon Suites

Looking for accommodations at The Palms that's somewhere in between $40,000 a night and $69 a night (with the possibility of a dark hair in the tub?) Then consider the Salon Suites.

The Palms has always been a deal during the week (we stayed in April for just $69 a night) but now they've begun discounting their Salons Suites midweek too. These suites have up to 800-sq.ft. of space with a separate living rooms, a stocked mini-bar, Bose sound system, 30" and 42" flat-screen TVs, jacuzzi tubs and king beds.

The Palms Salon Suite special must be booked for a minimum of three nights but it throws in the following perks:

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