  The Orleans The cheapest time to go to Las Vegas is during the off season, June through August. No matter when you plan to go, the best thing you could do is to first be sure there are not any large conventions in town. This is going to drive your hotel prices up. By checking the LVCVA calendar first you can save yourself a lot a huge headache and help yourself to find the best deals. Then you need to decide where you would like to stay. First time visitors might want to stay on the trip. In this case, the hotel rooms are often on the expensive side. The best deal you will probably find is the Imperial Palace. The rooms are supposed to be acceptable, and the price seems to run on the affordable side. Circus Circus is another that tends to offer cheaper rates. The Sahara also offers some good deals, but really look before you book because the Sahara is farther down and is not a good option if you are walking along the strip. Otherwise, your best bet is to shop around and try to find the best deal. Most of the hotels will match your price if you find one better. Off strip there are quite a few decent options. My favorite is the Orleans. It's the first place I ever stayed while visiting in Las Vegas, and we loved it so much that we went there the next two times. If you hit it right you can get a great deal on a larger than normal size room, in a hotel that has very reasonably priced food and a good supply of restraunts. The casino itself has a festive feel, and lots of room to move around. Other off strip hotels that have good buzz for price and hospitality are Sam's Town and Terrible Herbst. The thing about the Orlean's is that it is still a great option if one is not renting a car, because of the free shuttle running back and forth to the strip every 20 minutes. Other hotels do have free shuttle's (Sam's Town included) but they do not run as frequently. To give you an idea about deals to be had, this is from our latest trip in July 2007. I purchased a voucher from Vegas for Locals for $40 for a two night stay. So, I got a $65 room for a savings of $45 a night, plus tax (the tax on free room is free...the room was given to Vegas4Locals who sold it, so it has no tax). We decided to stay there for the two nights and then move, where we will go to our favorite hotel--the Orleans. I was a little disappointed, the best rate I could find for the Orleans was $60 a night. I booked this, and two weeks later found a FAR cheaper rate on i4vegas.com of $45, Free, $45 which averages out to $32 a night for the last remaining nights. So, I just saved $28 a night. I called the Orleans and asked them to match the rate, which they happily did. I also signed up for emails from several of the casino properties, in hopes of finding a good deal. At the same time I located the far cheaper rates advertised on i4vegas.com I got an email from Sam's Town advertising a rate of $28.95 during the off season. Their rates when I checked prior to that were about $50 a night. There are deals to be had, it just means the person must seek them out! Deals are subjective, of course, it all depends on what you want to spend and where you want to stay. There are deals to be had on the strip and off strip, if you utilize the free transportation that comes with some of these properties the incovenience of staying off strip can be very minimal. Some of the places I would suggest shopping, because the deals seem to be better than others are:
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