A place to overnight in Las Vegas?

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Fiance wrote:
Could you recommend a modest place to spend a night in Las Vegas? The
only requirements that me and my fiancee/wife will have are tidiness,
no noise and convenient free parking.

What is the cheapest motel in Las Vegas that you know satisfies the
requirements? There are so many options to book that even
tripadvisor.com didn't help much.

So far we are looking into BestWestern motels because we will (perhaps
naively try to get discounts there with our www.isic.org cards.

But we would go elsewhere if it's cheap, tidy, quiet and free parking -
we really need only to have a short rest and move on.

Zebra24601 wrote:
Todd Michel McComb wrote:
In article . com,
Zebra24601 wrote:
It's only 4 hours from Los Angeles to Las Vegas.

And it's 9 hours from San Francisco, which is plenty of driving for
a day....

Depends on your specific route. If you're coming in via I-15 and
Baker, CA, stay in Primm or Jean (45 minutes and 25 minutes southwest
of Las Vegas). If coming in via Pahrump, NV, the Silverton
hotel/casino might be a good alternative. If coming in via U.S. 95,
you might as well just go on to Mesquite (assuming a distaste for Las
Vegas).


All of this is no help to the OP, who is probably flying into Vegas.

PeterL raše:
Depends on your specific route. If you're coming in via I-15 and
Baker, CA, stay in Primm or Jean (45 minutes and 25 minutes southwest
of Las Vegas). If coming in via Pahrump, NV, the Silverton
hotel/casino might be a good alternative. If coming in via U.S. 95,
you might as well just go on to Mesquite (assuming a distaste for Las
Vegas).


All of this is no help to the OP, who is probably flying into Vegas.

no no, we'll be coming by car from Utah.

We are thinking of Best Western Parkview Inn at 921 Las Vegas Boulevard
(we are staying in BW's mostly in Utah too) at $50.

It's only 0.77km from City Center. Wouldn't the walk be dangerous? What
kind of borough is that?

We are looking into downtown hotels too. What are the benefits of
overnighting at the Strip hotels (amidst all the sight-seeing if I
understand it correctly)? I see they may be cheap ($40-50) but what
about noise? And, most importantly, will there be free parking near
such Strip hotels?

Fiance wrote:
PeterL raše:
Depends on your specific route. If you're coming in via I-15 and
Baker, CA, stay in Primm or Jean (45 minutes and 25 minutes southwest
of Las Vegas). If coming in via Pahrump, NV, the Silverton
hotel/casino might be a good alternative. If coming in via U.S. 95,
you might as well just go on to Mesquite (assuming a distaste for Las
Vegas).


All of this is no help to the OP, who is probably flying into Vegas.

no no, we'll be coming by car from Utah.

We are thinking of Best Western Parkview Inn at 921 Las Vegas Boulevard
(we are staying in BW's mostly in Utah too) at $50.

It's only 0.77km from City Center. Wouldn't the walk be dangerous? What
kind of borough is that?

City Center? Does that mean downtown Las Vegas? Most people goes to
the strip, which is not downtown. Downtown is a little bit seedier.



We are looking into downtown hotels too. What are the benefits of
overnighting at the Strip hotels (amidst all the sight-seeing if I
understand it correctly)? I see they may be cheap ($40-50) but what
about noise? And, most importantly, will there be free parking near
such Strip hotels?

Parking is always free in Vegas. They want your gambling money, not
your parking money. Hotel rooms are usually set back from the main
streets and noise shouldn't be a problem.

In article . com,
Zebra24601 wrote:
(assuming a distaste for Las Vegas).

Thanks for your comments. To clarify, I have no particular distaste
for Las Vegas. It's just that I've been there several times (have
seen the sights), and have no interest in gambling, so it isn't a
"destination" for me. At least I know I can get a good meal there.

It's just not setup for a quick overnight. There's lots of overhead
to check into a casino, get up to your room, etc. Staying in those
places can be fun, if it's what you want to do, but if you're just
on the way somewhere else, it seems like a lot of work. Plus the
traffic.

Fiance wrote:
PeterL raše:
Depends on your specific route. If you're coming in via I-15 and
Baker, CA, stay in Primm or Jean (45 minutes and 25 minutes southwest
of Las Vegas). If coming in via Pahrump, NV, the Silverton
hotel/casino might be a good alternative. If coming in via U.S. 95,
you might as well just go on to Mesquite (assuming a distaste for Las
Vegas).

All of this is no help to the OP, who is probably flying into Vegas.

You know what they say about people who assume. . . .

no no, we'll be coming by car from Utah.

We are thinking of Best Western Parkview Inn at 921 Las Vegas Boulevard
(we are staying in BW's mostly in Utah too) at $50.

It's only 0.77km from City Center. Wouldn't the walk be dangerous? What
kind of borough is that?

I personally would not feel comfortable doing much walking around
there. I don't think this is officially North Las Vegas, but the area
northeast of the Spaghetti Bowl (I-15 and US95) is definitely not a
nice area.

Of course, downtown (south of US 95, east of I-15) is pretty rundown,
too. But at least there you have foot traffic.

We are looking into downtown hotels too. What are the benefits of
overnighting at the Strip hotels (amidst all the sight-seeing if I
understand it correctly)?

Just to make clear, The Strip is NOT downtown. The Strip isn't even
within Las Vegas' city limits.

Personally, I like Main Street Station downtown. Very convenient
parking and quick access to the freeways. But it's not the cheapest.
If the Plaza is still open, that place is often pretty cheap.

I see they may be cheap ($40-50) but what
about noise?

Noise from outside should not be a problem. This is particularly true
since your room's air conditioner will probably be running pretty much
non-stop once you get into your room. So, price-wise, if it's actually
on the Strip (which I would consider to be Las Vegas Blvd, between
Sahara and Mandalay Bay), $50 would be cheap. If you're actually
getting a price for a downtown hotel, that's only an okay price (for a
weeknight--it would be pretty good for a weekend).

However, you could probably get something cheaper if you stayed in
either Mesquite, Jean, or Primm (all of which have been noted in other
posts to this thread). The plus for all those places are quicker
access back to I-15 than almost any Las Vegas-area hotel. The minus is
that the gasoline would be a lot more expensive at any of those places.

And, most importantly, will there be free parking near
such Strip hotels?

Free parking should not be an issue, unless you valet park. Then, it's
just what ever you decide to tip the valet.

Just remember that some of those parking lots are HUGE. Make sure you
remember where you parked.

thank you, Zebra,

we will stay right on the Strip - at Casino Royale. One night only,
some walking and then back to Utah.

In article ,
(Todd Michel McComb) wrote:

In article . com,
Zebra24601 wrote:
(assuming a distaste for Las Vegas).

Thanks for your comments. To clarify, I have no particular distaste
for Las Vegas. It's just that I've been there several times (have
seen the sights), and have no interest in gambling, so it isn't a
"destination" for me. At least I know I can get a good meal there.

It's just not setup for a quick overnight. There's lots of overhead
to check into a casino, get up to your room, etc. Staying in those
places can be fun, if it's what you want to do, but if you're just
on the way somewhere else, it seems like a lot of work. Plus the
traffic.

Not really? It depends on the casino, but a lot of casinos these days
have electronic check-in and unless you're coming during the start of a
large convention, check-in should take no more than a few minutes. Even
cut-rate casinos such as the Excalibur where I like to stay have
electronic check-in. When I was there two years ago for NAB (which is
one of the largest conventions that is hosted at Las Vegas), I waited no
more than five minutes to check in at the Excalibur.

"Shawn Hirn" wrote:
(Todd Michel McComb) wrote:
It's just not setup for a quick overnight. There's lots of
overhead to check into a casino, get up to your room, etc.
It depends on the casino, but a lot of casinos these days have
electronic check-in and unless you're coming during the start
of a large convention, check-in should take no more than a
few minutes.

There's plenty of ways to do Vegas as an overnight stop -- We
stayed at a convenient LaQuinta near the airport, just a couple
of blocks West of the strip -- indoor pool & hot breakfast. On
the strip, I found the Flamingo is efficient at check-in. There's a
a convenient garage in the back and zippy-elevators. Besides,
what's wrong with taking a few minutes driving the strip for some
free sightseeing? =R=

[casino hotel] check-in should take no more than a few minutes

But a lot of those hotels are HUGE and it can be a long way from your
car to your room.

In many cases the layout forces you to walk through crowds of people,
ride an elevator up to the 20th floor or whatever, and then walk down a
long, long corridor to reach your room. When I stayed at the Paris last
year (which I loved), it was literally a 10-minute walk from the front
door to my room.

If you're not interested in gambling, it can be a lot more convenient
to stay at a conventional motel where your room is only short walk from
your car.

Jim