cheapest decent AC hotel stay?

Assani Fisher · #1 01-19-2007, 10:05 PM

Sorry if this has been asked before...if so, please point me in the direction of that thread.

I want cheap price, and I don't really care about the quality of the room as long as its clean and safe. Out of the major hotels there, which is the cheapest?

TIA for any help.

punkass · #2 01-19-2007, 11:19 PM

Do you want walking distance from casinos? Or willing/able to drive to nearby towns within 10 minutes away? A lot of the small hotel/motels in Atlantic city are dumps and/or unsafe and not worth the little money they charge. If you're willing to drive to Absecon or Pleasantville, you'll find a comfy bed, shower, and be perfectly safe.

AKQJ10 · #3 01-20-2007, 01:44 AM

http://poker.wikia.com/wiki/AC#AC_for_cheapskates

Last time I stayed in the Red Carpet near 30 and the GSP and found it entirely adequate to my needs, but even for a cheapskate my tastes are low-end.

VirgilStarkwell · #4 01-20-2007, 01:59 AM

Don't have that much experience in AC but I was there last summer for a couple weeks and stayed at the Taj on the poker room rate. Real nice room, safe, around $65. Maybe cheaper now that it is off-season. I don't think there are any minimum playing requirements and they take reservations at the poker rate. Won't hurt to call and see what they will do for you.

Assani Fisher · #5 01-20-2007, 12:20 PM

Thanks for the replies so far. Let me add some addittional info:

-I don't know the area that well(I'm from NY), so I would prefer to be right downtown AC. However if there are SIGNIFICANTLY better options one or two towns over, then I'll consider it. I will have a car, although I like to drink often while I play so I would prefer being right down the street for obvious reasons there.

-I'm most going to be playing at the Borgata, so I'd rather not have to play there to get a special rate, but if its only a few hours per day, then I could put a few hours in before going to Borgata.

-I realize that this may be asking too much if I want a cheap hotel, but I've been staying in really good shape recently and I don't want that to change. I would really like a hotel with a free gym for those staying.

I think that with the online play getting harder(both in terms of competition and the ability to deposit) I'm going to start going to AC a lot more often, so I'd really like to find a good place. Thanks again for the help.

punkass · #6 01-20-2007, 01:25 PM

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-I realize that this may be asking too much if I want a cheap hotel, but I've been staying in really good shape recently and I don't want that to change. I would really like a hotel with a free gym for those staying.

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If this is important, then you're going to need to stay at a casino/hotel. If you want to play at the Borg, then staying at the Borg is obviously the easiest, yet most expensive answer. Absecon, NJ is about a 10 minute drive from the Borg, and is home to many cheaper and satisfactory hotels, but I don't know if any of them have gyms or fitness centers. Also, keep in mind that the Borg is not near the boardwalk or downtown AC. It is located in what is called the marina district, and is about a 5-10 minute drive to the boardwalk, depending on where you're going. You also should not walk from the Borgata to .. anywhere else. It's isolated.

AKQJ10 · #7 01-20-2007, 01:47 PM

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-I realize that this may be asking too much if I want a cheap hotel, but I've been staying in really good shape recently and I don't want that to change. I would really like a hotel with a free gym for those staying.

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If this is important, then you're going to need to stay at a casino/hotel.

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Yeah, obviously cheap doesn't mean to OP what it means to me. You mean a $100 room rather than a $300 room.

Assani Fisher · #8 01-20-2007, 02:24 PM

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-I realize that this may be asking too much if I want a cheap hotel, but I've been staying in really good shape recently and I don't want that to change. I would really like a hotel with a free gym for those staying.

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If this is important, then you're going to need to stay at a casino/hotel. If you want to play at the Borg, then staying at the Borg is obviously the easiest, yet most expensive answer. Absecon, NJ is about a 10 minute drive from the Borg, and is home to many cheaper and satisfactory hotels, but I don't know if any of them have gyms or fitness centers. Also, keep in mind that the Borg is not near the boardwalk or downtown AC. It is located in what is called the marina district, and is about a 5-10 minute drive to the boardwalk, depending on where you're going. You also should not walk from the Borgata to .. anywhere else. It's isolated.

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thanks for the help...much appriciated.

Yeah, I know where the Borgata is compared to the boardwalk. Absecon sounds like something I should look into, although theres probably no big ones there with gyms, huh? What about the hotel/casinos on the boardwalk? I assume that most of them would have gyms, right? Any opinions on which would be the cheapest?

NickMPK · #9 01-20-2007, 02:18 PM

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Don't have that much experience in AC but I was there last summer for a couple weeks and stayed at the Taj on the poker room rate. Real nice room, safe, around $65. Maybe cheaper now that it is off-season. I don't think there are any minimum playing requirements and they take reservations at the poker rate. Won't hurt to call and see what they will do for you.

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Has anyone else had this experience? I had always heard that you had to play really high to get a Taj poker rate, so I've never actually tried to stay there.

Assani Fisher · #10 01-20-2007, 02:29 PM

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Don't have that much experience in AC but I was there last summer for a couple weeks and stayed at the Taj on the poker room rate. Real nice room, safe, around $65. Maybe cheaper now that it is off-season. I don't think there are any minimum playing requirements and they take reservations at the poker rate. Won't hurt to call and see what they will do for you.

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Has anyone else had this experience? I had always heard that you had to play really high to get a Taj poker rate, so I've never actually tried to stay there.

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I'm not positive, but I know that at the Borgata getting the poker rake is strictly a matter of hours played(IIRC it was 5 hours/day) and had nothing to do with stakes. At least thats the way it was exactly one year ago when I went for the last Winter Borgata Open.