My first Vegas trip... HELP!

[lazeeesunday]

Hey all,

Myself and a friend (doesn't play poker or gamble at all) are heading to Vegas in April (~13-16th). It's a short stay on our month long trip to the US but I intend to be playing a ton of poker while im there! I've played 100's of hours of live NL cash games here in Australia and alot more online and consider myself an intermediate player. Down under though each state really only has one casino to choose from, so heading to Vegas is daunting!

Basically I need some advice (your own experinces, links to guides, anything) on:

a) Where to stay (under $200/night or even tighter preferably - we're only students!). Also any places that offer poker rates that we could take advantage of (the Wynn apparently drops the room rate to $199 if you play poker there daily - students with no jobs staying at the Wynn, I like that idea!).

b) Where to play poker. The fishiest games, with decent service, free drinks, poker rates (as above). I'll probably only play $1/2NL as I'm only bringing a bankroll of a $1k or so.

c) Entertainment, cheap shows, free dinners, those sorts of things.

I don't know if this is the right forum, and if not feel free to move the thread, but yeh fire away guys!