Best place for broke college kids

[Richard Tanner]

Thanks for the help guys, you keyed on some things I was going to ask about. First, cheap gambling will be big. Alot of them are down for gambling but we're talking $5 blackjack and the like. Also, with regards to renting a car, this was my first though (as I have no idea about shuttles or buses) and I'm a life nit so I rarely drink (DD taken care of).

Thanks for the links, now I'm just worried I almost have too much information to choose from [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

Cody

[pig4bill]

Beer at a strip club is also 7 or 8 bucks. Teach your group how to play basic hold 'em, find a smaller poker room and arrange for a private game, and get drunk first on free casino booze while playing 2/4. The thirty bucks or so per hour going into the drop will be a lot cheaper than paying bar prices. Any money you might lose will be going to each other.

[Burdzthewurd]

I did a Spring Break to Vegas last year, but on the much cheaper way of staying in a hostel downtown. Yeah sharing a room with a bunch of dudes sucks (especially considering I'd go to my room at 10pm before going out and everyone was already sleeping lol), but there were a lot of hot foreign girls there, free BBQs, free tequila nights, pool, hot tub, and people who worked there knew all the hot spots (there's another one called Sin City Hostel that's fairly close to the Strip which is also good). The dorms cost $19/night and the regular rooms cost $40ish. You can get cheap rooms during the week at places like Orleans, Casino Royale, Imperial, or O'Shea's.

GL renting a car, you have to pay an extreme fine if you're under 26, but the buses run 24/7 with a good amount of pick-up points, and it's $4/day or $2/ride, but if you stay on the strip, you won't need it much unless going downtown.

Also if your buddies have short rolls and want to play NL, they should still have the $50 BI 1/2 game at Luxor which is really juicy (I think you can rebuy to $100 once you get under $50). Lots of 5/10 guys come over there to steam and spew off chips.

As far as flights, no need to book anytime soon, wait til' late December at the earliest IMO. I had great success with Name Your Own Price on Priceline and got a flight RT from Boston for $230.

[Richard Tanner]

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I did a Spring Break to Vegas last year, but on the much cheaper way of staying in a hostel downtown. Yeah sharing a room with a bunch of dudes sucks (especially considering I'd go to my room at 10pm before going out and everyone was already sleeping lol), but there were a lot of hot foreign girls there, free BBQs, free tequila nights, pool, hot tub, and people who worked there knew all the hot spots (there's another one called Sin City Hostel that's fairly close to the Strip which is also good). The dorms cost $19/night and the regular rooms cost $40ish. You can get cheap rooms during the week at places like Orleans, Casino Royale, Imperial, or O'Shea's.

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We're looking at 6-12 guys, so renting a room (or 2 obv) is going to be split many ways.

Cody

[redfisher]

I'd recommend fewer people/room in a cheaper hotel versus more people/room in a better hotel.

For cheap places on the Strip, I'd recommend Travelaxe. It's a travel consolidation site, but if you don't gamble at a compable level on slots or in the pit it's pretty good. Regardless of what you find, I'd directly check Hooter's and Casino Royale's websites. I've stayed both places and they are cheap. The Casino Royale location is just about perfect.

I'd stay away from Downtown for this trip. I think you'll spend a lot of time cabbing to the Strip which kind of kills your savings on the room.

[punkass]

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Beer at a strip club is also 7 or 8 bucks. Teach your group how to play basic hold 'em, find a smaller poker room and arrange for a private game, and get drunk first on free casino booze while playing 2/4. The thirty bucks or so per hour going into the drop will be a lot cheaper than paying bar prices. Any money you might lose will be going to each other.

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this sounds genius

[Diana Ross Fan]

1. I think Vegas spreads a stud game with no ante and a 1$ bring in. Someone told me, you start the game and order drinks. Then, no one calls the bring in and you all sit there drinking.

2. This won't work for very long.

3. El Cortez: AVOID AVOID

[Richard Tanner]

Thanks again for all the help guys. I've gotten a few more specifics from the guys if this helps anyone suggest places to stay:

Cody (me): Poker first and foremost, probably 1/2 (pref. 300 max BI). I don't drink so no concerns there. Probably gonna spend a day walking the strip seeing the sites etc.

Kyle: "Dude I wanna stay drunk all week...oh and play 1/2 with you for a day or two, and then get some titties in my face"

Bill: "I'll see your drunk week and raise you blacked out all week"

Cody: "String bet"

Fehnel: Wants to see the sites, gamble a little (BJ, slots, some poker) and see the aforementioned titties.

We're thinking of renting a car, although we understand we're gonna take a bath because we're all 21-22.

Cody

[pig4bill]

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Thanks again for all the help guys. I've gotten a few more specifics from the guys if this helps anyone suggest places to stay:

Cody (me): Poker first and foremost, probably 1/2 (pref. 300 max BI). I don't drink so no concerns there. Probably gonna spend a day walking the strip seeing the sites etc.

Kyle: "Dude I wanna stay drunk all week...oh and play 1/2 with you for a day or two, and then get some titties in my face"

Bill: "I'll see your drunk week and raise you blacked out all week"

Cody: "String bet"

Fehnel: Wants to see the sites, gamble a little (BJ, slots, some poker) and see the aforementioned titties.

We're thinking of renting a car, although we understand we're gonna take a bath because we're all 21-22.

Cody

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Renting a car may not be the best idea. Even if you can bring yourself to rent a minivan, it will be expensive, and only 7 or 8 of you can fit in it at the same time. You'll want to be taking cabs if you're out drinking, so you might not use it much.

[PokerHatesMe]

Best price you are going to get on a flight is if your staying over on a saturday ... many travel sites are significantly lower over the sat-sun weekend... use hotels.com they are cheaper than priceline.