In general, rates for Las Vegas accommodations are far lower than those in most other American resort and vacation cities, but the situation is a wacky one indeed, and as fancier new properties have opened in the past few years, rates have risen dramatically. There are about a hundred variables, depending on who's selling the rooms (reservations, marketing, casino, conventions, wholesalers, packagers), what rooms you're talking about (standard, deluxe, minisuites, standard suites, deluxe suites, high-roller suites, penthouses, bungalows), demand (weekday, weekend, holiday, conventions or sporting events in town), and management whim (bean-counter profit models, revenue-projection realities, etc.) More »
