book the hotel yourself, go onto the hotel websites and you would be surprised at the deals you can get. Just Google the following hotel's web sites for middle of the road places to stay, as with previous posting dont touch Circus Circus its grotty, Stratosphere is good but too way out try :- Exacilbur, MGM, Luxor [ we had a beautiful room there in the new section],Imperial Palace,Harrahs and compare prices, remember you wont be spending much time in your room its only to get your head down so you dont want to spend a lot .