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Summary: Missing one amazing destination...
Review: Frommer's Las Vegas was the second travel book on Las Vegas that I have purchased. The First was the Discovery Channel's Insight Guide, which proved to be more history and color photos than travel advice. Frommer's is known for their "opinionated" and "honest" reviews of travel destinations. We'll this one is no exception. The book is laced with sarcastic tones and comments about the looks and feel of the casinos' and attractions in Vegas. The information is very personal and honest, to a point. The author Mary Herczog, is very opinionated about the feel of the places she visits. In a good sense, she lets you know about the space and attractiveness of each hotel and the feel of being there. But these are merely her opinions. Some of the places she finds distasteful and tacky, you might say magnificent! But never the less the whole book is very helpful in planning a trip to Las Vegas if you have never been before. Read again. Is helpful if you have never been to Las Vegas. Otherwise, you should have visited most of the major casino's there and decided for youself. The book is more of a Encylopedia of Las Vegas, you pay for the organization of information. Very well written, but very steep in bias. Note to Fellow MEN: This book is written from the perspective of a WOMAN(No Offense). A smokey, crowded and noisey casino to Mary Herczog might be heaven to some of us Male Wager-Holics. Overall the book is fun to read, informative, helpful in organizing addresses and phone numbers, insightful and interesting. Very opinionated, but good. Hope this helps.
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Summary: Objective to Perspective
Review: Frommer's Las Vegas was the second travel book on Las Vegas that I have purchased. The First was the Discovery Channel's Insight Guide, which proved to be more history and color photos than travel advice. Frommer's is known for their "opinionated" and "honest" reviews of travel destinations. We'll this one is no exception. The book is laced with sarcastic tones and comments about the looks and feel of the casinos' and attractions in Vegas. The information is very personal and honest, to a point. The author Mary Herczog, is very opinionated about the feel of the places she visits. In a good sense, she lets you know about the space and attractiveness of each hotel and the feel of being there. But these are merely her opinions. Some of the places she finds distasteful and tacky, you might say magnificent! But never the less the whole book is very helpful in planning a trip to Las Vegas if you have never been before. Read again. Is helpful if you have never been to Las Vegas. Otherwise, you should have visited most of the major casino's there and decided for youself. The book is more of a Encylopedia of Las Vegas, you pay for the organization of information. Very well written, but very steep in bias. Note to Fellow MEN: This book is written from the perspective of a WOMAN(No Offense). A smokey, crowded and noisey casino to Mary Herczog might be heaven to some of us Male Wager-Holics. Overall the book is fun to read, informative, helpful in organizing addresses and phone numbers, insightful and interesting. Very opinionated, but good. Hope this helps.
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Summary: Frommers is always consistent!
Review: I purchased this book for our second trip to Vegas. As always, I found Frommer's to-the-point opinions to be right on. We used their dining advice and were never disappointed. (Make SURE you try the Le Village Buffet at Paris). We also took their advice to get off of the Strip and sampled some excellent Thai food that we would have never known existed otherwise. We stayed at the Mirage and loved it!! Frommer's was right in calling it an old favorite. We will definitely stay there again.
I have only one complaint. Their reviews of nightlife were pretty good but they highly recommended Coyote Ugly. We had free tickets and did not pay the $15-20 cover charge to get in and were we ever glad. The place was nothing but a bunch of drunk bachelorettes dancing on the bar (well at least trying to dance). We never saw any of the Coyote Ugly girls we had heard so much about. But-to give Frommers the benefit of the doubt-we may have caught the place on a bad night.
Otherwise, great book. Not to sound cheesy, but I always feel like I get the most out of my vacation by doing a little Frommer's reading. Their guidebooks are by far the most organized out there. Have fun in Vegas!!!
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Summary: A well done review
Review: I was disappointed in this book. It doesn't offer a complete view of Vegas as some other books do. I was hoping for up to the minute casino and restaurant information, but this book didn't have all the restaurants, only a select few.
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Summary: Missing one amazing destination...
Review: I was surprised that they didn't mention vegaspartyhouse.com
I stayed at one of their properties for a bachelor party and it couldn't of been any cooler! Well, hopefully they'll add it in the next edition.
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Summary: Great guide if taken with a grain of salt
Review: Ms. Herczog is a wonderful writer who manages to make her guide entertaining as well as helpful. The guide is well organized and managed to save me quite a bit of cash in the first few pages...by planning around the major convention dates she listed, we got much better room rates. However, it does seem there are some areas where she is a bit less than objective. She raves about a restaurant, the Enigma Cafe, without letting us know that it's in a decidedly seedy little neighborhood where you don't feel quite safe (it also appears to have closed in 2000...but those things do happen all the time). She is perhaps a little too enamored of the Mirage...a great place for sure, but you do get to wonder if she's got an ownership stake it it. She has great tips on getting around and shows...though quite a few of the prices have raised since press time. I would have like to see a bit more info on the hotel pools...finding out which ones were heated would have been worth its weight in gold in March (from what I could see...the strip's best pools are at the Mandalay Bay...heated, beautiful, include "beach" and wave pool...and the rooms are fantastic, too)...however, since the Mandalay is so new, we can forgive the author for slighting this gem...the pools probably weren't open as of press time. In any event, keeping in mind that the book might be a little too subjective here and there, it's definitely worth the investment...you'll definitely get a lot more out of your trip if you read this guide first...and bring it with you.
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Summary: outdated book
Review: My wife and I go to Las Vegas every year, so we more or less know how to get around there. But Las Vegas is one of the fastest growing areas in the Unites States, and the hotspots change on an almost daily basis. So we figured an updated travel guide would be helpful. Imagine my surprise when I opened the book, and on practically the first page, found that one of the "Spectacular Color Photos" was of the old facade of the MGM, and therefore couldn't have been taken in the last few years. We then flipped to the index, hoping to find information about the newest resort-casino on the strip, the new Aladdin (opened in 2000). Nothing. The Frommer's web site has no updates for this book. I don't know what their lead time is, but my feeling is that any book that stamps "2001" on its cover ought to have some currency. Although I'm sure little things have been updated here and there, anyone looking for a travel guide updated for 2001 will be disappointed.
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Summary: Gotta' Have It
Review: The time this saves you in phone calls and walking around for information is worth the cover price alone. If you love discounts, shows, shopping this is your best resource for the truth about what is worth doing. We got fantastic hotel accomodations and felt like we were in the right place at the right time throughout our stay. I will buy the most recent edition each time I return to Vegas. Yep, we'll absolutely be back!
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Summary: Gotta' Have It
Review: The time this saves you in phone calls and walking around for information is worth the cover price alone. If you love discounts, shows, shopping this is your best resource for the truth about what is worth doing. We got fantastic hotel accomodations and felt like we were in the right place at the right time throughout our stay. I will buy the most recent edition each time I return to Vegas. Yep, we'll absolutely be back!
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Summary: Very useful, a cut above to be sure.
Review: This book was exactly what I was looking for. So many of the tour books out there just list information. This one has critical content and seems to honestly evaluate properties for the things that matter to me. Cleanliness, room size, noise levels, and comparisons to similar or nearby properties. Like the former reviewer, I also wished for greater descriptions of the swimming pool areas. I would take the price information with a grain of salt -- room rates vary so much depending on promotions and availability, it seems worthless to try and even ballpark a figure. One thing I would like to see is, for each hotel, a description of each of the hotel's different room types, using the lingo of that hotel. For example, the MGM Grand has several different types of studios -- a description of the differences between each type of room would be VERY helpful. The author did do this some, but not as thoroughly as I would find useful. Overall though this guide was absolutely way better than others I have seen and well well worth the price.
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