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Summary: A great read!
Review: I thoroughly enjoyed this book- unlike other guides I read it cover-to-cover. The author and his team have stayed at just about every property, eaten at almost every restaurant, and are committed to bringing an honest assesment of their experiences to the reader. The book covers everything from accomodations, the casino floor and restaurants to the basic rules of gaming (with an easy to understand explantation of the blackjack rules- I still pull it out when I can't remember the rules for my hand). The format is such that it is an interesting book to sit down and READ, while wanting to go back to certain parts for reference. Thanks for an honest look at Las Vegas for the tourist!
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Summary: No Holds Barred Naked Truth about Vegas
Review: I travel to Vegas occasionally for business and pleasure, and I am yet to find another guide book that captures the real story about Vegas with as much insight and naked truth as this book. No apologies here, like you'd see in some advertisement-platforms that masquerade as a guide book. I'm sure the author made more enemies than friends in the Vegas establishment by laying bare the truth about the hotels, restaurants and all sorts of Vegas business, including the "escort" business. However, that's the same reason why you should keep this book nearby whenever you're in Sin City.I think the show reviews in the book alone is worth its price. The generous "Consumer Tips" provided for every show, and extensive hotel, nightclub and restaurant ratings provide super consumer value. Do not reserve a room in Vegas before you read the hotels and lodging chapter (Part One). You'll be pleasantly surprised by the things you'll learn about how the "system works." The gambling chapter (Part Three) is another must reading. The section titled "The Way It Is" provides important insight into the industry. Save yourself unnecessary head- and heartache. Read this book before you hit The Strip.
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Summary: Too much (out of date) information
Review: Like other Unofficial Guides, this one tries to pack everything under the sun in a heavy paperback, and a lot of the information is already out of date. Frommer's and Fodor's are better because they give you the best. After all, you buy a book so you can save money and time, not to carry an outdated encyclopedia with you when you travel.
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Summary: How to DO Las Vegas
Review: Like the rest of the "Unofficial Guide" line, this book tells you how to visit, rather than just what to visit. That is, in addition to fairly encyclopedic information about transportation, hotels, restaurants and attractions, it provides a good deal of useful information about how to get the most out of your vacation. For example, rather than just providing a guide to hotels, it prefaces the detailed listing with a section discussing the pros and cons of different accomodations. Motel or hotel? Small casino or megacasino? Downtown, the Strip or further out? Similar help is available for picking what games to play and where to gamble, what shows to see (and where to sit), and so on. This guide provides the sort of "I wish I'd known that" information you gather on your first trip to use on your next trip. This lets you avoid many of the common mistakes your first time out. Obviously a lot of this is subjective, and you won't agree with their assessments every time, but overall their evaluations are fair, and their tips are exteremely useful.
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Summary: How to DO Las Vegas
Review: Like the rest of the "Unofficial Guide" line, this book tells you how to visit, rather than just what to visit. That is, in addition to fairly encyclopedic information about transportation, hotels, restaurants and attractions, it provides a good deal of useful information about how to get the most out of your vacation. For example, rather than just providing a guide to hotels, it prefaces the detailed listing with a section discussing the pros and cons of different accomodations. Motel or hotel? Small casino or megacasino? Downtown, the Strip or further out? Similar help is available for picking what games to play and where to gamble, what shows to see (and where to sit), and so on. This guide provides the sort of "I wish I'd known that" information you gather on your first trip to use on your next trip. This lets you avoid many of the common mistakes your first time out. Obviously a lot of this is subjective, and you won't agree with their assessments every time, but overall their evaluations are fair, and their tips are exteremely useful.
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Summary: Your Portable Las Vegas life support system!
Review: Take it from a family of 5 with 10 trips to Vegas under our belts: We all love that city and we love the UG. We've bought every annual iteration for the past 6 years. Your savings, in both effort and money, will cover the price of the book your first hour in town. Treat the book with care however, as the bindings in mine have all broken relatively quickly.
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Summary: Quite practical and useful guide for Las Vegas
Review: The book was quite helpful. It's suggestions save us a great deal of time planning our sight seeing. The author offered great tips on which hotels had the best attractions and the best places to dine. I would highly recommend this book if you are planning a trip to Las Vegas.
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Summary: Unofficial Guide is a good buy
Review: The Unofficial Guide to Las Vegas is one of the best I've seen. It has a lot of good information, is well organized and covers many topics. If you buy only one book, this is it. However, beware that prices in LV are way up this year so call the restaurant if budget is important to you. Actual costs may be as much as 50% higher.
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Summary: The UG provides details free of advertizer hype.
Review: The Unofficial Guide to Las Vegas provides details about hotels, casinos, and attractions without regurgitating the self-promoting language of individual business's web sites and brochures. Using this guide, I was able to reserve the MGM Grand for about $56/night. Read the UG; you'll save money and arrive in Vegas feeling much more confident.
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Summary: The Only Las Vegas Book You Need!
Review: The Unofficial Guide to Las Vegas, 2000, is the only book you'll want to read when planning your trip. It goes into great detail about all the hotels and casinos, what their rooms are like, what the hotels offer, what the casinos offer, and lots more. It tells you how to obtain "comps" and how to play the games, with easy to understand rules and diagrams. With their 100+ pages of Dining and Restaurant information, you know where to find the best food and the best prices. The Hotel Information Chart in the back is extremely helpful because you can compare hotels without having to flip through a lot of pages. Chapter 5 talks about shopping and the sights around Nevada, in case you plan on doing more than gambling. The Unofficial Guide gives you the pros and cons of each show so you can decide wether or not it's worth 100.00 a person, to see Siegfried & Roy at the Mirage. There is also a little section that tells you where you have the best odds of winning at each game, and at which casino. Another great thing about this book are the maps of The Strip and of Downtown. It lets you know how far you are from point "A" to point "B", because hotel properties are deceiving in their size. A walk from your room at the Venetian, to Caesars Palace may take 20 minutes or so. All 544 pages are packed full of helpful and accurate information. The Unofficial Guide made planning our trip extremely easy. I highly recommend this book, and only this book, to anyone planning on going to Las Vegas!
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