ND, I've never even been inside the Luxor. I'm so creeped out by the exterior, I've never wanted to go near it.

Every time we've flown into Vegas at night and seen that Big Giant Eye shooting a spotlight straight up? All I've been able to think is "Don't see the fnords! Don't see the fnords!"

It's just too damned Illuminati for me.

The Excalibur and The Luxor are where I have won the most money on craps.

And I just got feedback from LV Hilton (I asked why so many hotel were turning us down).

She said it was the amount of lead time. As in, too much. Because it's a weekend and we require less than 100 rooms.

shrug.

I love the inclinators.

I guess tourism in Vegas is a whole different animal from other places.

boggles that it wouldn't be worth a half hour of someone's time to write out prices...

But why give us the rooms on the cheap before they know if they can sell them for more?

I suppose it depends on their average % of capacity.

On a weekend in May, nearly 100%. Even Excalibar wants 109 for Thurs and Fri and 119 for Saturday night. And $30/person/room/night for the meeting space.

I suppose I shouldn't get too involved in the discussion regarding prices - if we pick Vegas I'll almost certainly stay at Luxor rather than the host hotel.

It's funny you say that because Vegas is such a personal experience - ie, Deb = Bellagio, Matt = Luxor, Aimee= Mandalay when someone else pays otherwise wherever is cheap, that I wonder if getting quotes on just Hosp Suite/Prom Locale and let everyone choose their own hotel is a way to go with Vegas.

Thoughts? I'm not married to it, just a thought.