the rate for Binion's has gone up

Vegas.com, expedia.com, and hotels.com are all listing Binion's at $42 a night. Last week, we booked two rooms for significantly less and would like to offer STBE revelers the chance to lock in our historically low rates. We have 3 spots left in Mike's Cheap VIP Suite, so claim them now to lock in a low rate ($19.50 per person). Once that suite is full, I'll try to help you find a way to get the lowest price possible (coupon codes, timeshare tours, whatever), but we won't make the reservations for you. As is tradition, we each reserve a room and when they're full, STBE revelers have to book any extra rooms. If we end up with 10 people, we could do 5 to a room, but with rooms as cheap as they are, that probably won't be necessary.

hahaha, vegas.com responds via twitter!

l33t? Anyone care to guess what that means?

pwn3d!!!

Dear Ginger,



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Vegas hotel rate through the VEGAS.com Best Vegas Rate Guarantee.



We've reviewed your VEGAS.com Best Vegas Rate Guarantee claim alert and

found that it does qualify for the guarantee.



The quoted rate from the competing website was $66. In this case, the VEGAS.com rate of $121.33 did not meet or beat the

competing rate. (Both rates are listed without taxes and fees.)



Therefore, we will honor the competing rate and give you double the difference (up to $150), resulting in a refund of $110.66 -- assuring that you receive the best

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Binion's will be hosting STBE '09!!!

After some famous Sugar Twin wheeling and dealing, we've secured the lowest rates yet! Based on 4 people per room, Ginger's Super Cheap VIP Suite will cost only $8 per person! TOTAL! Including taxes and fees!

Mike's Cheap VIP Suite will cost $19.50 per person (again, based on 4 people per room). The previous record low for an STBE hotel was $28 per person (total) after invoking vegas.com's low price guarantee...which is what happened here.

Once I booked and invoked the guarantee and vegas.com realized they had to pay me $110 back, they lowered their rates (within hours of my booking and invoking, a $55 difference shrunk to a $12.50 difference). Mike still booked at a super cheap rate (less than $20 per person for 3 nights? That is ridiculous!), so jump on it and get yourself a spot in one of the suites!

Oh, I guess you want information about Binion's Gambling Hall in fabulous Las Vegas, Nevada! Let me pull some bullet points from the interweb and put them up here for you along with some guest reviews.

Hotel Amenities:
• Check In Time - 3 PM
• Check Out Time – Noon
• Internet Access Available *(for a ridiculously expensive fee)
• Parking
• Pool (rooftop pool! What what!!!)
• Restaurant On-site
• This casino property is within 1 km of Las Vegas Club Sports Hall of Fame, Marriage License Bureau, Las Vegas, and Las Vegas City Hall. It is also within 10 km of Las Vegas Library.
• Binion's Gambling Hall and Hotel provides a casino, a restaurant, an outdoor pool, and conference rooms.
• All guestrooms include satellite television, cable television, and cable/satellite TV.

Hotel Review Highlights:
• “Hot chicks dealing the cards on some tables! Well worth the money!”
• “The Fremont Street Experience was so loud in our 10th floor room, it was impossible to sleep till it was over at midnight.” (ed. note, who sleeps in Vegas before midnight?)
• “This place is dirty and old!!! Our room had cig burns in the sheets and bedspread!! The filth in the bathroom was beyond belief.”
• “I would not stay at Binion's ever again. I would not recommend to anyone to ever stay at Binion's. If you don't heed the advice on this review I hope you got and [sic] excellent deal.”
• “The drapes were grey from lack of cleaning.”
• “The room we stayed in was from the 1970's.”
• “The pool was great and the view from the pool and are [sic] room was priceless.”
• “Why pay for an expensive hotel if ur [sic] not in it all day...I just use the room for shower and to sleep for a few hours…”
The WTD Review Award goes to:
• “I would gamble and play bingo all day and night the food was great the keno was good enjoyed machines to me the place was the best in world then Binion died and bingo is gone so havent been back its like a stab in my heart all through years I been there only stayed to hotel once but did all my gambling and all bingo games there best place in all of las vegas Binion did wonders for many people he was so special its just sad when times change to walk back in there would make me so happy and if bingo was there again id come there every two months again it will always be best of las vegas no matter what they change”
This person also wins the award for least punctuation as well as the world’s longest sentence (without a period).