The Unofficial Guide to Las Vegas

by Bob Sehlinger and Deke Castleman

The Unofficial Guides? are the "Consumer Reports" of travel guides, offering candid evaluations of their destinations' attractions, hotels, restaurants, shopping, nightlife, sports, and more, all rated and ranked by a team of unbiased inspectors so even the most compulsive planners can be sure they're spending their time and money wisely. Each guide addresses the needs of everyone from families to business travelers, with handy charts that demonstrate...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764566032
• ISBN13: 9780764566035
• Release Date: August 2002
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Length: 504 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.2" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

The most informative book about Las Vegas ever written

This volume will show you everything you'll ever want to know about the true City That Never Sleeps. With new casinos opening on almost a monthly basis this unbiased source will direct you to the nicest hotels, the biggest buffets, the best gaming opportunities and all the attractions Las Vegas has to offer. Want the inside scoop on how to score free rooms? It's in here. The list of the Top 10 free attractions? It's in here. Best bargain hotels? It's in here. The best pools for sun worshippers? You know what I'm gonna say. Also includes an expansive guide to gambling and a detailed listing of restaurants and nightspots, with price guidelines and clientele to boot. You will not need another guide for your vacation.

How to DO Las Vegas

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.

The Only Las Vegas Book You Need!

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!

Thorough Guide for the Tourist or Business Traveler

I have been to Vegas only once in my life for a conference and now I am going back as a tourist I loved it so much. This book is good for either the tourist or the business traveler...very effective and detailed compared to many other Travel Guide books for Las Vegas. Very informative and insightful...It's a strong essential to have from the planning of your business trip or vacation to the time you are in Las Vegas!