I know I posted this a few months ago now, and I still haven't booked our hotel! We normally take the Lux Bus between Anaheim and Vegas, but this time my husband wants to drive, so I booked an Enterprise car o/w from the Katella location in Anaheim, we wanted a little bit more of a flexible schedule instead of leaving at 8:30a. One of the locations they have a rental agency at is near/at the Tropicana, or on the other end of the strip at Flamingo/Decatur. Either way they would give us a ride to our hotel. Also, we are driving our son from our hotel (DL hotel) to stay with his sister & her boyfriend, who are staying at Ho Jo's across the street from DL for one more night before they head home. So I figured we would visit them for a while, drop him off and then head to Vegas. It's more expensive than a normal one day rental because of the ow surcharge, but we like the flexibility it provides us. I looked into Avis since they have locations right in Aria & Palazzo (and I think Bellagio) but they were about $80 more than Enterprise, although if we stayed at one of those properties, it would be handy to just drop it off right there.
Anyway, even if I stayed at the Venetian before, I really liked the area, and my husband has never been (I stayed with my sister & niece for the first time in Dec. 2012) but I wouldn't mind Palazzo since they are sister properties and connected. On the other end of town the strong contenders are Aria or Bellagio, neither of which we've ever stayed at. Since we will be there in November, it may be chilly, but I've heard Aria has several large jacuzzi's which sounds great! We will be taking advantage of the spa facilities, no matter where we stay. My niece and I spent the whole day at the Canyon Ranch @ Venetian which was fantastic!
I'm going to check out rates now for all the hotels I mentioned, although I don't think any of the specials for that late in the year are out yet, so I may just hold off booking until they start cropping up!
