Thursday, February 14, 2013

Any suggestions for a nice hotel in atlantic city?

Q. So, my friend and I are planning a weekend trip to atlantic city. Last year, I stayed at the Harrah's Resort and I definitely enjoyed my stay. This year, I wanted to try something different. I want to find a hotel with cheap rates, a casino, a spa, and nice rooms. Basically, I want a hotel similar to Harrah's.... Any suggestions???

Thank you

A. If you want to stay in a casino hotel, you won't really find "cheap rates." Friday and Saturday rates can be outrageous.

The Borgata and its sister property, the Water Club, are both very nice. When I go to AC, I only stay there. But the prices on the weekend are terribly high.

I stayed at the Trump Taj Mahal once. It was enjoyable, but again, the weekend rates are high.

Edit: Dan Man, I'm not sure if you've looked into staying at an Atlantic City casino recently, but the Friday and Saturday rates are much, much higher than the Sun-Thurs rates. I get comped rooms at the Borgata Sun-Thurs, but if I wanted to stay on a Saturday night I'd still need to pay $200+ out of pocket. The person who asked this question specifically mentioned wanting a hotel with cheap rates, and $300+ per night isn't all that cheap.

The hotels in Las Vegas are much cheaper than those in AC.

Will casino hotels find out if you have more people sleeping in the room than stated upon reservation?
Q. We're college students trying to go to Atlantic City for a cheap winter break vacation. We found a bunch of casino hotels that offer two full size/queen beds. However, when we state we have 4 people (versus 2) the price doubles. We were wondering will the hotel find out if we check 2 people in, then actually have 4 people staying in the hotel room?

A. You're only going to get 2 key cards which most of the casinos in Atlantic City require to get into the elevator to go upstairs.

And remember there is a ton of security and cameras in a casino. So it is possible that a security guard could see how many people enter the room on camera. And in New Jersey, if you are caught with more people in the room than what is paid for, the police can come and evict you without refund (and I've seen it happen twice).

Does anybody know of a cheap hotel outside of Atlantic City that has shuttle service?
Q. In two weeks (on a Friday) I'm seeing a show in Atlantic City, but I don't want to spend $300 to stay somewhere for the night. My friend was telling me that there are hotels like EconoLodge or the Quality Inn that are $120 max to stay in for a night and provide shuttles to the city, but he didn't know all of the details about it.

A. Of the hotels I looked at outside of Atlantic City, some had a shuttle service to the airport, but weren't really a taxi service like you want for downtown shows. Here's some links if you'd care to take a look.

http://search.aol.com/aol/search?query=cheap+hotel+outside+of+Atlantic+City+that+has+shuttle+service%3F&s_it=keyword_rollover




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