Getting good deals on hotels in Vegas is now almost like their casinos - a matter of luck. When we planned the trip, Tropicana came out to be the cheapest and that’s where we stayed for three nights. But it was not the best of the places. In fact, the first night, we realized that our rooms were getting heated like a furnace! The A/C did not work!

So we got our room changed, and we got a nice room for the next two nights, but the carpet had big blobs of stains all over, and in general, the place looked quite old. Our thinking was that they are banking on their location to have people come there and stay irrespective of the conditions.

On the other hand, for the last night, we were at Flamingo, and the room was excellent (carpet stains seem to be a norm in these hotels). The hotel seemed to be much more well-managed than Tropicana was, even though for some reason we did not think that would be the case, what with Flamingo being an ‘old’ hotel.

But for me, I liked Tropicana simply because it had $5 blackjack whereas the Flamingo did not :-)