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There’s more to a Las Vegas vacation than the glitz and glimmer of the famous Las Vegas Strip. There are family-friendly activities, shows, restaurants and a variety of things to do for every age. This Las Vegas Travel Web Guide helps you find everything you need to plan the perfect trip. Relax in the lavish spas around town, spend your time in a casino, enjoy the fine cuisine or bring the kids along for an unforgettable family vacation. No matter what you're looking for in a Las Vegas vacation, this Web Guide can point you to it.

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Planning A Trip to Vegas

There is plenty to do in Vegas, so plan ahead to make the most of your time. Do you want to visit during a large festival, convention, or sporting event? What tips can the local tourism offices offer? What are the most popular attractions? And how can you get the local perspective for best and worst places to eat, sleep, and everything else? You’ll find these answers and more at sites below.

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Want the locals’ perspective? The Las Vegas Review-Journal publishes the “Best of Las Vegas” each year. Read about the best (and worst) places to eat, sleep, drink, shop, and be entertained.

The part of the city that was first developed is known as “Old Las Vegas” or “downtown Las Vegas,” and its main drag is Fremont Street. Downtown generally has cheaper accommodations and gambling as well as a taste of the original Las Vegas scene. The Fremont Street Experience is a pedestrian-only area of downtown that opened in 1995.

“The Strip” refers to Las Vegas Boulevard, home to the enormous, modern-day casinos: New York New York, the Bellagio, Luxor, Stratosphere, and so on. Staying on the Strip is going to be (on average) more expensive than staying elsewhere.

Las Vegas is located in Clark County. Although gambling is legal in Clark County, prostitution and ticket scalping are not.

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Las Vegas tourism offices and travel tips …

VisitLasVegas.com , the official Web site of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, is loaded with information about travel to Vegas. Use the “Stay” section to get suggestions on where to stay, when to travel to Vegas, and how to get around the city. Take a look at “Vegas Basics” to find tips for travelers with kids, visitors with special needs, dos and don’ts of Vegas, and more.

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VEGAS.com is a travel site dedicated to the city. Although you should be aware that this site (like most travel sites) is trying to sell you travel packages, event tickets, and the like, its “Guide to Las Vegas” has valuable tips for all types of visitors about where to go and what to do in Vegas. So whether you’re an Elvis fan, going to Las Vegas for a bachelor party, looking for family vacation tips, getting hitched in Vegas, or any number of other things, you’ll find a few pointers here.

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Going to Vegas certainly won’t win any awards for site design but the travel tips are helpful. Get advice on how to stay safe in the city, tipping etiquette, attractions you shouldn’t miss, and transportation information.

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Tips for Las Vegas travel from well-known travel sites and guidebooks …

Fodor’s Web site offers a taste of content from its travel guide books. In the Las Vegas section you’ll find the usual collection of when to go and what to do, as well as a list of free attractions and some Las Vegas Lingo to get you speaking like a Vegas veteran.

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TripAdvisor is one of the most well organized user-review travel sites. Take a look at the traveler articles about neighborhoods, transportation, and other tips in the left navigation bar (hotels, overview, user photos and videos, and more). Because TripAdvisor compiles ratings and recommendations in an easy-to-consume way, it’s a great place to get an idea of the general atmosphere and level of satisfaction of other travelers for a particular attraction, hotel, or other Vegas spot. If you visit only one user-review site, this should be it.

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VirtualTourist has user tips for Las Vegas attractions. Scroll past the ads at the top of the page to read what other travelers (and users living in Las Vegas) have to say about what to do and where to go. Your biggest problem here is going to be choosing which of the hundreds of tips you’ll read. Have an idea of what sort of tips you’re looking for (about your specific hotel, about what to see downtown, or day trips from Vegas, for example) before you get started or the selection can be overwhelming.

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Major festivals and events in Las Vegas …

VEGAS.com has a month-by-month schedule of major events (boxing matches, busy holiday weekends, conferences, big concerts, and so on) so that you can plan your trip to Las Vegas around what you want to do there.

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Las Vegas newspapers …

Las Vegas Sun is a daily paper with a very user-friendly Web site. Take a look at the “Multimedia” section to get the news in pictures and video; the site also has quite a collection of staff blogs. Tourists will find the “A&E” section particularly useful for entertainment recommendations.

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The Las Vegas Review-Journal is the city’s has a daily circulation of about 160,000. Read what’s going on in Vegas and the surrounding area or check out the “Best of Las Vegas” to find out what to do and see in the city.

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