Las Vegas is a place to where you can spend a lot of money. Las Vegas is also place what you can save a lot of money. Now of course the rule is the closer you are to the strip the more you will pay in Las Vegas. However, there are always different tips and techniques that you can use to get really good deals; leaving you more money in your pocket to spend at the tables and on all the other exciting activities Las Vegas offers.

The first thing you want to do is visit a deal website. These websites specialize in finding all sorts of discounts for products, services and more. If you are trying to plan your Las Vegas vacation and get a great deal on a hotel, a deal websites may have just the type of discount. Popular deal websites include Fat Wallet, Slick Deals, Deal News, and Las Vegas Hotels Here. All you have to do when visiting the websites is enter "Las Vegas" and all hotels offering discounts will appear.

Another option is signing up for a Twitter account, if you do not have one already. Once you are signed up then follow all the Las Vegas hotels that you are interested in. Every Las Vegas hotel has a Twitter account and their feed will often offer all sorts of savings and discounts at their hotels.

If you plan on adding a flight to your package then the best way to go is with Southwest Airlines. Southwest offers a load of savings on trips for customers who use their airline for travel. However, when you do travel stay away from weekend flights. Weekend flights are always more expensive, then flying out on a weekday.

You can also join hotel mailing lists. Often time hotels will e-mail their subscribers hotel and package deals directly to their inbox. Not only is this a good way to get cheap rates on hotels but this allows you to get freebies such as club passes, discounts on show tickets, slot play and much more.

One of the more traditional ways of finding hotel deals for Las Vegas vacations is through a third-party travel website. These include websites like Kayak, Orbitz and Travelocity. On these websites you can find hotel deals based on destination and more. If you are flexible, last-minute deals is where you can save the most money on a Las Vegas hotel. A word of caution though, when using third-party travel websites is you are not always guaranteed the amount of beds in a room. So if you go this route it is always best to contact the hotel before you leave for your vacation to ensure you will have the right amount of beds that you will need for your trip.

For a few more tips, always plan your Las Vegas vacation around holidays and scheduled events. During these times Las Vegas hotel rates are more expensive and you will have a hard time finding a good deal during peak time. Something else to consider, is unless you know the hotel or the area that the hotel is in, it's always a good idea to use Google Maps to make sure that the hotel you have chosen is not in a bad area or is somewhere on the edge of the desert.