1 – Golden Gate(1, Freemont Street) was never an option for us in the past because, although cheap, its rooms were tiny and very much ‘old’ motel style throughout. Today they have remodelled all their 106 bedrooms; the outcome is that it is much, much better than it used to be. Now you can enjoy very comfortable beds and mattresses, flat screen TVs, mp3 players in your rooms, all the modern comforts one expects from a good hotel. The rooms are obviously still small in general although they all vary in size a little. Those facing Freemont Street can be noisy of course, since they face the busiest area of Freemont Street (but if you like the party atmosphere this may be for you); however, if noise is an issue for you opting for a back room will be a solution. It’s not a resort, but it does have a casino on the ground floor.

All in all, if you want to stay downtown for a really great price (we pay, on average, twenty dollars per night here!)Golden Gate is probably one of the very best options for you, given that the rooms are actually all properly remodelled. Only if you absolutely require a gym or a pool is this not a good option, since this hotel and casino is not a full-blown resort.

2)If the size of the room is paramount to you then El Cortez (600, Freemont Street) has the largest rooms in Sin City, thought they have not been remodelled (yet). One annex does have remodelled rooms (I will call them suites since all El Cortez rooms are indeed suites), and the other annex has large but ‘traditional-style’ suites (the furniture is not modern, but all in all they are clean and in very good order through and through).

Another great aspect is that they have a decent exercise room which is open 24 hours, a real rarity since most resorts and casinos want you to play rather than keep yourself fit. We really love this aspect of El Cortez.

By Jules Monty

Thinking of going for a holiday in Goa? So, your friends who often go vacationing well know the tricks of a cost effective trip and they have advised you how to go about. If you have chosen a package trip for your holiday in Goa, you have taken the right decision. Packages stays do differ; those offered by travel portals offer complete conveniences right from return flights, stay in hotels, sight seeing, food, and related paraphernalia. You may also opt buying a package for holiday in Goa from a hotel chain; in such a package, you get only cost effective accommodation facilities inclusive of other facilities which again depend from hotel to hotel.

Goa can be visited any month of the year but the best period is the current period which will continue till February. The peak season starts from the middle of September. The weather turns pleasant and you will love just loitering in the sea beach and take part in water adventure sports. Today, it is quite common for vacationers to plan for holiday in Goa for a cost effective stay.

There are hotel chains that run hotels in Goa, hotels in Bangalore, hotels in Delhi, and also in other cities. Facilities offered is the same in all with few exclusive facilities offered in counted few branches. For example, golf playing conveniences may be offered in the Goa hotel but the same may not be availed in the other branches. At counted few hotels, you can avail other elite conveniences such as private air carrier services, kids club, baby sitting facilities, spa treatments, and the list goes on.

No matter whether you are staying in one of the finest hotels in Bangalore or one of the choicest hotels in Delhi, what you will want as a swimmer is a temperature controlled swimming pool where you can spend some leisure time and relax at ease. You will obviously want a café at the poolside. Only a counted few hotels in Delhi and hotels in Bangalore offer such ‘all weather’ swimming pools with poolside cafes.

By Jena K Smith