Las Vegas vacation costs: stay, eat, get around (2026)

Budget

• Ellis Island a downtown-adjacent room, often about $60–120 a night before the resort fee and before 13.5% lodging tax. The walk is the product.
• The LINQ or Flamingo a Center-Strip bed, often about $80–180 midweek before a resort fee of about $35–55.
• Hampton Inn Tropicana south Strip, often about $90–160 before the fee. One bus or one rideshare reaches the fountains.
• Circa downtown, often about $100–200 midweek before the fee. Fremont is outside the door.

Mid-range

• Park MGM no-casino-smoke tower, often about $150–280 midweek before a resort fee of about $35–55 and before 13.5% tax. You can walk to the fountains.
• New York-New York Center-Strip walk, often about $120–250 before the same fee.
• Horseshoe Center-Strip, often about $100–220 midweek before the fee. Saturday is a different rate.
• The Venetian or Palazzo a bigger campus, often about $180–320 before the fee. You still walk.

Splurge

• Bellagio fountain-adjacent, often about $250–500 before a resort fee. The fountains themselves are free.
• Waldorf Astoria Las Vegas Center-Strip, often about $300–600, and the resort fee still exists.
• Wynn or Encore north Strip, often about $300–700. You will still walk or tram.
• Four Seasons Hotel Las Vegas Mandalay Bay campus, often about $350–700. Quieter, not a different city.

Budget

• Tacos El Gordo often about $12–16 a person, a short walk off the carpet.
• A Park MGM or Cosmopolitan food-hall plate often about $15–25. That is lunch.
• Ellis Island cafe if you are downtown breakfast often about $10–16.
• A comped well drink is not dinner. Budget the plate, often about $15–25 in a food hall.

Mid-range

• Mon Ami Gabi a Paris patio sit-down, often about $30–55 a person. One night.
• Esther's Kitchen or District One off the carpet, often about $25–45 a person.
• A Center-Strip casual lunch about $15–25 — on the days that are not the sit-down.
• Secret Pizza or a food-hall slice often about $6–10. It keeps the steakhouse off the weekday.

Splurge

• Bazaar Meat or Hell's Kitchen at Caesars one steakhouse night, often about $80–150 a person.
• Picasso or Guy Savoy a tasting that often runs about $150 and up. Book it, then eat from a hall the other nights.
• A buffet you actually wanted some still run about $40–70. It is the meal, not a daily default.
• A second steakhouse the next night another $80–150 — is how a cheap room becomes an expensive week.

Budget

• The Bellagio fountains and the conservatory $0.
• A Center-Strip walk from Park MGM to the fountains $0. This is the transit plan.
• The Deuce a 24-hour pass is about $8 if you do not want the walk.
• Fremont Street if you slept downtown the canopy is $0. A drink is often about $8–15.

Mid-range

• Mystère often starts near $70 a seat. One show.
• A residency at Dolby Live or a similar room often about $80–200 depending on the name. Pick one.
• Red Rock Canyon about $20 a vehicle, and only if that morning is why you rented a car.
• A rideshare to Fremont from Park MGM often about $15–25. It is not a reason to keep a car overnight.

Splurge

• O at the Bellagio often $100 and up, sometimes much more for a good seat. It is the show, not also Mystère.
• A nightclub table minimums often run $300 and up. That is a second ticket the same night.
• Valley of Fire a state-park vehicle fee, often about $10–15, on the morning the car exists.
• Hotel self-parking often about $20–30 a night — on a week you only walked.