Great deals on Las Vegas bundle packages

Bundle your vacation air and hotel reservations to Las Vegas into one package and save on both.

Las Vegas bundles are plentiful this season. With the decline in Las Vegas tourism, there's a scramble to come up with ways to fill empty rooms, restaurants and seats.

Airlines, like Southwest Air, have teamed up with Las Vegas hotels to provide several bundled Las Vegas vacation packages.

Online travel agencies also have developed Las Vegas packages to take advantage of dropping airfare and hotel rates. Because hotels and airlines are discounting their rates, those savings are passed on to the travel agencies.

There are several ways to bundle a package trip.

Book airfare, hotel room, and if needed, car rental and attractions through one source or book your own bundle through online travel services. Some great bargains can be found by researching both options.

Ways to find a vacation package to Las Vegas

• Bundle a complete package with air, hotel and other accomodations through a mutil-travel service like Southwest Airlines Vacations (SAV). Select your flight schedule, hotel aind information about the Vegas activity you want, like KA by Cirque du Soleil, Love, Blue Man Group, Mystére or take a Las Vegas Night on the town tour, add a wedding, spa or shopping package. Arrange ground transportation on the Strip and off the Strip or arrange for car rental options through Alamo, Hertz, National, or Dollar Rental. Choose flight + hotel, with or without a car, or just a hotel. All reseverations are made in one place in this method.
• Piece together a bundled vacation package through online discount services like Travelocity, Expedia, Priceline or Hotwire. Through this option, you reserve air, hotel and car yourself. Often these travel services will have a short term discount when you book a specific airline and hotel stay.Travelocity specializes in hotel + flight deals. Add attractions and tours through other web sites. Extras like admission to shows, and ground transportation will have to be booked separately.
• Book directly with the source. Check rates with airlines like Delta Air Lines, book your own hotel room and catch the next shuttle after you get off the plane. Quite often, you can even save more when you book with the source since the middleman if out of the picture.

Vacation packages, prepared by a third party like SAV, can often save more money since the company has its own airlines and can make bulk arrangements with the hotels and their venues.

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