No comments about Rand Mcnally N. Las Vegas/The Strip, Nevada.

1 comments about Frommer's Las Vegas 2000 (City Annual).

1. This compact travel guide is packed to the gills with excellent information for the novis or perennial pilgrim to Las Vegas. It contains loads of new information for those who own other editions as recent as the 1999 version. Herczog's comments are informative and reliable--you can tell if you'll want to go to a particular restaurant or casino from her descriptions. This guide is indispensable to me (since I always run out of time to see all I want to see in Las Vegas). It's a great complement to Saehler's UNOFFICIAL GUIDE TO LAS VEGAS. Also this year, see an excellent chapter of webs sites at the end of the book. (I believe your photo shows the 1999 edition, however.)

No comments about The Unofficial Guide to Las Vegas 1995 (Unofficial Guide to Las Vegas).

3 comments about Best Places Las Vegas.

1. I recently took my first "adult" trip to Las Vegas a few weeks ago and this was one of the books I purchased for my trip. It's loaded with information, but I felt that Mr. Reza concentrated more on scope, than giving us any real depth or accuracy to his entries. Often, I found myself at odds with some of his recommendations and his writing style just reeked of strained, quasi-urbane hipness and attitude. I don't want to be too critical of the book, I certainly have to admire Mr. Reza's ambition for covering so much ground in his travel guide, but I felt that whatever he suggested wasn't also recommended in some of the other cheaper, better travel guides that I had with me on my trip.



2. I think the only review posted here was a little generous. This book is way to overpriced for the "places" they suggest. Really, there's nothing in the book that you can't find elswhere on the web. Another problem, and this really turned me off, is the fact that this writer has such a GUSHY STYLE! I almost felt he went to the various vendors to have THEM write the entries for their stores or cafes. Sure the author covers a lot of ground, but I go for quality, not quantity.



3. If you take the time to read the introduction to this book, you'll find that the editor put together an experienced team of writers for this (first) edition of Best Places Las Vegas, many of whom are Las Vegas natives or almost so. Too often, guidebooks are written by people who fly into a place for four to six weeks, learn as much as they can (which is not much) and then bang out a book based on that and a little follow up research. Not so with this book; truly, it reads almost more valuable for a resident than a visitor, as most visitors are tourists who are looking for guides on how to be a tourist, not insider information. Mr. Reza has also written and edited for Time Out Guides, a series I adore and trust, so I think it's better to take into consideration that while the writing styles (of all the authors) found in this book may not be YOUR style, the information is accurate from a local perspective!

No comments about Lonely Planet Best Of Las Vegas (Lonely Planet Encounter Las Vegas).

1 comments about Las Vegas: 16 Hotel and Casinos, 5 Theme Restaurants (Shop Design Series).

1. i like to own this book for my future interior and exterior design.
   ------Kenny the designer

No comments about Rand McNally Las Vegas Easyfinder.

5 comments about Access Las Vegas 5e (Access Las Vegas).

1. While I have enjoyed the compact format of Access Las Vegas with its color-coded run-down's of various restaurants, casinos and hotels in the past, I found this edition to be slightly out-of-date, especially in the section on shows (featuring several that closed or changed stars prior to January 2000). I enjoyed the featured "Bests" comments by local Las Vegas personalities and trivia boxes with interesting Vegas facts. However, [..] for 140 pages [..] I found this to be a little pricey.



2. In 1996 I purchased several books about Las Vegas for a trip I was planning. I found that the third edition of this book, Access Las Vegas, was a great source of information. I found the maps and the information cross referenced to them especially helpful. Plus the size of the book made it very easy to take along as you explored Las Vegas. Since I was highly impressed with the 3rd edition I decided to purchase an updated book for our up coming trip.

   Upon looking thru the book for the additions to the ever-changing landscape of The Strip, it became apparent that the map of the strip was filled with errors. Based on their map the Monte Carlo was built on the site of New York New York. The MGM Grand has moved east on Tropicana Ave. New York New York has moved to the site of the Tropicana and the Tropicana has moved off of the map. The Excalibur, Luxor and Mandalay Bay are not even referenced on the map. The majority of the maps cross-references for the Strip are inaccurate. Did anyone with any knowledge of Las Vegas check these maps before they were published? If the maps are this inaccurate what other information is incomplete or inaccurate? It is a real shame for what was a great vacation guide to become useless. I am highly disappointed in that Mr. Wurman produced in this 5th edition.

   I went to the Access Guides web site to see if they posted corrected maps for this book. Unfortunately they have not made corrections available. I looked for a way to email them about the problems with their book. However they did not offer that option.

   For correct maps of Las Vegas visit the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority web site. There are numerous other Las Vegas web sites with very useful information. My recommendation is to skip the book and use the web sites.




3. I am a fan of the Access Guides because of their unique format, which divides a city into neighborhoods and then describes specific buildings, but this particular guide is a disaster. With this format, the neighborhood maps are especially important, and the most important of all - the map of the Strip - is riddled with errors. I counted 19 key buildings that were incorrectly located on this one map, including such landmarks as Caesars Palace, Bellagio, Paris, Aladdin, New York New York, MGM, and Tropicana. The New Frontier, a Strip hotel, is shown as being on Industrial Road! Who edited this debacle?
   
   At the time I am writing this (early 2005), this 2000 edition is the most recent version available. It is shorter than the others in the Access series, about 140 pages, of which 20 pages are devoted to gambling tips. Coverage of the Strip and Downtown is thorough (if you can figure out where things are located), but outlying neighborhoods get less attention when compared to other guides in the Access series.



4. We love the Access series travel guides and have been using them since 1988. Typically they are just absolutely great, we actually always buy one before traveling anywhere. They normally have maps of all locations in the book as well as convenient transportation maps, often times a mass transit route. This one did not have the tram service or trolley route, and our hotel although mentioned was not on the map. It also said that taxis were expensive when they were actually competitive to the mass transit and quicker. Normally Access does an especially good job of highlighting interest such as architecture and great restaurants. When we went looking for one restraunt it wasn't there. This is the first Access guide that has been a disappointment to us. There were many errors that we could not trust the map in the book. My husband actually said that we should get our money back.
   We had just used the Los Angeles Access and were just as happy as we always have been with Access. The Las Vegas Access is just a dud. Every other one we bought we great.



5. The Access series tends to be a great series of guide books and the Las Vegas book is well done for 2000 but it is 2007 and the amount of changes in Las Vegas has me begging for a complete overhaul and update to this book ASAP!

No comments about Las Vegas, 2nd Edition (Tourist Town Guides).

No comments about Econoguide Las Vegas, 4th: Also Includes Reno, Lake Tahoe, and Laughlin (Econoguide Series).