I went to hotwire years ago and got 5 nights 4 days in Excaliber which is literaly next door to tropicana, MGM, luxor, New York New York. It was 550 per person round trip with hotel included. i think i set aside like 800 total or somewhere close but i ended up wining on Slots funny enough. 30 here 60 there and then last night there i hit like 400 someodd bucks. day after i got home i tokk all that cash and stuck it back int eh bank and i was within 10 bucks of before i even bought the ticket.
I think im the only person i know thats been to vegas and literaly broke dead even. trip included.
Only advise is first form a money system. I set aside like 100 a day or something like that and stuck it in my pocket and had no intention of getting any more or bringing any of that money back to the hotel. Made the experience easier to deal with and more fun. Secondly go for as long as you can the hotels are amazing, we were there for 4 days and never even saw grand canyon, or Old vegas that you see in the movies.
Best trip ever.