Restaurant week in Vegas and plenty of hot hotel deals on the strip

A destination known as a great place to get in trouble (it does, after all, have the nickname of Sin City), not everyone immediately thinks of great restaurants when they think of Las Vegas. However, in a city that was built around entertainment, hotels, resorts, nightclubs and keeping visitors busy, there are also some of the country’s best restaurants featuring some of the best chefs in the industry.

This is exactly why a trip to Las Vegas’ restaurant week this year might be well worth your time. Lately Vegas has also been offering up some pretty insane deals for hotels on the strip (once $500 suites are now going for as little as $139 at the Wynn), which means you could go on a Vegas vacation for about half of what you may have spent just a year ago. Southwest Airlines Vacations. Indulge for less with great rates on vacation packages to Las Vegas

With Vegas taking an especially hard hit in the suffering economy, it seems that almost everything in Sin City is on sale these days. Whether you are in search of cheap flights to Vegas or a steal of a deal on a Vegas hotel, you should have no problem finding deep discounts right now. If you want to attend Restaurant Week in Vegas, but are worried about it being a little too hard on your wallet, check out the complete list of participating restaurants and meal prices.

You can also save some extra dollars on your trip by booking a Vegas vacation package. With many hotel + flight combos being offered up for as little as under $200, there are some great Vegas travel deals out there for everyone. Plus, after a weekend of watching great Vegas shows (and scoring cheap Vegas show tickets), eating at some of the country’s best restaurants (all in the name of charity) and partying it up at the Vegas clubs, you’ll be glad you forked out the cash for a weekend getaway to Sin City.