Orbitz is pleased to offer airline tickets on America West Arilines, which operates a daily non-stop flight from Houston (IAH) to Las Vegas (LAS) regularly scheduled to depart at 9:48pm and arrive at 11:08pm. Usually a Canadair Regional Jet 900 is flown for this route. The average travel time from Houston, TX to Las Vegas, NV is 3 hours and 20 minutes.

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Regularly Scheduled Flights to Las Vegas (LAS) from Houston (IAH)
				Daily Non-Stops		Select Non-Stop		Earliest Flight		Last Flight
	America West Arilines			1		-		9:48pm		9:48pm
	COPA			3		-		2:30pm		10:50pm
	Continental Airlines			3		-		2:30pm		10:50pm
	Northwest Airlines			3		-		2:30pm		10:50pm
	US Airways			-		1		10:00pm		10:00pm

During your Las Vegas vacation, don't miss these great establishments and attractions:

TI at The Mirage
We really loved it when this place was a casino set in Disneyland's Pirates of the Caribbean -- or so it seemed. It doesn't seem like a big deal, the loss of those pirate chests dripping gold, jewels, and skulls with eye patches, but with the removal of the theme, this is now just a very nice casino. But it is that, so you should come here. Players club members can earn points toward meals, services, show tickets, and cash rebates at any of the MGM MIRAGE hotels, including The Mirage, MGM Grand, and more.There are nonsmoking gaming tables in each pit. A race and sports book boasts state-of-the-art electronic information boards and TV monitors at every seat, as well as numerous large-screen monitors.

Green Valley Ranch Resort
Probably too far for the average traveler to drive -- after all, when there is a casino just steps (or floors) away from your hotel room (and between you and anywhere in the world apart from your hotel room), to say nothing of several dozen more within a few blocks of your hotel room, you may be disinclined to drive out to one that is isolated from many other decent casinos. But given that this is a swank resort (or at least, trying to be), that it's smallish and elegant, that it's got a happening, decadent bar with girls prancing in go-go boots right in the center, and that more bars attracting the young and beautiful and well-heeled are opening here, you might want to make a visit, just to see the scene. And they have penny slots. Go figure.

Black Mountain Golf & Country Club
Two new greens have recently been added to this 27-hole, par-72 semiprivate course, which requires reservations 4 days in advance. It's considered a great old course, with lots of wildlife, including roadrunners. However, unpredictable winds may affect your game.Yardage: 6,550 championship, 6,223 regular, and 5,518 ladies.Facilities: Pro shop, putting green, driving range, restaurant, snack bar, and cocktail lounge.

Make your reservations for discount hotel rooms in the Las Vegas area, including:

Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino
Rio bills itself as a "carnival" atmosphere hotel, which in this case means hectic, crowded, and noisy, and the recent edict requiring the already Most Scantily Clad Waitresses in Town to burst into song and dance in between delivering beers. The newer section, the Masquerade Village, is actually pretty pleasant, with a very high ceiling, but the older section's low ceilings only seem to accentuate how crowded the area is in both the number of people and the amount of stuff (slot machines, gaming tables, and so on). All this party atmosphere, by the way, is strictly for adults; the hotel actively discourages guests from bringing children.The rooms are touted because of their size. Every one is a "suite," which does not mean two separate rooms, but rather one large room with a sectional, corner sofa, and coffee table at one end. The dressing areas are certainly larger than average and feature a number of extra amenities, such as refrigerators (unusual for a Vegas hotel room) and small snacks. Windows, running the whole length of the room, are floor to ceiling, with a pretty impressive view of The Strip, Vegas, or the mountains (depending on which way you're facing). The furniture doesn't feel like hotel-room standard, but otherwise the decor is fairly bland.Rosemary's at the Rio, a new version of one of our favorite restaurants in town, Fiore, and the hotel's first-rate buffet are described in chapter 6. You might consider checking out the Wine Cellar Tasting Room, which bills itself as "the world's largest and most extensive collection of fine wines," and hyperbole aside, it's certainly impressive and a must-do for any wine aficionado.Penn & Teller, the smartest show in town, is reviewed in Nightlife, as is the Voodoo Lounge, Bikinis, and Club Rio. The missable Scintas also do a regular act, while we adore the unpredictable antics produced by the improv dinner show Tony & Tina's Wedding. The casino, alas, is dark and claustrophobic. In case you missed the party/carnival theme, there is a rather bizarre live-action show called The Masquerade Show in the Sky. It is presented Thursday through Tuesday at 3:30, 4:30, 5:30, 7, 8, 9, and 10pm. Sets modeled after Mardi Gras floats (sort of) move on grids set in the ceiling, filled with costumed performers who lip-sync to music designed to rev up the crowd but doesn't continue the theme (swing selections, for example). These floats are best viewed from the second floor of the village. Down below, dancers do their thing on a stage, while even stranger costumes (ostriches, dragons, and so on) prance next to them. Guests can also don costumes and ride a float, but you have to pay for the privilege.Out back is a pool with a sandy beach, and two new pools in imaginative fish and shell shapes that seem inviting until you get up close and see how small they are. It could be especially disappointing after you have braved the long, cluttered walk (particularly from the new tower rooms) to get there. Three whirlpool spas nestle amid rocks and foliage, there are two sand-volleyball courts, and blue-and-white-striped cabanas (equipped with rafts and misting coolers) can be rented for $100 and up per day. The 18-hole championship Rio Secco golf course was designed by Rees Jones.Facilities: Casino; showrooms; 13 restaurants; 4 outdoor pools; golf course; health club and spa; Jacuzzi; sauna; video arcade; concierge; car-rental desk; business center; shopping arcade; 24-hr. room service; in-room massage; laundry service; dry cleaning; nonsmoking rooms; executive-level rooms.

Circus Circus Hotel/Casino
The last bastion of family-friendly Las Vegas -- indeed, for years, the only hotel with such an open mind. But even it isn't what it ought to be, thanks to a reconfiguring a few years ago that took the pervasive (and for some, nightmare-inducing) Jumbo the Clown decorating scheme and turned it into somewhat more tasteful, more commedia dell'arte Harlequins. Like everyone else, even the venerable Circus Circus, once the epitome of kitsch, is trying to be taken more seriously.That is not to say this is an adult atmosphere; the circus theme remains and the kid appeal along with it. (Which is also not to say that you should confuse this with a theme-park hotel. All the circus fun is still built around a busy casino.) The midway level features dozens of carnival games, a large arcade (more than 300 video and pinball games), trick mirrors, and ongoing circus acts under the big top from 11am to midnight daily. The world's largest permanent circus (according to the Guinness Book of World Records), it features renowned trapeze artists, stunt cyclists, jugglers, magicians, acrobats, and high-wire daredevils. Spectators can view the action from much of the midway or get up close and comfy on benches in the performance arena. There's a "be-a-clown" booth where kids can be made up with washable clown makeup and red foam-rubber noses. They can grab a bite to eat in McDonald's (also on this level), and since the mezzanine overlooks the casino action, they can also look down and wave to Mom and Dad -- or more to the point, Mom and Dad can look up and wave to the kids without having to stray too far from the blackjack table. Circus clowns wander the midway creating balloon animals and cutting up in various ways.The thousands of rooms here occupy sufficient acreage to warrant a free Disney World-style aerial shuttle (another kid pleaser) and minibuses connecting its many components. Tower rooms have newish, just slightly better-than-average furnishings, and offer safes and TVs with in-house information and gaming-instruction stations. The Manor section comprises five white, three-story buildings out back, fronted by rows of cypresses. Manor guests can park at their doors, and a gate to the complex that can be opened only with a room key assures security. These rooms are usually among the least expensive in town, but we've said it before and we'll say it again: You get what you pay for. A renovation of these rooms added a coat of paint and some new photos on the wall, but not much else. All sections of this vast property have their own swimming pools; additional casinos serve the main tower and sky-rise buildings; and both towers provide covered parking garages.Adjacent to the hotel is Circusland RV Park, with 384 full-utility spaces and up to 50-amp hookups. It has its own 24-hour convenience store, swimming pools, saunas, whirlpools, kiddie playground, fenced pet runs, video-game arcade, and community room. The rate is $17 and up Sunday to Thursday, $19 and up Friday and Saturday.The very reasonably priced Pink Pony is Circus Circus's cheerful bubble-gum-pink-and-bright-red 24-hour eatery, with big paintings of clowns on the walls and pink pony carpeting. It offers a wide array of coffee-shop fare, including a number of specially marked "heart-smart" (low-fat, low-cholesterol) items. For gorging, there's always the Circus Circus Buffet.In addition to the ongoing circus acts, there's also the upgraded Adventuredome indoor theme park out back. There are three full-size casinos, all crowded and noisy, where you can gamble while trapeze acts take place overhead.Facilities: Casino; circus acts; wedding chapel; 8 restaurants; 2 outdoor pools; midway-style carnival games; video arcade; tour desk; car-rental desk; shopping arcade; 24-hr. room service; laundry service; dry cleaning; nonsmoking rooms; executive-level rooms.

Golden Nugget
The Golden Nugget opened in 1946 as the first building in Las Vegas constructed specifically for casino gambling. Steve Wynn, who is basically responsible for the "new" Vegas hotel look, took the Golden Nugget over as his first major project in Vegas in 1973. He gradually transformed the Old West/Victorian interiors (typical for Downtown) into something more high rent; marble and brass gleam, and the whole package seems considerably more resortlike and genuinely luxurious, especially for downtown Vegas. The sunny interior spaces are a welcome change from the Las Vegas tradition of dim artificial lighting. Don't forget their mascot (well, it ought to be): the world's largest gold nugget. The Hand of Faith nugget weighs in at 61 pounds, 11 ounces, and is on display for all to see.If the decor of The Mirage sounds appealing to you and you want to stay Downtown, come here, because until recently the same people owned them and the rooms look almost identical -- in fact, when The Mirage redid its rooms from a beige palette to a more vividly hued one, the Golden Nugget had the exact same remodel. In the North Tower, the rooms are slightly larger than in the South (and also slightly larger than at The Mirage). You don't have to walk through the casino to get to your room, but you do have to walk a distance to get to the pool. During the winter, they put up a pavilion over part of the pool-deck space to allow for more interior space. The presence of the pool, and general overall quality, makes this the best hotel Downtown for families; the other Downtowners seem geared toward the much older set and/or the single-minded gambler set.The Nugget's superb buffets and Sunday brunch are described in chapter 6. Oh, and yes, there is a casino (don't think they'd forget that!).The Nugget's top-rated health club ($15-per-day fee to use the facilities) offers a full line of Universal equipment, Lifecycles, stair machines, treadmills, rowing machines, free weights, steam sauna, tanning beds, and massage. Salon treatments include everything from leg waxing to seaweed-mask facials. Free Sebastian products are available for sprucing up afterward. The spa's opulent Palladian-mirrored foyer is modeled after a room in New York's Frick Museum.Note: As this guide went to press, MGM MIRAGE sold the Golden Nugget and there were no indications for the new owners' specific plans for the property.