First time travellers looking for suggestions

We are planning a trip to Atlantic City for the first time and thought we would start here in the forums for suggestions on where to stay.

We will be driving down from Canada. There will be a group of approximately 8 - 10 of us. We%26#39;re hoping to find a reasonably priced hotel without it being a ';dive';.

Anyone who has suggestions on a place they have stayed and enjoyed, we would love to hear about your experience.

Thanks,

Kelly

First time travellers looking for suggestions

When are you planning on coming?

First time travellers looking for suggestions

I guess that would have been helpful information to include LOL. We are planning on travelling mid September 2009.

Thanks,

Kelly

I trust that the lack of suggestions isn%26#39;t a sign that we should avoid AC? LOL

definetly not a sign to avoid ac.

im no expert but id suggest you read thru alot of the post going back awhile, its a common question and a valed one. things that will help get answers are things such as ...........do you want the boardwalk............are you wanting to gamble......

if you havent played in ac yet you probably wont get any special rates. but there should be plenty of post about nearby hotels. im no help because i go there to gamble and go with my wife,we seldom eat at the better restraunts or do much outside of the casinos,but im pretty certain more info on what your wanting to do when in ac will help or just reading back to older post will help as well

The lack of responses is an indication that most of the people on the board were in AC last weekend. Sorry, weekends get a little slow around here.

Please give more information. Do you want to stay at a casino? What is the age range of your group? What is reasonably prices? Any children with you? Do you like to gamble? Gourmet restaurants?

see i knew someone would come thru. i also thought afterwards about everyone being in ac when you posted the question

if you come down the garden state parkway and exit 40 towards absecon which is about 10 minutes outside a/c there are numerous, clean, reasonably priced, some major chains hotels and motels. i believe someone on the board probably has a link.

Here’s a link to places along route 30, about a 10-15 minute ride to the Boardwalk.

tripadvisor.com/Hotels-g29734-Absecon_New_Je…

There are also places along route 40, (Black Horse Pike), coming into town from the south side.

Prices should drop a lot after the prime summer season in mid September. Some casinos might also have some special deals by then.

I would check (and keep checking back) with each casino%26#39;s own website, after Labor Day the rates usually drop quite a bit and there are some great midweek deals...Good Luck...

There%26#39;s a banner at the top of this page for Tropicanna for $69 a night. During the summer the rates are usually higher than that. In September, there will probably be rates and special around the same. I%26#39;m sure that is mid week, so if you ar flexible, I%26#39;m sure you can find a good romm at a reasonable price in one of the casinos. Worth a few extra $$ to stay in a casino hotel. Good luck.

J