LAS VEGAS, THE STRIP: Las Vegas hotel rooms are notoriously expensive. Gone are the days where you just put a couple of Dollars on a crazy wheels slot machine and your accommodation is free. Stuck between paying the sky high peak summer prices for a mediocre budget hotel room at a classic centre of the strip hotel like Flamingo, which wanted $220 a night, and the semi-luxurious The Cosmopolitan for just $100 more, I opted for the latter. Very few Las Vegas hotel rooms have a balcony like The Cosmo, plus I've never stayed at this end of the strip before. A night of reveling in a luxurious jacuzzi overlooking the famous fountains of The Bellagio would do me good I reasoned.... So did my room at The Cosmopolitan justify the insane price tag?