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Visitors traveling to Las Vegas this summer can bask in the sun – for free – at any number of the luxurious pools our hotels have to offer.  Coupled with enticing room rates during the summer months, guests can relax poolside while taking advantage of everything the Strip has to offer.  See below for a few examples…

Excalibur – Room rates starting at $31/night

A paradise fit for royalty, the Excalibur Pool doubled its size last year and now features four pools and 17 private cabanas, stocked with all the essentials to keep cool.  Steps away from the pool, Drenched offers causal poolside dining featuring all-American fare and a full-service bar.

MGM Grand – Room rates starting at $80/night

What makes the Grand Pool Complex Maximum Vegas? 5 swimming pools, 3 whirlpools, river and waterfalls – and like any exotic paradise, the Grand Pool Complex is surrounded by lush foliage, bridges, fountains and waterfalls.  Guests can continue over to WET REPUBLIC, a quintessential Vegas pool party combining the best elements of Vegas nightlife with supreme poolside amenities.  Hotel guests can enjoy free admission on select days/times.

Mandalay Bay – Room rates starting at $110/night

A perennial crowd favorite, Mandalay Bay Beach features 11 acres of aquatic relaxation including a wave pool, lazy river, three swimming pools, 2,700 tons of real sand and the only climate-controlled poolside gaming on The Strip.  Atop the three-story Beachside Casino, the Villas Soleil raise the bar for cabanas with spectacular views of Mandalay Bay Beach.

On a Sunday afternoon in Las Vegas, at the hottest pool party in town, the Hard Rock Hotel's Jack LaFleur is the man to know. The promotions director stands at the velvet rope, deciding who will shake their booties in the sun — and who won't.

"Only girls, send 'em up!" LaFleur barks as a stream of 20-something, bikini-clad women hop the line, leaving a couple of hundred frustrated men in their wake. "No more guys. It's out of control."

This is Rehab, Las Vegas' best-known, biggest and craziest pool party. In the 21 Sundays it will operate this year, hotel executives estimate that Rehab will rake in about $6 million — nearly $35,000 every hour it's open. As many as 3,000 tanned, toned and oil-slicked bodies find their way into Rehab each week, where they play swim-up blackjack, gulp down $17 cocktails served in 30-ounce plastic jugs and make out under waterfalls, on lounge chairs and, well, just about anywhere.

Since it began in 2004, Rehab has transformed Vegas' once-sleepy daytime scene into a "Girls Gone Wild" tableau of debauchery. Today, almost every major casino resort has nightclub operators managing its 21-and-over pools. They hire DJs to spin music and demand hefty cover charges. Rates vary by the weekend; on the cheapest days women pay $20, men $30.

Several resorts have separate "Euro-style," or top-optional, pools, with half-naked women cavorting in the water. This summer, both the Mirage and Venetian — heavyweights in the nightclub arena — have unveiled re-imagined pools.

"It's done a remarkable thing to the nightlife landscape," LaFleur said. "Day life? It's hard to even categorize it…. It's finding those ways to generate revenue. For a town that's been known exclusively for nightlife, this was extremely daring and off the charts."

The gamble is paying off.

By 8:30 a.m., a ghastly hour by Vegas standards, people are already lining up outside Rehab, even though the pool doesn't open until 11. "It's almost like a 'Star Wars' premiere," LaFleur said. "They sit down. They hold that spot in front."

Others, like Lisa Tully, a nursing manager from North Carolina, show up a bit later — and flash a little flesh to guarantee access.

"As soon as we pulled the cover-ups off, they said, 'Bam. Come up here,' " said the 38-year-old, who sported a pierced belly button and a black bikini dotted with rhinestones.

The truly flush fork over $1,200 for a season pass — even if they plan to visit only a couple of times.

I'll be there myself this sunday once again with a few of my girlfriends so if your in vegas or close by i'd really recommend that you make the trip for Rehab because if you dont come at least once to witness the madness

yourself then you really are missing out on the hottest pool party in the U.S. hands down

Holly