Seeing as it's your first time booking a holiday, you might find it better to book with a company that can arrange the flight times for you - and the hotels or maybe just the flights - try http://www.americas4u.co.uk/, they also have lots of info about the locations.

Maybe have a look at the hotel reviews on this site and http://www.tripadvisor.com to help you choose your accommodation.

Reviews HERE. Let me know if you'd like any hotels added

Pippy

how much do you think i should be expecting to pay for 2 people, inc hotels?

is there any other sites like travelzoo that post deals for holidays?

we have just missed on a good deals to miami, we left it to late to book it, and it fully booked, really really disappointed....

now i am desperate, we need to find something in the USA for 10 days and the budget is £1200 maximum....

where do i look

Flights are very expensive around that time. You may be wiser to leave it very late and try and pick up a bargain?

TC

i've been looking at late deals currently.... for example if i wanted to go during this week, the prices are the same....

am i looking in the right place?
what is the best route? should i stick with the major high street agents, or should i find flights and hotels myself? will i make a saving....

are there any other destinations in the USA, that are having late deals?

You normally save money if you book things yourself.

For instance, you could get a week in the MGM Grand hotel in Vegas from the 27th July for 7 nights, for £364. that's for the room so you don't have to pay per person.
The problem may be finding a cheap flight now that fuel is so expensive.

On lastminute.com they have a week in Vegas staying at Circus Circus for £763 per person. Better hotels push the price up a bit. I'd keep an eye on sites such as these for package deals to anywhere

http://www.ebookers.com
http://www.virginholidays.co.uk
http://www.expedia.co.uk
http://www.lastminute.com

For flights, watch
http://www.airline-network.co.uk
http://opodo.co.uk
http://www.flightcentre.co.uk/

Cheers,

TC

On that sort of budget you might get a package with Mytravel to Vegas? Have you tried their website? The fly from at least Manchester at that time of year. We did that the first time we went to Vegas and we got for £499 each. Was a good deal at the time.

Also if you're on a budget, Orleans is a good hotel. Try http://www.expedia.co.uk as well and search 'flight+hotel' you get a discount for booking both together.