11 Nights Las Vegas, Los Angeles & Dominican Republic

What does the Las Vegas, LA and Dominican Republic trip include, and what does it cost?

Eleven nights. Three nights in Las Vegas at The LINQ or similar 4★, three in Los Angeles at The Godfrey Hollywood or similar 4★, and five in Punta Cana at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino or similar 5★ on an all-inclusive basis. Return UK flights and the internal flights between all three are included. ATOL protection under licence 10713 applies and a £99 per person deposit holds it. Meals in Vegas and LA, shows, car hire, the ESTA and travel insurance are not included.

How does this compare with our Cancún version?

We run two trips with almost the same shape, and the differences are worth understanding before you choose on price.

This one is fifty pounds cheaper and a night shorter, with a 4★ rather than 5★ Vegas base. The Cancún version gives you an extra beach night and a better-known Vegas hotel. Neither is obviously the better buy — it depends whether the Vegas property or the sixth beach night matters more to you.

What you will actually do

In Las Vegas, The LINQ sits centrally on the Strip with the High Roller observation wheel attached to it. Three nights is the right length — Las Vegas is tremendous fun for about seventy-two hours and hard work after that. Beyond the Strip, the Hoover Dam is roughly forty minutes away and the Grand Canyon’s west rim is a long day out.

In Los Angeles, The Godfrey Hollywood puts you near the Walk of Fame and within reach of Griffith Observatory, which is the single best thing to do in LA and free. Three nights covers Hollywood, Santa Monica and Venice, and one more day for either the Malibu coast or the museums. Los Angeles is spread out, so transport shapes what those three days can hold.

In Punta Cana, the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino sits on the Dominican Republic’s east coast, where the beaches are long, pale and lined with palms. Five all-inclusive nights after six nights of American cities is the point of the trip rather than an afterthought.

When is the best time to go?

January is the cheapest month, and it is also one of the best. The Dominican Republic is in its dry season, Las Vegas is cool enough to walk the Strip comfortably, and Los Angeles is mild. That combination of lowest price and good conditions across all three stops does not happen often.

July is the most expensive and the hardest work — Las Vegas in July regularly exceeds 40°C, which genuinely limits what three nights there can be.

Atlantic hurricane season runs 1 June to 30 November, with September and October most active. The Dominican Republic sits within that zone, so travel insurance matters more in those months.

Three stops in eleven nights means two internal moves, and in the United States those are airport days rather than train journeys. Security, bag drop and the drive to the terminal take most of a morning each time, so treat travel days as half days when you plan.

The Dominican leg is the rest. After Las Vegas and Los Angeles, an all-inclusive beach resort is not an anticlimax — it is what makes the first two thirds of the trip survivable, and it is the right way round.

What changes your price?

• The month. January at its cheapest against July at its dearest across the same eleven nights.
• How the nights split. Three, three and five is standard; more beach and less city usually costs less to run.
• Departure airport. Priced from the UK, with the routing and any regional supplement confirmed at enquiry.
• Room grade. All three properties are as named or similar; suites in Vegas and swim-up or ocean-view categories in Punta Cana are quoted individually.
• What you spend in the cities. Six nights across Vegas and LA is the largest uncontrolled cost, before shows or car hire.

Who this holiday suits

• Couples and friends who want a loud start and a quiet finish.
• Anyone who wants Las Vegas but would find a week there too much.
• Travellers who want the last third of the trip to cost nothing extra.
• First-time visitors to the American west who also want a Caribbean beach.
• People happy to move twice in eleven nights for three genuinely different places.

Who might prefer something else

• Want a road trip? This is three fixed bases connected by flights, not a drive.
• If Las Vegas does not appeal, three of eleven nights is a significant share and there is no version without it.
• Want everything included? Six of the eleven nights are not, in two expensive cities.
• Prefer a longer beach? Our Vegas, LA and Cancún trip gives six nights rather than five for £1,999.
• If July or August are fixed, that is peak price and extreme desert heat together.
• Still weighing it up? Compare this against every one of our multi-centre holidays.
• If this is nearly right, look at our 7 Nights New York & Barbados Twin Centre too before you decide.

Ways to upgrade

All quoted at enquiry against your dates.

• A suite or higher tower in Las Vegas, or a different Strip property
• A Santa Monica or beachside base in Los Angeles rather than Hollywood
• Swim-up, ocean-view or suite categories in Punta Cana
• Car hire in Los Angeles, which changes what three nights can cover
• Grand Canyon or Hoover Dam trips booked in advance
• Extra nights in Punta Cana, or a fourth stop such as San Francisco

What is not included?

• Meals and drinks in Las Vegas and Los Angeles — only the Punta Cana leg is all inclusive.
• Shows and entertainment in Vegas, which is much of the reason to be there.
• Car hire in Los Angeles, plus fuel and parking.
• The ESTA, $40.27 per person including children, required before you fly.
• The Dominican E-Ticket, which is free but must be completed online before arrival and again before departure.
• Excursions and anything outside the all-inclusive list in Punta Cana.
• Travel insurance, which matters both for US healthcare costs and for hurricane season.

Getting there and getting between

Return UK flights and the internal flights between Las Vegas, Los Angeles and Punta Cana are all on the same booking. Las Vegas is around ten and a half hours from the UK, Vegas to LA about an hour, and LA to Punta Cana a long day with a connection. Nevada and California run eight hours behind the UK; the Dominican Republic is five behind.

The Strip is walkable if you accept that everything is further than it looks. Los Angeles is not walkable in any meaningful sense. Punta Cana’s airport transfer is short, which is a genuine advantage after a long travel day.

Entry requirements for UK travellers

Checked against GOV.UK foreign travel advice on 17 September 2026. We re-confirm before you travel.

United States: an ESTA is required before you fly, costing $40.27 and valid two years. Every traveller needs their own, including children, and it applies to transit as well as entry.

Dominican Republic: no visa, but the limit is 30 days rather than the 90 most Caribbean islands allow — comfortably beyond this trip, but shorter than people assume. An E-Ticket is mandatory: a combined customs declaration and entry form completed online up to seven days before you arrive, which produces a QR code for check-in and the border. You need it in both directions.

On passports, GOV.UK currently states that until 31 December 2026 a British passport need only remain valid for the duration of your visit. That end date is explicit in the advice, so if you are travelling in 2027 the position may differ and we will confirm it for your dates.

Booking and protection

Your booking is covered by our ATOL licence 10713 and we hold IATA accreditation 91285611. It is held with a deposit of £99 per person, with the balance due before travel.

Prices are per person, based on two people sharing. Four flight sectors have to line up, so availability tightens sooner than on a single-destination holiday. January is both the cheapest month and the best across all three stops, which is why those dates move first.