Cowboys invented the handlebar mustache so they'd always have somewhere to hang their hat. Save yourself the grooming time and hang your Stetson at a stately Harrah's Hotel and casino or Harveys Hotel and casino in Lake Tahoe. Choose from two deals:

• For $39, you get one night at Harvey's Lake Tahoe (a $79 value)
• For $59, you get one night at Harrah's Lake Tahoe (a $109 value)

A room at Harvey's or Harrah's presents a lavish base camp for ski-scapades on the Sierra Nevada slopes encircling Lake Tahoe. Winter sport-seekers can return to their posh chambers for a downy respite from days spent tobogganing down snowy hills strapped to friction-eliminating slats and boards. Those not looking to shatter frozen sound barriers can instead exercise their luck-muscles at games of chance in either of the resorts' casinos. The hotels' recreational cornucopia also spills over with live music at Harvey's Cabo Wabo Cantina, comedy at The Improv at Harvey's, and pore-regaling treatments atfrom Harrah's spa, Reflections.

Reviews

Nearly 200 TripAdvisors give Harrah's Lake Tahoe an average of four owl eyes and more than 100 Yelpers give it a 3.5-star average:

• We were so pleasantly surprised. The excitement of the casino was obvious, but the quality of the hotel was so impressive. – Therese678, TripAdvisor

More than 220 TripAdvisors award Harvey's Lake Tahoe a 3.5-owl eye average and Yelpers give it a 3.5-star average(http://www.yelp.com/biz/harveys-lake-tahoe-stateline-2) :

• I was stunned with the beauty. There were two floor to ceiling picture windows…Harvey's is the top-of-the-line casino-hotel in Tahoe. – Berkeley-JT, TripAdvisor