Diamond Delight
Diamond Delight is a well-rated 4-star hotel in Incline Village, Nevada, popular with guests who want comfort and a strong location near Lake Tahoe Nevada State Park.
The surrounding Incline Village district is one of the most convenient parts of Nevada to stay in, with restaurants, cafés and transport links close by.
Rates shift with the season and with demand, so the live price on the booking page is always the one to trust — tap through for tonight's or your dates' real availability.
Key facts
What’s included
Around Incline Village
The Nevada booking trap: resort fees, and the areas people wrongly skip
The resort fee is Nevada's specific gotcha. Nearly every Las Vegas Strip and Downtown property, plus Reno's larger casinos and some Laughlin resorts, charges a mandatory nightly fee of $35–$55 that isn't in the headline rate and covers Wi-Fi, gym and pool access you'd otherwise assume were included. On a three-night Wynn stay that's an extra $165 plus tax; always add it before comparing to a non-casino option like the Waldorf Astoria or an Airbnb in Henderson.
The areas travellers wrongly skip are Boulder City (the only sensible base for Lake Mead and Hoover Dam sunrise), Genoa (Nevada's oldest settlement, 45 minutes from Tahoe with hot springs and no casino noise), and the US-50 corridor through Ely and the Ward Charcoal Ovens. Virginia City looks like a tourist trap on paper but the Silver Queen and Mackay Mansion put you in a working 1870s mining town 25 minutes from Reno for under $150.
Where to stay in Nevada: picking between the Strip, Reno and the small towns
For a first visit, stay on the Las Vegas Strip between Mandalay Bay and the Wynn — it's where the casino-resorts, shows and the monorail sit, and rooms run roughly $80–$250 midweek and $200–$600 at weekends. Downtown Las Vegas around Fremont Street is 20–30% cheaper and better for older, cash-table gamblers; Summerlin and Henderson (Green Valley Ranch, M Resort) suit families and drivers wanting quieter rooms 20 minutes off the Strip. Boulder City near Hoover Dam is the base for Lake Mead and has no casinos at all.
In the north, Reno and Sparks work as a cheaper Vegas alternative at $60–$150 a night, with Lake Tahoe and Incline Village on the Nevada shore charging $200–$500 in ski and summer season. The rural stops — Elko on I-80, Ely on US-50, Tonopah, Winnemucca, Beatty near Death Valley, Mesquite and Laughlin on the Arizona line, Pahrump west of Vegas, Jackpot on the Idaho border, plus historic Virginia City and Genoa — are $70–$130 motel country and mainly exist to break up long drives.
Best time to visit Nevada month by month
March to May and September to early November are the sweet spot for Las Vegas: daytime highs of 20–28°C and Strip rooms from about $120 midweek. June to August pushes 40°C+ in Vegas, Laughlin and Mesquite, so pool-resort rates actually drop midweek but conference weeks (CES in early January, MAGIC in February, EDC in mid-May) spike rooms 3–5x their normal price.
Northern Nevada runs on a different calendar. Lake Tahoe and Incline Village peak twice — July–August for the lake at $300+ a night, and December–March for skiing at Diamond Peak and Heavenly — while Reno is cheapest in November and early December outside of Hot August Nights and the Great Reno Balloon Race in September. Burning Man at Black Rock City the week before Labor Day empties Reno and doubles Winnemucca and Fallon motel rates.