Laughlin is a great run, but we quit going when it started getting too commercial. A Calif. company buys every room at every hotel. They then offer those $40 rooms at $500/3 night min. If you can stay in Bullhead (AZ side of the river) you are better off. Also, there are vendors on the Bullhead side that sell a lot cheaper than the hotel vendor lots. Laughlin was my first big rally, and I had a blast, so I'm not recommending that one not go. Great riding down to Havasu, or Oatman, or even the drags at the AVI on the California side. Camp if you can, or stay at azdiggers

Shoot, now I've talked myself into going.