How to Find Cheap Hotels in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Atlantic City, New Jersey, known today as the city that's "Always Turned On," attracts millions of visitors each year to its luxurious hotels and gambling resorts along the Boardwalk. This eastern city boasts a history that dates long before the first pair of dice were rolled.
Appreciate priceless beauty. Atlantic City is built atop Absecon Island, first inhabited by the Lenni-Lenape, or Delaware, Indians. The beachfront property of the first deeded owner of Absecon Island, an Englishman, was valued at a mere $0.40 per acre. Today, the same bit of New Jersey turf would be valued in the millions.
Travel in elite circles. Atlantic City, once the playground of the rich and famous, was the place to see and be seen in the 1930s and 1940s.
Learn about the city's past. The tragic coastal sinking of the Powhattan, a ship transporting more than 300 German immigrants, claimed 54 lives in 1854.
Discover firsts. Smithville United Methodist Church is the site of the first public house of worship in Atlantic County, New Jersey.
To book accommodations, contact The Atlantic City Convention and Visitors Authority at (888) AC VISIT or visit their Web site (see Resources below).
Indulge yourself in one of Atlantic City's luxurious hotels. Even a 4- or 5-star resort can offer accommodations at less than $100 per night for a standard room and less than $200 per night for a club level or Jacuzzi suite.
Stay at a casino. Spin the wheel or try your hand at blackjack at one of the gambling casinos along the Boardwalk.
Consider the cheap accommodations offered by some of the more comfortable but affordable inns and motels in the Atlantic City area. Accommations for less than $100 per night can be found at many locations that are just a few blocks from the Boardwalk.
Leave the driving to someone else and book a bus tour to Atlantic City.
Fly into Atlantic City International Airport and take a bus or taxi to your hotel.
Visit the old burial grounds at the Smithville United Methodist Church, the site of a mass grave which entombs the 54 victims of the 1854 sinking of the Powhattan. The descendents of Jeremiah Leeds--the first Absecon Island settler--are also buried here.
See the Absecon Lighthouse which originally stood at the shoreline, but now stands a half-mile from the ocean's edge.
