Vegas Tips Anyone?

**dsallupinyaarea** · 06-07-2013, 03:09 PM

Re: Vegas Tips Anyone?

Originally posted by ubernoob

Honestly, the most expensive part of Vegas are the flights out there. Everything else is relatively cheap because they want to hook you into gambling.

Sans flights, you can spend a weekend in Vegas for under 300-350.

Agreed. The best part of Vegas is you can make it as cheap/expensive as you want and have a good time regardless.

EDIT: I'd be down to head up there in a few months or so. I'm only a 4 hour drive/45 minute flight away.

**Blzer** · 06-07-2013, 03:23 PM

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Heading out to Vegas tonight, but I won't be going by the Strip much.

**Zer0xray** · 07-14-2013, 09:04 PM

going to vegas in a few days. this will be my 4th time and my girlfriends first time. we have the whole day to sightsee because no one else is coming in till late that night. any recommendations on what couple-ly things we can do? ive seen alot of vegas already and not sure anymore what will interest her.

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**JODYE** · 07-15-2013, 04:39 PM

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Honestly, if you go to Vegas with a "limit" then you might as well not go.

**TheMatrix31** · 07-15-2013, 06:15 PM

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Originally posted by 13

Honestly, if you go to Vegas with a "limit" then you might as well not go.

Not true. I've had a blast in Vegas plenty of times on a "budget."

**baumy300** · 07-15-2013, 07:34 PM

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Originally posted by TheMatrix31;20ht45248523

Not true. I've had a blast in Vegas plenty of times on a "budget."

I'll have som' of the yellah, and don't git cheap on me.

**Zer0xray** · 07-25-2013, 01:11 AM

haha managed to do alot of gambling, goto the rhino...and goto OG. oh man, the girl at rhino was pretty great....should've gotten her contact info

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**ubernoob** · 07-25-2013, 02:00 AM

Hate to break it to you but... That's their job, bruh.

On a side note, going back to Vegas (though surprisingly for the first time this year) from July 31-August 5th. Should be a blast.

**Zer0xray** · 07-25-2013, 02:45 AM

Originally posted by ubernoob

Hate to break it to you but... That's their job, bruh.

On a side note, going back to Vegas (though surprisingly for the first time this year) from July 31-August 5th. Should be a blast.

Yeah I know... Still the best club I've been to. Nothing in NYC, NJ compares to it

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**The JareBear** · 07-25-2013, 11:36 AM

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I remember when we all turned 21 and had our first Vegas trip, I went to buy a chick and myself a shot of whiskey. I couldn't hear the bartender over the music so I just hand her a 20 and walk away, thinking that would be well more than enough to cover it. Wrong. Someone grabs me and I find out for two shots it was 28 dollars.

Welcome to the Real World, kid. This taught me more about life than years I spent in college.

As a guy who worked at a casino in SD for years, I don't understand why people play slot machines. I would much rather play poker over anything else, but I would settle for blackjack or craps if I had to, that's it. I have to feel like I have at least a little bit of control over what is going on.

**jeremym480** · 03-13-2014, 05:10 PM

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Bump...

I'm considering a 5-6 day Vegas Trip around late Spring. I'm actually going for different reasons that most... Instead of gambling and drunken debauchery, I'm going with my wife. We're not big into partying and what not and neither of us have been before. Honestly, Vegas never has really been on my radar because we normally go to more tropical places. However, since it's actually really cheap to fly there and my wife has been bugging me about seeing some shows, then I figured why not?

Like I said we'll probably be going out to shows on most nights and I saw on TripAdvisor where there's some hiking/kayaking stuff to do during some of the days. Knowing the intent of my trip, do you guys think it would be beneficial to stay in a hotel like The Mandalay Bay or should I just stay at some place cheaper like 55 mentioned in the 2nd post? Also, hows the traffic? Would it be better to rent a car or just depend on walking and taxis. It seems like a lot of activities will send a van for you, so perhaps it would be better to skip renting.

Any advice/suggestions would be appreciated.

**ubernoob** · 03-13-2014, 06:26 PM

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Every time I go to Vegas it's with the fiancee.

We normally do the show thing - there are plenty of hotels on the strip for cheap, especially if you get their free player cards (they just send emails all the time.)

Last time we went I think our room was ~40 a night at Luxor, and we didn't gamble much at all (really just sitting down and putting 5-10 in a slot machine while we waited for our show to start.)

I like staying on the strip, if only because all the shows we like to go see are there (for the most part) and the fact that the hotels often have deals on the shows for staying there.

It all depends on what type of deal you can find and what parts are important to the trip. We like walking the strip so we stay there. If we go more for the gambling/seeing friends from Wisconsin that flew out there we stay at Golden Nugget.

I just looked through my old emails and this is the email Mandalay sent me for prices (Mandalay is yellow/orange and THEhotel prices are the purple ones.)

Spoiler

**Majingir** · 03-13-2014, 06:32 PM

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Vegas Tip:

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**TheLetterZ** · 03-13-2014, 07:29 PM

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Originally posted by jeremym480

Bump...

I'm considering a 5-6 day Vegas Trip around late Spring. I'm actually going for different reasons that most... Instead of gambling and drunken debauchery, I'm going with my wife. We're not big into partying and what not and neither of us have been before. Honestly, Vegas never has really been on my radar because we normally go to more tropical places. However, since it's actually really cheap to fly there and my wife has been bugging me about seeing some shows, then I figured why not?

Like I said we'll probably be going out to shows on most nights and I saw on TripAdvisor where there's some hiking/kayaking stuff to do during some of the days. Knowing the intent of my trip, do you guys think it would be beneficial to stay in a hotel like The Mandalay Bay or should I just stay at some place cheaper like 55 mentioned in the 2nd post? Also, hows the traffic? Would it be better to rent a car or just depend on walking and taxis. It seems like a lot of activities will send a van for you, so perhaps it would be better to skip renting.

Any advice/suggestions would be appreciated.

If you want to do outdoor stuff, check out Red Rock Canyon. Gorgeous views and good hiking.

**umd** · 03-15-2014, 07:58 AM

Re: Vegas Tips Anyone?

Originally posted by jeremym480

Bump...

I'm considering a 5-6 day Vegas Trip around late Spring. I'm actually going for different reasons that most... Instead of gambling and drunken debauchery, I'm going with my wife. We're not big into partying and what not and neither of us have been before. Honestly, Vegas never has really been on my radar because we normally go to more tropical places. However, since it's actually really cheap to fly there and my wife has been bugging me about seeing some shows, then I figured why not?

Like I said we'll probably be going out to shows on most nights and I saw on TripAdvisor where there's some hiking/kayaking stuff to do during some of the days. Knowing the intent of my trip, do you guys think it would be beneficial to stay in a hotel like The Mandalay Bay or should I just stay at some place cheaper like 55 mentioned in the 2nd post? Also, hows the traffic? Would it be better to rent a car or just depend on walking and taxis. It seems like a lot of activities will send a van for you, so perhaps it would be better to skip renting.

Any advice/suggestions would be appreciated.

I would rent the car (so maybe a day or two?) for anytime you plan on leaving the strip for the day. If you want to go to Red RocK Canyon (like Z said), or to go out to Lake Mead, or the Hoover Dam, a car makes it super easy and it's a straight shot. Once you get away from Downtown, the Strip, and away from the 215 near the strip, there is hardly any traffic in the Valley compared to major metro areas.

I'd say stay on the Strip if you plan to go to shows each night or any of the amazing restaurants. Also, if you're going when it's warm and you enjoy pools, then a moderately priced Strip property is the way to go. You can walk (within reason) to anything depending on where you're located on the strip. Obviously, you'll want to walk to the properties near you, so if you're on the Mandalay Bay end you'll want to stick to that corner. The Venetian/Caesars etc are the middle. There isn't much to do on the north end (Circus etc) at the moment. You can cab anywhere on the Strip for about 12-15 bucks depending on the time. Downtown is a bit more expensive for a cab, but you can bus it downtown if you're looking to save some money.

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