Vegas blows

**Batpuff** · 07-18-2011, 10:03 AM

Well me and my girl friend came here last wed and won't leave until this wed and unless your rich there isn't a damn thing to do that is affordable. So if you haven't been and plan to come don't stay past 3 days and bring tons of cash with you!!!!

**LWC** · 07-18-2011, 11:19 AM

Thanks 4 the heads up

**Ballers** · 07-18-2011, 03:06 PM

Yeah really, thanks in advance. Did you fly or did you drive?

**LWC** · 07-18-2011, 03:07 PM

I know Stardust loves it, but I don't know the specs of his time there. Maybe he can tell us.

**Ballers** · 07-18-2011, 03:30 PM

^Pretty sure SD was there for a week. He must be LOADED!!
Or either he doesn't gamble.

**BCF4L** · 07-18-2011, 03:49 PM

This is why I only go on business trips there. Free flight, free meals, free hotel. Only thing I spend my money on is gambling. I love it in Vegas when I don't spend my own money. Otherwise, it's very expensive.

**Stardust** · 07-18-2011, 04:33 PM

LWC Wrote:I know Stardust loves it, but I don't know the specs of his time there. Maybe he can tell us.

Ballers Wrote:^Pretty sure SD was there for a week. He must be LOADED!!
Or either he doesn't gamble.

I go to Vegas to get "loaded" :biggrin:

I go every year, planning on my September trip as we speak. I'm there for a week and absolutely love it. I Don't gamble, well, if you consider spending no more than $100 gambling. I'll bet a football game to make it fun (usually against the Bengals, though last year they won me some money betting them to win) and my wife will play slots.

We will hit 4-5 shows during our time out there and eat ourselves silly. As for the cost, it can get expensive if you don't know what you are doing and unwilling to look for deals. I admit, the travel and hotel room is mostly paid for since I go for a conference, but even that is not that expensive.

Vegas gives you everything. Excellent entertainment, and much of it is inexpensive if you go to the show booths and buy in advance. Food is great and just like the shows, can be purchased by coupons in advance. Short drive to canyons and Hoover Dam. The desert and the mountains is are very accessible.

Batpuff, be sure to hit Pawn Stars right down the street from the Stratosphere. It's not in a great part of town, but interesting none the less. And find time to go the "Bills Gambling Hall" next to Harrahs. Check out Big Elvis's show. It's free, and Peter Vallee is IMO, the best Elvis impersonator I have ever heard. His shows are Monday - Friday starting at 3:00 in the lounge. There is no required bar tab, so enjoy.

Dicks Last Resort in the Excaliber is the BEST one I have ever been too. Get a seat at the bar. They have a live band every night, and getting tormented by bartender is a show all in itself.

**Stardust** · 07-18-2011, 04:41 PM

**Stardust** · 07-18-2011, 04:42 PM

**BFritz** · 07-18-2011, 05:42 PM

Are you serious!?!?! You go to Vegas to gamble, and that's it. There's other things to do out there, but, if you want site seeing, water parks, or just general fun, then go somewhere else.

Furthermore, cabs cost a hundred dollars to take you a hundred yards, plus there's always a ton of traffic, so you're looking at spending a lot of money to even get somewhere else to do anything else.

If you didn't want to gamble, then why even go?

I could have told you that staying an entire week was a mistake- three days tops is what you need to do.

Vegas is INCREDIBLE.......... I get tears in my eyes just thinking about it.

**Stardust** · 07-19-2011, 10:49 AM

^ Like I said, I am not a gambler! You do not have to gamble to be completely entertained. If you want to gamble only, go to the boats!

**Batpuff** · 07-19-2011, 02:52 PM

Well we took a road trip to LA yesterday and must say it was a breath of fresh air even if LA was dirty got to see alot of sites.

**Batpuff** · 07-19-2011, 04:56 PM

Well we took a road trip to LA yesterday and must say it was a breath of fresh air even if LA was dirty got to see alot of sites.

**vundy33** · 07-20-2011, 04:37 AM

You cats are crazy. I love Vegas. Just walking the strip and checking out different stores. Some damn good food too. And hotels and all that, you can find pretty decent deals at the best hotels on the strip. You'd be surprised if you started early and found a few great deals in your favorite hotels, and choose from that depending on all the awesomeness each hotel has to off.

At least that's what I do. I don't gamble much, when I do it's on sports. If you're not going to go to enjoy some nice shat and mid-high range price fun, don't go to Vegas. Quite a few areas in SoCal that are a alot of fun, NorCal too, on a tight-budget. Grand Canyon, Hoover Dam, Vegas, and on to LA, San Diego (Oceanside) or a excellent lodges back in Arizona, and one is Aspen, CO.

Man, you can plan some badass affordable trips, to whatever part of the country, if you just plan a while ahead. Great deals, many a nice sight, tons of lulz to be had.

By the way, what hotel you stay in in Vegas? You headed back towards Arizona?

**Stardust** · 07-21-2011, 09:39 AM

^ vundy, you are dead-on! It's worth the money just to go there and people watch!