“The extreme tactics Las Vegas hotels are using as hotspot faces worst crisis in years”
A fellow FReeper asked me why people are attacking Vegas in response to one of my postings where I only mentioned parking and facility fees (up to about $90 per night, including tax, by the way), so as I run across more charges, I decided to keep a file on what Vegas is doing to kill off tourism with 1000 cuts, including a few stabs. Here’s what I have so far, mostly from a video that I recently saw:
1. Parking and Facility Fees.
2. Dynamic Drink Pricing (new for 2025 at several joints), also real-time happy hour cancelations when too crowded.
3. Premium Room Fees (buried in fine print, get a nice view, you find out during checkout).
4. Pool Access Fees (many joints, $25-40; chair $25-50, towel fees, chair reservation fees).
5. ATM Fees - $10 to $15, plus one’s own bank fees (also surge fees on ATMs)
6. Room Service Delivery Fees (delivery fees $9-$15, plus about 20% mandatory tip)
7. Technology Fee (3-5%, for betting)
8. Ticket and Entertainment Fees (convenience charges, processing charges, and facility fees)
9. Concession and Venue Charges (3 to 8%, plus tax, plus gratuity)
10. Online Booking and Convenience Fees ($10 to $40 per reservation - hotels, restaurants)
11. Energy and Carbon Surcharges ($4 to $8) - In Vegas! LOL.
If Hawaii legalized casinos, Vegas would die. Would be an even bigger draw for Asians and Europeans than it is now plus families would prefer the water to dust.
Vegas used to be our arrival/departure city for visits to national parks. We usually spent extra nights in Vegas. Because rooms and food were very reasonable, we felt no shame in contributing to gambling profits. All of that has changed. My daughter and her husband purchased a timeshare in Vegas at a reasonable price years ago and now regret it, probably more so than the average timeshare owner. In addition to prices, they feel safety has become a problem.
You can add high minimum bets....
Back about 20 years ago...$2 was minimum bet...
Some even as low as 1 dollar...
Laughlin, Nevada used to have 25 cent craps...long time ago.
Only about 7 full buffets now, and it ain’t prime rib every night...maybe once or twice a week for prime rib. But they have much better food than old version...
Lots of Asian buffets in Las Vegas outside of casino areas. Vegas gonna’ have to lower fees and prices to survive.
Vegas starting to realize people can gamble online, Indian Casinos, state lotteries, so the people don’t have to make the pilgrimage to sacrifice their money anymore.
I enjoyed Vegas in the late ‘70s, and ‘80s. It sounds like it sucks now.
looks like vegas killed the goose that laid golden eggs...