[Gaffer]

I’ve been to LV starting from 1977 until recently for a least 50 times. I’ve stayed in a whole bunch of Casinos there up and down the strip. My job before I retired me visiting the area.

Buffets and all the amenities that were once cheap for the gambler fell prey to the family vacation gambit, where parents would bring the kiddies to ever increasing family attractions, supposedly to spend a lot of money in doing it.

It turned out, they were frugal and didn’t really gamble much IMO, and casinos started raising prices to compensate for the lost gambling revenue. In recent years with this failed family vacay theory, LV has started getting back to catering to gamblers.

IMO if you want a family vacation, go to Disney World or Sea World.

F4, Flame on....

[Caipirabob]

Really, it sounds about right. We've brought the kids and there's some interesting things, but otherwise not really suitable for kids.

One of their first trips, my son, who sported a fine mustache at a young age and looked much older, got a strip club card handed to him when he lagged slightly behind his mother. He gave it to me later. Instant education there...Oh well...

[Vigilanteman]

One of my fondest memories was the less than two years when my first job out of college was east of LA and my kid brother got a job as a line cook in Las Vegas.

I'd hop one of those cheap casino buses and my kid brother and I would go to one of those all you can eat places and spend hours playing nickle poker and visiting while we worked up an appetite to go back for seconds.

Those were the days as a 20 something kid when we could eat all we wanted, as much as we wanted and never gain a pound.

[SampleMan]

I’d say you’ve got it right, except that I think the best family vacations comprise hiking to see natural wonders. Not a lot of money to be made there though, so not much advertising.