Posted on 09/17/2015 10:15:38 AM PDT by Vigilanteman
We call them "Mexican Porn Slappers".
Back in the 70’s We would load up the car at MCAS El Toro and drive to Vegas for the weekend. It was great. 20 dollar rooms and 3 dollar meals. Great time for cheap.
It started as a toilet, and, as toilets are wont to do, accumulated a variety of bodily substances that have never been flushed. It is a fake, tawdry, carnival for adults who are so desperate for fun that they’ll buy into the lie.
Give it back to the scorpions.
I’m planning a trip there next spring to see Rod Stewart at Caesar’s for three people, my wife and I and her best friend. We will stay 2 nights.
Air fare - Free (Miles + small fee)
Car Rental - Free (points)
Accommodations - Free on points or $80/night at a 2 bedroom 2 bath condo (VRBO.com)
Tickets $80 to $250 each.
Food ????
A condo through VRBO is much better all round deal than hotel especially if more than one couple is travelling.
I was in Vegas in October/November of last year... I sat down at the hotel Sports Book area to watch a little of the games on TV, and to maybe grab a drink before heading for a walk. The waitress asked if I had my betting receipt, and that it had to equal $100 or more for ONE drink.
I told her Honey, I can buy 2 or 3 bottles for that $100..
I had to make a number of trips to Vegas a couple of years ago (stayed off the Strip in a chain hotel with no casino catering primarily to business folks). Folks in a position to know said that the hotel occupancy and shows were doing well, but that gambling revenue had not recovered since the recession.
“Time-shares are no longer the rip-offs they were a few years ago. “
Yes they are. Try selling one.
One of the folks I worked with stayed at the Orleans once. Said it was a dump. Looked like one from outside, but I never went in. Took her word for it.
Above is the advice I give to first timers, get the LV experience without the prices. Locals love it and the other "Station" locations, too. Drop in for the Strip experience and slide away to your lower-cost retreat. Same thing for Fremont Street. Besides, you have to drive right past the In-N-Out Burger to get from the Orleans to the Strip so that works out, too.
Vegas is not cheap unless you stay off the strip or at places like the Luxor. Food varies from cheap to 5 star, but most is very expensive. FLights are fairly expensive even with low oil prices.
Been there many times, time to start going elsewhere.
I think this applies to gambling in general.
It was said gambling is for people who don't do math.
People started doing the math.
Plus, it's a demographic thing. Older the better.
In years past, gambling was remote and glamorous. Now it's ubiquitous, nearby and ordinary.
Today, you might get a quarter on the dollar. A few years ago, you were lucky to just walk away from them.
My experience today is that you just walk away. You can’t even donate them most of the time.
Even adding a $30 checked bag charge, Spirit is way cheaper than anything else. On my recent flight from Las Vegas, our plane stopped in Chicago (ORD) for an hour. Half the people on the flight were in Cubs gear flying in for the Pirates game. Don’t know what they paid from ORD, but I paid $118 from LAS, including a checked bag.
Don’t book thru hotel dot com they hit u with a separate booking fee, in their “small” print.
It has become a popular destination for large conventions rather than a mecca for individual gamblers and run of the mill tourists. Costs are always higher near large convention centers. The attendees are pretty much locked into using the nearby resources and are willing to pay a higher price for the convenience.
They’ve gotten way smarter. No longer are you limited to Friday-Sunday check-ins. You can split the weeks, trade a week in Wisconsin Dells for a weekend in Maui, no exchange fees, etc. Still, they will have to offer a lot more before I nibble.
Whatever happened to the United States of America....?
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