Room and plane fares would make a cheapskate insurance smile !
Any seafood buffets ? How about deals on a Hades Kitty rental ?
Ok hear me out for cheap. IHG (Holiday Inn) has a vacation deal going on. I signed up for it. It's a time share resort so be prepared for the hour long sales pitch, but just say not interested after the presentation. Your get 4 days, 3 nights in Vegas at their time share complex just off the strip for $249, when you check in they give you $249 in cash back so it cost nothing except a quick sales meeting. It is located right behind the huge ferris wheel one block from the main strip. Walking distance to most of the big casinos and shows. You would only spend for travel and eats. We are going later this year. It will be my second trip to Vegas. IHG Vacations has other properties around the country also if you are interested.
I believe NONE of the buffets are open in Vegas right now - you know - COVID. PLUS, not all the places are even open 7 days. My wife & daughters are going out there in early April, I'm not going out there to wear a mask around see the place half shut-down - that's not Vegas to me. They wanted to fly out Tuesday & come back Friday, but The Mirage is only open Thurs.- Monday noon. AND, their great buffet is closed.
I'll go back to Vegas again on business & fun when the world gets back to normal again - IF that ever happens!
We were there a year ago for a wedding and family reunion, when everything was open and normal. Several things that struck me is that all the casino floor plans are pretty much the same. If you didn't know what hotel you were in, it would be hard to guess by the gaming floors.
And with every hotel we went to, every hotel floor smelled of pot. Not a little.. a lot. You may not notice, Doc (kidding).
Prices sure did vary! Sure, it was $8 for a can of beer at this hotel bar, but wander across the gaming floor and there was another bar selling it for $3. Same for food.
We decided to get together for Viva Las Vegas, but then Fauxvid hit.... so we'll try again this year.
But yeah, get on line and check the area out as there are still lots of restrictions.
Just got back yesterday. My wife is a Diamond card holder with Caesars so we got airfare(from Chicago Midway), ground transfers, and room at Caesars for 4 nights for $70. Covid stupidity abounds!! Stay 6ft apart at the airport until TSA then everyone is stacked together until they packed you on a plane 6 seats wide and 30 rows.
Get out there and Caesars food court is mostly closed UNLESS you want Starbucks overpriced crappy coffee, they're open but the burger place 10 ft away is closed. Walk across the street to Flamingo(another Caesars property)their food court is wide open!Table games all have plexi-glass between people but you can sit at a bank of slots with strangers.....Covid stupidity at it's best.
I went to Vegas, only for its casinos and I was shocked by them and I also won some money. Till then I was only playing online casinos games, as I don't have a casino in my town. However, I will continue playing online as it is more comfortable because you can play from anywhere. It isn't hard to find the est online casinos, as people think because they are a lot, however, there are also a lot of scammers, so you should be very attentive where you play.
I went to Vegas, only for its casinos and I was shocked by them and I also won some money. Till then I was only playing online casinos games, as I don't have a casino in my town. However, I will continue playing online as it is more comfortable because you can play from anywhere. It isn't hard to find the Best online casinos, as people think because they are a lot, however, there are also a lot of scammers, so you should be very attentive where you play.
J ... that on line gaming ? .... is too scary for me. IN PERSON is tilted to the benefit of the house ...
And the IN PERSON stuff ... they don’t build those monstrosity casinos and hotels off the winners ... SO ...
I've stayed in a variety of places in Vegas over the past 10 years. I used to attend an annual sporting event so it gave me a chance to check out a lot of things.
Hotels:
I stayed at Circus Circus with my kids last summer because they have a water park. I had to stand in line for every bit of 90 minutes to check in. After that, it was an okay experience. Don't let the cheap prices full you. They will charge you a $79 resort fee on top of the $39 / a night you're paying to stay there.
My favorite moderately priced place in Vegas has been the Rio. It's off the strip about 1 mile, but that never bothered me. The rooms are HUGE for a hotel, about 700sq feet if I remember correctly with some good views too.
My wife and I stayed at the TRUMP tower and as expected, it was top-notch.
Restaurants:
Fast Food: Rasing Canes
Moderately Priced: Whalburgers on the strip, Skinny Fats is hard to beat, and Bubba Gumps if you like themed places with a nice balcony that overlooks the strip.
Expensive: Not a lot of experience here, but I'd happily eat at "Top Of The World" again, which is on the 106th floor of the Stratosphere on the older side of the strip. Figure $100+ per person. I liked everything about it far better than I did Hell's Kitchen which had an extremely limited menu.
Attractions:
Everything I've done is family friendly, except for Carrot Top, that was a mistake (for me).
Fremont Street is pretty cool, although you never know what you might see there, lol.
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