Las Vegas thread and MSE guide 2009

Froggitt

The Fremont street experience

Email the family, get Vegas vouchers online, get directions, book activities etc etc

TangoBunny

The Secret Garden

Well not every day but I will be leaving behind an 18 year old
and a 21 year old....plus my dad is really poory and at 76 he doesn't do texting neither does my mum.....he can however read and send e-mails

duchy

Also not everyone *just* does Vegas-we found access invaluable for reconfirming/changing flights and hotels as well as contacting people we were meeting later on in the trip.
Some people can't escape from work contact whilst away too and email is a lot less intrusive than calls (especially if you work for idiots like someone we went away with last year who would ring at 5am)

ferf1223

The Bellagio Fountains

photome wrote: »

Not picking on you, honestly.

Just wondered why lots of people feel the need to have internet connection daily while on holiday?

Agree with the reasons others have said, but would add that my hubby is a bit of a news junkie and US newspapers just aren't great for him...plus he likes to keep an eye on sports scores, etc. and when possible watch any F1 races while we're away. We started bringing my work laptop for work purposes but used it for personal stuff on days we'd paid for access for work anyway...now that we're used to having it, we would miss it I think. I don't think we'll use it every day, but probably 5 out of 8 we'll pay for access.
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Oh, and it's really handy to have for checking-in online...before we started bringing my work laptop we always had to make our way to the business centre during their opening hours so it was a bit of a hassle...now we can just check-in whenever we want from the room

duchy

Think it depends what you use it for at home too- i use it daily for personal stuff at home -given the choice of internet access or a mobile i'd rather have internet access whilst away -but others would feel the opposite.

photome

The Bellagio Fountains

Thanks all who replied, I was just being nosey really;).

If you are leaving kids at home, of course it makes sense.

I usually take a laptop but mainly use it for checking on my football team scores...not sure i want to know this year though!!!!!!

stoneman

The Bellagio Fountains

I like to sit with a coffee outside the Apple shop at Fashion Show and log on using their wi-fi. I run Tracy's Ebay business web design and customer support as well as designing sites for other businesses and if they get a problem I have to be able to deal with it even when we are on holiday

Froggitt

The Fremont street experience

Oh yeah - almost forgot - Mrs Frog did the Next VIP Sale online while over there!!!

ferf1223

The Bellagio Fountains

duchy wrote: »

(especially if you work for idiots like someone we went away with last year who would ring at 5am)

4:30 am was my worst work call ...and best part? she dialled the wrong number - meant to choose the person above me in her contacts list.
Still, the adrenaline from a phone ringing at that hour got me up early and I had a good win that morning on the slots.

duchy

this was his boss-when he answered boss said "oh aren't you on holiday this week.......well anyway about this project " and just continued blithely on......Twonk !