Las Vegas thread and MSE guide 2010

luci

May

thunderchump wrote: »

Most of the Mandalay bay places have a 2 entree min so thats pretty cool. Ended up buying $1000 for £52! We spent a fortune on food last time so i am hoping this will save us enough money so that we can see a few more shows

Did you check the menus before buying the certs to see the price of the entrees?

I had a $50 cert for Stripsteak and the meal still cost over $200 for 2 people.

gazzathered

April

Hi,

After some advice, im getting married in Vegas April 2011. There is around 25-30 of us going, planning on getting married then bokking a restaurant at the MGM for a bit of private dining, were have four children with us, anyone know a bar where we can go and take the children with us or are they not allowed near any bars/pubs.
Also im worried about everyone meeting up, whats the best form of communication and is there anywhere that you can buy cheap SIM cards, that are american and you can put in peoples uk phones.

Hope you can help
Thanks in advance

Gazza

ratkarth

you can phone also room per room if all in the stay hotel
am sure someone on here must know a good way to get sim cards

ferf1223

April

gazzathered wrote: »

anyone know a bar where we can go and take the children with us or are they not allowed near any bars/pubs.

Children are not allowed in bars/pubs in Vegas...same goes for many (most?) US cities...some bars allow 18+ in, but many not even that.

ferf1223

April

thunderchump wrote: »

Most of the Mandalay bay places have a 2 entree min so thats pretty cool. Ended up buying $1000 for £52! We spent a fortune on food last time so i am hoping this will save us enough money so that we can see a few more shows

I think maybe penny is onto something...did you buy 10 $100 restaurant.com gift certificates at 80% off?

If so, you will have to use those vouchers to buy vouchers for the specific restaurants you are interested in...you cannot redeem the restaurant.com gift certificates directly at any of the restaurants.

I'm still not sure anyone could get through $1000 in r.com vouchers in a standard length trip...but maybe it's possible...will need to go to quite a few different restaurants though, and eat a lot of meals!

sarahlasvegas

StuieUK34 wrote: »

Calm down u two !
I like everyones opinions, just as i like everyones on Tripadvisor! Its how you make a lot of decisions these days As i said, i'll be on strip for the 5 nights of my 7 (Sun to Fri), but i'll be checking out as much as i can when am there and not just spending all night in 1 place!
As said, the idea of cheap on the Fri and Sat is cos
A: We fly with Virgin, arrive around 3pm... I reckon we will be conked out by 9 or 10pm! So wont see too much Fri night anyway...
B: Saturday, as hot as it is (have been to hotter mind!), we'll be sunbathing most of the day as need a tan ready for my wedding on the Tuesday So Sat night we'll be checking out the off strip places, etc...

Then on Sunday, we'll check into a nice strip hotel and take it from there

Seriously though, i value everyones opinions, and yeah, theres more to vegas than the strip which i guess, including the one place i wanna goto: MEMPHIS CHAMPIONSHIP BBQ!!!! Now that looks like a restaurant i could live in !!

My two pence - Ive stayed Mardi gras, MGM Sig and Flamingo - I was really happy with Mardi Gras, its like a 3 star hotel in spain - our rooms where massive (loads of people who came for the wedding when we got married stayed there), we have 2 double beds, and a kitchen area, with fridge which was great.

We specifically picked it as it was small and really easy for everyone to met up etc - i think at least 14 or so of our guests stayed here. Theres a free shuttle to the strip every hour till 11pm too.

The pool wasnt busy, so everyone hung out together.

I wouldnt recommend it for 1st timers, but in your situation, for a few nights I would. While i like "nice" hotels, we where just boozing and barely in the place tbh

gazzathered wrote: »

Hi,

After some advice, im getting married in Vegas April 2011. There is around 25-30 of us going, planning on getting married then bokking a restaurant at the MGM for a bit of private dining, were have four children with us, anyone know a bar where we can go and take the children with us or are they not allowed near any bars/pubs.
Also im worried about everyone meeting up, whats the best form of communication and is there anywhere that you can buy cheap SIM cards, that are american and you can put in peoples uk phones.

Hope you can help
Thanks in advance

Gazza

No bars for after dining for the kids that I can think of - cant you make the reception in MGM a later affair? We had a 4 hour reception in Maggianos with an all inclusive bar, was brilliant and allowed kids

Trust_2

January , February

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Have not been on here in a while,

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stoneman

September

sarahlasvegas wrote: »

My two pence - Ive stayed Mardi gras, MGM Sig and Flamingo - I was really happy with Mardi Gras, its like a 3 star hotel in spain

And I would never stay in one of those either;)
Our very first trip to Vegas we were allocated the Mardi Gras, we stayed there a couple of nights then I treated Tracy to a couple of midweek nights in a "Luxory" hotel (The Luxor:D) as we had already paid for the week we left our stuff in the MG and took small weekend bags (I know the words "small weekend bag" and Tracy are a combination you will never hear again) with us.

Gill247

August

Hi everyone,
I've not been on here for a while but I was having a clear out and found a few unused vouchers for Vegas which might be useful to someone.....

Showcase Food Court Discount Booklet - has 7 vouchers which can be used in Subway (free chips or 2 cookies and soda with purchase of footlong), Panda Express, Del Taco, Starbucks (20% off), Weinerschnitzel (free chili dog with drink), Noble Roman's, Adidas (15% off). The expiry date is 31/12/10 so only for someone going before then.

2 x Cheesecake Factory vouchers for complimentary slice of cheesecake with every $30 purchase valid 28/11/10 to 30/12/10 so only for someone going before the end of the year.

I also have some Restaurant.com vouchers that we didnt use in September. I know these dont have a sell by date on them but I am not sure when we will be back in Vegas (I am still trying to persuade G to go for our Honeymoon but we will see!).....

$25 BB Kings @ Mirage Hotel
$25 Hennesseys @ Downtown
$25 House of Blues @ Mandalay Bay Hotel
$25 Top of the World @ Strathosphere Hotel
$25 Mr Luckys @ Hard Rock Hotel
$25 Pink Taco @ Hard Rock Hotel
50% off Ben & Jerry's @ Miracle Mile

If you want any of the above please send me a message with your name / address and I will post to you.

Gill x

Trust_2

January , February

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