Las Vegas guide and MSE thread 2011

photome

August

totallybored wrote: »

Do what I do and don't unpack :rotfl: I leave my suitcase open on the floor and never go near the wardrobe or a drawer. My reasoning is I'm on holiday and will be as messy as I like! Takes minutes to then pack when we leave.

Thats what we do, but we dont dress up. Thats another story, dont tell stoneman that we/you go out to eat in shorts/casual;).

We only tip $1 dollar a bag to bring to room and we take our own bags the other way and if we have to leave at bell desk again its $1 a bag, so 3 bags = $6 to change hotels, or nothing if we go to Orleans as we park outside door in outside parking lot and carry our own.

ferf1223

March

totallybored wrote: »

Do what I do and don't unpack :rotfl: I leave my suitcase open on the floor and never go near the wardrobe or a drawer. My reasoning is I'm on holiday and will be as messy as I like! Takes minutes to then pack when we leave.

Us too, in general...though I will normally get out 3-4 shirts/top each and iron them and hang them...but most stays in the case.

And I really only do that much ironing at once so it means that in the morning I can be out of the hotel room and down to the casino quickly - a) for cigarette while hubby is getting ready and b) for slots while hubby is getting ready.

But we do have a dirty clothes pile as well, but when we don't do laundry, all the clean unworn clothes get thrown in one case and the dirty in another...so clothing-wise, packing isn't that bad.

Even still, I do find the packing up to move to be a bit of hassle so I can see why some don't want to bother...while most of our unworn clothes are still packed, we do have all our toiletries, electronics, crap we've bought so far that trip and just the miscellanous shrapnel that seems to thrive in our hotel rooms. We don't pack light and we seem to accumulate quickly. I try to start the packing gradually, starting to shift things back into cases a a day or two before the move.

BUT, I do remember the first time we moved - 2nd hotel for last 3 nights...I did laundry that morning so all clothes were clean other than what we were wearing the day of the move...while packing up to move to the 2nd hotel was bit annoying in corralling all the crap we had with us, since we had less time at the 2nd hotel, and were always conscious that we were leaving soon, packing up to go home was much quicker than normal as we didn't have everything strewn across the room.

clarissa

September

We've just got back from our first 2 hotel trip - after 20-odd nearly doing it but not wanting the hassle - I was dreading it but it was so quick and easy.
Late check out at Paris booked in the early hours to avoid queues, clean case/dirty case packed in less than 15 minutes, checkout on TV. Taxi to Cosmopolitan (50% tip because of short journey), cases to bell desk, check-in 10 minutes and up to room, cases up to room within 5 minutes. We didn't unpack at the Cosmo as it was only for 2 nights.

It was worth the extra tipping for the novelty value and we loved the Cosmo. We got Paris comped for 5 nights and W/E for $110, the extra 2 nights worked out considerably more expensive to stay at Paris than moving to the Cosmo, so what we saved on the room we spent on tips. We're planning on doing the same in June now it was so easy.

ferf1223

March

grubby23 wrote: »

1) Does every passenger have their own inflight entertainment system on-flight?

2) Are alcoholic drinks for free with AA or do we have to pay

on their 777s, yes, seat-back TV...

You can have a look at what movies may be on offer here - to May:

http://www.americanairlinesentertainment.com/movies_mainscreen.php


you have to pay for alcoholic drinks and they do not accept cash on-board, only cards. List of beverages they have

http://www.aa.com/i18n/travelInformation/duringFlight/dining/onboardBeverages.jsp

nvh

totallybored wrote: »

Do what I do and don't unpack :rotfl: I leave my suitcase open on the floor and never go near the wardrobe or a drawer.

now that's my school of thought! :T - i used to do a lot of travelling with work but only for 1 or 2 night stays, so got in the habit of leaving everything in the case - it also meant i could lock the suitcase when i was out of the room... i wish the missus would do it to, but sometimes it has its advantages (I can nip down to casino while she faffs about!)

mookybargirl

March

Just thought I'd add to the moving hotels bit....

We've moved hotels many times and we like having the opportunity to try other hotels, as we only get out about once a year (not as often as some of you guys, or as much as we'd like). We like the diversity and ability to move around locations on the strip and find it little hassle to move hotels. It also helps to take advantage of good hotel offers.....
I also like to unpack our cases, so we'd now want 4-5 nights in a hotel before considering a move so you feel 'settled in'.....

Cosmo has express check our screens next to the bell desk, so you can view and pay your bill and not have to queue to check out. Was quick and easy.

duchy wrote: »

Oh you don't tip/pay anything extra for storage-so even with four bags you'd be tipping a dollar a bag so $16 (say $20 if you don't carry singles) not $40

We tip $15-$20 total for the bell man/woman either side for our helping with our luggage (2 or 3 suitcases). :rotfl: We tip when the luggage arrives at the room if checking in, or if we're checking out, once we're packed into our car rental or cab. Am I tipping too much? lol

Triker

March

I suppose we got put off moving hotels when we did a tour of Vegas, San Francisco, LA and then back to Vegas, obviously we had packed far too much (a trick I'm still on a learning curve) which made it a pain really.

This trip we were in one place for 2 weeks as we were for last trip, I was easy about shuffling hotels a bit but hubby said no as he didn't want to have to think about repacking and checking in places.

Next trip I think we'll pack light and shuffle a bit, we now hire a car, so it shouldn't be a problem.

Triker

March

Mooky, how's your trip report going? I haven't got mine done yet, had a bit to deal with when we got home, will get on to it though.

mookybargirl

March

Hey triker, I haven't manged to start it yet. Work's getting in the way and I'm really, really struggling to get out of bed in the mornings..... :rotfl: Still aiming to have it written this weekend.

I just looked on TA about tipping. Housekeeping was suggested at $1-$2 per day and I always leave $5 each day (left $10 in cosmo as it was a bigger suite) and $2 for turn down if the hotel has it. We left 20% tip in restaurants as I believe 18% is the general rule these days. We also leave $10 for server at buffets. We tipped A LOT this trip, so it would be good to hear what others tip to see if we're way too high in the tipping stakes as it was never ending this trip, asn we seemed to tip more than we had on previous trips.......

Triker

March

Re tipping, I left $5 for the server at the one buffet I went to, it was only me, hubby was too busy playing blackjack.

We left an envelope with I think about $25/30 possibly more, can't remember now, when we left the Carriage House, all restaurants we tipped at least 20% sometimes more, like if it was an $11 bill, we'd leave $5 tip...this was usually at Ellis Island where food was never expensive.

The couple of taxis we used, tipped prob about 20% plus, usually over as both our taxi drivers were great and we didn't want to get out!

Cocktail waitresses I tipped initially $2/3 dollars sometimes $4 or $5, then either $2 or $1 thereafter.