Las Vegas guide and MSE thread 2011

trets77

duchy wrote: »

12 days til I fly !
MSE meet up organized now too

I'm a little perturbed to find the Coast hotels regard the terribly young "fabulous" 50 as "Seniors" but hey it means 7x points at Gold Coast, half price buffet and a free slots tournament on Mondays and 10x points and half price buffet at Orleans on Tuesdays so I'll live with it

thats cool who's meeting up ?

pennylane99

November / December

photome wrote: »

RE BAG DROP WITH VIRGIN

If staying at MGM (or I guess Signature) you can check in and drop your bags for $10 a bag (at least you could last year) at a desk next to the business centre, we did it at about 10 am took less than 5 minutes and it was great going to the airport with no bags to carry.It was well worth it IMO

You can only do it if flying with an american carrier (I cant remeber which one) and Virgin

Its an external company "Bags to Go" that does the check-in/bag drop, I think I would rather take my bags myself and know that they have gotten to the airport...

You can take advantage by going to one of the locations below along with your bags, travel documents and a form of ID, like your passport.

• Luxor Hotel - 0700-1400 - Located on the Business Centre level and next to the VIP check in area.
• Venetian Hotel - 0700-1300 - Located in the main lobby next to the concierge desk.
• McCarran Rent-A-Car Centre - 0700-1400 - Located in the main lobby.
• Las Vegas Convention Centre - 0700-1300 - Located in the central concourse across from Exhibit Hall C3 (Only available when a convention is running).
• MGM Grand Hotel - 0700-1300 - Located in the main lobby next to the bell desk.
• Palazzo Hotel - 0700-1300 - Located in the main lobby across from the concierge.

photome

August

pennylane99 wrote: »

Its an external company "Bags to Go" that does the check-in/bag drop, I think I would rather take my bags myself and know that they have gotten to the airport...

You can take advantage by going to one of the locations below along with your bags, travel documents and a form of ID, like your passport.

• Luxor Hotel - 0700-1400 - Located on the Business Centre level and next to the VIP check in area.
• Venetian Hotel - 0700-1300 - Located in the main lobby next to the concierge desk.
• McCarran Rent-A-Car Centre - 0700-1400 - Located in the main lobby.
• Las Vegas Convention Centre - 0700-1300 - Located in the central concourse across from Exhibit Hall C3 (Only available when a convention is running).
• MGM Grand Hotel - 0700-1300 - Located in the main lobby next to the bell desk.
• Palazzo Hotel - 0700-1300 - Located in the main lobby across from the concierge.

Yes thats the one but AFAIK they only offer the service to Virgin and some american airlines. Do you know any different?

As for not trusting them I guess they wouldnt be in business very long if they didnt check you in properly and get your bags on the flight.

Whats the difference between leaving your bags there or with a baggage handler at the airport they are both private companies.

As said before, I used them and I got my bags at Gatwick , it was great not to have to carry bags to car and on to the carhire transfer bus etc,saves queueing for check in and or bag drop , only 1 trip to the airport and you can head straight through to departures, so from me they get a thumbs up.

totallybored

November / December

For any of you who like the Earl of Sandwich at PH, there is now one open in London on Ludgate Hill near St Pauls Cathedral.

luci

May

Anyone watching "Don't Tell The Bride" on BBC 3 at the moment? It's about a wedding in Vegas.

trets77

luci wrote: »

Anyone watching "Don't Tell The Bride" on BBC 3 at the moment? It's about a wedding in Vegas.

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

saw it the first time around . poor girl and her sister were in floods of tears at the airport if i remember right .

ferf1223

March

totallybored wrote: »

For any of you who like the Earl of Sandwich at PH, there is now one open in London on Ludgate Hill near St Pauls Cathedral.

you cannot begin to imagine the squeals of glee coming from the direction of Mr ferf1223 at the moment.

luci

May

Yep, that's the one. Car crash TV!

totallybored

November / December

ferf1223 wrote: »

you cannot begin to imagine the squeals of glee coming from the direction of Mr ferf1223 at the moment.

If only there was a Star Wars machine too! Sandwiches are £3.95 for anyone interested (can't remember how much they are is $)

ferf1223

March

totallybored wrote: »

If only there was a Star Wars machine too! Sandwiches are £3.95 for anyone interested (can't remember how much they are is $)

$5.95 rings a bell?

My husband is consulting bus maps to determine if getting there and back at lunchtime is feasible.

Have you been? If so, does it live up to the one at PH? I'm worried it won't.

And if there was a Star Wars machine I think it would put him over the edge...in any event, I would always know where to find him.