Las Vegas guide and MSE thread 2011

Walter_Sobchak

September

Wasn't really impressed with Fremont street at all! Full of crack addicts and weirdos!

adamg

August

Walter_Sobchak wrote: »

Wasn't really impressed with Fremont street at all! Full of crack addicts and weirdos!

Sounds like my local

adamg

August

just won £597 online at jackpot joy today so so tempted to book another trip to vegas with it along with the money I won out there in August, but with the other half being a teacher only leaves over easter to go. Whats it like out there then?

ferf1223

March

adamg wrote: »

just won £597 online at jackpot joy today so so tempted to book another trip to vegas with it along with the money I won out there in August, but with the other half being a teacher only leaves over easter to go. Whats it like out there then?

We like Easter in Vegas...think it's 8th April next year...remember there are no US bank holidays for Easter so it's not a time where loads of people will flock to Vegas. Doesn't look like any big conventions scheduled. Spring Break will be over for all but a handful of schools...and the weather is (for us) perfect...maybe cooler than some would like though.

If it worked for us we would go for Easter 2012 without question but a couple of things out of our control have us looking at Feb/March instead.

And contrats on the win!

terryrees

November / December

Walter_Sobchak wrote: »

Wasn't really impressed with Fremont street at all! Full of crack addicts and weirdos!

That's half the fun of Downtown - people watching is fantastic down there!

DeeLasVegas

joaniemerc wrote: »

We decided on 10 days (factoring in the blummin' jet lag!) so will be there for New Year. We're Downtown tho' at the Golden Nugget so hopefully will be able to escape the worst of the madness on NYE!

In one word 'NO' :rotfl: Fremont Street will have it's own kind of crazy, so no escaping it I'm afraid. Though FS is preferable than Strip.

photome

August

adamg wrote: »

just won £597 online at jackpot joy today so so tempted to book another trip to vegas with it along with the money I won out there in August, but with the other half being a teacher only leaves over easter to go. Whats it like out there then?

Its just like any other time of the year...lots of air conditioned casinos!,. being serious though...GO, the weather will be just right and well you know the rest

roots_controller

Regarding Stripburger and Restaurant.com, one way to get a better discount is to buy El Segundo Sol vouchers which are frequently available at 60%+.
As they are part of the same company (and next door to each other) you can order from the Stripburger menu - we did this last week.
The only difference I noticed was that the shakes were smaller sizes.

jammerr

March

photome wrote: »

Its just like any other time of the year...lots of air conditioned casinos!,. being serious though...GO, the weather will be just right and well you know the rest

problem i find is the flight prices shoot up after march, otherwise i would go in april everytime. you'll get a direct return in march for £570. in april, god knows how much!

credit_crunch

hey guys
we are looking at vegas for our honeymoon next year. 10 days & the travel agents has priced MGM at £710. We have stayed there before, but we were thinking of Encore (also stayed there) or Planet Hollywood, or Cosmopolitan. We could also split between 2 hotels for our stay. Just cant make up our minds just yet!

Are were going to get much else for the sort of money?

We hope to do 4 nights in new york first, then fly on to Vegas, so budget could be strecthed but maybe only by £100 to £150. Having a look on a few websites now to see what prices are like, but if anyone has any recommendations please give me a shout!
Our dates will be 11th August to 21st August - this is based on the cheapest flights available.
Thanks guys :-)