Las Vegas guide and MSE thread 2012

adrienne1945

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starting to get excited now only 11 days 11 hours and 30 minutes to take off

lozwinter

I'm going to Vegas for the first time in January and I just wondered if many of you had done day trips to the Grand Canyon and is there any you can reccomend/ suggest we avoid? I'm struggling to decide which company to go through.

marsman802

I'd appreciate any answer to lozwinter's question - I'm going January as well (deal just too good to turn down I think, £1400 for two, 6nts @ Palazzo and direct flights with BA from LGW and back to LHR). I'm thinking the trip by plane to the grand canyon national park and then the bus tour sounds quite reasonable?

Second question - I'm trying to sort an overseas credit card out and would like to know where I can withdraw cash without paying ATM charges to casinos etc - I'm hoping there's somewhere on the strip that doesn't charge??

many thanks in advance guys!

pebblesmax

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The Grand Canyon will be very cold in January. Just a warning.

marsman802

oh yes - i last went during November one year and that was certainly not t-shirt weather (as I found out....!)

this time - BIG coat!

luci

marsman802 wrote: »

Second question - I'm trying to sort an overseas credit card out and would like to know where I can withdraw cash without paying ATM charges to casinos etc - I'm hoping there's somewhere on the strip that doesn't charge??

many thanks in advance guys!

All the ATM's on the strip charge and it wouldn't be cost effective to get a taxi off strip.

Most casino ATM's charge $4.99, but Casino Royale is $1 and the one at the top of M&M World is $2. I think the ones in Walgreen's and CVS are $3.

photome

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lozwinter wrote: »

I'm going to Vegas for the first time in January and I just wondered if many of you had done day trips to the Grand Canyon and is there any you can reccomend/ suggest we avoid? I'm struggling to decide which company to go through.

Question has been asked many times, I am guessing if you do a search of the thread you may find an answer.

I have only ever driven (wouldnt do it any other way) but not in january

retepetsir

lozwinter wrote: »

I'm going to Vegas for the first time in January and I just wondered if many of you had done day trips to the Grand Canyon and is there any you can reccomend/ suggest we avoid? I'm struggling to decide which company to go through.

We went for our honeymoon back in May.

We tried to keep to a budget due to the cost of the wedding. Helicopter tours were extremely expensive and limited for what you paid and actually got to see.

After doing a lot of research I decided on Grand Adventure Tours. They are top for 'things to do' in LV on Trip Advisor:

http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attraction_Review-g45963-d663940-Reviews-Grand_Adventures_Tours-Las_Vegas_Nevada.html

We did the sunset tour and I have to say that is was excellent. It was a very long day (picked up from our hotel at 7am, got back 1am!) but was worth it. Unlimited breakfast included plus lunch at the Canyon and stops at the Hoover Dam and then Route 66.

I think it cost us about £100 each, which was a bargain. Might be worth checking to see if they run winter tours!

http://www.grand-adventures.com/

Thoroughly recommended. I wouldn't hesitate to go again. It's a long time travelling but you can relax and chat to the group (7 in total for ours), and we had over 4 hours at the Canyon's South Rim.

Edit: Looks like the Winter Sunset Tour is $155

http://www.grand-adventures.com/winterwalkingtour.html

There's also the other 'Walking Tour' which has slightly different times.

ratkarth

marsman802 wrote: »

I'd appreciate any answer to lozwinter's question - I'm going January as well (deal just too good to turn down I think, £1400 for two, 6nts @ Palazzo and direct flights with BA from LGW and back to LHR). I'm thinking the trip by plane to the grand canyon national park and then the bus tour sounds quite reasonable?

Second question - I'm trying to sort an overseas credit card out and would like to know where I can withdraw cash without paying ATM charges to casinos etc - I'm hoping there's somewhere on the strip that doesn't charge??

many thanks in advance guys!

How did you get it for that price... That's amazing!!! Who did u book through

photome

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Some great pics of the winter bellagio conservatory
Penguins, trains and polar bears

http://www.vegaschatter.com/story/2012/12/2/233435/078/vegas-travel/Only+Bellagio+Can+Bring+Polar+Bears%2C+Chocolate+And+Penguins+To+Vegas+For+The+Holidays