Las Vegas guide and MSE thread 2012

Twoyearplan

Hello,

My partners and me are off to Las Vegas for Christmas. We've just been told however by First Choice that they don't advise customers to use their cash card because it's not accepted at many places in Las Vegas. Can anyone tell me the best and safest way to take money over there?

Many thanks

luci

I had a cash passport type card a few years ago and had no problem using it in an ATM. However I didn't make any purchases on it as I had read of problems with the transaction being taken from the card twice.

The only reason I got it was that the travel agent was giving $100 free if you loaded it with $1000, otherwise they are poor value for money due to the low exchange rate.

We never get cash in advance and use the Halifax Clarity card in ATM's when we get there as there are no fees and a low interest rate. As you get full Interbank rate it is cheaper than getting USD in the UK.

StuieUK34

i'm hoping some kind of sale comes with flights in January, as want to book our end of May holiday to LV !!
prices suck at the mo, i missed out on a corker of a deal last week, for 1 day, could have done 10 nights in Excalibur inc Memorial wkend for £686 each..... (average before was £728)

secretmachines

VALUE FOR MONEY

StuieUK34 wrote: »

i'm hoping some kind of sale comes with flights in January, as want to book our end of May holiday to LV !!
prices suck at the mo, i missed out on a corker of a deal last week, for 1 day, could have done 10 nights in Excalibur inc Memorial wkend for £686 each..... (average before was £728)

i hope so too... we're looking at VA flights to Miami at easter... a couple of months back I could have got £420pp flights, gutted I didn't get them! though to be fair, at the time we weren't sure it's where we wanted to go.

adrienne1945

HOTELS

I'm thinking of booking for Jersey Boys at Paris but know nothing about the theatre. Can someone give me a heads up as to where the seats to avoid are and whether if I sit within 10 rows of stage it will cause crick in my poor old neck. TIA

ratkarth

Quiet on the forum this weekend

stoneman

CASINOS

ratkarth wrote: »

Quiet on the forum this weekend

As far as I understood it, Tuesday is not on the weekend:D

pebblesmax

VALUE FOR MONEY

ratkarth wrote: »

Quiet on the forum this weekend

Some of us need to get ready for Christmas. Or go on holiday elsewhere.

I'll be off on Friday.

secretmachines

VALUE FOR MONEY

adrienne1945 wrote: »

I'm thinking of booking for Jersey Boys at Paris but know nothing about the theatre. Can someone give me a heads up as to where the seats to avoid are and whether if I sit within 10 rows of stage it will cause crick in my poor old neck. TIA

here's the seating plan, we had seats towards the rear of the front half and they were great. from memory the stage is a bit higher than the front row, so probably not the most comfortable seats. if i could choose, i would have seats at the rear of the front section (orchestra/stalls i think they call it). seats on the outside aren't too bad either, the stage is pretty wide.

we got a good deal on tickets through bestofvegas and looks like there's a good deal on there at the moment for upgrade seats.

secretmachines

VALUE FOR MONEY

photome wrote: »

Guys.

Regulars will know that I took over from Trets as the poster pf this thread being able to amend the first post etc.

Would someone else like to do it next year and maybe amend/update it put it in their own style etc etc.

One thing that maybe needs updating are the GrandCanyon travel tips as the question is asked many times.

Although I do wonder how many people read the first few posts

I will have to work out how to get it to anyone who volunteers, but cant be that hard.

secretmachines wrote: »

i'd be more than happy to give it a go, might need the support (for content at least!) of some of the true veterans (i'm only a 3-timer so far!).

i'd probably look at doing this over the christmas hols, so if admin-y things need to be done, or questions to be asked, time is marching on