Las Vegas guide and MSE thread 2013

StuieUK34

yup, hopefully dollar is gonna do good!

Starting to look good through the day now.....
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business/market_data/currency/11/12/intraday.stm



http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business/market_data/currency/11/12/one_month.stm

ferf1223

we recently exchanged some r.com vouchers originally bought in 2008 for places we thought we might like to try and never did....some of these I am sure that I gave away to others when they still expired within a year of purchase but they were there in my account so hey.

Pampas is also on Tix4Dinner I think - or it used to be....someone here had an issue using the vouchers they hand out awhile back, can't remember the detail but seems like it was something along the lines of buy one top price option get one lowest price option free when you got to the restaurant...something like that...we have a couple of r.com vouchers from years gone by and one day will try it!

Weather is lovely, very happy with upgrade to P (red, even) room at Paris for asking nicely (tipped after)...had our best first night gambling ever - came to bed with more than double our daily budget each...hopefully the luck will continue.

jaytay

rolling out a new drinks delivery system in palazzo

http://www.lasvegasdaze.com/2013/03/drinks-2-u-via-grazie-slot-machines.html

Found the CET system at Laughlin really good,was hoping they were going to roll that out in Vegas but no sign of it yet.

photome

jaytay wrote: »

rolling out a new drinks delivery system in palazzo

http://www.lasvegasdaze.com/2013/03/drinks-2-u-via-grazie-slot-machines.html

Found the CET system at Laughlin really good,was hoping they were going to roll that out in Vegas but no sign of it yet.

That looks good, I assume the drinks are still free (tip) ? or is it a way for the casinos to do away with free drinks

vegasvisitor

nvh wrote: »

yeah, for some reason, they've changed the wording of the emails... historically, it have been labelled as a code for an 80% discount but now they give it in a numerical example ($25 for $4)... frustrating as i'm awful at figuring out what that is as a %

Dead easy. $25 for $4 is a $21 discount. $21 as a percentage of $25 to get the discount. $21 divided by $25 and x100 to make it a percentage. It's a 84% discount. HTH.

vegasvisitor

photome wrote: »

That looks good, I assume the drinks are still free (tip) ? or is it a way for the casinos to do away with free drinks

I assumed free - and the limitations on the machines are probably the higher denomination machines. Surely if they were selling the drinks they would have to put prices on there.

I remember a casino downtown (Mermaids?) that used to have a drinks button on the slot machines Not as sophisticated as Palazzo, it was just a light that alerted the cocktail waitress.

roots_controller

lesley74 wrote: »

Dead easy. $25 for $4 is a $21 discount. $21 as a percentage of $25 to get the discount. $21 divided by $25 and x100 to make it a percentage. It's a 84% discount. HTH.

It's even simpler than that, the discount is calculated on the 'normal' selling price - $25 certificates are usually $10 without any discount so when they are offered for 4 bucks it's a 60% discount.
Use Lesley's calculation (6 / 10)*100 = 60

or in the above case subtract 4 from 10 = 6 and then times 10.

pebblesmax

ferf1223 wrote: »

Weather is lovely, very happy with upgrade to P (red, even) room at Paris for asking nicely (tipped after)...had our best first night gambling ever - came to bed with more than double our daily budget each...hopefully the luck will continue.

I hope your luck continues.

Great weather and profitable gambling? What more could you ask for. Have a great trip!

lisaspice

Got back from Vegas yesterday after stay for 1week. We stayed at Flamingo & before we arrived I emailed them to ask about the building work that is going on behind The Quad. They said they would per book us a room in the quietist part of the hotel. They did not dissapointment! We were given a lovely room on the top floor (28) with fantastic views if the strip.

The first day we were there Friday 8th it was cold & raining. We were there for a friends wedding on the Saturday & after that the weather just got better & hotter everyday.

This was our 3rd visit to Vegas in the last 4 years & I must admit the place felt very different this time. Bills is a big part of our holiday & it felt really sad to look through the windows at it all derelict 😢

Also, I'm not sure if it is because we usually go in May but everything seemed so much more expensive this time. From the outlet stores to the shops & bars.

Still had a fab time though!

Annjac

Bill's will be back in Jan 2014, but not as we know it!

Add www. as cant post links yet,
vegaschatter.com/story/2013/3/15/162238/798/vegas-travel/Bill%27s+To+Return+As+Gansevoort+Las+Vegas+In+January+2014

Going by this article not too many of their previous regulars could afford $249 a night!!