Las Vegas guide and MSE thread 2013

pebblesmax

I have no idea about these scores, is it important?

luci

MGM resorts roll out free wifi

http://www.forbes.com/sites/larryolmsted/2013/10/05/free-wi-fi-sweeps-las-vegas-from-pools-to-nightclubs/

However it looks like you may have to pay for a faster speed

http://www.vegaschatter.com/story/2013/3/19/141345/478/vegas-travel/How+Much+It'll+Cost+If+MGM+Resorts'+Free+Public+WiFi+Isn't+Fast+Enough

duchy

About time .....hopefully Harrahs will follow suit so it becomes the norm for everyone.

vegasvisitor

I've always found it odd that a place like Vegas seemed to just not have much wifi available (well for free anyway). Once one chain starts hopefully the rest will need to keep up.

It's (hopefully) getting close to 11 months out from our trip next year, but we're slightly unsure what to do. I'd like to be away for my 40th which is in the second week of September. We've also talked about maybe flying to Phoenix, staying at Scottsdale a couple of nights and then driving on to Sedona or Flagstaff a night then over to Vegas. Would have to be a 2 week trip I think. I do wonder how hot it would be if we did that early September. If anyone has done the Phoenix-Grand Canyon-Vegas trip I would appreciate any info.

We will also have an early summer holiday in May or June but I have no idea where we'll go yet. Before all of that we have Bangkok and Dubai in January to look forward to. Will be a nice break away from the cold weather at that time.

ferf1223

I always thought part of it - and part of the charging for in-room internet - was to keep you from spending a lot of time doing internety things, time you could be in the casino.

I also think that now days most people have internet capability on their phones...and people sometimes forget that overseas travellers may have to pay a fair amount for what those on US plans could just get within their standard package.

For what we might use it for it will probably be just fine, and nice to have the option available.

stoneman

pebblesmax wrote: »

I have no idea about these scores, is it important?

They are important if you want to be able to obtain a discount on a product in return for promoting it through your Twitter account. But otherwise it is just an indication of how many times your tweets have been favourited or retweeted.
Tracy has a Klout score of around 75 (it will vary over a period of time) and 5K followers, (so sometimes one of her tweets will be retweeted over and over so potentially many thousands of people will see it) and we use this to get good discounts on stuff we want.

visidigi

On the subject of data charges in the US, what's the best bet for a sim card with data on while in the US? will be used in an iPhone 4S, I'm 19 days -ish out from going so presumably could have something delivered in time here if needed....

pebblesmax

luci wrote: »

MGM resorts roll out free wifi

http://www.forbes.com/sites/larryolmsted/2013/10/05/free-wi-fi-sweeps-las-vegas-from-pools-to-nightclubs/

However it looks like you may have to pay for a faster speed

http://www.vegaschatter.com/story/2013/3/19/141345/478/vegas-travel/How+Much+It'll+Cost+If+MGM+Resorts'+Free+Public+WiFi+Isn't+Fast+Enough

That was what we used in May. It was OK really. It made my T-Mobile USA data plan last a bit longer before it switched to the slower speed. Every little helps. It was available at Bellagio, MB, MGM and Aria then.

pebblesmax

visidigi wrote: »

On the subject of data charges in the US, what's the best bet for a sim card with data on while in the US? will be used in an iPhone 4S, I'm 19 days -ish out from going so presumably could have something delivered in time here if needed....

I use a T-Mobile sim. I get a $50/month 500 mb data package with unlimited calls and texts. I usually visit the shop on Flamingo/ Maryland Pkwy to recharge my sim. We go for a long stretch of time though, so it's worth it for us.

secretmachines

visidigi wrote: »

On the subject of data charges in the US, what's the best bet for a sim card with data on while in the US? will be used in an iPhone 4S, I'm 19 days -ish out from going so presumably could have something delivered in time here if needed....

pebblesmax wrote: »

I use a T-Mobile sim. I get a $50/month 500 mb data package with unlimited calls and texts. I usually visit the shop on Flamingo/ Maryland Pkwy to recharge my sim. We go for a long stretch of time though, so it's worth it for us.

snap... i use this one
http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/pay-by-the-day-cell-phone-plans

$2/3 per day, which is great when going for a week or so.