Las Vegas guide and MSE thread 2013

TutuBelle

Hiya I'm trying to book somewhere for OHs 40th in march. We can only get kids minded for max 5 days. Is it worth it to go all the way to Vegas for just 4nights? Tho I know he'd absolutely love it.

photome

TutuBelle wrote: »

Hiya I'm trying to book somewhere for OHs 40th in march. We can only get kids minded for max 5 days. Is it worth it to go all the way to Vegas for just 4nights? Tho I know he'd absolutely love it.

I have been for 4 nights, I wouldnt do it again, It can take the first 2 days to adjust to the time difference, having said that if its the only chance you have to go, and you really want to....

TutuBelle

thank you- that's what I was scared off - the jet lag. Maybe just do New York instead but I know he'd love to go to Las Vegas.:cool:

vanilla8

TutuBelle wrote: »

Hiya I'm trying to book somewhere for OHs 40th in march. We can only get kids minded for max 5 days. Is it worth it to go all the way to Vegas for just 4nights? Tho I know he'd absolutely love it.

I'm going in March for 5 nights, im sure you would make the most out of it whilst you are there, perhaps plenty of caffeine

ferf1223

TutuBelle wrote: »

thank you- that's what I was scared off - the jet lag. Maybe just do New York instead but I know he'd love to go to Las Vegas.:cool:

one of the things we like about Vegas is that it's a 24-hour city...if we're up at 4am it's fine...with the exception of things like shows and some restaurants and mall shopping you can pretty much do everything else Vegas-y anytime...I wouldn't let jetlag put you off of going to Vegas...I agree it's probably not ideal, but I do know plenty of people who go for short trips...pennylane regularly does, I think.

pebblesmax

If it's a choice between Vegas and NY for 4 days, I'd definitely choose Vegas. As ferf says, you can do most things Vegas at any time of the day or night and could possibly just keep to UK time for the 4 days.

mat5664

I usually only do 5 nights, even flying from the UK as I find that is enough.

I've done 4 nights a couple of times - if you are flying direct, it's no big deal - especially if you keep to UK sleeping hours!

martmonk

I did three nights once and was shattered afterwards but fine whilst there - mainly on account of getting extremely drunk on the way over and staying that way for the majority of the trip.

In my defence I was young and daft and the whole trip was a freebie.

martmonk

A while back there was a call for suggestions for additional info for the first few posts.

Thanks to NVH for directing me to http://www.headforpoints.com/ (on page 282). I think this could be a useful referral to have in those initial posts as there is a wealth of information on the various airline points programmes as well as detailed reviews of the credit cards available which provide ways of accumulating points (avios for example).

rorylando45

How frequently does the half-price Scoot City tour appear on Groupon? I did it when I was last there and loved it, and am planning on doing it again when I go back in June. If anyone sees it there please post it in here!