Las Vegas guide and MSE thread 2015

John259

Raymondo111 wrote: »

so 2 weeks in all.

With two weeks you could see a bit more of the area if you wanted. Here's a couple of ideas:

Las Vegas > Zion > Bryce Canyon (if time allows) > Grand Canyon South Rim > Twentynine Palms > San Diego > Los Angeles.
Here's a rough map:
https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Las+Vegas,+NV,+United+States&daddr=Springdale,+UT,+United+States+to:Bryce+Canyon+National+Park,+Bryce+Canyon,+UT,+United+States+to:Grand+Canyon+Village,+AZ,+United+States+to:Twentynine+Palms,+CA,+United+States+to:San+Diego,+CA,+United+States+to:Los+Angeles,+CA,+United+States&hl=en&sll=35.232692,-114.817993&sspn=6.48565,13.392334&geocode=FdXoJwIdChsj-SnRffWkgre-gDGjebPV5tXMOg%3BFQd1NwIdacdD-SnxHlELNo3KgDF6CLeupWSy2Q%3BFc6fPQIdLilQ-SEGbay--9jpaykt68MCxms1hzEGbay--9jpaw%3BFawlJgIdseBQ-Skl4_-VTxczhzGhniKadMLMuA%3BFQbeCAIdZycV-SnPfl7CJsfagDH8o2PJQus37A%3BFdoz8wEdhEME-SlLHpKtD1PZgDF53xX9_SE6DQ%3BFYqYBwIdm77z-CkT2ifcXcfCgDH0CEYlb98v4g&oq=twentynine+palms&mra=ls&t=m&z=7
These links are to photos:
Zion http://goo.gl/0iJvKz and http://goo.gl/AgBzob
Bryce Canyon http://goo.gl/zILtqP

OR:

Las Vegas > Bishop > Yosemite Valley > San Francisco > Monterey > San Luis Obispo > Los Angeles (plus maybe San Diego if time allows)
Rough map: http://mapq.st/1JdtTWG
Photos:
Near Bishop: http://goo.gl/eUU5Xd
Yosemite http://goo.gl/pQyX3d and http://goo.gl/DxAx7y
Pacific Coast Highway between Monterey and San Luis Obispo http://goo.gl/xYyVuY

McG_3

Alibi tickets from living social Las Vegas, great savings.
We have just booked this for our forthcoming trip. Good reviews on trip advisor, sounds like it will be fun.

Normally $65 each but $39 for one or $75 for 2.
Hope others will benefit from this. Link below.
https://www.livingsocial.com/events/1318980-one-or-two-tickets-to-alibi-las-vegas

Wammer

I have a question re MyVegas that I am finding it difficult to word.

For the dining options that require a hotel stay, do you have to use the dining option the same night as the stay?

photome

Wammer wrote: »

I have a question re MyVegas that I am finding it difficult to word.

For the dining options that require a hotel stay, do you have to use the dining option the same night as the stay?

Yes you do and apparently they check you are checked in

loads of myvegas info on vegasmessageboard


http://www.vegasmessageboard.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?51-MyVegas

ferf1223

Wammer wrote: »

I have a question re MyVegas that I am finding it difficult to word.

For the dining options that require a hotel stay, do you have to use the dining option the same night as the stay?

I tried to get clarification on this last year - found where I posted what I was told (which wasn't necessarily that useful)

The first reply I received said:

You have to be the registered guest of an MGM hotel room to redeem that reward. So yes, you can redeem them on any of the dates of your stay.

I have gone back and again asked for confirmation that if we (say) were staying at MGM and checked out on Tuesday morning, could we use the Aria dinner buffet MV reward on Tuesday evening...we were registered guests that morning, but not at the time we would in this scenario be redeeming the reward. I did include that scenario in my original message so maybe they have confirmed that we could do this, but I just want to be sure.

then later

I had a reply which says:

You will redeem the the reward when you check in and it will be valid for 48-72 hours. You shouldn't have a problem using the reward that evening.

Which goes against what becksta said they were told here (for some properties):

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=66444627&postcount=2905

*****

Depending on which property, some seem to be valid for 24-hours, some seem to be valid longer...so I think worst case if you had a reward you wanted to use the night after you check out of a property...in theory you could have it loaded to your card before you check out to use that night?

photome

Posted on Vegasmessageboard regarding staying and using reward

http://www.vegasmessageboard.com/forums/showthread.php?115873-Skirting-the-one-night-stay-rule

Ady87

Last 2 trips planned with help from on here have been with my girlfriend.

6 of my mates are going September, two weeks with a few days in LA first week. 2 of them first timers.

So so tempted to book on and see a different side to Vegas.

Got 5 Comp Cosmo nights, 3 Comp Wynncore nights and an offer for PH as well...

secretmachines

Mayweather / Pacquiao fight has been agreed and is likely to be on 2 May. So anyone who is staying then and not booked a hotel yet, be quick!

tarkytarks

What choice of cash machines do we have on the strip? I.e. Lowest fees for withdrawal. I think we've used one at one of the Walmarts in the past but will be useful to know what our other options are.

photome

tarkytarks wrote: »

What choice of cash machines do we have on the strip? I.e. Lowest fees for withdrawal. I think we've used one at one of the Walmarts in the past but will be useful to know what our other options are.

The cheapest on the strip (by general consensus) is in Casino Royale charge is $1
Its towards the back on the wall to right hand side of table games