Las Vegas guide and MSE thread 2016

silvercar

blindman wrote: »

But not that nice for 5hrs TBHO:cool:

Seldom_Seen_Kid wrote: »

Thanks for the information on headforpoints. I will have a good read later, but have signed up for their emails in the meantime.


5 hours waiting, followed by a long flight, is just too much for me. We normally get the train to Manchester and spend the night before in Radisson. In theory, this is longer than 5 hours, but it is a really relaxing start to the holiday.

We once changed at Huston. We supposedly had a 5 hour layover. Over 2 hours was spent queuing at immigrationn!

Better for a longer wait than a panic that you've missed your flight!

Winter_Jasmine

Going to start packing today because we fly on Thursday morning! Eek!

We ended up cancelling our Flamingo reservation, we're going to stay at Excalibur for the full 10 nights. We liked it there last year, clean and modern room, good gym and great pool. With the rubbish exchange rate at the moment we thought we might as well save some cash ($350 cheaper to stay at Excal) and it's a reasonably safe bet that we'll be happy there!

Got Groupons for PBR @ PH ($12 for $40 of food as I had a 50% off coupon), Tacos & Tequilas (two Chongas for about $2 because I had a coupon for a free deal up to $20ish) and Jimmy's Seaside Fries ($7 for $18 of food)

Got Travelzoo for Spice Market ($29 for two, any time)

Got a $50 r.com coupon for House of Blues

Got $60 of TR points from Social Rewards to use too

And finally, got a selection of different MyVegas rewards between us, we can use 7 between us so will return the excess. I've returned the 2 x MC buffet after (I think) Lesley's experience - thanks for sharing and saving us the disappointment!

We're seeing Penn & Teller and Britney while we're there

Other than that my only aims for this trip are to have plenty of pool time and spend more time in Caesars, Wynncore and V/P as we barely stepped inside last year

Roll on Thursday!

pebblesmax

We stayed at Excalibur for 6 weeks in 2011. We thought it was fine. It was a bit farther south than I like, but couldn't beat the savings. You've got plenty of choices for food planned too.

Have a lovely time.

Winter_Jasmine

Thank you ��

Wow - six weeks...one day, I wish lol! Yeah I'd prefer a bit further north and I don't love the casino but we both really like playing in Luxor and NYNY so it's well located in that respect

Seldom_Seen_Kid

Winter_Jasmine wrote: »

With the rubbish exchange rate at the moment we thought we might as well save some cash ($350 cheaper to stay at Excal) and it's a reasonably safe bet that we'll be happy there!

Have a great trip.

Husband has started clearing out some of his 'spare' clothes to sell on ebay this morning. His idea is to make the extra £ to compensate for the $ rate by selling stuff that he has not worn in ages and is simply taking up space.

pebblesmax

Winter_Jasmine wrote: »

Thank you ��

Wow - six weeks...one day, I wish lol! Yeah I'd prefer a bit further north and I don't love the casino but we both really like playing in Luxor and NYNY so it's well located in that respect

Being a pensioner has its merits.

Winter_Jasmine

Seldom_Seen_Kid wrote: »

Have a great trip.

Husband has started clearing out some of his 'spare' clothes to sell on ebay this morning. His idea is to make the extra £ to compensate for the $ rate by selling stuff that he has not worn in ages and is simply taking up space.

Thank you and good plan! We're lucky that we didn't need to buy any currency this year and bought Groupons etc before the referendum. I won't be penny pinching once we're there but every little helps in the planning though!

ali-t

Winter_Jasmine wrote: »

Going to start packing today because we fly on Thursday morning!

We're seeing Penn & Teller and Britney while we're there

Other than that my only aims for this trip are to have plenty of pool time and spend more time in Caesars, Wynncore and V/P as we barely stepped inside last year

Roll on Thursday!

We fly out on Friday for 6 nights staying at the encore - still have too much to get done to get excited just now. What night are you going to Britney? We are going on Wednesday and i got standing golden circle tickets. Dont know if they will be any good or if seats would be better but i will want to dance if its a good show. We are going to the UFC200 on Saturday night which should be good. The weather forecast is scorchio all week - bring it on!

serenawell

ali-t wrote: »

We fly out on Friday for 6 nights staying at the encore - still have too much to get done to get excited just now. What night are you going to Britney? We are going on Wednesday and i got standing golden circle tickets. Dont know if they will be any good or if seats would be better but i will want to dance if its a good show. We are going to the UFC200 on Saturday night which should be good. The weather forecast is scorchio all week - bring it on!

We had standing golden circle tickets for Britney - had a great time

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Pic taken on my phone x

ali-t

Wow, that is close! Definitely looks like a good choice, thanks for the pic.