Comments on: Las Vegas http://www.heiditown.com Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:24:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: hmks http://www.heiditown.com/travel-agency/las-vegas/comment-page-1/#comment-642 hmks Fri, 25 Sep 2009 22:46:46 +0000 http://www.heiditown.com/?page_id=2978#comment-642 Excellent tips Chase! I especially like the gym tip - I don't think I would have thought of that. Also, nice tip about calling your liquor - I mean, it's VEGAS! Ya gotta make the most of it! My husband (Ryan) tried the ten dollars worth of nickles trick, but they wouldn't give him a free drink unless he did the Max Bet each time ($1.25). I think even Vegas is feeling the down economy! The Sports Book is something I failed ot mention - this is the primary way Ryan prefers to spend his time in Vegas and it's a great way to gamble without losing a ton, plus they have waitresses in most of the Sports Books (tho' this last time they were hard to find). Excellent tips Chase! I especially like the gym tip – I don’t think I would have thought of that. Also, nice tip about calling your liquor – I mean, it’s VEGAS! Ya gotta make the most of it!
My husband (Ryan) tried the ten dollars worth of nickles trick, but they wouldn’t give him a free drink unless he did the Max Bet each time ($1.25). I think even Vegas is feeling the down economy!
The Sports Book is something I failed ot mention – this is the primary way Ryan prefers to spend his time in Vegas and it’s a great way to gamble without losing a ton, plus they have waitresses in most of the Sports Books (tho’ this last time they were hard to find).

]]> By: chase http://www.heiditown.com/travel-agency/las-vegas/comment-page-1/#comment-641 chase Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:35:22 +0000 http://www.heiditown.com/?page_id=2978#comment-641 Also, check out my fave site, www.cheapovegas.com .. it's a hoot. Also, check out my fave site, http://www.cheapovegas.com .. it’s a hoot.

]]> By: chase http://www.heiditown.com/travel-agency/las-vegas/comment-page-1/#comment-640 chase Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:32:24 +0000 http://www.heiditown.com/?page_id=2978#comment-640 Nice, sounds like a fun trip! No gambling? Yoiks .... A couple other tips for you ... yes, Keno is a way to get free drinks with little gambling, but also you have to sit in that lousy keno area and you will lose whatever you have to bet ... easier way, go to any casino bar with those quarter video poker machines laid in, ask the bartender for a $10 roll of quarters and start playing, 25 cents at a time. The bartender will immediately offer you a free drink (tip him a buck a drink to make sure he keeps asking) ... technically, you are gambling, the bartender doesn't care it's only a quarter at a time, and unless you are unusually inept, it's virtually impossible to lose $10 at video poker in under an hour. I usually walk away with my original $10. Plus you get to sit out in the casino with real people. And when you order a drink, and it's free, please don't ask for "a beer" and settle for a Busch light in a plastic cup. Be inventive, it's free, how about some Maker's Mark on ice? Call liquor, people. Sorry to say, the free gym is also gone in Vegas. But the gyms (or "spas") are super nice. If you're playing and using a club card, you can usually cajole the pit boss into giving you a pass ... but if not, worth the dough. If you have a late flight (the 6 p.m. to Denver, for example) and have to be out of your room at 11, here's what we do ... pack up, head for the gym ("spa") ... they give you a pass for the day for your money, and a huge locker. So we lock up our luggage, go out and see the town, hang out, do whatever until it's almost time to go, then go back to the gym, take a sauna, whirlpool, a hot shower, maybe a shave, then get our stuff and head for the airport, then it's like getting a room for the day for only $10. Nice, sounds like a fun trip! No gambling? Yoiks ….

A couple other tips for you … yes, Keno is a way to get free drinks with little gambling, but also you have to sit in that lousy keno area and you will lose whatever you have to bet … easier way, go to any casino bar with those quarter video poker machines laid in, ask the bartender for a $10 roll of quarters and start playing, 25 cents at a time. The bartender will immediately offer you a free drink (tip him a buck a drink to make sure he keeps asking) … technically, you are gambling, the bartender doesn’t care it’s only a quarter at a time, and unless you are unusually inept, it’s virtually impossible to lose $10 at video poker in under an hour. I usually walk away with my original $10. Plus you get to sit out in the casino with real people.

And when you order a drink, and it’s free, please don’t ask for “a beer” and settle for a Busch light in a plastic cup. Be inventive, it’s free, how about some Maker’s Mark on ice? Call liquor, people.

Sorry to say, the free gym is also gone in Vegas. But the gyms (or “spas”) are super nice. If you’re playing and using a club card, you can usually cajole the pit boss into giving you a pass … but if not, worth the dough.

If you have a late flight (the 6 p.m. to Denver, for example) and have to be out of your room at 11, here’s what we do … pack up, head for the gym (“spa”) … they give you a pass for the day for your money, and a huge locker. So we lock up our luggage, go out and see the town, hang out, do whatever until it’s almost time to go, then go back to the gym, take a sauna, whirlpool, a hot shower, maybe a shave, then get our stuff and head for the airport, then it’s like getting a room for the day for only $10.

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