I used to visit Vegas pretty frequently and if you played your cards right (pun intended) you could make a fairly inexpensive vacation out of it. Nothing super exciting.
I finished reading a lot of books lounging by pools at various hotels, eating and drinking a bit more than I normally would. Avoiding the tourist traps and just relaxing.
Nowadays the casinos don’t want to comp anything and the prices they charge are outrageous.
Last time my wife and I went, which was a few years ago, I went to the pool bar and ordered two drinks. Nothing fancy. When the cashier told me the bill was $60, I was blown away. $30 a piece. A complete rip off. It’s gotten to where a lot of places pull that kind of shit anymore.
There are way better and cheaper places to visit than that glittering desert shithole.
Was at a resort a few years back and they pulled the same shit. Paid for the one round, but what would have been multiple days of day drinking and spending there turned into us finding a pool, but then going to the local bar instead. People there were great, exchanged stories, and spent probably a quarter of what we would have at the pool.
If they had even just charged half of what they were we probably would have stayed and they would have made a few hundred off of us on drinks alone, but they got so greedy they lost out on everything else.
I’ve never understoodbthe appeal of a resort. Growing up we would visit my mom’s family in northern England, touring museums and ruins around Yorkshire and Northumbria, far flung from the tourist hotspots other Americans would visit. I suppose that comes from my old sailor grandpa. He was always adamant about eating where the locals ate, so we did that everywhere we went
Thats interesting, most chain restaurants in Germany have the same prices in all locations. Not 100% sure if an airport burger kind would have the same prices as everywhere else, but it wouldn’t be much more.
There were only two major groups I saw in Vegas last year. Elderly middle class people who still have wealth to not pass on (doesn’t seem like near as many of them these days) and the Upper Class where $300 candles are just a thing you throw on your kid’s nightstand.
I used to visit Vegas pretty frequently and if you played your cards right (pun intended) you could make a fairly inexpensive vacation out of it. Nothing super exciting. I finished reading a lot of books lounging by pools at various hotels, eating and drinking a bit more than I normally would. Avoiding the tourist traps and just relaxing.
Nowadays the casinos don’t want to comp anything and the prices they charge are outrageous. Last time my wife and I went, which was a few years ago, I went to the pool bar and ordered two drinks. Nothing fancy. When the cashier told me the bill was $60, I was blown away. $30 a piece. A complete rip off. It’s gotten to where a lot of places pull that kind of shit anymore.
There are way better and cheaper places to visit than that glittering desert shithole.
Was at a resort a few years back and they pulled the same shit. Paid for the one round, but what would have been multiple days of day drinking and spending there turned into us finding a pool, but then going to the local bar instead. People there were great, exchanged stories, and spent probably a quarter of what we would have at the pool.
If they had even just charged half of what they were we probably would have stayed and they would have made a few hundred off of us on drinks alone, but they got so greedy they lost out on everything else.
I’ve never understoodbthe appeal of a resort. Growing up we would visit my mom’s family in northern England, touring museums and ruins around Yorkshire and Northumbria, far flung from the tourist hotspots other Americans would visit. I suppose that comes from my old sailor grandpa. He was always adamant about eating where the locals ate, so we did that everywhere we went
I used to go there for business trips and I remember being floored that the hotel Starbucks was charging $11 for a small latte
Thats interesting, most chain restaurants in Germany have the same prices in all locations. Not 100% sure if an airport burger kind would have the same prices as everywhere else, but it wouldn’t be much more.
There were only two major groups I saw in Vegas last year. Elderly middle class people who still have wealth to not pass on (doesn’t seem like near as many of them these days) and the Upper Class where $300 candles are just a thing you throw on your kid’s nightstand.