Comments on: Return to Vegas

By: Driving a Prius | K-Squared Ramblings

Driving a Prius | K-Squared Ramblings — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 06:02:21 +0000

[...] car, which averaged about 20 MPG during normal commuting, though it did manage to average 30 MPG going to Las Vegas and back last [...]

By: West

West — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 15:51:36 +0000

Thanks.

M’lady and I were recently discussing how Vegas is becoming a place we might actually like to visit whereas it used to be a place with shows I’d never pay to see. And we’re not (well, I’m not) much on gambling.

Thanks, again.

By: Kelson

Kelson — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 16:31:01 +0000

Hmm… I’ve never flown into Vegas, so I can’t make any recommendations about the airport, but I can make a suggestion on choosing when to go:

If possible, check hotel pricing before you pick dates, because the rates fluctuate wildly.

When I booked our room at the Rio, even though our dates were pretty much locked in, I looked at pricing for other nights out of curiosity. The standard room ranged from about $80/night to over $400/night—sometimes within the same week!

IIRC we ended up with an average of $140/night for four nights (I don’t have the bills with me), but could have saved about $150 if we’d scheduled the trip for the following week instead.

By: West

West — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 10:22:32 +0000

Ahhh, TIPS! I love it!

Any recommendations on how to handle it if one is coming from Florida? If not, that’s cool. But it was worth asking.

By: Rialtus

Rialtus — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 16:34:49 +0000

I 100% agree about avoiding the Vegas trip on Friday night / Sunday. Typically, my wife and I will go up on Sunday or Monday, and come back mid-week. Besides the lessor traffic, the Vegas room rates are cheaper, and it’s generally less crowded.