Concierge
Rent a car (I prefer a 4x4).
- Water a local grocery store is about 10-20% of the cost in the
casinos.
- Get out of town during the day and visit
You get the idea. Check out DesertUSA,
After You've Stripped,
Desert Geographic,
GORP ,
Las Vegas Review Journal
Margo Bartlett Pesek Trip of the Week , miniQuest
Adventures , Mohave Desert
Herritage & Culturral Association , NationalAtlas.gov
, Nevada Bureua of Land Management
, Off The Beaten
Path , The
American Soutwest , Red
Rock Canyon , Redrock.org
, Rock Art Of The Southwest
, The Virtual Desert
Make a list of the things you want to do day-by-day. Don't go
home saying "I ran out of time". Las Vegas is open 24
hours per day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. You do not sleep
in Las Vegas, you sleep at home!
All Las Vegas Hotels have toll free 800 telephone numbers. You
can get the 800 telephone number for free by calling the 800 information
operator at 1-800-555-1212. You can receive a free e-mail of all
the toll free telephone numbers by submitting your e-mail address
on the internet at: http://www.aglitter.com/tollent.asp
Most of your questions can be answered by a simple, toll
free telephone call. Pose your question to the Hotel telephone operator
who answers and she will connect you to the right department. If
you are not satisfied, call them back, it's their dime and you
will get different answers and rates from different people.
Try Park Place Entertainment
or MGM-Mirage . Look
around web sites. You can find 2 or 3 different rate tables.
Gambling
- Divide your gambling budget by the number of days of your stay.
- Place the daily gambling budget in a separate envelope for
each day.
For example: If you are staying 5 days and have $600 put aside
for gambling. Mark 5 envelopes, 1 for each day of your stay.
Put $120 in each envelope. Once your gambling budget for the
day is spent, find something else to do. Do not touch another
days envelope.
Your own GREED is your own worst enemy.
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Do not play: The odds against you are huge!
- Keno
- the big six wheel
- Bingo
- Slots
- Proposition sports bets
- The center bets in craps
- A double zero roulette wheel
- live poke
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Do play: You do have a chance.
- blackjack
- craps (pass line and odds)
- sports wagering
- video poker
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Learn to gamble at home where it does not cost you anything. Then
start in the casinos with small minimum tables or slot machines.
Play more downtown (Plaza, Lady Luck etc.) and definitely more at
"locals" casinos (Gold Coast, Orleans etc.) There are
many internet sites where you can play at home for free. or chek
out Bob Dancer's WinPoker
.
Join ALL the slot clubs, even if you do not play in that
casino. You will get more promotions mailed to your home than by
just joining slot clubs.
Did I mention, drink water.
Tipping
Tip in places where you have never tipped before. In Las Vegas
tipping is BEFORE the service . Here are some examples:
- When the sign says "Valet Parking is Full" then $5
will find a space quickly.
- When checking in
- Place $20 on your Hotel registration desk counter, and ask
for a an upgrade. If you are told they meet your request,
pocket your $20.
- Ask for a room with a view mountains or The Strip.
- Place $10 on the registration desk counter, when renting a car,
and ask for a free upgrade.
- Slip $20 to the big, burly guy guarding the "velvet rope"
at the entry to the nightclub of your choice, which now has a
line a mile long to get in.
Did I mention, drink water.
Comps
There are three secrets for getting comps in Las Vegas: Ask, Ask
and Ask. Millions of dollars are given away
by the casinos every year. Make sure you get your share. ASK
Get to know pit bosses, casino hosts and slot hosts. They love
giving out their business card. Ask them for one. Call them before
leaving to Las Vegas. They can fulfill impossible demands. Their
comps usually do not entail any loss of slot club points. Some hosts
are scared to give their own mother a free buffet. GET ANOTHER ONE.
Or change casinos.
Transportation
We like to rent an SUV. We take day trips and side trips. We travel
the "back country byway"s. A high clearance vehicle or
4x4 is a must. Look at a map and learn the following streets; Koval,
Paradise/Main, Indistrial, Freemont Street/Boulder Highway, Charelston
and the interstates.
Every car rental agency in every state in the US is required to
provide liability with every rental. So we're only talking about
damage to the actual rental car itself, not damage you may accidentally
inflict on anyone else. Check with your insurance company for collision
coverage while you are driving a rental car..
First timers; CAT
has various passes.
Las Vegas Regional Transportation
Comission of Southern Nevada
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