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Posted 16 July 2023
Stratosphere Casino Hotel / 2 Adults 11/12 / 9 Nights From Heathrow To Vegas + 20kg Luggage £789.63 PP


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sorted byI am a 20 trip veteran of Vegas and won't go back now . Its just too expensive.
All the nicer bars the drinks prices are now over $20 a cocktail and $10 a beer .
Food is extortionate.
You can get cheap beers is the likes of casino royal , but even there $1 cheap bottles are $3.99 now and it's full of cigarette smoke .
Too put it in context for Value ( i know its a total different type of holiday and its Thailand, but its stunning) i stay in Thailand phuket and Krabi about 4-6 months a year . I pay around $29 for a nice 4 star hotel And $40-$48 a night for some 5 star on Agoda . That's less that the resort fee in Vegas . The Vegas I know has change and my last trip was recent last year . (edited)
I have done vegas so many times that will be my last trip there, for those that have never been then I guess its an experience, but not the cheap getaway it used to be.
One place I would recommend and not far from the strip in Vegas is this BBQ place, its where the locals eat and is a down to earth really well cooked BBQ food venue at fantastic value prices. They are doing really well and expanding, they now have a few venues see here rollinsmokebarbeque.com
In Vegas there's a place called "Rincon de Buenos Aires Restaurant" that's pretty good. (edited)
I am a 20 trip veteran of Vegas and won't go back now . Its just too expensive.
All the nicer bars the drinks prices are now over $20 a cocktail and $10 a beer .
Food is extortionate.
You can get cheap beers is the likes of casino royal , but even there $1 cheap bottles are $3.99 now and it's full of cigarette smoke .
Too put it in context for Value ( i know its a total different type of holiday and its Thailand, but its stunning) i stay in Thailand phuket and Krabi about 4-6 months a year . I pay around $29 for a nice 4 star hotel And $40-$48 a night for some 5 star on Agoda . That's less that the resort fee in Vegas . The Vegas I know has change and my last trip was recent last year . Its nearly £250 on check out for the resort fees so add that to the deal price . And don’t forget to add tax and 15-20% tip on everything in Vegas . If you don’t tip well the waitresses have started actually giving you abuse . (edited)
Had a bag snatched in the Stratosphere lobby at breakfast time by an obviously chemically dependant young lady (edited)
It's stupidly expensive and they will shamelessly rip you off. Sky High resort feess, fridges where if you even lift a drink, you get billed a stupid amount of money (mini-tip: you can request these fridges be removed and replaced with empty ones. Too many devices connected to the hotel wifi at once? Bam, they charge you the insanely expensive additional wifi fee for your entire trip. Check out a second past when you should, you're getting a big fee. All comes from the $500 hold put on your card when you check in.
Buffets are so expensive as to remove their point. $80pp for the nicer ones, $40 for a standard one. For the same price you could eat at a good quality restaurant and order enough to stuff your face. I ate at a Guy Ferrari Burger place which was very nice (tiny menu though) but In'n'Out is a must on the Linq promenade (better than 5 guys and good value).
The Vegas monorail is really handy, saves a huge amount of walking around the best part of the strip. There are BOGOF vouchers around (the MyVegas rewards game/app).
The odds in the casinos are abysmal. Triple 0 roulette, low odd & low volatility slots that will just slowly drain all you money and only give tiny wins. Also disappointingly, very little slots variety, even between casinos (they're all owned by 1 of 2 companies which doesn't help). Comps are stingy and rare, waitresses basically ran past the people gaming, you have to be paying attention to flag one down for a drink.
Every Major casino has a unique Cirque Du Solei show. Look up the shows and decide on the one you think looks the best.
Vegas is freezing in the Winter, dress for the cold. Also the streets of full of fake dancer girls (if you take a picture, expect to be made to stump up a significant amount of cash), scams with kids collecting "for their basketball team" and lots of homeless/drug addicts.
Ubers are trivial to get (most hotels have a pickup zone) and surprisingly not that expensive, even from the Airport.
Non casino things to try: Mob Musuem, Meow Wolf's Omega Mart.
But 9 nights?
Think of the outstanding scenary in the Western US that you could be looking at instead!
2 Cans of Beer in Vegas - MacMaster
That said, it was a can of lemonade rehab which hasn't been available here for close to a decade so it was worth it...
Shows
zipwire down the canyon (Not the freemont one)
shoot guns
hoover dam
grand canyon
2 national parks (One to the west, one to the north east )
smash room
2 outlet malls
these are a few of the things we've done.