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>no vegas thread

Vegas thread. Post recommendations for the following
>hotels/places to stay
>experiences/museums/tours/shows/rides
>restaurants
>casinos/gambling tips
>deals/coupons/comps
>nightclubs/nightlife
>what to avoid

>going to vegas post covid and legal weed
It's shit, not even saying that as a meme of "was hekkin better when I was younger!" shit.

Weed being legal dragged in a bunch of slop level tourists and dude-bros from abroad going WEED DUDE HAHA WEEED. It's actually fucking annoying and strip smells like weed fueled piss rather than just booze and the occasional piss. The amount of mindless zombies walking around slow as shit high off their ass makes simple things annoying.

Covid also made hotels bend to anyone who thinks of coming, I don't know how many indian/mexican families I've seen. Pre-covid you'd see them here and there but now the strip, downtown, old strip, etc. They somehow during covid decided Vegas is the new spot to drag the entire family to. It's always fucking browns too.

>what to avoid
Vegas unless you got some unbeatable deal that's hard to say no to or there for a work conference. Rather would just go to Reno these days.

>hotels/places to stay
I prefer off strip properties. The D, Golden Nugget, Durango, GVR, Plaza, Downtown Grand. Rooms are affordable and nice enough. GVR is very nice if you don't mind being in Henderson.
>experiences/museums/tours/shows/rides
Fremont experience with live music, strip clubs but not the huge expensive ones, mob museum, neon museum, pinball museum, meow wolf. Not into shows or rides
>restaurants
There are hundreds that run the gamut from shitty cheap meals to amazing meals that cost more than your nightly hotel room. Figure out what kind of food you want and your budget, then narrow it down. I prefer to eat cheap but still quality like Le Thai or many of the Asian places in Spring Valley. Steak is massively overpriced in Vegas and not worth it, especially at strip hotels. They'll charge you $90 for a ribeye with no sides that is no better than your neighborhood steakhouse back home who charges half that much for a steak + sides.
>casinos/gambling tips
DON'T play: penny slots, 6:5 blackjack, crapless craps, triple zero roulette.
DO play: poker, 3:2 blackjack, 10x odds craps, single zero roulette, video poker, sports betting.
>deals/coupons/comps
Casino slot clubs are free to join and usually have a new player bonus. Sign up if you like the property. You can opt out of emails and mailers. If you gamble lots you'll get free play, free food, and free room offers frequently.
>nightclubs/nightlife
Not a nightclub guy besides the occasional strip club. I'd rather get drunk at a casino bar and shoot the shit with randoms than wait in line for hours to blow my budget buying massively overpriced drinks in a STD factory with sticky floors.
>what to avoid
Big expensive strip clubs like Spearmint Rhino, hookers on the strip or fremont, anyone who tries to get your attention on the strip since they are all scammers or some MLM type bullshit, peak weekends like NYE, spring break, F1, and super bowl.

>>2758817
What’s wrong with the hookers?

I also heard anecdotally it’s ghetto as shit now so I’m not going

>>2758817
you sound like a guy I'd enjoy spending time with
just saying

>>2758778 (OP)
I wanna go to the golden steer steakhouse. That shit looks amazing

>>2758876
Anon in a previous Vegas thread said golden steer used to be great, now it’s too spendy and not a good value

>>2758833
>vegas is ghetto as shit now
I’m an oldfag. Been going annually since I was old enough to gamble. It’s not any different now than it was a generation ago besides being more corporatized and expensive. Vegas was always diverse because everyone can have fun in Vegas. It’s easy to get to from any airport and caters to every vice. The >muh post-covid ghetto Vegas is a retarded take that only exists on this site full of angry racist incels.

My first time in Vegas was 2004. I remember being surprised how many different languages I heard and how many different ethnicities were represented. It’s no different today. People from all over the world of all different classes having a good time. If that bothers you then don’t go to Vegas.

>>2758862
Sorry anon I’m straight

>>2758817
downtown grand is comfy for being a cheapo option

Do yourself a favor anons and avoid the strip and stay at South Point. They got $5 minimum bets on blackjack all the time, Texas Hold'em is good as well but not recommended to play anything else.

They also got a lot of good restaurants, and they got a midnight steak deal. Lastly, movie theater/bowling alley. All fun

>>2759021
>>2759004
This. Avoid MGM/Caesars properties unless you’re planning to spend $5000 or more. The big properties are terrible value. Stay at a Station Casino or anywhere else

seasoned vegas visitor here. my advice
>limit gambling time
>keep a buzz. dont get fucked up
>consider going midweek. cheaper and no crowds
>book direct with hotels. expedia & priceline & hotwire are never better than booking direct
>drink more water than booze
>go to bed by 2am. nothing good happens after 2am.
>take the cash youre willing to lose and leave your debit card at home
>two days in vegas is long enough

>>2758968
>muh incel
he's right dude. you're clearly brown otherwise you'd see there isn't a single white person on the strip.

>>2759121
NTA but i was just in vegas a few weeks ago for a NFL playoff weekend and Fremont was majority white people by a mile. Diverse for sure, but not Lagos like you idiots claim it is.

got invited for march madness. im not a big basketball fan…is that a good time to visit or will everything be overrun with tourists?

>>2760427
I've been there for MM before. The sportsbooks will be packed but outside of that it'll just be another Vegas weekend. The strip is so big with so many places to go it just absorbs big tourist weekends no problem.

Going for the first time in April, staying at the Luxor. Planning to visit Neon Museum, Mob Museum, Vegas Knights, Penn & Teller, Omega Mart, BattleBots, kayak excursion to Hoover Dam. Any other suggestions of what else to do, or avoid? Also looking for some good restaurant recs.

>>2760947
Luxor isn't great. Old, dated, musty, confusing layout. It's MGM so it comes with strip pricing for gambling and food. I'd suggest staying elsewhere like NYNY or Park MGM if you want to be on the south end of the strip, but you do you.

Your itinerary looks good. I'd skip Penn & Teller and go to Absinthe instead. Penn & Teller is for a boomer crowd. They have some good tricks but it's stuff you've seen before and/or can figure out easily. Absinthe will cost around $150, totally worth it tho. It's the best show in Vegas.

Museums are fun. If you're doing Neon and Mob museum, might as well do the Fremont experience too since you'll be a block away.

For food there's millions of places to chow. Like >>2758817 said pick the type of food you want and you'll have plenty of choices nearby. My personal favorite spots on the strip are Lavo (fancy italian), Yardbird (fancy southern), Hash House a Go Go (DDD style breakfast & burgers), and Wicked Spoon (buffet).

Strongly recommend checking out some of the speakeasies too. It's really fun to scope them out beforehand, then take your group to them while they think you're insane and opening doors you shouldn't open. Cosmopolitan has 3 and they're all awesome, there are also some on Fremont. Here's the Cosmo ones: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIdm3cZ7ZJ8

>>2760947
I'm going in April as well, if you see a dude tripping balls from LSD in Omega Mart you can bet it's me
I will try to go to lee canyon to snowboard if possible (or at least go tubbing) since it's just an hour away from the LAS airport

>>2760947
Sphere dude

>>2758778 (OP)
I went to vegas for a wedding once and decided to visit red rock and the grand canyon, they were some of the most beautiful places I'd ever seen, only competition would be glacier national park. Since I only spent a long weekend there and mainly on the strip with other people I decided I should come back on my own one day. I like the new vegas game so I want to to visit some places from their along with different nature preserves around vegas as well as ghost towns, mainly camping outside the city only really staying in a hotel for a couple nights to visit museums and do some shopping in vegas.

>>2761558
I wanted to go to goodsprings but since it was way out in the desert with no public transport available I wasn't able to visit, though you have to imagine my shock when I first went into Harry Reid Airport and realizing Camp McCarran was incredibly accurate to its real life counterpart, next time I go I will visit Old Mormon Fort

>>2760975
Just stayed in Luxor, damn right about the confusing layout. Heard it described as "the worst of the best" and I think it's spot on.
Excalibur is just bad flat out.

I want the Fear and Loathing experience; I've a white convertiablle rented with the trunk full of ether and coke; My worry is the strip is not the place to get blitzed out of my skull any more

Tell me the truth lads - Can I go to Circus Circus and pretend the world is ending while trashed on Ether still

>>2759092
Nah I had a really good omelette at The Henry at like 3:30 AM after playing Baccarat with either a sex worker or a Chinese spy last month

>>2758968
Bullshit.

I lived in Vegas for 2 years. My best friend still lives there and I've been going 3-4 times a year since the 2000's. Vegas is drastically different than in was even just 3-4 years ago.

Downtown Vegas on Fremont street was scary when I first visited Vegas. They smartly tore down all the dilapidated section 8 and crappy motels and put in new businesses and completely revitalized downtown. On the weekends, it's completely packed.

Crime on the Strip was pretty rare before covid. The crowd was always 80 percent white. After they legalized weed, it's mostly black people on the weekends walking around and crime is through the roof. Crime rates doubled in Vegas after covid. Literally everything is locked up in every grocery store. You have to be buzzed in to the CVS on weekends on the strip.

The other big difference are the prices. Every casino on the strip charges a resort fee of $40/night + $25 a day parking + increased room rates + they restrict the free drinks. The buffets are mostly gone and the few that are left are insanely expensive.

Vegas used to really push for families to visit, but most of the family themed stuff on the strip is long gone. No more waterpark, no arcades, no free pirate show, no buffets, no room deals at the nicer resorts.

>>2760975
+1 agreed on all points.

I'd also add
Red Rock conservation area
Omega Mart
Eat Asian food on West Spring Mountain. There are dozens of new restaurants. I just did an AYCE jap place called 888 and it was fucking amazing. Hachi and Ichiza are also both fantastic
Go play a round of gold at Angel Park. It's a par 3 mini course. You can get a package deal with clubs and a cart for less than $100 on Cloud 9.
Check to see if first Friday is happening. It's a pretty cool free art fest.
Go hike Gold Strike Canyon or Arizona Hot Springs and see the Colorado river.
If you're into biking or skateboarding, there are like a dozen free skateparks around town.
I know it's a tourist trap, but Bonanza gifts on the strip is awesome.

Is vegas worth going to alone?

>>2763443
only if you want to kill yourself

>>2763443
I go alone at least once a year and have a blast. It’s easy to meet people. No one gives a shit if you’re solo at a casino, bar, or restaurant

>>2763443
Vegas is 100 times better with a friend.

>>2763506
I'd be down but sadly they don't give you a complimentary hooker with a heart of gold anymore.

When I was like 24, I went to Vegas with these two smoking hot 18 year old chicks I had met in my last semester at college. We got them a really good fake ID from my buddy who owns a piercing shop. People always forget their ID's and leave them with him. These two chicks were like 90 pounds and they would chug Jack Daniel's straight from the bottle and get wasted every night. They'd pass out in bathrooms, in front of our condo, in the car, on the floor. One casino had to put them in wheelchairs and literally wheel them out. But god damn we had a good time. They were a spectacle everywhere we went. If I did that shit now that I'm older, I would be so annoyed that I would have immediately ditched them the first night and never talked to them again. You have to be in the right frame of mind for Vegas.

>>2764044
I would never put up with basic bitch behavior like this no matter how hot they are

>>2764361
Like I said, it's a mindset. In my early 20's, it was fun. But now, I would have been pissed. That's how Vegas is. It's all about your mindset. Yes, paying $17 for a beer in a club sucks, but you have to mentally prepare for it. When I visit Vegas now, we generally stay off the strip and it's a totally different experience. There's really good hiking right outside the city. The Asian food on the west side of town is literally the best in the US.

Anyone ever stayed at El Cortez or 4 Queens? Considering a Vegas trip over the summer but the Strip has grown stale and absurdly expensive. Wanting to stay in a sweaty older joint with SOVL.

Wife wants to go to the Backstreet Boys show at the sphere with her friend and I might play a WSOP tournament or two.

>also

Why the FUCK are flights so expensive now?

>>2763443
It's Vegas, 90% of the people you run in to at any given time have been drinking all day long. There's plenty of friendly drunk-asses that you can party with.

>>2764396
If you want a very cheap downtown stay you could do Golden Gate, which has old ass tiny rooms. Other than that I’d suggest Plaza or Downtown Grand over 4 queens/cortez

>>2764425
It doesn't necessarily need to be very cheap, just different than the complete corporate money grab of the strip. I know lots of gambling streamers in Vegas shoot at El Cortez and I kind of like the old school feel of the place. So maybe their subliminal advertising is paying off?

I've never stayed downtown/off strip and looking for something new. Last trip to Vegas the strip left a sour taste in my mouth.

>>2763310
Man this sounds depressing, I'll still go to what I want to do at least, Cirque, Mafia Museum and Pinball Museum and hang out in at least one pool to see babes.

>>2764044
No offense but totally saw Landman tv show guy saying that it was awesome, I am a boomer addicted to that lol

>>2764425
downtown grand doesn't feel too old school but it's still a reasonably priced stay. be aware the breakfast is a strip-tier ripoff and there is a separate gay tower they sometimes put you in that requires a bit of extra walking (but not bad)

>>2764396
Oh shit one thing I want to say if you do El Cortez the big time youtubers go there, go to the slot machine area and try to meet Vegas Matt or Lady Luck its really fun to cheer them on and sometimes they give free merch. Really cool people.

>>2763443
like most things it's better to go with someone but it's not bad solo either. just sit down at some table game where there's camaraderie like craps or blackjack and as long as you're not some complete weirdo autist you can strike up some friendly conversations easily

I have 2 comp nights at the W expiring August. Any topless pools for the wife? Micro bikinis are also common?

>>2758778 (OP)
Weed and Spirit Airlines ruined Vegas

>>2764495
I like Vegas Matt, been watching him since he had a mid 5 figure subscribers on YT. But even he has grown kind of tired. It's not that his content is bad, it's just that gambling is bad. I hate these new slot machines that are just re-skinned versions of the same game. Yeah, I know it's a slot machine so your options for new ideas are limited but all the games are super high volatility that are bonus dependant and I don't want to play them myself, let alone watch someone else play them.

I do love his get even or get even worse table game bets and the 1000/per bet for each new thousand subscribers was gold. The rest of the streamers are a big bag of meh, but Mr Handpay is alright too I guess. He's pretty outgoing with his fans too and I've talked a lot of gambling with him online in the past.

>>2764425
The downtown hotels are really old. The rooms can be hit or miss. But you'll have a better time staying downtown if you're on a budget.
I always drive to Vegas. If you have a car, the strip hotels are just nicer. If you look up hotels on Expedia or Travelocity, anything cheaper than Treasure Island is going to be shitty. That's a good rule of thumb. Planet Hollywood is probably the best of the cheap strip hotels. The Paris would be second best of the cheap ones. If you want to spend a little more for a nicer hotel, look up Vdara and Aria.

Avoid Circus Circus(mexicans), the Rio (blacks), The Strat (too far), Harrahs (old), anything off the strip on west Tropicana (ghetto).

First time going to Vegas. Thoughts on this schedule? I'm more interested in doing unique things than gambling. Where should I stay on the strip if I'm looking for somewhere that will be nice, but not like $400/night?

>>2763310
I do not understand why /trv/ pretends there was zero diversity in Vegas before 2020 lol. >used to be 80% white lmao what a stupid thing to say. Vegas has always had people from all over the world along with every ethnicity of Americans well represented.

>>2764701
Looks like a good trip anon! My only suggestion would be to give yourself a little more free time, maybe skip the buffet. Fremont street will be great that weekend since it’s March madness…picrel last year i was there and had a blast.

>>2764701
OmegaMart is overcrowded and overrated. Might be OK off-season, but not good in March.

>>2764701
good luck getting a spot at sigma derby at 11pm on a Friday night.
My wife were just there this weekend, we went at about 2 in the morning on Sunday night/monday morning thinking we could get a spot, not a chance.
There was a large crowd around it and zero people moved from their seats the entire time we were there trying to get in

>>2765409
I've spent a lot of time at The D and never had an issue getting a spot at Sigma Derby. Longest I've waited was 25-30 minutes and that was during super bowl weekend

>>2765177
I've been to a couple different Meow Wolfs and never really enjoyed it. If you're into psychedelics and art you'll have fun. Wasn't for me.

>>2764701
Looks good to me. Id probably skip the tournament of kings and the rollercoaster. Go to red rock conservation area instead.

Looking for concert advice. Are all EDM events at Resorts World or north strip? I see Zedd at Cazars palace but almost nothing on the south end at MGM properties

>>2765840
>edm
kys

>>2765840
Just so you know, the north end is the shitty end.

best buffets? probably will hit 2 maybe 3. leaning towards sterling brunch but I havent been to vegas at all since pre covid days

Car rental trick: pay for the cheapest type of car, then when you get to the lot to choose a car, ask the guy for an upgrade and slip him $40. You can get a sports car for the price of a Toyota Corolla. Doesn't always work, depends on who's working that day.

I am thinking about do the horseshoe during my birthday in late august. I don't do much gambling but I would like to do the battlebots thing they got there and just chow down. how easy is it to get from place to place. I don't want to rent a car because I am cheap like that. Also did they really cut back on the free drinks?

>>2766728
oh in addition to that where can I get the best steak. That I would spend money on.

>>2766356
They're really not worth it. I know people have told you that before but seriously just ask yourself "what kind of food do I want to eat" and then google "best [food type] vegas" then pick whatever you think sounds good.
The buffets are not good. Not even Ceasars or the Wynn. It's just "all you can eat" but it's slop and if you spent the same amount at a [your food style] actual restaurant you'll still get filled up and have actually good food.
I'm serious.
If you're dead set on going to one, Wynn. Get the online reservation but don't get the expensive lobster thing because, again, if you just wanted to eat lobster go to a lobster restaurant.

>>2766356
The buffet scene is dead in vegas. Go to Chinatown instead and do an AYCE Korean or Jap place. A new one opens up every month. 888 Japanese was amazing, I did it last month. You can do the premium all you can eat menu for $44. That's like half what the buffets cost nowadays. https://888japanesebbq.com/menu-c/

>>2762178
You could watch this video I just saw on youtube about Circus Circus instead. Probably better than actually going there..
https://youtu.be/ANdV-kxZZb0

>>2766356
I’ll parrot what the other anons are saying. The era of good Vegas buffets is over. You’re going to pay 80 bucks for mid ass food and feel like shit after cuz you ate so much trying to get your moneys worth. Go to good restaurants instead, pay the same, and have a great meal

>>2766946
That channel puts a ton of effort into videos and they get hardly any views. Kinda sad tbqh

>>2766985
They're clearly borderline autistic but I like that most of their content is focused on cool & unique historical tourist trap stuff. Their vlogging could use improvement but their documentary style videos on defunct weird stuff are pretty kino..

>>2767003
I subscribed
>>2766728
>I don’t do much gambling
Good. The time to gamble in Vegas has long passed. It’s a ripoff now and extremely difficult to break even let alone win. If you decide to gamble take $200 and play hold ‘em at a $1-$2 table. You can have fun playing poker for a couple hours on $200.

>>2758778 (OP)
I highly recommend visiting the hoover dam in the middle of your vegas vacation, it’s really cool and is a great break to the riff-raff of vegas.

Penn and Teller constantly have shows going on and it’s really good. vegas is also now the home of BattleBots and you can go watch 250 pound robots beat the shit out of each other.

>>2760427
It’s great but expect to spend a lot for hotels. You won’t be able to get a dinner reservation on the strip so plan to eat cheap or eat off strip. Even if you don’t like hoops it’s really fun to watch boomers lose their shit in the final moments of a blowout game because the favorite won by 22 but the bet needed a 23 point win lol

>>2763644
Vegas power ratings
>going solo 8/10
>going with one good friend 9/10
>going with a small group of friends 7/10
>going with a large group of friends 6/10
>going with a random group like coworkers 5/10
>going with your long-term significant other 4/10
>going with a girl you recently started dating 9/10

>>2768714
not a sports guy…people are making wagers on a team to win by exactly 23 points? how fuckin stupid is that…hope it pays 100x

>>2768722
Lol no. Point spreads anon.

Anyone there for march madness? How is it?

Going to Vegas later this year with some friends, I managed to find a good deal for the Wynn where it's cheaper than a studio room at the Cosmo. Would you say staying at the Wynn is better than Cosmo? We all just turned 30 if that means anything

Perchance did anyone go to David Guetta Liv Beach today? They say the doors open at 11am but I wanted to know when Guetta actually started his set.

>>2770908
Wynncore is a beautiful complex, rooms are great, has everything you could need, but the clientele is usually older and there's not as much casino vibe as Cosmo. You're in a grey area on age where you may or may not like more noise and action and a younger crowd. Cosmo has that. But it's a 15 minute cab ride from one to the other so stay in the nice rooms at Wynn and spend time wherever you want.

Going for a bachelor weekend soon. Are strip clubs worth it in Vegas? Do they allow you to grab tits and ass during a dance or is it Mormon-tier SFW shit?

Going to Vegas tomorrow for 4 days with my Grandma. Any one want to meet up sometime this week? Probably gonna have to be after 10 pm.

>>2773246
>Going to Vegas tomorrow for 4 days with my Grandma
I'll be in line at Tacos El Gordo at 1AM on Tuesday night because that's my night off. No idea how or why you'd want to meet up with me tho
I'll probably have a grey hoodie and shorts on. I'm always in the El Pastor Line. Takes about an hour

>>2773268
I am just glad she is still alive and still up for stuff like Vegas. We did New Orleans last Spring Break.
>inb4 underage
I'm a teacher.

>>2773268
tacos el gordo is the shit
delicious and also incredible drunk food
nothing better than a few of their tacos/quesadillas at 2am after partying in vegas for 10 hours

>>2768716
been to vegas twice with a girlfriend and i vastly prefer going solo or with buddies. i never want to do anything women want to do in vegas. bitch just let me drink and gamble and wander around and eat great food and walk 20k steps to burn off the 1500 calories of alcohol

>>2773284
as a permavirgin what is it wahmen like to do in vegas?
I had assumed they would just want to have sex and play slots

>>2773286
women want to take a thousand photos and eat cute foods and stay in expensive overrated hotels and go to nightclubs and fancy bars and generally do everything i do not want to do

>>2773287
See in my mind it would go like
>Wake up
>Fuck
>breakfast
>gamble a bit
>either lunch if somewhere cheap or back to the hotel to 'freshen up' (fuck) if it's gonna be a nicer place for dinner
>gamble
>nice dinner if that was the plan otherwise it's drinking and gambling until late at night then something like Tacos El Gordo
>back to the hotel and fuck again
I am NOT taking any fucking pictures or ordering a $20 meme cocktail, especially when the waitress will bring me endless modelos at the blackjack table

I dont gamble but ive been to vegas a few times for various reasons. I like just walking around getting drunk looking at all the cool buildings.
Having cool desert stuff outside of vegas is great. So go in January and go to valley of fire.

Any experiences with the Bunny Ranch?

>>2773319
Your best bet in Vegas for that sort of activity are the myriad of rub and tugs around west spring mountain blvd.

>>2773319
bad service, very expensive, condom only, blown out roastoids
>>2773286
shop
take pictures of themselves at places, while not actually doing things in the places
'go out' at night to get drunk with other women while their handler (boyfriend) makes sure they dont get raped by niggers

>>2773289
I’d be happy to take a girl if she was down with your itinerary. In reality taking a woman to Vegas is
>wake up
>go to overpriced brunch on the strip with cute $20 cocktails
>take 3 pictures of her holding her cocktail
>walk around the mid-strip property for her to shop
>she buys nothing
>get a cute coffee drink for $20
>take 3 pictures of her holding coffee drink
>go to pool
>she wants a cabana for $100/hr
>take picture of her in the water with her back to you, arms resting on the pool deck looking off into the distance
>pay $20 for pool margarita
>take 3 pictures of her holding the margarita
>walk back to the room as she films herself describing the cute drinks and brunch and uploads it to instagram or snapchat
>take a nap or chill in the room as she uploads 10 more social media posts about her amazing cute Vegas trip
>actually go do something fun like gamble or walk the strip and people watch for 30 minutes
>she gets bored and wants to go to the high end luxury shops at the Bellagio
>looks at $1500 handbags while security eyes you like a hawk the whole time
>she buys nothing while subtly trying to get you to buy her a $1500 handbag
>takes selfies and other pics at Bellagio conservatory
>gets $20 cocktail from Bellagio piano bar
>uploads 10 more pics to social media
>wants to dress up for dinner
>wears her fancy sparkly cocktail dress while you have a decent steak and drinks for $250 before tip
>she wants a nightcap at a speakeasy or fancy bar
>more $20 cocktails and selfies
>she passes out back in the room before you have a chance to fuck
I’m hardly exaggerating. That’s my experience with a 20something woman in Vegas. The best time is when she falls asleep at 11pm and I can go do whatever I want until 2am

>>2773319
Never been but I’ve heard it’s expensive and unfulfilling. The ranches are far from Vegas and Reno so you gotta get a ride or rent a car. Obviously she won’t touch you without a condom, not even a hand. If you want a mid girl it’s several hundred per hour, a hot girl or traveling pornstar is over a thousand per hour.

Guy I worked with did it for his 40th birthday after finalizing his divorce. He fucked some aging pornstar and said she was hot and put in good effort but the environment was strange and he couldn’t get into it. He paid for the hour and was bored of fucking her after fifteen minutes. She tried to get him to bring her to Vegas for some overnight thing for five grand. Id imagine that’s when you can go raw but who wants to go bare inside a porn whore with a million miles on her.

>>2772459
vegas strip clubs are crazy overpriced but if you're willing to spend a lot of money they'll let you do anything (and i mean anything) behind closed doors. not worth it for me. too easy to spend two or three grand on a couple hours of fun.

i said this before in a previous vegas thread - if you want to enjoy strip clubs make a trip to portland oregon. portland has a crazy high number of strip clubs per capita which are fully nude and let you touch them. they won't have supermodel hot strippers like vegas but it will cost you like 10% as much for the same experience

>>2773572
Yeah Portland sounds like the experience I get in Toronto and Montreal lol. $50 for 3 dances and tits and ass in my face. Guess I won't bother with Vegas then as I'm not necessarily a looker and can't poormax fun times with the harlots.

>>2773617
I did a summer in Portland shortly after turning 21 and it was insane how touchy and accepting the strippers were. You can do anything but penetrate them basically

>>2764495
all the slot influencer shit is wild
casinos used to warn you once then kick you out if they caught you trying to take pics or film
now every "influencer" is filming table games and slots at every casino
i was at el cortez last year when vegas matt was filming. had no idea who he was back then. he had a crowd watching him play and cheering him on. it was annoying as fuck. i will not go back to el cortez if he's there.

>>2773371
Idk it's more fun with 30 sometimes year olds, you basically get a few joints and go to circus circus smoke then play penny slots, later get drunk on Fremont Street drinking cheap beers you bought at Terribles, and gamble on the D casino vintage Sigma Derby

>>2773371
Painfully accurate

>>2760947

I'm this poster. Just got back from my trip. We wound up calling an audible and staying at the Cosmopolitan instead, which was a no brainer. Beautiful hotel, arguably one of the nicest in Vegas, at least that we saw.

Here are some takeaways that I'll pass on:

>>2760975 undersold how shitty Luxor is when we went to visit it. Total shithole. Looks cool from the outside though.

Coolest things we saw
>Neon Museum
>Circa Sportsbook with the insane two-story video wall and stadium seating
>Golden Knights game. They played like ass, but the fan energy was high
>Caramella restaurant at Planet Hollywood, especially if you can snag balcony seating on a day with great weather
>Atomic Liquors - get the bourbon mojito
>Penn & Teller - always loved these guys and was worth seeing them live. My only complaint is that it was only 90 minutes... I would've sat through four hours

Places/Things to avoid
>Most of the South Strip. Mandalay Bay is nice enough plus the aquarium is cool if you have kids, but everything else (Luxor, NY NY, Excalibur, MGM Grand) is shitty and/or boring
>Cosmopolitan speakeasies. They are just regular hotel bars in smaller rooms, I didn't get the appeal
>Mob Museum at full price. Not terrible, but felt a bit unfocused and cheesy

Things I want to do next time
>Visit the Sphere
>Atomic Testing Museum
>Battlefield Vegas
>Omega Mart - planned on going this originally but didn't get the chance
>Visit Park MGM (seems very nice and underrated)
>Catch a proper concert

>>2774750
Thought Atomic Liquors would be a tourist trap, but it was a fun local dive. Think we were the only tourists in there. Apparently it's the oldest free standing bar in Vegas, and has been in a bunch of movies.

>>2774750
>>2774753
>Caramella restaurant at Planet Hollywood
Newer restaurant, tried it on a whim. Delicious. This would be a good spot if you're bringing a wife/gf

I'll post a few more photos from the trip, let me know if you're looking for pics of anything specific

>>2774750
>>2774753
>>2774761

Fremont Street was good fun, felt like I was walking through Cyberpunk 2077 in real life. I think the police should let you pay to see the drunk tank they have in the station. I bet it's legendary.

>>2774750
>>2774753
>>2774761
>>2774763
Circa's enormous sportsbook. If I were back in town with a group of guys, this is where I'd go to kill a few hours. None of the other Vegas
sportsbooks even come close. The entire building seems really upscale, especially compared to everything else around it on Fremont St. If I were staying off the main strip, this would probably be at the top of my list.

>>2774764
Pic didn't come through.

How are these prices so cheap? What's the catch?

>>2774942
It’s a hostel in a city that has over 50,000 hotel rooms. They will almost certainly have additional fees that double the cost

>>2774942
Fake prices. The real prices are much higher.

>>2774942
honestly anon why the fuck would you stay in a hostel in LAS VEGAS

there’s a hotel on every street corner ranging from ultra cheap hooker motels to the finest luxury hotels on earth

>>2774968
I'm just passing through vegas on the way to the west coast, so looking for something cheap, but 5 bucks seems like a scam, btw what's the lowest you can spend on poker/blackjack, is it like in poker rooms where you have to buy in for few hundred bucks, or can you just buy chips for 20-50 and go with that?

>>2774750
>>2774761
how does Carmella compare to Carbone? I went to Carbone last year and it was kind of spendy but the food was amazing.

>>2775158
Have not been to Carbone, but I live on the East Coast and am constantly eating at good Italian restaurants. Caramella holds its own. Classic dishes (spicy rigatoni, chicken parm, steaks) done very well. Staff is friendly, too. Pic rel is the cheesy garlic bread on the menu.

>>2775018
Blackjack will have a minimum wager at each table. You can buy in for whatever you want. On the low end the table min is usually $15 in Vegas. Maybe you can find a $5 or $10 table downtown. Im not sure about poker. I’d guess minimum buyin is 20 big blinds or something like that

did you know there is a ski resort a 1 hour drive away from the vegas strip?
if you go to vegas in the winter you can ski on snow in the nearby hills, that blew my mind

>>2775547
5,000 autists are gonna show up at the ski resort next winter.

>>2758833
Street hookers/casino lizards on the strip are thieves. They will drug and/or rob you blind the first opportunity they get. If you want a hooker, call an escort agency but be prepared to pay $$$$.
>>2765177
It's worth a visit if you haven't been but Area 15 itself is awesome and definitely worth it.
>>2770908
The Wynn is the only true 5 star hotel on the strip. Cosmo is good but it's just a 4 star larping as some luxury hotel and it's going downhill fast thanks to MGM. Unfortunately Wynn isn't center strip so you need to walk or get an Uber to get to other places on the strip. Wynn also doesn't have balcony or fountain view rooms though, which are pretty cool if you haven't done it before.
>>2774750
>Cosmopolitan speakeasies
That's part of the appeal, they are smaller, more intimate, and chill than the Chandelier bar for example. Vesper is cool for a hotel lobby bar. It also doesn't help that everyone is copying Cosmo speakeasies now. Aria, Bellagio, RW to name a few are doing them now.

>>2774750
>Luxor
they seem to have prices at $32, cheaper than hostels in DC/NY, so tempted to book there, pretty tired of poc's, is the location good? How far from main atractions?

>>2776084
lol nvm, +45$ per night fee, how are these not included in prices is a mystery

>>2776089
... pretty sure there are more fees than that.

>>2776084
>>2776089
Don’t stay at a Caesar’s/MGM property. Simple as. They’re ripoffs with the hidden fees, insane food/booze prices, terrible gambling odds and they get worse every year

>>2776096
The only exception is if you’re a big spender/gambler and have higher rewards status that gives you no resort fees, free food, etc.

I’m a mid gambler, about $10k risked total per trip and I mostly stay downtown. I’ll get free rooms, waived fees, and usually $100-$200 in free food per month

>>2776094
>>2776096
nah 226$ total for 3 nights, bit the bullet as want to experience the pyramid, funnily enough priceline dropped the price to 18$ but told me to contact the property if arriving after 9pm, my plane lands just before midnight, but just called them check in up to 3am, so no idea what that was about, gonna read the thread now for ideas what to do there outside of bit of gambling and stripwalking

>>2776101
Do what you want anon but Luxor sucks

>>2776102
but it looks cool, I could save 20 bucks on some strap hotel or some shit

>>2776102
or 50 on some apache hotel but that had check in by 11pm

>>2776084
>>2776089
>>2776101

The pyramid aspect was attractive to me, too. It looks cool as fuck from the outside and lobby, but it looks like an EconoLodge on the inside in terms of the rooms. I guess it's fine for a budget hotel if you aren't spending much time there and just need a cheap place to sleep. If you can, I'd stay somewhere nicer closer to center strip. It's absolutely worth the extra money. You'll easily spend a $200 in ubers/cabs from Luxor anyway

>>2776175
no way, I'm a cheapskate euro that will make vegas into a walkable city, first time took uber today after 9 days in US as couldn't be bothered with 2 bus rides in detroit, extra 6 bucks seemed worth it as all buses here go once every half hour or so

death valley or grand canyon day trip?

>>2776089
>+45$ per night fee, how are these not included in prices is a mystery
They are if you are looking on MGM's page.
>>2776094
There's only taxes that aren't included.
>>2776102
The Tower rooms don't look too bad for what it is. Pyramid rooms suck.

>>2776378
You forgot tips. And if you don't tip them, they steal from your room.

>>2775941
The women in the street might pickpocket you, but the escorts that show up to your room might kill you. The only safe way to pay for companionship in Vegas is at the Asian massage places.

>>2776408
the thing with euro cards is... the tio seems never to be charged? I don't know, but if the terminal doesn't ask you after tapping for tip amount and you get the 'write your tip, write your signature' kind of situation... 10 days in murrica and not once the tip has shoen on my bank account, so... Yeah we're living the high life, tipping like hell, servers/bartenders are happy and it costs us nothing (I hope it's not like monthly payment for all tips you gave, or some other delayed shit, but so far written tips are worthless it seems)

Vegas is dying, visiting now just makes me sad

prob a longshot but any of you know where you can watch ufc in vegas? most sportsbooks don’t show the pay per view fights

>>2776625
You can google it. Lots of bars show UFC.

>>2776566
>ot once the tip has shoen on my bank account
They won't show up on your bank account separately. They go back into the transaction and update the amount. You won't see it on your statements until days later, maybe even a week depending on how fast they are.

>>2776639
oops, oh well, that does make the 'no tax on tips' bit problematic though

>>2776101
in the end they scrapped the resort fees as they no longer had king beds and got two queens instead, whole 3 nights cost me like 60$ total, the good thing about luxor's location is the deuce is almost empty, so there's a chance to grab the front view seats

Doing Vegas for two nights as part of a greater US trip, I have the Linq booked currently in June. Can probably go cosmo if I wanted but not wanting to pay higher than that if I’m not going to be in the room except to sleep. But wanted to see what you guys reckon. Going solo as additional info.

Came back from Vegas two days ago. The appeal is long gone and is basically catered to trust fund kiddies that think they aren't Disney adults at Magic Mountain. Difference is the Strip is full of 3 things
>decked out security patrols
>bums getting drunk and needing ambulances every 30 minutes due to sun stroke after being brought there in police cars to begin with
>scammers (either the card passing weird spics or whores trying to whip people randomly like its fucking reverse Lupercalia or some shit)
The only things worth doing are going to a sports game, any recreational thing like Omega Mart or the Pinball Museum, or to shoot machine guns (which you can do in literally any other town for half the price.)

Almost every restaurant is a ripoff, drinks are stupidly expensive and the food is mostly mediocre. I unironically would've probably had more fun in NYC or Chicago for the same stretch of time. The corpos truly ruined Vegas for everyone. Even Fremont Street is expensive now.

>>2778786
The beds at Linq are shit and the hotel itself is dated as fuck. If Cosmo's per night is less than 50 bucks difference stay there or at Planet Hollywood instead.

>>2778970
Ironic that they have a futuristic theme but everything is old and run-down.

>>2778970
They have that 40% off thing at the moment for MGM so ended up with Bellagio, I can swap still to cosmo if wanted, but was maybe 100 AUD cheaper at Bellagio for their king room (vs a cosmo terrace room), I did look thoroughly at both and outside of the cost Cosmo being darker and their pool area being a bit of a meme, or should I put up with that. The access walkway should be fine. Or is Bellagio not good?

>>2779086
Cosmo's MGM too.

>>2776102
The stay half sucks, but the sideways elevator is fun as fuck, normies looked horrified when it starts moving

If I was gonna be in a hotel in Vegas it would either be on Fremont like the D, or central like Treasure Island.

>>2778969
Expensive here? Literally everywhere in America is "expensive" these days. Either way the real way to do Vegas is to grab cheap beers from Terrible, cheap weed from The Dispensary, then have fun just stumbling around, and then only spend your gambling money on the Sigma Derby in the D.

>>2774763
In my experience the Las Vegas police are chill, but FUCK the Henderson police

>Vegas
More like shit gas

>>2779191
too many las vegans in vegas

I'm going to be so sad when all the casinos inevitably get rid of this guy. 20 bucks is enough to sit for an hour and a half of entertainment. That amount wouldn't last even a minute and a half at one of those stupid buffalo machines.

>>2779552
This and Sigma Derby are the only good games

Vegas is shitty nowadays. Had a bellhop bring me someone else's bags. Then he wanted a tip, even after I told him they weren't my bags.

>>2779086
Nah Bellagio is pretty good, at least in terms of facilities not sure about the rooms themselves. It's also on the same side as Treasure Island if you want decent cheaper strip food and slags or Aria if you want ritzy joints. Their pool is also pretty good, although the hottest girls I ever saw in Vegas were hanging around The Venetian I found.
>>2779552
Yeah slots now are fucking shit. I think I played one in 2018 at NYNY and won like $50 after a few spins. Now all the machines I see literally nobody win even the fucking mobile app gambling sites have better odds which is fucking insane.

>>2779958
Will try do a bit of everything, Bellagio being fairly central still, like linq is and then Treasure Island like you say. I do dives and fancy spots in syd so will probs try both when there, unless it’s just like tard money where the $30 drink tastes the same as a $500. See if the aus accent works on the girlies near Venetian and everywhere else, or I loiter at bars near that aus male stripper show lmao. Probs do some gambling but not much cos meh, will try get to Fremont also.

>>2780101
>See if the aus accent works on the girlies near Venetian and everywhere else, or I loiter at bars near that aus male stripper show lmao
Honestly not a bad strategy lmao.
Fremont is more middle class fun, which is nice, but a bit smarmy especially on the side streets. There was a music venue across from Cortez that does hardcore shows that seemed cool, wish I had gone to listen when I was there.

>>2773371
Why would anyone date a woman like this? It's your own fault

I'm going this weekend, planning to stay at Golden Nugget. Only been to Fremont once for a couple hours. Can you spend a whole weekend downtown, or will we get bored and want to go to the strip?

>>2781643
plenty to do downtown you can for sure stay there all weekend. lots of restaurants and like 8 or 10 casinos in close proximity. live music down there is fun

>>2758778 (OP)
>Post recommendations for the following
>hotels/places to stay
hundreds of options. pick an area and a budget
>experiences/museums/tours/shows/rides
nyny roller coaster is fun, expensive tho. never did a tour. pinball museum is cool
>restaurants
literally whatever kind of food you want anon
>casinos/gambling tips
just dont gamble much. its a ripoff and not even fun
>deals/coupons/comps
idk
>nightclubs/nightlife
dont go to clubs. thousands of bars tho. fremont is fun at night music starts around dinner time and goes until after midnight for free
>what to avoid
scams and hookers and overprice strip bars and hotels

>>2781643
i stay downtown exclusively. no reason to go to the strip anymore

vegas has been openly hostile to tourists since 2015-16. if i wanted to be treated like shit i would go to barcelona or mallorca

Is it true that Vegas travel is down this year and falling due to the economy scare? Any recent visits with lower crowds observed?

>>2776105
Bro don't fall into this minmaxxing bullshit. There is NO ONE ROUTE IN VEGAS. Las Vegas is intended to be an adult fantasy, if your fantasy is pyramids than you should just do it bro believe in yourself.

>>2779958
Yeah Vegas Matt down 110K in five months. I think youtubers make it look better than it is because they are willing to drop 500K into insane high limit machines to win a 300K and make a profit with adsense.

>>2779654
Just have the bellhop hold your bags and pick them up yourself when you're ready. No need to tip them.
>>2782282
Supposedly airport traffic is down but hotels on the Strip are still reporting over 90% occupancy. Is it down? Probably. Is it down enough to notice? No. If international tourists like Canadians or Europeans are truly boycotting Vegas, I think it's a net positive.

>>2782731
I already had my bags. Didn't need anything from them.

Anyone in town for EDC?

Does being on the south end/not near the central strip matter much if you can just take the monorail? Trying to decide between Grand or Park and a person in our group is a big smoker so probably gonna do Grand. NYNY seems too loud with their rollercoaster

>>2786111
The monorail is useless.

>>2779958
The problem with Vegas slots is they're dominated by those "collect cash amount medals" with multi-level jackpots. You're never going to win the big jackpots so you're left with what amounts to ultra low volatility machines where the only 'jackpots' you'll see are 5x wins, you never see line wins of more than 5x and features rarely breach 20x. They just slowly drain your money away with no realistic prospect of a big win.

Online casinos tend towards high volatility with no jackpots but features that typically pay 100x and can go insane. It's always amusing seeing a big streamer do a bit vegas trip and end up completely unamused by the shitty bonuses and the lack of any big wins.

>>2779552
>>2779958
>>2786351
Why would you even play slots? They aren’t fun. You sit there and mindlessly push a button while a computer designed to take your money takes your money. At least blackjack or poker you have some input.

>>2786111
It’s better to not be on the strip at all if you want to sleep and not have niggers blasting music all hours. All the mgm properties are kinda ass but if you’re in a big group park is nicer than the grand and you can just walk to a smoking casino they’re all connected essentially

>>2786111
Stay off strip. You’ll save money and it’s just as fun. You can always uber down to the strip if you want to do shit down there

>>2788292
Is it better to rent a car vs uber? Even though parking is like 20$, i can rent a car for like $20 too and I think we’re gonna outspend the cost of uber fairly fast even though we’ll only be off strip for like 2-3 days

>>2788874
Parking is inconvenient. Garages are often tucked away in the corner of a property and takes like 10 minutes to get to the casino/hotel/restaurant you want to visit. Take an uber.

>>2781970
this

>>2773286
When I take my woman to Vegas, I’ll sit down and play table games and more or less break even while scooping up comps, while I’m doing this, she’ll be off losing hundreds of dollars on slots. We’re rich so it’s not a big deal but it pisses me off.

>>2789531
your comps would be much better if you gave her your players card to use on slots instead of table games
hell you could even double dip and sit down at a table, give your players card, then when you get it back just give it to her to take to the slots
but if you can only choose one it's a no brainer to use it on slots unless we're talking like $500 hands vs 25 cent spins

Do you guys have any input on booking say Bellagio or Cesars Palace via 5 Star Alliance?

Is there a catch with the dining/breakfast credit or free room upgrade?

>>2773286
I had a girlfriend years ago who loved blackjack and booze. She was a lot of fun in Vegas. Every girl I’ve gone with since has made the trip terrible.

Most (attractive) women hate gambling and all they want to do is the stereotypical expensive Vegas tourist shit so they can post photos on social media to make other women feel inadequate

>>2789568
Don’t stay at any Caesar’s or MGM properties. They’re all rip offs. Fifteen years ago Bellagio was worth it. Now you’re paying $350/night for a mid room

>>2789587
>Don’t stay at any Caesar’s or MGM properties
Thats essentially the entire strip dude.
Even then Venetian, Palazzo, Wynn and Encore are just as overpriced. The entirety of Vegas is a scam these days.

>>2789587
I second this. Most of their positive reviews and social media posts are just shills they hire.

>>2789625
Most of Vegas is a scam, though some of the smaller and less famous hotels are OK.

>>2789587
if you’re a gambler MGM has solid rewards. you gotta play a lot but they will offer free food and free rooms and free play a lot. i play $25 blackjack and $5 video poker. they give free rooms sunday-thursday and non peak weekends. key is to get over $10k coin-in per visit. if you’re not sure where you stand, ask a casino host how your play and comps look.

Need a hotel to stay in for one night after a flight before I head out. Any recommendations? I don't need anything fancy; just a room and proximity to the airport. Excalibur and Luxor seem to be the cheapest options.

>>2790218
Don’t stay at a casino. Just find a Hilton or something near the airport.

>>2790218
>>2790415
Unless it’s sunday-Wednesday because then casinos will be like $49 a night

>>2789568
If you're going to book MGM or Caesar properties, book directly with them and be a rewards member to get the discounted rates. Midweek in Vegas is drastically cheaper than weekends. You could probably stay for the week for the same price as a weekend depending on what is going on in town.

Anyone here go to Vegas to EVO, the fighting game tournament/convention?

>>2790970
No, sorry. I’ve touched a woman.

>>2790970
God the year went by so fast, EVO is happening already?

>>2790970
I went last year, it was my first time going to Vegas and I stayed at the Westgate hotel, it was pretty fun.

>>2790984
Jokes on you, I’m going with my wife and a bunch of our friends…enjoy staying mad on 4chan, champ

>>2788874
I always buy a bus pass and take The Deuce between The Strip and Fremont St. Its also nice to jump on and off it to get around the strip. If I land late at night I take an uber from the airport, but if I land mid day, there is an express bus between the airport and Fremont.

>>2791175
There are always miscreants on that bus

>>2791191
As a rube for a tiny all white small midwestern town ( population <1000), its GREAT people watching.

>>2791198
I prefer fremont for that. Always a ton of weirdos and drunks

How hard is it to get coke?

I want to actually party while I'm there.

>>2792500
Don’t do it anon. Cops everywhere trying to trap tourists. Your only chance is to find someone doing blow and buy a bit or get them to share.

I'm in Vegas for about 4 days later this year. I want to see the grand canyon, what's the best tour for that? Should I do hoover dam too?

>>2792503
Just rent a car and do both solo. You pass Hoover dam on the way to the Grand Canyon

Are there any places in Vegas that are still like pic related?

>>2792749
i've heard good things about the sand dollar lounge. some speakeasies have an old school vegas feel. not sure about lounge singers anymore, lots of piano bars tho

>>2758778 (OP)
The Aria hotel is the only place you should be staying at. If you can afford it, you should get a room at the sky suites. You’ll have an even better time if you can get yourself a host, such as my great host Al’.

Once again, the Aria. The lobby always has a beautiful art display, and another one made of edible sweets in a glass case by the bakery. Just outside of the Shops at Crystals, there’s an art exhibit, which has some interactive rooms. The Sphere is also great, especially if you can get V.I.P. passes/tickets, though the movie is really boring and I’d only do it if seeing a concert or to experience the lobby area where you wait for the show.

Hate to be a shill, but once again, the Aria. There’s a restaurant called Javier’s which is amazing. There’s another called Julian Serranos, I would skip out on that one if I were you. There’s also a Carbone inside but it’s very overrated. You’ll also find a food court with all kinds of food, including a pizza restaurant owned by Steve Aoki. I’d recommend the Bao Buns from some restaurant there which I can’t remember. If you can find it there’s also a French Restaurant inside the same “mini mall” type place by the Shops at Crystals that has the ice skating rink. Yellow Tail is always very good and that one is the one place you need to go to, no questions asked.

Happy Travels Anon!

After my 4th night here, I must say, the mgm casinos do seem a little run down compared to the wynn and venetian. I was wowed by the difference in crowd and building quality after trying the hotels on the right side of the strip. Ceasars had a nice theme too. Only bellagio was comparable.
Now I just need to find more modest priced food on the strip since it’d be expensive anyways going off strip due to uber price back and forth cost. Is the Japanese stuff on strip good? I heard there was a real popular one off strip that was AYCE but I can’t remember. I want to hit up el gordos but that walk is far

>>2793429
>bro just spend $2500/day to have a marginally better experience than a mid strip property for 1/5 the cost

I'm a local and I don't know what to do anymore. I quit alcohol a year ago which instantly wiped out like 90% of the things I used to do. Post covid, i cant think of much that isn't very pricey, or utterly uninteresting to me. I avoid the strip like the plague.
I guess its time to really get into the outdoors which i've always loved out here, but there HAS to be some small pockets of interesting social clubs in town, i just dont know where or what they are.

I’m older than most of you. Fucking LOVED Vegas 16-18 years ago and couldn’t be bribed to go these days. Last trip was 2023 after a 6 year hiatus. The prices were insane. Comps were nonexistent. No value anywhere. Overpriced food, drinks, shows, transportation. Will never go back unless it’s a work event.

Former Strip employee (5 years)

>>2758817
Not doing Vegas right. Go ahead be cheap, stay home and go to your local Indian casino hotel. Vegas is for a nice steak dinner. Yes Vegas can get expensive but do you really want to come all this way to do something you could do you could do close to home?

Fremont is neat to check out but old, this whole post is for cheapo college students who want to tell others they went to Vegas, not for people who really want to enjoy it. I tolerated endless amounts of morons with no money and they were miserable, upset at their shitty hotel room etc.

My advice:
>Stay on the Strip, Wynn is maybe as nice as it gets for most people, Bellagio and Cosmo sure, what about Vdara (not as well known, has kitchenettes)?
>Avoid all the freebies and promos and deals and people trying to lure you in (to cheap garbage)
>Check out Fremont if you like the Old Vegas look, Modern Vegas and Fremont are two different animals
>If there for work, get as close as you can to where you need to be traffic gets horrible sometimes, Trump for instance is super close to CC, non smoking, quieter, no casino, etc.
>It's a town that runs on tips, Strip employees will go the extra mile for you if they know you already tipped them, even a small tip will get you so much more attention
>For events, traffic can get really bad (especially for huge events near/on the Strip), try to WALK to your hotel, get out and FEEL THE CROWD ENERGY on your walk, don't make the mistake of getting out of the event into a boring quiet cab with some chink driver while you are still going etc
>Don't go to Vegas alone unless you've been there many times before and know what you like to do
>Vegas is designed for spontaneity, you can go in with a plan all you want but someone will catch your eye, food will smell good, shop looks neat, etc, stuck in the hotel or a cab you won't see shit, gotta get out and WALK
>Cheapest/slowest time of year is Fall in general, temps start cooling in Oct

>>2797148
>GVR, Durango, and Golden Nugget are cheap
Lol
>Fremont is old
Golden Nugget, The D, and Circa aren’t
>don’t go alone
Vegas is great alone

You sound like a complete faggot, just saying

>>2797148
>Cheapest/slowest time of year is Fall in general, temps start cooling in Oct
Wrong. Slowest time is summer. Winter's also slow. Fall/spring are the busiest times.

>>2797202
Vegas is slow AF right now. They’re offering deals like you’d see 20 years ago. No resort fees, $79 weekend rooms, gaming and food credits. Plaza downtown is doing all-inclusive rooms for $100/night.

>>2776102
Luxor is great and still full of 1990s charm

>>2763310
Yeah ive noticed way more ghetto blacks the last few years. They spread out from Ballys

>>2758778 (OP)
I realize this is a Vegas thread, so it should be about those who actually want to visit Vegas... but I have to say, 'what's the big deal?"

I've been to Vegas once, for a weekend, and it was fun...but I left pondering my experiences with "so what? what was the big deal?"

>Answering Questions to share my experience.
>Hotel
Stayed at the Venetian; Great place if you have the money, asked for an upgrade to a better room with a view of the strip, and was well accommodated.
>Experiences
Visited the Aquarium, Siegfried and Roy's Tiger Zoo, Dolphins, Van Gogh exhibit, High Roller Ferris Wheel and the LINQ drag...and of course Freemont.
>Food
Ate at Mon Ami Gabi, across from the Bellagio, and Hell's Kitchen.
>Casinos
Didn't do much REAL gambling, but I popped a dollar into a slot machine and won $5,000 that paid for the entire weekend trip.... knew when to draw the line after that.
>Deals/Comps...
Kept to myself, didn't want to talk to people about comps, looked like a scam.
>Nightclubs
Too old for that shit....Aria has a hidden speakeasy though that was kinda cool.
>What to avoid
Everything else that isn't tourist-y.

Again, people come to Vegas, because they're seen Ocean's Eleven a hundred times, and binged watch CSI...

But there's really no REAL reason to go to Vegas unless you're a degenerate high-roller... Hookers and Strippers are fake AF; strange enough Vegas might be the only place on the planet that actually enforces their prostitution laws. And some club you can't touch them in the VIP room unless you pay out the nose. And I've been to Bangkok where girls will blow you under the table of the nightclub, and yet I have to drive a 100 miles outside the country and forgo a mortgage payment to get half that experience? I'd rather go to Bangkok and save money.

Vegas is known as Sin City but you have to pay a lot for the sin, so what's the point?

>>2758968
>muh racism
Dude the north strip is blacker than Detroit or Harlem and I am not kidding. There are literally schizophrenic black dudes on the street screaming at the top of their lungs about how they want to murder crackers, I've seen this multiple times with my own eyes, you are not going to gaslight me into thinking I didn't see what I saw because it hurts your brown feelings. Fuck you.

>>2758968
Your fucking retarded. There was a big change post covid. I even saw blacks at Bellagio

>>2798674
Obviously casinos are a big draw but Vegas has world class food, entertainment, and bars/nightclubs. If you don’t like that there’s all kinds of live music, museums, conventions, thrill rides, and more. There’s something for everyone unless you’re an /out/ type who hates crowds and cities. Even then there’s great hiking and gorgeous natural areas within an hour.

>>2798674
>popped a dollar into a slot and won $5000
No you didn’t

going to vegas for the first time in oct, probably going to be like ~4 ish nights (basically do I fly the night after work? or the next morning, do I come back a day early and have another full day to do errands and relax, or do I fly back, go to sleep and back to work) +/- 2, tbd, only had the leave request approved a few hours ago.

Hows the "public transport" situation over there? I'm not particularly planning on getting a rental, since I don't really see myself leaving the strip. Or is this more a taxi and uber situation?

Some things I definitely want to see; are these mostly worth it? or past their prime, or some kinda this was never good and always a tourist trap:

medieval times dinner with the jousting
aquariums
Museum of Ilusions
Erotic Heritage Museum
Hollywood Cars Museum & Liberace Garage

now shows: (based on who's in town when I will be)
Jerry Seinfeld
Earth Wind & Fire


Now about the casinos; what are the "good ones" (I don't mean like odds to win, I mean just overall novelty and fun to hang out in [internal amenities etc...]) to check out? I know there's a shitload of casinos there and I could just as well walk into the first one nearest my hotel and have a good time, but it'd be a bit of a shame to just go hit something up because it was nearby if there was something that'd be much much better a few more steps away.

any recommended other shows? Criss Angel's always there or something right?

>>2798708
>public transport
Vegas has a solid bus service around town, primarily going up and down the strip and to Fremont/arts district. It’s cheap. Ubers and Lyfts and taxis are readily available at every casino. No point to rent a car.
>are these worth it?
That’s up to you anon. Everyone has their own likes and dislikes. The aquarium at Mandalay Bay is cool
>good casinos
Setting aside gambling, Bellagio is cool. I enjoy walking around that place. There are always a ton of 9s and 10s with their rich husbands. The conservatory is free and awesome. Resorts World is also cool just to visit. Most casinos are pretty similar, the main differences are cheap vs mid level vs high end property.

>>2798720
>transport
awesome, that's one less layer of logistics and shenanigans to worry about.

>up to you
ok, that's cool, I was just really trying to confirm if any of those highlights were major tourist traps/underwhelming, the 'they're good if you're into it' is an endorsement to me.

>Bellagio
>Resorts World
noted, thank you! I'm not a huge gambler myself, but always did enjoy hanging out in casinos, having a couple drinks, smokes, and playing a *bit* (always been good with setting limits; buy chips/credit exactly once basically), and consistently 'having a good time'


How "walkable" is the strip? is this someplace like... other "big cities" where you can just aimlessly barcrawl around and find cool shit around any corner (nyc, tokyo etc...). Or is it more of a place you want you want to have well made plans and/or reservations? Like is this the kinda place you can just step out onto the strip and wander and have a good time, or more like you want to research lots of places ahead of time and have an itinerary(food and drink)?

>>2798725
>how walkable is the strip
With decent weather it's perfectly walkable as long as you don't mind walking several miles per day. Mid summer I would not recommend it. Lots of intersections require you to walk back off the strip a couple hundred yards, climb stairs or use an escalator, cross on a pedestrian bridge, then backtrack to the strip again. The properties look right next to each other but often times it's 1/2 mile walk to the closest casino entrance. If it's 72 degrees that's tolerable but this time of year it's 110 and miserable to be outside more than a few minutes unless you're at a pool.

You can walk through casinos to get to the next door property sometimes. That's a lot better when it's sweltering. There's also some free transport stuff like the free tram that connects Bellagio, Aria, and Park MGM. I think Mandalay Bay & Excalibur have a free tram too.

There's also a paid monorail (pic rel) on the east side of the strip which gets a lot of hate but I've used it plenty of times with no issue. The drawback is the monorail drops you off at the edge of properties so you have to walk a long way to get to the strip. IIRC a 24hr unlimited monorail pass is around $16

>>2798725
>>2798744
forgot to answer the question re: plans. You do not need plans. I prefer having a wide open schedule in Vegas so you can wander around and do whatever you want when the urge strikes. Maybe have dinner/show/museum planned then the rest of the time you'll have fun aimlessly wandering around and finding bars and street performers and other shit.

>5 month thread
how is this a real board lol

I wanna stay on the strip, preferrably somewhere very near a monorail stop. Id prefer to pay as little as possible, but thats more of a principle than hard budget thing. I seen some videos on the youtube about luxor and circus circus being bad, but thats about the extent of what i know; 2 places NOT to go.

Im fine with paying a bit more for a more memorable experience and i can afford it, but really i just want some place that is "nice" but not exorbitant (dont care about a penthouse suite with a hottub and 24/7 roomservice and a gym and pool etc etc.... its just a place to sleep at, and mostly be out and about on the strip)

>>2798747
that's very good to know that you can just wander around and have fun, thanks man I appreciate it!

>>2799036
Rates are very low right now. Vegas is struggling. Look around online and you’ll find some deals

>>2799122
Decided on the flamingo, signed up for caesars rewards for a decent discount, got a "strip view flamingo king" for <200/night for my midweek-weekend stay, think it should be good (central location on strip, monorail station) also seems my style (not a shithole, also not someplace id feel underdressed [e.g. bellagio])

What are the written and unwritten rules about alcohol out and about on the strip (and in casinos, and other indoor attractions).

let's not get into "obviously would be unacceptable in any context" things like don't walk into some fast food or coffee shop, and just sit down and start drinking without ordering anything type stuff, or bringing your own drink to the bar, or some show with a drink minumum etc...; what are the finer nuances?

I know you can walk and drink on the strip; I'm guessing a beer in hand should be fine, but what if I've got a bottle of liquor; should I be brown bagging that?
Or what about doing some gambling at the casino, I know there's free drinks, otherwise I wouldn't be asking (like I 'd imagine it'd be an obvious NO at a place that doesn't have free drinks) can I bring along my own 6pack or handle? or would that be awkward and possibly asked to leave thing?
If I've got alcohol in my bag, will that be a problem if I'm trying to enter a museum or something (obviously I'm not talking about drinking inside the museum, I just mean if it's on my person; like should I make sure to drop it off back at hotel first etc...)

>>2799285
You can do whatever you want except drugs or smoking weed on the strip/in casinos

Thoughts on best big suite option for a guys trip? Thinking something for 6 people or around $1k to $2k a night.

>>2799318
I’d strongly recommend getting your own room. At some point on a 6-man trip you’re going to want time to yourself. I used to go with buddies to golf and bet on football years ago. I’d be sick of my drunk bro friends after 24 hours

>>2799293
yeah and it's not explicitly illegal to blast music on your cellphone on the subway, or to leave your shopping cart in the middle of the grocery store parking lot, I'm asking more for what's considered socially acceptable vs not. That being said if "sin city"s pretty 'everything goes' with with more minor public degeneracy (like walking around with a handle of cheap whiskey in-hand) and that's pretty business as usual then that's fuckin cool too. I guess I'm talking about the whole "there isn't explicitly a dress code that they're going to kick you out for, but you're going to feel like an asshole if you're the only one in a hawaiian shirt, khaki shorts and flipflops, and everyone else is in tuxedos and cocktail dresses

>>2799318
You would probably need to get two rooms for six dudes. Metropolitan suite at Flamingo are two bedroom with one king and two queens in the bedrooms. Those rooms run about $400/night so you could get two and be good. Plus they have a cool view of the strip (if you get an even numbered room) and Flamingo has a new party pool. Good location if you want on the strip.

Founders Suite at Circa is two bedrooms with a king bed in each but the room is huge. I recall it being about $800/night. Two of those rooms would fit you all.

The Chairman's Suite at Golden Nugget is two bedroom with king beds in each but is also a massive room and has a rooftop hot tub on the balcony, although the hot tub looked pretty jenky and we didn't use it. It runs about $750/night if I recall correctly. If you booked that one and the Presidential Suite right across the hall, it would accomodate your group and probably be about $2k/night.

>>2800230
You can get 2 connecting rooms or a suite which usually means a large living room type room with and it has beds but you can usually get a 2 queens room connecting to the suite for a little more. The prices on these varies a lot throughout the year, and they come in different configurations. Call and ask what you can do, sometimes they'll hook you up and you will pay less per person for the suite than you'd pay for separate rooms.

>>2799293
And basketball americans still do exactly that on the strip. Just don't be super obvious about it.
>>2799285
Drinking out of a full bottle of liquor might raise eyebrows because it looks trashy and you look like a homeless wino but you can get away with pouring it in a cup and walking around with a soda cup full of Jack Daniels and coke just fine.

Bringing your own alcohol is fine though hotels might be weird about it if you're carting massive quantities in. There's nothing weird in Vegas about walking from your hotel room downstairs with a beer that you purchased elsewhere or carrying around a drink between different parts of the property. Pulling beers out of a backpack while gambling would again look trashy, and why do it, when they will give you whatever drink you want for free.

The exception might be the pool. You might not be allowed to bring liquor into the pool, particularly if its glass. Beer might be ok. There will be a bar at the pool.

Non gaming properties like a museum will not want you to bring outside alcohol in. Having in hand luggage might probably be ok if bags are allowed to be brought in.

Tipping is a big part of the culture and economy. Tip people even if they provided you a free service or beverage.

made my first vegas trip in a few years this weekend. it was more ghetto than you guys said. i had no issues personally but it was like going out in memphis. i was one of the only white people out after midnight

>>2800291
> you should tip lazy people who don't do their jobs
I wonder why people don't visit Vegas anymore.

I was driving to Utah and stopped in North LV to grab some snacks and sweet jesus that was a terrible, terrible place. The supermarket I almost didnt walk into because I thought it was closed. Dark windows, no advertisements, no foliage, trash everywhere, dirty walls, but sure enough the store was open and the entire place absolutely reeked of mold. Every white person looked like a leathery desert rat meth addict or morbidly obese scooter rider, and there were black people everywhere. Being in a place I wasnt familiar with that had black people lurking around every corner had me very much on edge, so I was relieved when I got back to my car. With a car, you can drive anywhere you want, except North Las Vegas. Dont go there.

>>2800774
North LV is one of the worst areas in America

>>2800291
Thanks brah appreciate the elaboration, wanna have fun, but not be a nusiance, this all is very helpful, i wont walk around with a cheap fifth in hand (flasks, thermos, etc... instead).

Follow-up question on dress code, similas as the liquor ones, types of places one might be wandering into; are there dresscodes? Are there areas where proper shoes, shirt, etc.... are enforced that one may run into?

>>2801400
Vegas is what you make it. There are high end restaurants and exclusive nightclubs that will potentially require certain clothing. 99% of Vegas is accessible in a T-shirt and jeans though. Most people dress casually outside of the high end resorts like Aria, Wynn, Cosmo. There are faaaaar more slobs than people wearing dresses and sport coats

tl;dr - dress according to your plans

>>2801400
unless you are going to some expensive restaurant or a night club you can dress anyway you want. pretty much everyone there is going to be in shorts and t-shirts. bring a hat and sunglasses if you plan on walking the strip during the day

>>2800377
where were you? certain casinos are going to be much more ghetto than others. Linq, Horseshoe (Ballys), Harrahs, Planet Hollywood are the ones we avoid when we are there.

we stay at MGM properties which are pretty normie or upper tier. Wynn and Venetian are nice too

>>2798720
mandally bay aquarium always attracts nice milfs too. last time is saw an insanley hot 10/10 fortyish milf with her 70something year old husband. dude looked miserable to be there lol

I'll be in Vegas in a few weeks, me and my buddies got a room at the Wynn. Anything in particular we should check out? I've never been before and neither have two others, one of them has. We were planning on hitting up the Hoover Dam, Fremont Street, and watching Awakening at the Wynn. I might check out the spa as well.

>>2801712
There’s infinite shit in Vegas dude you gotta be more specific about what you guys like

any golfers in this thread?
going in august and plan to play paiute and wolf creek while I’m there.
any other course recommendations or tips you have?

>>2802861
Nigga u gonna burn to a crisp, bring a hat

>>2802939
1 tee time is at 6:40 am
the other is the next day at 8 am

>>2763231
>sex worker
You mean prostitute? Faggot

>>2800291
>Tipping is a big part of the culture and economy. Tip people even if they provided you a free service or beverage.
How much to tip free drinks in casinos? Cab drivers? Etc... other common vegas specific situations that you may encounter other than the standard tipping at bars/restaurants

>>2803771
Don’t take a cab. Take Uber. Drinks $1 is still fine IMO. For really good bar service I’ll tip $5 per 2 drinks

>>2797148
>get out and FEEL THE CROWD ENERGY on your walk
Yes such great CROWD ENERGY of hoardes of cramped tourists, scammers and sun-bathed scabbies.
I can tell you work in Vegas because you just want gullible retards to give you money.