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And treasure island doesn't have a pirate show any more, they must've thought it was too dangerous after what they did to the dunes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdIrnntfgqc
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smellmycheese posted:The Stardust famously destroyed in Con Air oh thats horrible, i should tell my friends at the Landmark, they're gonna be devastated
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Heads up a new pool is opening at the palms, night swim grand opening event tickets are free https://www.vegasandchill.com/post/sammy-s-island-sammy-hagar-palms-las-vegas-2024
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I have still not gone because I’ve procrastinated the poo poo out of my planning, so I have a new question: would I be a complete moron to go to the desert in summer months?
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Unless you had a bunch of outdoor activities in mind, it makes no difference. It sounds like you've mostly mentioned in shows, they'll be air conditioned to the same temperature any time of year.
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when did this resort fee nonsense start? I managed to find a super cheap room for a couple weeks from now and the resort fee will add 60%
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May 13, 2024 04:34
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It started when online booking and short term rentals used vc money to get into a price war with the hotels they were buying the rooms from. Just pull up the nightly prices of hotels in the middle of nowhere and you'll feel a lot better when you see joe schmo wants like 140/night
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Fate Accomplice posted:when did this resort fee nonsense start? I managed to find a super cheap room for a couple weeks from now and the resort fee will add 60% It's never ending psychological sales bullshit. It's a way basically get more money out of customers. A lot companies are adding "fees" that way they don't have to show you the final price (unless you read the fine print) until you check-out but you'll still book the hotel, flight, cruise, etc.
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Fate Accomplice posted:when did this resort fee nonsense start? I managed to find a super cheap room for a couple weeks from now and the resort fee will add 60% like 2004
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Sentient Data posted:It started when online booking and short term rentals used vc money to get into a price war with the hotels they were buying the rooms from. Just pull up the nightly prices of hotels in the middle of nowhere and you'll feel a lot better when you see joe schmo wants like 140/night Short term rentals have tight regulations here (they're banned entirely in City of LV limits last I checked, and the county unincorporated areas recently implemented registration where each one has to be a certain distance from any other). Nobody who lives here wants to live near tourists visiting because tourists tend to get more loaded, more loud, more violent, and basically fall into the spell of Vegas as some sort of outlaw town where you can be your worst self and nobody remembers it after you've left. That's not the kind of neighbor anyone wants. The resort fee stuff happened because a few hotels were angry at how much online booking took out of their sales. I remember Sheldon Adelson complaining that Expedia made more money selling Venetian rooms than the hotel itself, and telling any reporter that would listen about how Expedia, Orbitz etc were so flush with money that they had corporate headquarters that made casino companies look dowdy by comparison. So they began hiding more of the room rate in a resort fee so that the rate quoted for Expedia/Orbitz/Travelocity/etc was lower, and thus the booking agency skim was lower. Some hotels tried not doing the resort fee thing, but because of that they were always higher priced than the hotels that advertised $19 a night with a $65 resort fee. And they always had lower occupancy rates because people kept falling into the trap. They eventually gave in and did the same thing. Much like 6:5 Blackjack, it dominates because people kept choosing convenience over advantage when there was still a choice to be made. Craptacular! fucked around with this message at 01:29 on May 15, 2024 |
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True, i guess the rental thing was more of an Orlando problem which is where i first ran into resort fees/taxes. Always worth remembering that customers as a general class don't have the best critical thinking skills https://business.time.com/2012/05/17/why-jcpenneys-no-more-coupons-experiment-is-failing/ Also it's stated to hit over 90 at night, so here's a reminder to 
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They've got short term rentals in Vegas but it's a minimum of 30 days. If you are traveling and just need a place to live that isn't a casino it works really well.
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So Mirage is going to close in July and spend about 3 years being refitted into Hard Rock. Maybe I got the wrong end of the such but I thought they were going to try to stay at least partially operational. Curious if this will impact prices and availability with the Strip losing 2 major resorts so close together. Fountainbleu is open now but that's a different market I think.
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Overshadowed by the loss of an entire resort, but one for the foodies: if you want to try Picasso (Bellagio) you have until August. Just be aware they sold the paintings years ago.
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I feel like FountainBlu is just a generic or clean beach or ocean themed Casino. It's nice but a little soulless and I have never, ever seen it busy. Losing the Mirage is kind of sad. It had character. For what it's worth, I thought the Hard Rock in Miami was nice.
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any restaurants in the $$-$$$ range near the Luxor I should try out? no specific cuisine interests
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Fate Accomplice posted:any restaurants in the $$-$$$ range near the Luxor I should try out? no specific cuisine interests "I don't care what I eat, as long as it's moderately expensive" Lol sorry I get where you are coming from, I just thought it was funny, wish I had some recent suggestions.
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Twenty Four posted:"I don't care what I eat, as long as it's moderately expensive" Luxor is south strip and that area is kind of a hole tbh. See if there's something in the Mandalay Bay that tickles your fancy.
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If you're willing to grab a ride, there's an all you can eat made-to-order sushi place called Sakana, it's tucked away in a strip mall at the corner of Maryland and Flamingo (about 4 miles from the luxor) and has been amazing every time I've gone
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Midjack posted:Luxor is south strip and that area is kind of a hole tbh. See if there's something in the Mandalay Bay that tickles your fancy. I thought Mandalay Bay was incredibly bland in general. It feels like a corporate Hilton business hotel rather than Las Vegas cool
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smellmycheese posted:I thought Mandalay Bay was incredibly bland in general. It feels like a corporate Hilton business hotel rather than Las Vegas cool Not great but it may be the best of what's around there if the Krispy Kreme in Excalibur isn't doing it for you.
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smellmycheese posted:I thought Mandalay Bay was incredibly bland in general. It feels like a corporate Hilton business hotel rather than Las Vegas cool It might be now, but it used to just be Mirage On Steroids when they had bird trainers in the lobby, the wave pool running, concerts on the beach, and hadn't turned all the water features off. The House of Blues was quite an asset early on, too, as the only similar venue was the original Joint at Hard Rock. It was a flagship hotel for a company that merged into the current MGM and then it was pushed down the corporate totem pole a ways. As far as midpriced there, Border Grill, House of Blues, maybe Libertine.
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Midjack posted:Luxor is south strip and that area is kind of a hole tbh. See if there's something in the Mandalay Bay that tickles your fancy. ended up doing the "orla experience" at orla in MB and it was perfect.
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So me (Canadian) and my Japanese fiancee managed to plan out our entire Vegas honeymoon, reservations, bookings, all of those, before either of us clocked that the Fourth of July was happening right in the middle of it. How bad is this going to be?
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I can't imagine Vegas being particularly bad for Independence Day. Usually Vegas swells with particular sporting events, and early July is a dead time for American sports. Plus it's gonna be hotter than hell so that probably keeps enough folks away for it to be too crazy.
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Judgy Fucker posted:I can't imagine Vegas being particularly bad for Independence Day. Usually Vegas swells with particular sporting events, and early July is a dead time for American sports. Plus it's gonna be hotter than hell so that probably keeps enough folks away for it to be too crazy. Imagine there will be madness in the casinos with people betting on the UK Election though. Right?
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Remalle posted:So me (Canadian) and my Japanese fiancee managed to plan out our entire Vegas honeymoon, reservations, bookings, all of those, before either of us clocked that the Fourth of July was happening right in the middle of it. How bad is this going to be? You're likely paying triple the amount for your hotel on the night of Thursday 7/4 than you would compared to another random summer Thursday. And table minimums will be as high as they would be on a weekend night. But other than that it's probably not a big deal, and it sounds like you were able to reserve whatever restaurants/shows you wanted anyway.
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Judgy Fucker posted:I can't imagine Vegas being particularly bad for Independence Day. Usually Vegas swells with particular sporting events, and early July is a dead time for American sports. Plus it's gonna be hotter than hell so that probably keeps enough folks away for it to be too crazy. You'd think it be the opposite but it's not. Vegas makes bank in the summer off concerts, shows and pool parties. The only slow time is I'd say is around September when schools starts or maybe January, February and March.
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BizarroAzrael posted:Imagine there will be madness in the casinos with people betting on the UK Election though. If there's any action on that it will be confined to the sportsbook.
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BizarroAzrael posted:Imagine there will be madness in the casinos with people betting on the UK Election though. You cannot wager on elections in Nevada.
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STING 64 posted:mirage volcano is kaput i believe. This is incorrect by the way, it will be operating every night until The Mirage closes its doors officially in July
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Going to Vegas in June, baby! Gonna drink and eat on and off strip, gonna pool, gonna sports, gonna slot, gonna show, gonna night club, gonna strip club!
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I think it's very important for people to know that Rap Snacks can be purchased at the ABC Stores in the Miracle Mile.
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coronaball posted:You're likely paying triple the amount for your hotel on the night of Thursday 7/4 than you would compared to another random summer Thursday. Yeah, that does explain some things. Thanks for the reassurance, all.
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