Las Vegas

Charlie George

Heading to las Vegas in a few weeks and looking for advice on where to go,what tours and where to eat etc.,all help greatly appreciated.

MickH503

Charlie George wrote: »

Heading to las Vegas in a few weeks and looking for advice on where to go,what tours and where to eat etc.,all help greatly appreciated.

Not sure how much time you'll have or if you'll have a car, but I think the Hoover Dam tour is great and less than an hour away. And on the way there, you can do a short helicopter flight over the dam for $70. When you come out of the dam, go up on the viewing area on the huge dam bypass bridge too.

If you do have a car and time, the Grand Canyon is around 5 hours drive away and worth seeing once in a lifetime!

It's a while since I was there, but off the top of my head, in the city, make sure you walk the Strip at night and see the pirate battle outside Treasure Island, the volcano outside The Mirage, the Fountains at Belagio, walk around inside The Venetian and see the gondolas, etc. Try to go see a show of some sort - the Cirque Du Soleil shows are great. Go down to Freemont Street and the "old" Vegas. Do a nice dinner buffet somewhere.

Hope you have a nice trip!

Charlie George

MickH503 wrote: »

Not sure how much time you'll have or if you'll have a car, but I think the Hoover Dam tour is great and less than an hour away. And on the way there, you can do a short helicopter flight over the dam for $70. When you come out of the dam, go up on the viewing area on the huge dam bypass bridge too.

If you do have a car and time, the Grand Canyon is around 5 hours drive away and worth seeing once in a lifetime!

It's a while since I was there, but off the top of my head, in the city, make sure you walk the Strip at night and see the pirate battle outside Treasure Island, the volcano outside The Mirage, the Fountains at Belagio, walk around inside The Venetian and see the gondolas, etc. Try to go see a show of some sort - the Cirque Du Soleil shows are great. Go down to Freemont Street and the "old" Vegas. Do a nice dinner buffet somewhere.

Hope you have a nice trip!

Thanks for that.
Sounds good.

tricky D

Give some serious thought to doing the Canyon heli tour. Costs upwards of $250 but is a Bucket List item. If you do decide to go by car, think about being there for sunrise and/or sunset - it's spectacular!

You could always do both ways.

Also check out the $20 room upgrade tip. It's listed somewhere either in this forum or over in the Regional>United States forum. Have a search of that forum for loads more Las Vegas tips, there are loads of useful threads.

InTheTrees

You'll do a lot of walking, take good walking shoes.

Agree about the grand canyon, its a long way but you'll never be closer so its a must. I've never done the helicopter but I bet its spectacular and certainly quicker than the 2 days its takes to drive there and back.

Remember to have a stack of $1's to use as tips. Everywhere requires tips.

Whats hotel are you staying in?

gaz wac

+1 for heli trip. we did it...amazing. Bellagio buffet is great, also great for seafood. In the casino's, tip the waitress $5/10 for your first drink...she will keep coming over to you first . ( then brinh out you $1 )

Do the stratosphere at night, but make sure you to the monorail or taxi...place is a kip ! We also did a bus tour and went to see O is was amazing!

oh and when they say the seafood platter is for two and you think...meh, thats nothing for me.....its not...bloody thing was as tall as me !!!

great place...have a good one

Charlie George

Staying in Circus Circus.

CaliforniaDream

Don't stay in Circus Circus.
Seriously, it's not worth whatever savings you think you're getting. You can stay in the Quad/Luxor/Excalibur/Monte Carlo for a reasonable price and all are much better located and nicer.
Do you want cheap places to eat or expensive? On or off the strip? Budget for activities? Ages of people going?

The Backwards Man

CaliforniaDream wrote: »

Don't stay in Circus Circus.
Seriously, it's not worth whatever savings you think you're getting. You can stay in the Quad/Luxor/Excalibur/Monte Carlo for a reasonable price and all are much better located and nicer.
Do you want cheap places to eat or expensive? On or off the strip? Budget for activities? Ages of people going?

Agree totally, it's the same distance from Mandalay Bay to Caesar's Palace as it is from the Stratosphere but I know which one I'd rather walk on a Saturday night. Vegas can be fine on a budget, but cutting corners to the max on a hotel room isn't necessarily the way to do it.

JohnMearsheimer

You can do a day trip to Death Valley in California. There's something very pretty about the desert that I wasn't expecting, well worth the trip.

aaronm13

Charlie George wrote: »

Staying in Circus Circus.

Seriously don't stay there. Last time I was in Vegas I went in fig a look thinking it couldn't be as bad as people make it out to be and it was if not worse. It's in a terrible part of the strip too. Only good thing down that end of the strip is the Fireside lounge, which is a must. Plenty more reasonably priced hotels to choose from with better locations. Bally's, Quad, Harrahs, Flamingo to name a few.

CaliforniaDream

It's not even about the 'area' as such. They've opened the SLS where Sahara was and they're building the new concert venue which will have the Rock in Rio festival in May.
I live in Vegas and the area is not pleasant by any means but it's improving.

But circus circus is such an awful casino and hotel. You won't save money by staying there because you'll probably get taxis up to the other casinos or Fremont St a lot.
You'll waste so much time by not placing yourself in a better located hotel. As I said you'll get other hotels near the same price and you'll be much happier.
There's not one reason you can give me that means you're better off in circus circus. Trust me.

Charlie George

Only staying 5 nights,heading over to see Andy Lee fighting for a world title,the 5 nights stay for myself and the missus was only E80,so i dont mind getting a few taxis here and there,wont be staying in hotel much as its a short trip.

lc180

Charlie George wrote: »

Only staying 5 nights,heading over to see Andy Lee fighting for a world title,the 5 nights stay for myself and the missus was only E80,so i dont mind getting a few taxis here and there,wont be staying in hotel much as its a short trip.

I stayed in the Circus Circus a couple years back, maybe I was just fortunate but the hotel room I had was really nice and a very high standard, nothing like the scare stories I read online.

The casino itself is dated and the location on the strip is far down but just hop in a taxi or go for a nice 25 min walk to the upmarket casinos and you'll be grand.

Enjoy your trip.

January

Meh, I've stayed in Circus Circus, it's not a bad hotel... the location is crap yeah but it's not as bad as people make out.

We're staying in Excalibur purely for location otherwise it would have been Circus Circus.

dudara

We did a plane trip from Vegas to the Grand Canyon, which also went over the Hoover Dam. Would really recommmend. Also, there are loads of gun ranges in Vegas where you can shoot a wide range of weapons.

The Wicked Spoon buffet at the Cosmopolitan is good (we started there on our last trip & really enjoyed it)