The Travelling Fairy DancerPractical Tips for Visiting Vegas
January 19th 2009 08:11
Before you hit the world's most famous glitter strip, here's some tips to make the most of a short trip.
1. Book your favourite shows before you go. Although discount tickets are available at various outlets, many of the bigger shows (Cirque du Soleil, Bette Midler) are booked out well in advance. This way, you see want you want and it's an extra bonus if you score cheap tickets to something else once there.
2. Set aside the first day to walk up one side of the strip and down the other. You can pop into all of the hotels for a look and decide which ones appeal to you most. Restaurants, shopping malls, themed areas and theatres are housed within, making the casinos only a small part of these gigantic structures. With painted ceilings depicting blue skies and 24 hour action, becoming trapped in a time warp is a very real possibility.
3. Beware the 'VIP' wrist bands that are handed out in the casinos by smartly dressed promotions people (these are free, unlike the cards handed out on the street, whereby the promoter asks for a donation in exchange for a VIP access card).
Sounds unbelievably good; no lines, free entry, but once you're inside trendy clubs such as 'LAX', you quickly realize your only options are to buy a stupidly expensive drink and sit up the back facing the toilets, stand at the bar hemmed in on all sides, or on the dance floor trying not to spill said stupidly expensive drink.
Lavish tables line all sides and are completely out of bounds to normal folk not willing to pay through the teeth for one, or without the necessary contacts. Many tables remain empty, making your spot at the toilets even more frustrating. At least it's funny chatting to all the other people clustered around the bathrooms with bright wrist bands on.
If you really want to go to one of these nightclubs, at least ensure you do get a 'VIP' wristband for free entry, it's still better than actually lining up out the front and paying to sit near the toilets.
Live bands play throughout most casinos, are free to watch and generally situated in atmospheric, themed bars or restaurants; where you can sit anywhere, drink for normal prices and have a jolly good time.
4. Speaking of lines; be prepared to line up at your hotel reception for check-in. It can take up to two hours at most hotels as all the planes tend to land at the same times.
5. Take advantage of 'The Deuce' bus. It will be your saving grace if you're at the Luxor and need to get back to Treasure Island at 1am, it's very well priced with all day passes available and you'll bring back memories of the people you meet on it.
6. Take your 'silly, fun, anything goes' hat with you and Las Vegas will reward you with the time of your life.
1. Book your favourite shows before you go. Although discount tickets are available at various outlets, many of the bigger shows (Cirque du Soleil, Bette Midler) are booked out well in advance. This way, you see want you want and it's an extra bonus if you score cheap tickets to something else once there.
2. Set aside the first day to walk up one side of the strip and down the other. You can pop into all of the hotels for a look and decide which ones appeal to you most. Restaurants, shopping malls, themed areas and theatres are housed within, making the casinos only a small part of these gigantic structures. With painted ceilings depicting blue skies and 24 hour action, becoming trapped in a time warp is a very real possibility.
3. Beware the 'VIP' wrist bands that are handed out in the casinos by smartly dressed promotions people (these are free, unlike the cards handed out on the street, whereby the promoter asks for a donation in exchange for a VIP access card).
Sounds unbelievably good; no lines, free entry, but once you're inside trendy clubs such as 'LAX', you quickly realize your only options are to buy a stupidly expensive drink and sit up the back facing the toilets, stand at the bar hemmed in on all sides, or on the dance floor trying not to spill said stupidly expensive drink.
Lavish tables line all sides and are completely out of bounds to normal folk not willing to pay through the teeth for one, or without the necessary contacts. Many tables remain empty, making your spot at the toilets even more frustrating. At least it's funny chatting to all the other people clustered around the bathrooms with bright wrist bands on.
If you really want to go to one of these nightclubs, at least ensure you do get a 'VIP' wristband for free entry, it's still better than actually lining up out the front and paying to sit near the toilets.
Live bands play throughout most casinos, are free to watch and generally situated in atmospheric, themed bars or restaurants; where you can sit anywhere, drink for normal prices and have a jolly good time.
4. Speaking of lines; be prepared to line up at your hotel reception for check-in. It can take up to two hours at most hotels as all the planes tend to land at the same times.
5. Take advantage of 'The Deuce' bus. It will be your saving grace if you're at the Luxor and need to get back to Treasure Island at 1am, it's very well priced with all day passes available and you'll bring back memories of the people you meet on it.
6. Take your 'silly, fun, anything goes' hat with you and Las Vegas will reward you with the time of your life.
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