Las Vegas Vacation Blog Blog

Absolutely not! There are plenty of sites and attractions in Las Vegas to keep you busy on your vacation. And they don’t cost a dime.
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Pool is one of my favorite gambling or non-gambling games. I would strongly suggest on your Las Vegas Vacation that you play some pool(if of course that’s not out of the norm for you.)

I would suggest The Las Vegas Cue Club

Plenty of action and fun people!

• Pack light. Experienced travelers always offer this advice, but rookies seldom heed it. Even if you’re staying in the same hotel for three weeks, packing light can prevent headaches. My father-in-law brought six bags for our three weeks of travel. He overpacked. Within days he had to pay to ship things home. Even I took too much: a small suitcase and a knapsack, both of which were crammed with stuff. In the future, I’ll take the knapsack, but when I use it as a carry-on, it’ll only have the essentials: a change of clothes, a book, and my iPod.
• Pack smart. Take items that serve double duty. Don’t carry stuff you can buy at your destination. (You can buy shampoo in London, you know.) Leave room in your bag to bring home things you purchase while on vacation. Don’t neglect your sanity — there are a few items I like to have with me at all times: earplugs, an eyemask, my iPod (with noise-canceling earphones), a book, and comfortable shoes. Armed with these essentials, I can be happy almost anywhere — even when stuck for eight hours in an airport terminal.
• Manage your money. Know which money source is best for each situation. I didn’t understand this, and was dinged with unnecessary fees. For example, you should know that Visa charges a 1% overseas usage fee regardless of whether you’re using debit or credit. Some cards waive this fee. If I had understood my accounts better, I would have used my credit card for most transactions — I would have received the best exchange rate and avoided a common fee. But because my credit card charges 3% to withdraw money from an ATM, I should have used my debit card to obtain cash. Some of this you learn with experience, but it never hurts to review your account policies before making a trip.

Southern Nevada tourism received some good news and some bad news on international air service last week.

First, the bad.

In late April, British Midland - better known as BMI - will pull the plug on its nonstop route between Manchester, England, and McCarran International Airport.

Since Halloween 2004 BMI flew an Airbus A330 jumbo jet three times a week to Las Vegas. But the company says the route has underperformed and high fuel costs make it impossible to continue.

“The decision to with�draw long-haul services from Manchester was a very tough one, since we have operated (some of) these routes since 2001,” the airline said on its Web site. “However, sadly, the routes have never performed to the revenue levels we hoped to achieve, which combined with 2008 fuel price increases means we still see little prospect of improvement.”

BMI was the 12th busiest international carrier at McCarran in 2007, serving more than 55,000 passengers.

A sales representative said the company could reconsider the route when BMI’s acquisition by German airline giant Lufthansa is completed early next year.

Not to seem overly pessimistic, but I doubt that’s going to happen. When a carrier exits a market, it usually does so with sound economic reasons, so I doubt Lufthansa’s deeper pockets would finance a route that ultimately disappoints for the long haul.

BMI management apparently was disappointed with the amount of traffic generated from Las Vegas to Manchester - an argument I’ve never completely understood since it’s the traffic

Las Vegas that is going to generate the most interest and most of those coming here have to go back. Why not just reduce the number of flights from three to two a week? That’s a question I would have asked had BMI managers returned my calls and e-mails.

When BMI leaves the market, it will trim the number of carriers offering nonstop trans-Atlantic flights to two, with Virgin Atlantic - an airline that our governor may have recently ticked off by writing a letter of support for a cause supported by its biggest competitor, British Airways - from London to Las Vegas and Lufthansa-owned Condor, which flies nonstop from Frankfurt, Germany.

Despite that bad news for the local tourism industry, which is banking on increased international traffic to help boost sagging visitor numbers, there was some good news. It came from the busiest carrier at McCarran, Southwest Airlines, which isn’t an international flier.

Southwest announced it will work with Mexican carrier Volaris to develop a code-share agreement to link Mexican travelers to the United States and vice versa.

Southwest gave customers a view of how it would develop its code shares when the company had a deal with ATA - a deal that ended in March when ATA abruptly declared bankruptcy and quit flying.

Under Southwest’s ATA agreement, the airline offered flights on its Web site to places like New York LaGuardia Airport via Chicago Midway Airport. Las Vegans making that trip would fly Southwest to Midway and transfer to an ATA flight from Chicago to New York. The baggage transfer was seamless and passengers could earn frequent-flier points partially delivered by ATA.

Free trips earned on Southwest also could be used on ATA - which flew to Hawaii from Las Vegas.

Southwest said it hopes to announce more details about its partnership with Volaris next year and begin offering the connections by 2010.

Volaris, founded in 2006, is new enough to the market that a lot of people don’t know much about it. It has 39 routes connecting 23 cities south of the border. But, like Southwest’s planned code-share partner north of the border, Canada’s WestJet, Volaris has many similarities to Southwest.

It’s known as a discounter. It flies to some alternative airports (the center of its operations is in Toluca, outside Mexico City). It has a primary aircraft type, the Airbus A319 and A320 series, both twin-engine jets similar to Southwest’s Boeing 737s.

But where would Southwest and Volaris connect?

Right now, Volaris doesn’t fly into the United States, and Southwest has said it has no desire to begin flying south of the border. The closest Volaris flies to the U.S. is to Tijuana, Mexico, one of the airline’s busiest destinations.

Southwest has numerous routes and destinations near the Mexican border: San Diego, Tucson, Phoenix, Albuquerque and El Paso, Texas, among them. But would Southwest instead try to connect at some of its busiest stations to serve a maximum number of passengers - such as Houston, Los Angeles or even Las Vegas?

McCarran officials acknowledged Volaris made an initial contact last week about flying into Las Vegas. It’s still too early to know whether that means Las Vegas would be the transfer point in the Southwest-Volaris code share, but at least it’s a possibility.

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The Tropicana Las Vegas presents American Funk, Rock and R&B Legends - WAR - Tuesday, Dec. 30 at 8 p.m. in the Tiffany Theater. Tickets are priced at $50 and $60 (all inclusive) and are available at the Tropicana Box Office.
WAR has entertained audiences for more than three decades with favorites: “Low Rider,” “Why Can’t We Be Friends,” “Cisco Kid,” “Spill the Wine” and many more. Spreading a message of unity and understanding, their repertoire of music proves ever timeless with continual success; WAR was recently nominated for induction into the 2009 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
In addition to an evening of classic music the Tropicana Las Vegas is also offering incredible room rates for the New Year’s Eve holiday starting as low as $143 per night for three nights and $189 per night for Dec. 30 and Dec. 31.
“We are very excited to kick-off our New Year’s Eve festivities with such an accomplished group of performers,” said Tropicana Las Vegas Vice President of Marketing Randy Sears. “We’re providing our guests with fine entertainment, affordable prices and the ideal Las Vegas Strip location to ring-in the New Year.”

Tickets for WAR are available at the Tropicana Box Office or by calling 702-739-2411. For additional information on WAR as well as Tropicana Las Vegas New Year’s Eve holiday pricing visit tropicanalv.com.

Check out this Las Vegas Rental home:

Now you can get a home like this in Las Vegas, in a gated community, for under $1,500 per month. That’s about $50 dollars a day! Of course, if you want some luxuries(e.g. a bowling alley) your going to have to pay a bit more.

My point being, if you are going to Las Vegas for any period of time longer than a week you should definitely consider renting out a home in Las Vegas. It’s private and it won’t do to much harm to your wallet.

Rent this Las Vegas rental home here.

Many homeowners wonder about how to adjust their water heater while they’re away. If you have a gas water heater, set the temperature dial to the VAC or “vacation” setting.

If you don’t have this setting, turn the thermostat as low as it will go - but don’t turn it completely off. If you do, you’ll have to relight the pilot light when you get home, and with most water heaters this requires a service call from a professional.

If you have an electric water heater, cut the power at the breaker or fuse in the service panel.

With either type of water heater, It’s not necessary to drain out the water from the tank, but when you come home, be sure to let the water reach at least 120 degrees before using it.

For more money saving tips via effectively managing appliances, go to this link.

So maybe you want to treat yourself to a luxurious Las Vegas vacation but you’re worried that your children won’t be welcome. Even luxury places are welcoming kids Over the past ten years she has seen a trend toward accommodating families at hotels and resorts that once were the domain of adults only. It’s hard now to find a place that doesn’t cater to families. Don’t be afraid to take your kids to a nice hotel in vegas.

With the economy in distress, there might be no cheaper time to Las Vegas than this winter as a sharp drop in demand forces airlines, hotels and cruise companies to slash fares, cut rates and lower fees.

In what might be a silver lining during a season of economic angst, travelers are finding some of the best deals in recent memory, from half-priced resorts to rock-bottom airfares.

An off-peak, round-trip ticket from O’hair International Airport to Las Vegass was selling for $244 last week, the lowest it had been in recent memory. No one could recall average fares to Hawaii falling below $300.

What can you do with US$100? Not too much, if you’re in Las Vegas.

That amount will run out in 30 minutes when all of it is used on any of the slot machines, another 30 minutes when playing craps. It’ll last 40 minutes when playing blackjack or just 10 minutes in poker (if you have a bad hand or simply not too good at the game). Las Vegas will literally suck you dry with its dry heat and sinful invitations.

Then again, there is the good side to having only $100. For one, you’ll be forced to stay away from the gambling spots, which could bankrupt your wallet. Another is that having a small amount of money will encourage better financial management when in the city and perhaps wisely use it for other non-gambling activities.
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