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McDaniel

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I know theres been a few posts on the subject before, but i've finally booked my trip!!

March 28th - 11th April

at Excalibur Hotel.

So people ill be 21 at that point, i wont be arriving till like 10pm (there time) but i plan on going out first night! hehe

What do you suggest i do?

i 100% wanna do a Grand Canyon trip and also see some shows

obviously - gambling a bit etc.. are gonna happen, but what else do you suggest?

I am planning on hoping to LA for 2 days during aswell :)

Ideas?
 
Libs said:
Hey McDaniel,

Me and Gordy R are also going to Vegas but 26th May for a week. Im now getting SO excited. Glad you started this thread as i was wondering the same things. Were staying at Ballys, and going to the Grand Canyon too.

Have a good time :D
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i needed to ask you something actually, would you mind email me at mcdaniel_2k @ hotmail.com or adding it to MSN please?
 
Rotty said:
Cost of meals varies hugely

A nice restaurant is about $90-100 a person but your American diner places will come in about $20 each , and a fast food place about $5

At the high end my favourite restaurant in Vegas ( in fact anywhere ) is Michael's ( very close to you , utterly fantastic but bank on the top side if $200 per person

re budget for the trip , we tend to eat and drink well and do a little gambling and we normally take around £200 per day

you've got me all excited about Vegas now and my next trip ( 5th in 4 years ) isn't till September :(
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i was looking at about £100 a day, but this is my first holiday in 4 years and my bday present to myself so want it to be amazing!

Thanks for the grand canyon info!!
 
Rotty said:
You will be fine on £100 a day , as I say we normally do go for it a bit when in Vegas and I am paying for everything for 2 of us :D
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hehe, unfortunatly no lovely ladies will be with me, instead 2 guys...

Alas, we shall see what Vegas has to offer in terms of ladies!
 
Von Smallhausen said:
Yeah. Me and 3 mates went and we hired a car from LAX on arrival and dropped it of at San Francisco on the way out. We had a laptop and a route planner and satnav attatchment so we knew where we were at all times.

Might struggle if you are a non driver, but Rachel was fab and the people there very friendly, especially to us Brits.
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Excellent! might see what can be arranged!

im not really sure on the shows, what are the must sees?
 
Guv said:
I went to vegas for 2 weeks last August and loved it.

We went to death valley, hoover dam, grand canyon, and most places in Vegas itself. The stratosphere tower is good, the rides are also good, hope you enjoy insanity more than I did. Big shot is worth a second go.

Also spent 5 nights in LA and 1 in San Diego, which were also great and if you get the chance visit LA but it's a 5 hour drive, could look at a flight if you're not hiring a car? Universal Studios in LA is worth a visit.

In the 3 weeks we spent there we hired a car (brand new Chrysler 300C 3.5L) which we got half price :) and drove about 2500 miles. Go to one of the small enterprise places in a hotel and haggle a bit.

Have a good time, can't wait until I go back.
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Yup was gonna fly to LA.

Whats San Deigo like? how close is that?
 
Guv said:
To be honest we didn't see much of San Diego, got there very late in the evening, got up the next day at lunchtime, found a bar on the beach, stayed there until late ish then headed back to Vegas. We didn't really have a plan, just thought when we were in LA "lets go to San Diego", but really we did nothing.


San Diego is about 110 miles from LA and about 340 from Vegas.
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fair enough then :)

think ill stick to LA and go Universal :)
 
Rotty said:
when taking a taxi from the airport if the go out of the airport through a tunnel and on to the I15 freeway don't tip them as they have ripped you off by going the long way round

They are not allowed to take this route without asking you but they will disguise the question or tell you that there has been an accident on the strip ( if they ask at all )
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/me also notes down :D

Is there dress codes for the casino's?
 
Just got a call from Excalibur, because we are going with my friend Pete - his parents go out to the hotel there 1/2 times a year and have done for a while (quite loaded) so we've got Casino rates, they rung him and said for the 2 weeks the hotel will cost $1015 for the 3 of us, so $338~ dollars each :) (around £200, flights where £300!)

Allright!!!

29 Days!!!
 
Rotty said:
300 is cheap for the flights , not on the Northwest DC10 via minnesota are you ? :eek: :p
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Delta Airlines, Via Atlanta

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just realised it works out to be around £14 each a night for the room!
 
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Tourmai said:
lucky ****, im lookin forward to goin back over there at some point, you'll be glad your 21 when your over there. You goin with some mates or the parents? its a pretty seedy place esp the off the strip hotel we stayed in :o

grand canyon is a must, got some good memories from there.. you wanna hike down to the colorado river if you can
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Going with 2 mates :)

..seedy eh? i like it!
 
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