I used to visit Vegas pretty frequently and if you played your cards right (pun intended) you could make a fairly inexpensive vacation out of it. Nothing super exciting.
I finished reading a lot of books lounging by pools at various hotels, eating and drinking a bit more than I normally would. Avoiding the tourist traps and just relaxing.
Nowadays the casinos don’t want to comp anything and the prices they charge are outrageous.
Last time my wife and I went, which was a few years ago, I went to the pool bar and ordered two drinks. Nothing fancy. When the cashier told me the bill was $60, I was blown away. $30 a piece. A complete rip off. It’s gotten to where a lot of places pull that kind of shit anymore.
There are way better and cheaper places to visit than that glittering desert shithole.
Thats interesting, most chain restaurants in Germany have the same prices in all locations. Not 100% sure if an airport burger kind would have the same prices as everywhere else, but it wouldn’t be much more.
There were only two major groups I saw in Vegas last year. Elderly middle class people who still have wealth to not pass on (doesn’t seem like near as many of them these days) and the Upper Class where $300 candles are just a thing you throw on your kid’s nightstand.
I used to visit Vegas pretty frequently and if you played your cards right (pun intended) you could make a fairly inexpensive vacation out of it. Nothing super exciting. I finished reading a lot of books lounging by pools at various hotels, eating and drinking a bit more than I normally would. Avoiding the tourist traps and just relaxing.
Nowadays the casinos don’t want to comp anything and the prices they charge are outrageous. Last time my wife and I went, which was a few years ago, I went to the pool bar and ordered two drinks. Nothing fancy. When the cashier told me the bill was $60, I was blown away. $30 a piece. A complete rip off. It’s gotten to where a lot of places pull that kind of shit anymore.
There are way better and cheaper places to visit than that glittering desert shithole.
I used to go there for business trips and I remember being floored that the hotel Starbucks was charging $11 for a small latte
Thats interesting, most chain restaurants in Germany have the same prices in all locations. Not 100% sure if an airport burger kind would have the same prices as everywhere else, but it wouldn’t be much more.
There were only two major groups I saw in Vegas last year. Elderly middle class people who still have wealth to not pass on (doesn’t seem like near as many of them these days) and the Upper Class where $300 candles are just a thing you throw on your kid’s nightstand.