Should I Skip Las Vegas?

[Michael Morris]

Re: Should I Skip Las Vegas?

I saw a Tom Jones tribute act in Vegas. His name was Harmick. Spitting image of TJ and spoke in a Welsh accent in between songs.

Talking of Tom Jones. I recorded this at Stoke on Saturday. Pre kick off. They sing it as a tradition. But with slightly changed lyrics

[MacAdder]

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Talking of Tom Jones. I recorded this at Stoke on Saturday. Pre kick off. They sing it as a tradition.

Never liked it since the realisation that it was Stoke's anthem.
Wales rugby fans always sing Delilah, even more reason to dislike it for many

[StraightOuttaCanton]

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I would hire a car in SF and drive down the Pacific Highway to Santiago stopping at various places on route such as Santa Barbara, the Big Sur via the 17 mile drive (Pebble Beach, Carmel etc), San Simeon, Long Beach, Santa Monica (Muscle and Venice Beaches), Malibu and many other places too numerous to mention. You can probably exchange your homebound leg from SF to Lost Angeles for free and the car hire is also a free one way drop off). That is what I did a few years back but hopefully things haven't changed. LV is great and cheap if you like that sort of thing but not for me. As for Yosemete do some research as I understand accommodation is difficult and expensive but that is only heresay on my part.

Vegas is definitely not financially cheap

[Optimistic Nick]

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If you’d went 30 years ago you probably saw a better version, where gambling was the heart of everything. As people move away from gambling it’s evolved and even in the 13 years I’ve been going, the costs have noticeably increased as the city learns to derive revenue from hotel rooms and restaurants rather than blackjack.

Last time we stayed in Vegas, we didn’t actually go to Vegas at all. We used the hotel (which is still cheap relative to other cities) as a base for trips, normally at sunrise. Kayaking down the Colorado river from the hoover dam at sunrise is pretty amazing. Given your trip, I’d spend the extra time by going to Lake Tahoe and more time in Yosemite. You will get the fall colours at time you are going, which can be amazing, but accommodation costs can be pretty high to reflect that. Personally I’d not bother with napa valley unless you have a real interest in the wine from there. France is a lot closer, a lot cheaper and a lot more pleasant. Napa is OK but I don’t see what it offers that vast swathes of Europe do not.

[Organ Morgan.]

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Think about your carbon footprint.
Why not get on a weekend away in Margate?

Leave him alone! Save your scorn for Taunton Blue Genie who spends half his life travelling at 36,000 feet. He's up in the clouds more often than an air stewardess is, FFS!

What makes his globetrotting so galling is he lives a hop and skip away from Minehead Butlin's which has all the facilities to satisfy the most discerning holidaymakers.

I'm going to report him to Greta Thunberg.

[WJ99mobile]

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Anyone got any hotel recommendations?

Not big budget - $100/night

MGM grand is currently what we’re looking at

[Bobby Dandruff]

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I went to LV about 30 odd years ago for a short break and was going to do the same for a West Coast trip this year. I have return flights booked to San Fran (End of Sept) and intended on spending 5 days in both SFO and LV. I'm now thinking of forgetting about the Vegas part and hiring a car and maybe doing Napa Valley and Yosemite instead.

Thoughts if anyones done similar please.......

I have done exactly the same: Vegas years ago is very different to how it is now. It is just an annoying party town now (for younger people) and was just noisy, crowded and irritating so I’d skip it.

There are some truly, truly beautiful parks to see that you can drive to. That is a better use of time IMHO.