Top 10 Las Vegas Tips
Posted on November 26, 2007
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- Visit mid-week. Rooms cost three to four times as much on the weekends, and with weekend crowds you’ll wait in line for everything. Go mid-week.
- Get a player’s card. Sign up for a free player’s card at every casino you visit even if you don’t gamble there. Then the casino will mail you offers for discounted or even free rooms on your next visit. I never pay more than $35/night, and often stay free.
- Don’t lose your shirt. Don’t bet more than you can afford to lose. Set a budget for each playing session and if you lose it, stop playing.
- Bank your winnings. Set aside half your win when you win big, and never gamble it, so you have a guaranteed win.
- Don’t play slot machines. They suck your money away hand over fist. See our crash course on table games to get much better odds.
- Tip the dealers $5/hr. and the cocktail waitresses $1 every drink or two.
- Ask for comps. The casino rewards slot and table play with buffets, show tickets, or room discounts. Ask at the player’s club booth how to claim your goodies.
- Use the buses. The #108 goes from the airport to the Stratosphere and then to downtown, for only $1.25, and runs every 20 minutes. The Deuce runs the whole strip and to & from downtown for only $2.00, and runs 24/7 every 5-10 minutes. Get an all-you-can-ride day pass for only five bucks.
- Don’t try to get taxis on the strip. Taxis can’t stop directly on the strip; that’s why they’re passing you by. Go to the taxi area of the hotel to get one.
- Walk. The whole strip is four miles long and you could walk the whole thing in an hour and a half. When there’s traffic it’s the fastest way to get around.
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