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Has anyone been to Vegas in January?

My better half states that she has no idea what to get me for Christmas, claiming i've got all the gadgets any man could need!!!
But she then came out with the idea that she'd pay for flights for me to go to Vegas.
But it will have to be in January or early Feb as she is getting a Labradoodle puppy in Feb which i'll be babysitting in the day.

Therefore my questions are  What is Vegas like in January? How many players do the Casino's daily MTT's get?
If I go I was thinking about getting a room when I'm over there as would expect they'd be loads of spaces and better deals when I'm over there.

Will I get bored on my own?

I doubt it!  You're going for a week?  I seriously doubt you'd be bored in that time.  Sounds like you have a top girl there - she doesn't want to pay for me to go over too, to keep you company and make sure you don't get bored...

Other than that, I can be of absolutely no help whatsoever.

Brummieboy - why does she want you out of the house for a week?

Yes it has got me thinking, also found it strange how she has had five work christmas parties in the last couple of weeks.

I'm going for new year and part of January - and have been there before in January.

It is cold It snowed last time we were there and it was freezing, never a chance to warm up because of the air con they have there so i spent a lot of time in the bath - work that into your poker playing schedule!

We enjoyed great games at bellagio and mirage - quite easy but this time we are taking more time to look at rakes etc to get best value games. I'm sure someone at blonde can remember links to threads about these? I'd like to see them again if anyone remembers them.

Thanks

Tracey

i was there last Jan and it was 20d nice and warm and all the poker rooms were very busy I'm going back the end of Jan flying from gatwick if you go get a direct flight with virgin i got 5 nights at the aladin and the flight for £550 each of last minute dot com

Hi brummieboy

Book your room now it will save you a lot of hassle
check out
 www.lasvegas.com
this will give you a guide as to how much each casino charges, then go to the website of the casino you are interested in and check out there prices sometimes it is cheaper !
Good luck over there and noway will you be bored

33 degrees today...man that sounds good.

Not in farenhiet(sp) it's not

true....but  who still uses farhenheit? well, other then  micheal moore obviously

I think they use Farenheit almost exclusively in the States.

Yeh only americas use imperial scale still rest of the world uses SI well except a lecturer at my uni who expects ya to know all converstions  :-/

I normally have my annual bath on 1st Jan, i'll have to save it for when I'm out there.

I think she's booked it, mentioned it just and she said i'll have to wait and see what Father Christmas brings me.

So if I end up with a leaf blower or cordless drill I might be a little disappointed.

Ok whats the best value rooms for a single person, doesn't have to be anything special but ideally on the strip?

I am not an expert on Vegas by any means, I went for the first time this year and I'm going back in March. However, I'm  reasonably good at searching out a good deal :), so here is my advice -

- If you are flying with Virgin Atlantic, then join the Virgin Atlantic Flying Club before you book the flight. You will then get 5k+ Air Miles for every full price return fare you book... these can be used for discounted flights in the future.

- The cheapest fares with Virgin Atlantic are non-changeble, once booked there are no refunds and no amendments... so get travel insurance straight away.

- It's not always cheaper to try and find a room once you are there. For example... Not Vegas I know but, I recently stayed at a hotel in Brighton, their internet reservation price was £64... the guy checking-in in front of me, without a reservation, paid £109!!

- So that you know you have somewhere to stay... Book a hotel that suits your budget before you go, direct via their website. You will only have to pay one night's deposit by credit card and you can cancel anytime upto 1 or 2 days before arrival with no penalty (check exact terms with hotel), they will refund the deposit and you will only loose a couple of £s in exchange rate fees.

- A few days before you leave check out the hotel websites for prices for the following week, you might be suprised how cheap they are letting the rooms go for. eg. Harrah's 'Hot Deals' - http://www.harrahs.com/hot-deals/

Hope this helps
RR 8)

The cheapest (regular price) on the strip will probably be Imperial Palace... I've read some UN-flattering reviews of it though.

The Orleans (not on strip) has some special prices in January - use promo code EDE1221, to see them... A few blondes stayed there for the WSOP this year and I think they thought it was OK.

Thanks for the reply Rio much appreciated.
BTW nice win last weekend,  I hope we get the same result this weekend against the ManUre.

well we do for a start - but it all depends on the weather outside.

If its hot then its "Temp in the low 90's - will we reach the magical 100" - all weather in farenheit

If its cold then its "Temp will reach 3 or 4 overnight, slight possibility of frost" - all weather in celsius

yeah but you're monkeys!

true - but then after we take over the planet to pick up the pieces from the mess you humans left it in we'll make sure everyone comes round to our way of thinking ;)

NEVER!....NOT AGAIN!

I've stayed at the imperial palace and its not too bad actually. I'd go as far to say it was decent value given the location etc. I wouldn't take my wife there, but if was perfect for me on my tod.

yes, cant give away too many of the details - not sure my Uncle Kong would approve. All i can say really is "watch this space". :)

I have stayed at the IP aswell, there is really no need to stay there though what with the $/£ rate at the moment you can stay somewhere decent fairly cheap. I was there last month and myself and Jamie were in the Venetian for $160 a night, crazy when you consider how damn nice it is.

Sounds a bit cozy...

Carefull

Glad to here it!

lol git

I would recommend getting a poker rate at Bellagio, Wynn or The Venetian. WIth the Bellagio for $169 a night you don't even need to play in their poker room although you will have to go in the poker back office and ask for it. With the Wynn and Venetian you will have to do 4-6 hours a day of cash games before they move you over to the poker rate, but you don't need to play high stakes or anything. I stayed at The Wynn last time i was there for $129 a night and they were the nicest rooms i've stayed in anywhere in the world for the price of an English Travel Lodge, also the $5/$10 NL game was very profitable as are the $2/$5s.

Couple of days ago the wife says she's looked at prices to Vegas and doesn't think she can afford it after all, I told her not to worry about it, however I opened my post this morning and there was a receipt from KLM confirming my flights.
Ruined the wife's surprise a bit.

Apparantly I'm going on the 24th Jan and coming back on the 7th Feb.

WOOOOT..

Did you re seal the envelope thus insuring not spoiling the suprise?