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Off to Vegas next Sunday with the family for a week. Will be playing a bit of poker but doing more touristy stuff this time around and need some advice! Some members of our party want to go on a helicopter trip to the Grand Canyon and Hoover Dam. Does anyone know the best way of getting a good deal? Pre-book or wait till we get there? Any recommendations on who to use and where to book the trip? Also, we want to go to a couple of off-strip shopping outlets. Which are the best ones? Thanks in advance.
Shopping. There are a few "outlet malls" and most of them are terrible, low quality shops. SO getting in a cab and saying "outlet malls" would be a bad move. The best one nearby is the Premium Outlet Mall on S Grand Central Parkway. http://www.premiumoutlets.com/outlets/outlet.asp?id=58 You can have a look at the store listings and see if those are the shops you want or not. Depending on where you start your journey, and whether you are driving or getting a cab, it is easy to find just off the I15 before getting downtown (41B from memory) or from taking the surface streets via Charleston.
The alternative is 45-60 minutes out of town in Primm on the
state line. http://www.fashionoutletlasvegas.com/ Here the shops aren't the best ever, but the sale fares are incredible, if you plan to buy a lot there are a lot of stores with permanent 70% off sales etc. If you are driving, just take the I15 to LA and you will fall over it, there used to be a shuttle which you could catch from MGM.Helicopter. Maverick seem to get it right, although no doubt not the cheapest out there. http://www.maverickhelicopter.com/ The tour will include hotel pickup, but you need to have a think about exactly what tour you want, as there is a difference between how long it will take and where exactly they fly you to. Do you want to go to the rim at the nearest point, or do you want to fly right down into the floor of the canyon away from the masses and spend any amount of time there? Do you want to take in Lake Mead, Hoover Dam or just straight to the Canyon? There are a few helicopter tour places with offices on the strip around the M&M/Coca-Cola stores and plenty of guys working it on the pavement too. I assume they will be pushing the "lower price" but I don't know what you get for that.
Thanks Simon
