Recently I visited the wonderful city of Las Vegas. It was my goal to figure out which was the best value, the strip or downtown. It didn't take much, I stayed 2 nights at each place and concluded that Freemont Street was the place to go. It is cheaper, more historical, better to gamble on and you still have easy access to the strip.
Some of the rooms downtown start at $18, try to find that on the strip. Unless you are choosing the Stratosphere which I don't consider being on the strip, you are going to spend a lot more than that. Now at eighteen bucks the rooms are not luxury downtown, but they are accomodating. I don't go to Vegas to be in my room anyway.
These historical buildings are so neat. The highlight of our trip was to go into all of these buildings and just take a peak at what they contained. They have old fixtures and furniture. The setup of the casinos is even different. The rooms are not the luxury type rooms you will find on the strip, but to me the history of the buildings and the prices were more important.
If you need food, you can eat for a day downtown for the price of one meal on the strip. I ate at what I thought was an awful restaurant on the strip in the MGM. We paid $90 each for a meal that was not worth the money. When we got downtown I went and ate a wonderful cut of prime rib for just $10 per person. Breakfast was steak and eggs and it was $3.95.
So though I really don't gamble, I did when I was down town. I mean why not I was saving so much money, I might as well try my luck. The slots have a pay out that is much better than on the strip. I play blackjack. I was with my girl, and I wanted her to learn how to play too. I was teaching her and even the dealers down town were helping her. I would never get service like that on the strip. Even the pit boss was taking time out to help us play.
If you want to go to the strip still, it really isn't hard. You can get a bus pass for a bus that goes from downtown to the strip for about seven bucks a day. So that way you can still go to shows and the luxury hotels. A cab ride from downtown to the strip is about $20.
The conclusion for me is to stay downtown. You save so much money, and still have perfect access to the strip. This way you can spend your money on activities instead of luxury.
Some of the rooms downtown start at $18, try to find that on the strip. Unless you are choosing the Stratosphere which I don't consider being on the strip, you are going to spend a lot more than that. Now at eighteen bucks the rooms are not luxury downtown, but they are accomodating. I don't go to Vegas to be in my room anyway.
These historical buildings are so neat. The highlight of our trip was to go into all of these buildings and just take a peak at what they contained. They have old fixtures and furniture. The setup of the casinos is even different. The rooms are not the luxury type rooms you will find on the strip, but to me the history of the buildings and the prices were more important.
If you need food, you can eat for a day downtown for the price of one meal on the strip. I ate at what I thought was an awful restaurant on the strip in the MGM. We paid $90 each for a meal that was not worth the money. When we got downtown I went and ate a wonderful cut of prime rib for just $10 per person. Breakfast was steak and eggs and it was $3.95.
So though I really don't gamble, I did when I was down town. I mean why not I was saving so much money, I might as well try my luck. The slots have a pay out that is much better than on the strip. I play blackjack. I was with my girl, and I wanted her to learn how to play too. I was teaching her and even the dealers down town were helping her. I would never get service like that on the strip. Even the pit boss was taking time out to help us play.
If you want to go to the strip still, it really isn't hard. You can get a bus pass for a bus that goes from downtown to the strip for about seven bucks a day. So that way you can still go to shows and the luxury hotels. A cab ride from downtown to the strip is about $20.
The conclusion for me is to stay downtown. You save so much money, and still have perfect access to the strip. This way you can spend your money on activities instead of luxury.
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