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[NF] Leaving Las Vegas, Smuggled Grapefruits, Airstream Pancakes
When: 2014 or 15, probably April We roll into Vegas after dark, my friend Jerry driving, I riding shotgun, my then wife rolling around in the back of the ruby red '94 Ford Aerostar on the mattress that replaced the seats. We are dressed in what can only be described as Trailer Park Hippies. Jerry wears sweat pants (he wore a lot of sweat pants back then), a striped shirt, beanie, and square-frame glasses, as he's blind as a bat. My wife is dressed like a bag lady, a tye dye "Workaholics" shirt, ripped jeans, America Hat beanie hat worn ironically over dirty dreadlocks, and I'm wearing a a lot of flannel and sporting a fiery red Leprechaun beard and hair down to my shoulders. We have a stash that would make Hunter S. Thompson shed tears of joy. We're cruising in with a few ounces of weed, a tinfoil wrapper full of hash, a 10-strip of LSD, an eightball of coke, case of lite beer, and a laundry basket full of oranges and grapefruits acquired in Arizona. We had been living off of coke, grapefruits, acid, beer and cigarettes laced with hash. We were young and ready for what Vegas had to offer. Jerry drives past The Flamingo and we keep going on to Fremont Street. That is our destination, and we plan on milking it for all the free drinks we can. We drive around for a minute before noticing a $5-all-night parking lot. Perfect. We figure after we get too wasted and broke, we'll just come back and crash in the back of the van. Jerry, it's always Jerry, cuts up one hit of acid into three little pieces and passes them out. Jerry then keys up bumps of coke for everyone. My wife, DD, rolls a nasty hash cigarette and we roll out of the van and smoke it on our way down to Fremont Street. The thing about taking a little bit of acid is, is you can drink all night. A half hit of acid and you're ready to drink an Irishman under the table. I can't explain how or why it works, but it does. 1/3 of a hit should do the same thing, and we're feeling good. Vegas is your typical Vegas that I had expected. There's a Danny DeVito impersonator here, a Boss Hogg there, big-titted Showgirls lined up ready to take your money for a photo. Street performers, some of them fantastic, some of them sad. There is a nearly naked man waving a sign that reads, "Money Activates Me". I put a dollar in his hat, and he starts jiggling and shaking and making weird beeping noises. I am a little sad. As soon as we arrive on Fremont Street I look up to a giant television prompter on the ceiling with Blue Angels flying across while "America the Beautiful" plays over the loudspeakers. I walk past a large Mexican woman wearing all purple. Jerry tells us that they'll give you free drinks if you play the slot machines. We decide to investigate and pop into the first casino we see. We each slip a dollar into a machine and a waitress comes over and tells us, "make it at least $3, guys". A little saddened, but compliant, we do as we're told. We spend the next few hours like this. Hopping from casino to casino, putting in as little money as possible, getting as many free drinks as possible. After awhile, it gets tiresome and we spot a crowd heading towards the far side of the street and decide to investigate. All night we see this horrible Wook-like creature and he has come up to us and asked us for different drugs at least three times. DD must've taken the biggest 1/3 because her pupils are the size of nickels. The first few times he asked for acid, then he asked for DMT. I had never done DMT at that point, but from what I had heard, it would do him no good here. We think he's a cop. We ignore him. Drinks in hand, we see what the commotion is about, Cheap Trick! is playing a free show. Hell Yes, we think. We push our way to the entrance and are told we cannot bring the drinks in. We each chug our beers and make our way in. The crowd at Cheap Trick! is rude as far as rock concerts go. It's a bunch of people way more sober than us and they won't let us pass. We're standing shoulder-to-shoulder-to-shoulder with a group of angry looking bikers and decide that Cheap Trick! can go fuck themselves. We exit the concert and walk to the other end of Fremont Street. There is another free concert going on, an 80's cover band with the singer dressed like Devo and the bassist wearing stuffed animal pants – that is, Pants covered in stuffed animals. There are only about 20 people in attendance. We're so there. We walk to the front without any problem and begin our own dance circle. They have two vocalists, a hot French-looking chick and a man dressed as dollar store Devo. Jerry thinks French chick is looking at him. The bandplays a rousing rendition of "Blister in the Sun" and during one of "When I go walkin I strut my stuff and I'm so strung out/I'm high as a kite and I just might stop to check you out" parts, Devo guy holds the microphone out to us and we gargle through it. He shouts for the band to stop, wait, hold on. Stop stop stop. "You people are the drunkest people I have ever seen!" Too drunk to be embarrassed, we continue to dance. We dance until they stop playing. The acid at this point has all but run its course and the booze is catching up with us. DD is starting to lose steam. We decide to drink more. Walking into a casino, the overhead television plays "America the Beautiful" again as Blue Angels fly and Purple Pants Mexican lady is walking by us again, singing, "Uh-MARE-i-KUH" and crying profusely. She is having a good time. Unsure of what time it is, we're too fucked to gamble anymore and head to the bar. We attempt to order the cheapest drinks and the bartenders all ignore us. We get our $2 teas, (“Hold on, I have to make three shitty drinks” quoth the bartender) and walk back outside to get some air. Vegas is starting to spook me out. People walk down the street and flick a butt, unnamed janitors come from nowhere and sweep it up like it might never have happened. Vegas is like a physics problem. The cigarette butt is like Schrodinger’s Cat. Without the janitor, it may or not be there. As the night drags on, we see human decency deteriorating. Having made our way somehow to The Flamingo, we scope out a group of guys who we believe are going to date rape some girl who’s had too much to drink. Maybe it’s the acid enhancing our perceptions, or any of the drugs making us ever more paranoid. Maybe those guys really were out to hurt that woman. We followed them all for some time before realizing we were fucked up and it wasn’t our fight. We needed to get back to the van to sleep. We make our way back to the van and roll the door open. DD plops down on the mattress, but Jerry and I are determined to gamble and drink more. I promise her I’ll be good. Just right then two SECURITY dudes on bikes roll by and see the mattress and see the hippie lady sitting upon it. “Y’all can’t sleep here.” I inform them, but sirs, we paid the $5, and we are way, way, WAY too drunk to drive at this point. “That’s fine, sirs” he tells me, “but you can’t sleep here. You’re welcome to gamble in our casinos all night, or get a hotel room.” DD raises her voice to the security dudes and I have to tell her to cool it. We’re out of our element. This is Vegas. We can’t win this one. I tell them, ok, and they ride off. I’m too fucked to drive so I tell Jerry he’s going to have to rally and get us out of here. We all begin chugging water, our eyes rolling around in our heads, brains still slightly dripping from the acid. We’re all yelling at each other that this was a stupid idea. Jerry chugs an adequate amount of water and he climbs into the cockpit. I ride shotgun. We got this. We drive around aimlessly til we find an indoor parking garage that doesn’t charge us a fee on the way in. We drive to a heavily populated area and kill the engine. Jerry and I fly into the backseat and we keep our heads down, trying to find sleep in what’s left of the night. We get two hours of sleep when I decide we have to go. Right now. I think I’m cool to drive, so I start out our journey. The sun is right in my face as I’m leaving and I’m way too hungovestill drunk/fucked up to be doing this. I stop at a gas station for a fill up and on my way in I see a man just grinning at me. I’m in no mood. Who is this asshole just smiling at me at 6 o clock in the morning? Turns out it was a cardboard cutout of Jeff Gordon. Jesus. Christ. I pay for my gas and get back to the car. I tell Jerry he’s driving, and I need to sleep. We drive a few minutes and pull up to an Airstream Diner and decide to fuel up our bellies. The whole night in Vegas we didn’t consume any food, just drugs and booze, and we were in need of nourishment. We sit at the counter and the man with the plan is an older Hispanic man who appears to be running everything by himself. I order an omelette, toast and hashbrowns, and coffee, sweet, merciful coffee. Biscuits and gravy for Jerry, with “grandma coffee” (that is coffee with too much cream and sugar). DD got a stack of pancakes. When our food came, the proprietor asks DD if she would like any syrup? She holds her plate above her head like an offering to the man and says nothing. He laughs and asks again what kind of syrup would she like? Blueberry it was. A little food in us, we begin to feel better. We hit the road, California Bound! I resign to the mattress in back and pass out, Jerry driving, DD his copilot. I awake some time later to the sound of metal grinding on metal. The van is moving against its own will. “What the fuck is going on?!” Jerry is throwing it in reverse and trying to back up but the damage is already done. We are in line waiting to cross into the great state of California. I see a sign for “Fruit Inspection”. I look around the back and there’s grapefruits and oranges and peelings and all kinds of citrus just rolling around. We’re fucked. If not for the coke and hash, then for all the fruit contraband. I try to gather up all the citrus, but when it gets to be our turn to cross, the guards at the window tell us simply to pull through to deal with our accident. What luck. A wagonload of drugs and illegal fruit and we get a pass because some Rent An RV guy decided to rearrange my van’s front end. Sweet. We pull through and pile out of the van. I inspect the damage. It’s mostly cosmetic. The plastic bumper is gone, both headlights are smashed and dangling by wires. The blinkers are fucked. I will be using my arm signals for the rest of my van’s life. I walk up to the RV and pound on the door. An older, Eastern European man, noticeably drunk and shoeless steps out. I ask does he have insurance (I miraculously do). He says yes yes yes, sure sure sure. Why don’t you come into my RV? No, I tell him. Good out here. He disappears inside and comes back a few minutes later with a stack of papers, none of which are insurance. After a few minutes of going nowhere, I decide to call it even. I don’t want to attract any attention to us with the cops and would rather just get down the road, blow and all. The four of us get into our collective vehicles, the Chechen's relatively untouched; ours, a sex crime victim, and we set sail for the promised land - Californ-I-A! I'm trying to assemble a selection of stories. Heart on Sleeve. Don't be too rough. With love, and honesty
So tonight it was all pool with multiple added riders every time! (What's so great about that?) I'm glad you asked. First pick up... Venetian to Golden nugget. A fifteen minute ride at most....girl and her German boyfriend. Headed to I 15 on Sands... (added rider), we now have to pull a u-turn in front of Sands Convention center. Back to 7-11 at Twain and Paradise. Pick up one... Drive back towards freeway on Sands... (rider added)... Another u turn, same exact spot as the first u turn. Back to Corporate Drive and Paradise... Pick up another rider... Back to Venetian to drop him.... (rider added). Go to TI and pick up rider... Drop (7-11 guy) at Spearmint rhino....everyone gets to wait while I get my $20. Off we go (rider added, Trump International) pick up Trump. Drop TI guy at Peppermill... Drop Trump guy at Stratosphere...off we go, get to St Louis and Las Vegas Blvd (rider added) round the block, and back to Allure. Original Pax girl is now on the phone crying "Sorry we are SO late... Took a pool to save money " (lol) Pick up at Allure takes 12 minutes (and I wait) .... Drop at the D. One hour and 18 minutes later I drop off OP (original pax) at GN. I know two tourists who will never use pool again! Best part was the way TI guy smelled! I had no clue pool would add like that. I thought it was 2 stops max on a pool... So delighted it went so wrong for them! Funny, as I was pulling the first u turn on Sands I muttered "oh here we go" girl asked what I meant and I explained how awful pool was on the way to pick up pax #2 She believed me by the end of the ride! Uber x from GN to TI full car... Ping to Mirage (pool) as I drop. Three drunk girls show up (I say nothing and start trip (Mandalay Bay) (rider added) go to Caesars...two big guys show up (no room) They go off about the lack of space... ("nothing I can do, cancel if you want") they did at 7 minutes (fee for me) (rider added) go to Cosmo...two pax again ("no room, cancel if you can't fit") they did, another fee. (rider added) at Monte Carlo... Single rider with suitcases. Drop at Mandalay Bay... Single guy is pissed I didn't go directly to airport and is whining about how he will be late... Go up Koval, turn on to Trop (rider added) Pirhanna at Naples... Two drunk guys added.... Off to airport. Drop at Terminal 3, one of the drunk guys starts complaining he has to pee (rider added) ha-ha! Off to the car rental center. Pick up 2 and head to Henderson.... Get to Green Valley Ranch (casino) drop car rental people, back to freeway. Pax starts do the "pee pee dance" (I can feel him fidgeting as I drive...there is actually a footprint in my back floor carpet from him pressing down on the floor so hard with his foot) (Rider added) now it's off to Sam's Town.... (pee pee boys are going to Wagon wheel drive) "dude, you gotta stop, I can't hold it anymore" he gets out and pisses right there beside the car in a Dotty's parking lot....i can tell it is upsetting Sam's town couple. I don't care. Drop them.... Drop pee pee boys. Head back to resort corridor.... Ping to Sunset Station... Pick up two drunk girls (21 if a day) (rider added) pick up Mr smooth at an apartment complex. He starts speed dating them. All the way to UNLV he hit on them. Drop the poor girls at apartments near UNLV... (rider added) back to the Fruit loop.... Mr smooth smoothie is joined by two screaming queens.... Tables turn and they try speed dating him. Drop smoothie off in Chinatown... (rider added) pick up a very straight southern couple at golden Tiki.... Uncomfortable silence to palace station, drop off queens at Palace Station (rider added) Straight couple talk about how violated they feel all the way to pickup at SLS.... Pick up an obvious prostitute... More uncomfortable silence. Drop straight couple off at Circus circus manor.... Drop hooker off in the Alphabet streets. (another tourist who will never use pool) Third pool trip. 4 Queens to airport... Pick up two older women with luggage (rider added).. .off to Artesian. Pick up two guys, drop them at Linq... (rider added) go to Caesars....wait 15 minutes for 2 drunk girls.... Off to Mirage (you mean it's next door) (and the opposite direction from airport) ...drop off (rider added) at Mirage, going to Harrahs (across street) drop.... Head towards airport (rider added) pick up drunk at Tuscany suites (rider added) pick up another at Hard Rock....go to Twain and Swenson, drop off Tuscany drunk.... Go to IHOP on Maryland parkway and drop off second drunk (rider added). Off to pick up at apartments at swenson and Flamingo.... Going to Trop and Wilber. (women are complaining they have 15 minutes to get to airport) Drop at Liberace Mansion....back to Trop.... (rider added)...back north to Harmon and Paradise ...pick up.... Drop at MGM signature tower 2....off to airport again. As we approach terminal 3 pax announced they are too late.. Blames me.... Books a room real quick and has me take them to Hooters....announces she is going to sue me as I drop them ("give me your full name! " No you stupid twat, you booked pool, it's YOUR FAULT.) Whatever... Fuck pool fuckers, they got exactly what they deserved tonight!
A little background on us. I’m 35 my wife is 28. We aren’t major gamblers by any stretch, but we usually hit up a local casino maybe once a month, twice if we do good, and usually gambling about $100 a piece each time. We are both huge sports fans, especially college sports (Notre Dame). I’m a bit of a tightwad most of the time. The morning of April 2, 2016 I asked her if she wanted to marry me (both of us have been married once before), she said yes. I bought tickets that morning, didn’t tell anyone our plans and drove from South Bend Indiana area to Chicago O’Hare, and arrived in Vegas right around dark. The first couple of Hotels I tried for were booked, but we ended up finding a room at Planet Hollywood (which we spent all of about 4 hours in). We then flew out the next morning, spending a total of about 12 hours in Vegas. This time around, after finding out my kids would be with their mom over Spring Break, I decided to save up and actually plan a trip this time. We debated Florida, Canada, the Smokies, and ended up deciding on Vegas. Tuesday – March 27 We stayed the night at Blue Chip Casino (BOYD Gaming) in Michigan City Indiana (halfway to O’Hare). Both of us had comps for a free room and Buffet’s as well and about $75 worth of food credit that we had been saving for our Vegas trip. They also gave me a $25 gas card. We decided to gamble $100, and lost pretty quickly. After eating our “free buffets” we decided to go to bed, anticipating an early morning. Wednesday – March 28 Once we got to O’Hare, we went and checked our 1 bag in at the Spirit Airlines desk. Everything at Spirit is A la Carte, and I had paid for 1 checked bag, however the lady in front of me discovered that their checked bags cost even more if over 40lbs. I had gone with Spirit to save a buck, and overall the experience wasn’t terrible, but I’ve had much better experiences with other non-discount airlines. After arriving in Vegas, we rode the bus from the airport to the Rental Car facility, and in short time had our new car for the week. The nice lady at Payless tried selling me several extras, and I politely declined each of them. I’ve come to expect the sales pitch no matter what rental company I use, and overall my experience with these guys was very good. We ended up changing reservations last minute for our Hotel due to additional offers I received while at Blue Chip. After checking in at the Fremont (all 6 nights) we unpacked, stopped at IN & OUT Burger, and made a run to Wal-Mart for snacks and drinks. We then decided to go check out the Nuwu Dispensary, we were both very impressed with the selection, cleanliness, and friendliness of everyone we talked to there (we are novices at this lol). After making a “small” purchase, we decided to drive out to Mount Charleston for the evening and ended up catching the sunset before driving back into town. We spent the rest of the evening walking around Fremont Street mostly just people watching, before we grabbed a snack from the Café inside the Fremont and went back to our room for the night. The food was average at best, but the price was right, even if I hadn’t used my points. Thursday – March 29 We slept in until about 9:30, and slowly made our way over to the Hoover Dam. On our way to the Dam, we stopped at Sunset Station for their Brunch Buffet, and were really impressed, especially for the $7 price. After gambling a little and not winning we continued to the Dam. Waze had me going some crazy roads that I’d never taken before to get there, and took us about 3 times longer than I had ever remembered. After getting closer and seeing all of the traffic/road construction I now knew why. All of the lower parking lots were full, so we drove to the little gift shop on the Arizona side (I was surprised to see the road now ends here), got a couple of little souvenirs for our boys, and walked around a little bit before exploring Lake Meade a little and driving back to Fremont. After relaxing for a little bit we again decided to walk around Fremont Street and ended up getting Margaritas and Enchilada Nacho’s at Nachodaddy’s. I would highly recommend this place if you want a good drink and great nachos, we both loved it, and our bartenders were great. After walking back to the Fremont and going back and forth on winning/losing at the slot machines, my wife got a bonus feature on the machine she was playing, when I noticed a guy standing behind her watching. He looked really familiar, and after seeing “Deez Nuts” on the back of his jacket, I realized he was the youtube star from the Deez Nuts video. He posed for a picture with my wife and then went on his way. We gambled for a few hours and went to bed about even on the day. Friday – March 30 After grabbing coffee from Dunkin Donuts inside the Fremont, we decided to drive down to Primm, because my wife had never been to California. We stopped at the truck stop and decided against topping off on gas, due to the price being over $4/gallon. We walked around the shop, found some more souvenirs for the kids, and ate lunch at Qdoba. After driving around behind the outlet mall, I realized there wasn’t a sign saying welcome to California, so I hopped on I15 and continued South/West until she got to see her sign. We went a few exits and decided a trip all the way to Baker wasn’t worth the drive, so we turned around just past the giant solar farm on the right. In the stretch from about a mile outside of Primm to where we turned around, we passed probably a dozen of each Nevada State Police and California Highway Patrol, many of which were on motorcycles and all of which had at least 1 car pulled over. About the time we made it back into Vegas, my buddy’s flight from Washington DC had arrived (he’s getting ready to leave for Japan for the next 3 years) so we went and picked him up at his hotel (Hooters). My wife won some money on the “Vacation” machine in Hooters and we decided to go walk the strip, which wasn’t a bad walk at all. We ended up going through the MGM, across to the Aria/Monte Carlo area and decided all the bars were a bit too busy due to a Golden Knights game getting ready to start. We walked over to Excalibur and rode the monorail to Mandalay Bay. We spent the rest of the evening here, and I decided to bet on Notre Dame Women, which turned out to be a good bet. My buddy, being born in Connecticut bet on UConn and that pretty much set the tone for his luck the rest of his trip. My wife and I ended up getting a giant hot dog/pepsi combo for $3.99 at the Café inside the Fremont after returning, and it was a better bet than the Chinese food we had tried earlier in the week. Saturday – March 31 Another buddy of ours had moved to Vegas about 6 weeks ago, while his wife and kids are moving out there today. He called me late Saturday morning, and had us meet him out at the RV Dealership he works for. After getting a tour of their half million dollar Motorhomes (built here in Indiana), we hopped in his convertible and rode out to Red Rock Canyon. The line to get in was about 100 cars long, and it looked like they were only letting a few in every 15 minutes, so we drove out along that area and headed back a different way to the south side of town. The company he works for sponsors the Horse Arena at the South Point Casino, so we rode over, watched some of the show, and got the behind the scenes tour of the stalls, practice arena, and got to meet the horses/cowboys. We ended up spending most of the day at South Point, and we really enjoyed it, probably our favorite one on the “strip” so to speak. We ate dinner at Baja Miguel’s and all enjoyed our food. Later on Saturday night we rode back to downtown. My buddy that now lives in Vegas, took us to Container Park, which was really cool. After that we walked back down Fremont Street and I had bet earlier on Michigan beating Loyola in Men’s basketball. Another good choice, however I had to find a casino with a sports book that could cash me out. We ended up going to “The D” and really enjoyed the atmosphere/older machines. My wife ended up playing the old school Horse Racing Quarter Machine upstairs and stayed on it for quite a while. We ended up heading back to the Fremont, where we gambled the rest of our “$200 limit” for the day, and did pretty good. After several hours of gambling, we decided we were hungry, so we walked over to the Café at Binions, and were really impressed with what we had. Sunday – April 1 We ate the Breakfast Buffet at the Fremont (comped), took an Uber back to our rental car on the other side of town, picked our buddy up at Hooters and headed north to Zion National Park. A couple hours later we arrived and were somewhat surprised that it wasn’t completely packed. My buddy has a free pass (Military) so we saved $30 on the gate fee. We spent most of the day at Zion, climbing, hiking, and exploring, it was my 4th time there, but the first time for my wife and buddy, and while my wife isn’t a hiker like me, she really enjoyed it and mentioned that it was one of her top 3 things we did on our trip. On our way back to town we stopped at Casa Blanca in Mesquite for a few hours, we didn’t do any good, but enjoyed the change of pace from the Vegas casinos. Monday – April 2 We walked the strip again, and ate the brunch buffet at the Bellagio. It was really good, but if I hadn’t used the buy 1 get 1 free coupon I had, I wouldn’t have been quite as impressed. We walked around the strip some more, and ended up buying tickets to X-Country for my wife and I for the 10pm show at Harrah’s. The lady at the Box Office didn’t offer any discount, but when I asked about using my players card, she gave me a $10/ticket discount on the tickets. After that we drove across town to Sams Town (Boyd Gaming) and gambled for a few hours, I remembered a Steak House from several years back that I really enjoyed here, but we ended deciding against it for our anniversary meal. After going back to our hotel to change and shower, we ended up going to Viva Zapata’s (based on Reddit reviews). We weren’t disappointed! The food was amazing, the atmosphere even better, and the wait staff was the best! Our waiter asked what brought us out there, I told him it was our 2 year anniversary and we had flown in from Indiana to celebrate. We were enjoying the live Mariachi music, but started getting a little anxious as we were waiting on our bill (we wanted to get to Harrah’s by 9:30). A few minutes later here came the wait staff/musician to our table, put giant sombrero’s on us, gave us a couple of churros and each of us a shot of Tequila (no charge) while they sang us a song. I tipped them well and we were on our way to the show. My wife is a huge country music fan, and while I enjoy some of the older stuff, I’m more of a metalhead. I was pleasantly surprised at the price of our tickets, and for the money, the show wasn’t bad. 1 of the dancers really stood out from the rest though, but all in all it was a good experience. I wanted to go see Absinthe but found out they weren’t playing on Monday night. After our show we walked down to the Bellagio Fountains to see a show before heading back to the hotel. Tuesday – April 3 We spent most of the morning packing up from our 6 nights at the Fremont, I checked with the Casino host to see about possibly comping more than 2 of our nights, but she showed me where my score in their algorithm was only a 65, and needed to be 100 to qualify for more. I still only paid $165 for the 4 nights I had to pay for, which was more than fair in my opinion, considering how little time we actually spent in the room. We went to Hooters and gambled for about 20 minutes, winning a couple hundred dollars, then took my buddy to the airport. Our flight wasn’t until 6:30pm, so we drove back North and had to try another Reddit suggestion for our last meal in town. We ended up at Hamburger Hut as we love to eat wings, and although the location and building were a bit sketchy, we ordered hot wings, a hot dog, and chili fries, this was our favorite food of the trip. We also really enjoyed hanging with some of the locals while we ate lunch. After eating lunch we hit up Walmart by the airport to find some last minute souvenirs to take back home, and then returned our rental car and waited a few hours for our flight back home. What I would recommend Sight Seeing - Zion National Park, Red Rock Canyon, Lake Mead, Container Park (especially if you have kids) Food - Hamburger Hut, Viva Zapata’s, In & Out Burger, Nachodaddy, Hotdogs at South Point, Breakfast Buffet at Sunset Station, also saved a bunch of money by getting snacks and drinks for our room at the grocery store on day 1. Casinos – As a gambler, the ones off the Strip seemed to pay better, but the ones on the strip were much classier and had newer slots you can’t find elsewhere. My 3 favorite were the Fremont, The D, and South Point. My wife really enjoyed seeing the sights at the Bellagio, the Flamingo, and others on the Strip. No matter what, if you’re going to gamble, get a players card, it saved me a bunch of money. Transportation – If you like to do more than just stay in town and walk all week, I’d highly recommend getting a rental car like we did (about $200 for the week for a nice sized car), but if you don’t plan on going on long day trips like we did, UbeLyft would be great. Entertainment – XCountry at Harrahs wasn’t the top show I’ve ever seen, but 2 tickets for $80 something and a happy wife, I can’t complain at all. Watching all the entrepreneurs on Fremont Street as well as the stage shows for free was hard to beat, and any trip to Vegas should include the Bellagio Fountains, the Flamingo Habitat, and any other free entertainment you can find along the strip. What I wouldn’t recommend Airlines – don’t go with the budget airlines expecting to save a bunch of money if you plan on taking a bag with you, checked or carry on, prefer to pick your seats out in advance, or want to get a snack while flying. Food – While we didn’t really have any “bad” experiences, the café and Buffet at the Fremont were probably my least favorite, but I can’t complain because I didn’t have to pay for anything at either of them. Also I was looking forward to checking out Heart Attack Grill (based on Ducktales review), but they were packed and took Cash Only fyi. Sight Seeing – Fremont Street after dark really isn’t the place to take your small kids but be sure to take them to Container Park during the day, Hoover Dam (unless you go early), Red Rock Canyon scenic trail on a holiday weekend. Pawn Stars was packed and if you’ve seen it once, the excitement kind of wore off, and they apparently charge for parking now. I parked up the street for free and only had a short walk, but the people trying to push you to buy extras outside of the store really kind of rubbed me the wrong way.
Pics! Recap! Budget Breakdown! 9.17.16 destination wedding in Vegas
I am so thrilled with how our day (or rather weekend) went! I have loved the recap posts and budget breakdowns on this subreddit, (thanks to everyone for posting!) so here is ours for our 9-17-16 destination wedding in Vegas! PICS!! http://imgur.com/a/wjuW6
Decision to have our wedding in Vegas! – I am so happy we did this. In the final weeks of planning, both DH and I were having our doubts as to this decision simply because of planning travel as well, it’s planning a big group vacation! But I am so glad we did, from the guests that had never been to Vegas before, to the many that saw awesome shows and hit the town, to the others that took trips to the Grand Canyon, so many people really enjoyed it and made the most of it. Also a lot of our guests were very lucky gambling! Also working with all the vendors was a breeze, not a single issue with any one, all communications were on point and they were extremely accommodating.
Guests breakdown – We invited a total of 84 people of which 5 were courtesy invites (too old to travel/bedridden) so that is really a total of 79. We had 47 attendees of the wedding, including 5 very last minute cancellations. The good thing about Vegas venues is they are so ON TOP OF WEDDINGS having last minute cancellations was not a big deal. We really got to hang out with each person and since it was more of a weekend than a day if we didn’t talk to them much at the reception we made time for them at brunch or the pool party the day after.
Weekend itinerary – The Friday night before our wedding we had a “rehearsal” dinner with the immediate family. We didn’t need to actually rehearse, and since it was destination and everyone was traveling, we just limited it to our parents and siblings, it was perfect. Saturday we got ready starting at 11:30, first look was at 4:00, ceremony started at 5:30, the reception was from 6:30-10:30 with an after party at the Mirage casino that went late into the night. Everything went very smoothly, except from our ceremony to our reception, the limo got in a fender bender! They got us another limo very fast and we were only 15 minutes behind our scheduled arrival to the reception. Sunday we hosted a buffet brunch at Flamingo and then a pool party for the friends at the Flamingo pool, we had reserved a cabana and partied the day away. After that we said goodbye to our remaining guests to start our honeymoon which was just a bit more time in Vegas with some activities planned.
Budget overall – total we spent a little over $16k on the wedding from everything to travel, ceremony, reception, rehearsal dinner, brunch, pool party, etc. My father generously gifted us about $10k. Other than that, we didn’t really have a budget, but we definitely spent a little more than I had thought we would. In the end, I think it was all worth it.
Budget breakdown
$137 – Invitations – we didn’t do Save the Dates and just sent our invites very early, we used Zazzle and they turned out great.
$109 – Décor – Zazzle and Oriental Trading Company. We printed some table numbers, a sign for our seating chart, and our seating chart was decks of cards with guest’s names and table numbers on them. Other than the centerpieces, that was all we did!
$1040 – Bridal look – my dress was only $99 from David’s Bridal, but I spent $450 in alterations! My shoes ($129) hurt so bad I only wore them for 45 minutes. I forgot my veil ($55) in the room, oops! My hair and makeup was my favorite part, Amelia C & Co were simply amazing and did exactly what I wanted for hair and makeup.
$786 – Groom look – Hugo Boss suit ($438 outlet mall), alterations, tie, shoes, cuff links, tie clip (he will wear all this again, so excluded from wedding budget)
$300 – Shuttle – Bell Transportation. From ceremony to reception we took 2 shuttles and a limo. The limo was just FH and I and perhaps one of my favorite parts, just having that 10 minutes to ourselves right after the ceremony to be like “OMG WOW WE ARE MARRIED!”
$800 – Photography – Todd Wilson, 6 hours. You can get pretty good deals in Vegas. This included touchups/editing and all digital copies. He was awesome.
$5875 – Reception – 49 people at Maggiano’s Little Italy. Included 3 appetizers, 4 main dishes and 1 side, 2 deserts, all served family style and full bar with beewine/mixed drinks for 4 hours. Also this includes our floral centerpieces for 6 tables and the projector for our slideshow. Everyone raved about the food, it was the best decision we made for sure!
$800 – Photobooth – Shutterbooth. Excellent decision, our guests loved it! We also made this our guestbook, part of the service was the guests put a copy of their photostrip in a book and signed next to it, directed by the attendant. It made a lovely keepsake for us.
$1089 – Rehearsal Dinner – 10 people at Julian Serrano in Aria. Excellent restaurant with top notch customer service. The tapas style was fun for a group.
$1493 – Brunch – 35 people at Flamingo Paradise Buffet. It was a good deal on brunch for the strip and included unlimited beer, mimosas, and bloody marys. DH and I had matching outfits that was super fun to put together and everyone loved it. It was great to spend more time mingling with our guests.
$632 – Pool Party – Cabana rental (included bottle of Vodka and mixers) and we bought some beer for the party. Other people bought their own drinks/beer buckets as well so we had plenty. The pool party was one of our favorite things for sure, we never splurge for things like bottle service/cabana and it felt so luxurious.
What I was nervous about – The flow of our reception and using Spotify mostly. We were not doing many traditional elements and didn’t have a DJ. I had my maid of honor help us in the hallway bustling my skirt, and then she simply opened the doors and her husband announced us to walk in, no DJ needed! We started up a slideshow that DH and I made. Then we did end up having a toast. We originally said no toasts but my dad asked if he could, and since I trusted him to not be embarrassing we decided to say yes, boy was I glad we did! It was the most amazing, well thought out, and hilarious speech and I couldn’t stop smiling. Then we went straight into dinner. We didn’t do cake, just had our venue’s deserts (tiramisu and an apple crostata) and no bouquet toss. But we did have a “first dance” basically the playlist (which we made, since, no DJ) hit a certain song, we went to the dance floor and started dancing. We told our parents to come up during a certain spot and they did. Then during our second song, everyone joined in on the dance floor. I was so nervous that just simply starting dancing would be awkward with no DJ/announcer but it was FINE!! Then our dance music started and it was perfect.
Playlist – We used Spotify and downloaded the playlist offline on our iPad and had a second tablet with it downloaded just in case. I had a spreadsheet of all the songs/times that I used to make everything timed perfectly so we could just hit play at the beginning. I can’t believe it worked as well as it did, I was definitely nervous about this part, but I spent many hours working on it, making sure each song flowed, and the timing was right so we would not have to worry about it. The about 4 hour playlist is here and it goes from dinner music to first dance (The Luckiest) to dance party. Here is a screenshot of my Spotify (didn’t post a link because didn’t want my account name on there and couldn’t figure out a better way!) http://imgur.com/a/NatFu
Sorry for the length of this post, I just was so excited to post my recap. I could talk for ages about it all! I have really loved weddit throughout the planning, yall are the most supportive group and it was great to see yall’s lovely weddings and hear your opinions! I was full of anxiety and reading everyone’s posts and comments really helped! Our wedding day was most importantly filled with love and joy and it was the best day of my life. Good luck and congrats to everyone! edit: formatting and fixed a few details.
Trip Report - A former Las Vegas local returns to vacation in Las Vegas for a week.
I am a former local(moved away from Las Vegas, not by choice) and I go back to Las Vegas at least twice a year, for Labor Day week for the first week of College Football and for March Madness. Stayed for a week, Sunday-Sunday. Transportation Flew in on Delta Airlines, and rented a car. I strongly recommend renting a car if you fly in. Las Vegas is bigger than you think, and cab rides/Ubers can rack up quickly. A car is great for convienience. It's better to have a car and not need it, than to need a car and not have one. Makes it easier to get around to places and expand your options of things to do. I did a lot of driving and only had to get gas once, which was $23 to fill up the tank. I paid $110 for the Rent Car for the Week, so I think $135 is a great price to have a car at your disposal to use for an entire week. Hotel I stayed at the Palms Place. When I was a local, the Palms was my favorite casino to hang out at. It's off the strip and away from the hustle and bustle and traffic, yet close enough to still feel a part of the action. They have a good, clean casino, a younger clientelle, a great sportsbook, and a pool that has the perfect ratio of quality to crowd. It's a big clean pool, but its not busy and crowded with dozens of kids running around like you find at the strip pools. This pool does get crowded on Fridays for Ditch Fridays, so I went to the Palms Place pool that day. Palms Place is a great hotel for the price. It's a 4.5 star hotel according to the website I booked it on, Hotwire. You can get this hotel for cheap on Hotwire. It's the only 4.5 star hotel listed in the "West of Strip" zone, so its not difficult to get this one at a discount in the Hotwire Hot Rate section. When all was said and done, after taxes and resort fee, I spent about $700 for the 7 nights, so roughly $100 a night. That's not bad at all, especially for a holiday weekend. My room was on the 23rd floor with great panoramic views of the entire strip, from downtown to Stratosphere to Mandalay Bay. It's a large studio/condo style room with 2 flat screen TVs, a kitchenette, and a jacuzzi tub amongst other things. Please realize resort fees are a thing and no, you can not negotiate your way out of them(unless you do some heavy gambling I am assuming). Both when I was checking in and checking out there was someone bitching about the resort fee to the front desk agent and trying to get it waived as if they didn't know about them. Every hotel in Las Vegas has them, deal with it or don't stay in a Las Vegas hotel. Pic of hotel room: http://i.imgur.com/UGwF9Rf.jpg Pic of the view from hotel room, day: http://i.imgur.com/hp7AKvD.jpg Pic of view from hotel room, night: http://i.imgur.com/VOeLZoV.jpg Pic of Palms Pool, Monday: http://i.imgur.com/otSaorR.jpg Food As a former local, I pretty much stuck to my go-to local spots when I lived there. There is no need to spend a fortune on food while you are here, you can find good eats for cheap. Most places on and around the strip are tourist traps. I spent no more than $100 on food when I was here. Sunday I went to a place I loved when I lived here, a burger place called Original Tommy's. They serve burgers, with chili. It's a concept that works very well. I think this place is only in Nevada and Southern California. But it was the first place I went. I ordered a double cheeseburger and chili cheese fries. Cost about $10. Pic: http://i.imgur.com/tbDUyru.jpg Monday I went to the Studio B Buffet at The M. I am not a big fan of buffets. I feel like if I am going to eat a lot of food, I'd rather eat a lot of one genre of food item that is above average, than a lot of mass produced average food. I went anyway since I still had a complimentary buffet from my last visit. This is still one of the better buffets in Las Vegas, and I'd say the best bang for your buck. It was $24.99 for dinner the night I went. The carved tri tip roast was really good. The other food I ate was average at best, but its buffet food. Still a lot better than places like Golden Corral. But the real highlight of this place is the dessert bar. One of the better buffet dessert bars in Las Vegas. Really good Gelato, and every dessert you can think of. I'd say its worth it for the desserts alone. Pic: http://i.imgur.com/ZDtw8I4.jpg Tuesday I went to a local pizza place called Napoli. This place has great NY style pizza. What is great about this place is they have a special, which is a 16 inch one topping for $8.99 for pickup. That's a great deal. I bought a 6oz cup of their house made ranch dressing for a dollar so all together it was $11. You can also get free garlic balls if you text a number on the menu. Great value. Pic: http://i.imgur.com/vt6iVCh.jpg Wednesday I went to a place that everyone should be familiar with, In N Out Burger. This place is on the west coast and in Texas only. It doesn't exist where I live, so I make sure to hit up this place each time I go. I ordered a 3x3 animal style, a double double animal style and animal fries. $13 total. Before you call me a pig, realize when I was here I only ate once a day to keep my calories down. It was good, as usual. Pic: http://i.imgur.com/SWO2eII.jpg Thursday and Saturday I went to perhaps my overall favorite place to eat in Las Vegas. I love it so much I went twice. It's a hole in the wall wing place on Sunset Blvd called The Chicken Shack. They have the best wings and the best fries. I don't know how they do it but it can not be replicated anywhere. The wings are big and juicy, instead of small and slimy like the ones you get at places like Buffalo Wild Wings. They are also breaded and fried, something you don't see often with wings. The fries are close to shoestring size, but they taste so good. I don't know if its the seasoning, or the batter, or what, but the fries are heavenly. It's a hole in the wall place thats small and always busy, not much seating. I went on Thursday around 2:30pm or so and the line was nearly out the door. I ordered the #1 Combo which is 6 wings(which are so big its like 12 wings anywhere else), fries and a drink for $9. Pic: http://i.imgur.com/mjmdY6j.jpg Friday I went to a place I haven't been to before but heard good things. It is a place called Skinnyfats that is off I-15 between Mandalay Bay and South Point. It has two menus - a "healthy" menu which is food that would be considered healthy, and a "happy" menu which is food that tastes good but probably isn't healthy. Me being on vacation, I went with the happy side. Got the Patty Melt with Truffle Fries and the "Buff Chix", which is fried buffalo chicken tenders on top of truffle fries in a bowl topped with ranch dressing. The patty melt was probably the best patty melt I have ever had. It was great. The buffalo chicken tenders were average. I wasn't a big fan of the buffalo sauce they used. I am a sucker for anything buffalo, so this style of buffalo sauce was different. The truffle fries were average, I've had better. Overall it was worth it for the patty melt alone. Their soda is really good too. It's house made sweetened with cane sugar. I got black cherry cola and it was excellent. Overall cost me $25. The place was very "hipster" in my opinion. The clientelle coming in was young, and if I had to describe them, I would say "Bernie Sanders supporters". Younger, millenial, hipster-ish, dyed hair, thick frame glasses, etc. I felt out of place with my button down pressed shirt and blue jeans. Almost everyone ahead of me and behind me in line, as well as those eating next to me, seemed to be eating off the healthy side of the menu. I am guessing that is the main draw of this place. Pic: http://i.imgur.com/G55y3Vt.jpg Activities I am a big sports fan so my week revolved around the sports books mainly. I spent a lot of time watching for college football line moves, and traveling to the certain book that was dealing the line I was looking for. Made wagers at 11 different books. Which was a pain on Saturday Night when I had to go to all those casinos to cash my winning tickets. I made a bet at Treasure Island(because they were the only book dealing a certain line), and I didn't mind if it didn't win because that meant I would have to navigate my way through the strip traffic and parking garage mess to cash it. The ticket won and I had to go to Treasure Island at midnight on Saturday to cash it. With the strip and parking garage traffic, took me a good 45 minutes. Now you know why locals avoid the strip when possible. As far as watching sports there is no better place to do it than Westgate. This is my first time there since it got renovated and they did a good job. You should easily find a seat at this book during the week, but be careful on College Football Saturdays, NFL Sundays and March Madness. You have to show up early if you don't want to stand. On Saturday I got there at 7:45am, an hour 15 minutes before the 9am kickoffs and the place was already 75% full. If you want to bet, get your bets in the night before. The betting window lines were 75 people deep about 30 minutes before the 9am kickoffs. Westgate Book, Thursday: http://i.imgur.com/1KA5ffL.jpg South Point Book, Friday: http://i.imgur.com/xLwArwL.jpg Westgate Book, Saturday around 9am: http://i.imgur.com/sjDpouv.jpg I went downtown on Tuesday Night. If you haven't been downtown, I strongly recommend going to check it out at least once just to do it. It's different. If you have been, I only recommend going downtown if you are going with a purpose, i.e. to gamble, drink, watch the free concerts and street acts, do the zipline, etc. Unfortunately, I just went downtown just to go, and so I felt like it was a waste of time since I didn't do anything other than just walk around a bit and see what was new. It was my first time going downtown in 4 years, but it was mostly the same. Pic of Downtown: http://i.imgur.com/NQN4CQO.jpg On Wednesday Night I went bowling. Surprisingly this was one of the highlights of my trip. I went to the Red Rock Lanes at around 11am and bowled until it closed and had an absolute blast. On Sunday-Thursday After 11am, the games are only $1.50. So I must have bowled at least 10 games. 3 hours of fun for less than $20. South Point also has a bowling alley, and $1 per game bowling from 12am-8am Su-Th. So if you like bowling, there are good values to be had in the after hours. Pic of Bowling Alley: http://i.imgur.com/fa2mGrl.jpg DRINKING & GAMBLING I didn't do any gambling apart from wagering on sports. I am a professional mathmetician, so I know how the deck is stacked against you on slot machines and table games. I prefer to put my mathematical ability into finding an edge betting on sports. Which I did well. Ended up winning about 10 units betting on college football when all is said and done. This is why renting a car helps, you can more easily travel across the different books to get the best lines. I only drank once. Bought a bottle of Malibu and drank way too much of it. Since I was pouring it in my hotel room in the dark, I had no idea how much I was using. Ended up blacking out and spent all Wednesday hungover. It sucked. I swore off drinking the rest of the trip after that, it was miserable. ADVICE The biggest piece of advice I can give if you are traveling to Las Vegas is to rent a car and then the first place you go should be to Wal Mart or a grocery store and to buy gallon jugs of water. It's hot and you can get thirsty quickly. It's always good to have water on hand(unless you like drinking out of the tap). If you want to walk the strip I recommend getting up early and doing it in the morning before it gets too hot. This way you can get around without the crowds and the clickers. You won't get the nighttime views and vibes but its easier to get around. The clickers are really annoying and its not just silent Mexicans clicking anymore. I was briefly on the strip Tuesday Night to go from Flamingo to the Linq. The short trek I made from the Linq to the Flamingo I encountered non-hispanic clickers and strip club promoters that were all up in my face and one of them screamed at me and called me a fag when I said I was not interested in the strip club he was aggressively promoting. I never recall them being so aggressive. I think strip clubs are trash that are run by trash and cater to trash, so its no surprise they have trash promoting them. It seems like there are more panhandlers in Las Vegas since when I lived there, which is weird because I was in Las Vegas during the recession. They are everywhere and its annoying. Avoid MGM Properties. I ended up doing so this trip to protest their charging for parking. I think its bullshit. Don't reward them. Which is a shame because I have a soft spot for Luxor and go there each time I am in Las Vegas to pay tribute to the first Las Vegas hotel I ever stayed at, back when Luxor was in its prime and one of the better strip properties. CONCLUSION Overall it was a great trip. Las Vegas is still my favorite place. I never wanted to move away, and will move back when I get the chance.
Black Friday deals that Aussies can actually use (XPost from r/Sydney)
Hey guys, Hope you're all having an amazing day! I got kinda frustrated with the Black Friday sales that didn't openly say they could/couldn't be accessed here in Oz. So I stayed up for a bit after midnight to create this list of tech, travel and fashion deals. Hope it helps :)
Tech
Razer: Up to 54% off best-selling products
Microsoft - Deals: Get FREE Xbox One 1TB bundle + Game when you buy Select Surface Devices
Rebel Sport: Save up to $173 on the Garmin smart watches and $30 on Fitbit sports watches!
Lenovo: Up to 45% off PC's: Black Friday
Kogan: Black Friday deals added daily
GameStop: Save $50 on GameStop products
eBay: 20% off tech frenzy
Dick Smith Electronics: Black Friday deals added daily
Amazon: Kindle e readers up to $30 off
Norton: $39.99 for Norton Security Premium ( $89.99 value)
PureVPN: Monthly subscriptions from $2.45
Norton: $34.99 for Norton Security Deluxe ($79.99 value)
O&O Software: 50% off all products
Catch of the Day: 15% off selected products
SaferVPN: Buy 1 get 1 FREE promo on all plans: Black Friday Sale
Getflix: Mega 50% lifetime discount
Norton: $29.99 for Norton Security Standard ($59.99 value)
Travel
Hotels.com: Extra 8% off hotels
Intrepid Travel: Up to 50% off Antarctica expeditions
Helloworld: Fly to Beijing for Chinese New Year from $419 return
STA Travel: $25 off flights to Asia
Helloworld: Fly to Los Angeles from $873 return
Webjet: 10% off Asia hotels
Travel Talk: 50% off 2017 tours
Helloworld: Fly to Amsterdam from $1026 return
Skiddoo: $50 off international flights
Helloworld: Black Friday Sale: International flights from $382 return
Travel Talk: 45% off Christmas and New Years tours
Palms Casino Resort: Rooms from $29 + free upgrades, breakfast
OneTravel: Up to $50 off
Geckos Adventures: 20% off select Central and South America tours
Rio: Up to 25% off rooms
Millennium & Copthorne Hotels: Up to 35% off + triple rewards points
Planet Hollywood: Up to 25% off rooms
Cheap O Air: Up to $50 off booking fees
Skiddoo: $30 off international flights
Paris: Up to 25% off rooms
Harrah's: Up to 25% off rooms
VEGAS.com: Up to $100 cash back
Flamingo: Up to 25% off rooms
Caesars Palace: Up to 25% off rooms
Roomorama: 5% off vacation rentals worldwide
Bally's: Up to 25% off rooms
Book FHR: Up to 20% off airport parking, hotels and lounges
Fashion
Lovehoney: 15% off when you spend $40+
ASOS - Deals: 20% off everything: Black Friday
Pretty Little Thing: Up to 50% off everything
BNKR - Deals: 25% off full priced items
Factorie: 33% off site-wide
Light in the box: $10 off orders over $85
Light in the box: $20 off orders over $168
David Jones - Deals: 3-Day Christmas Spectacular
Modcloth: 40% off $200 and over = FRIDAY40, 30% off $100 and over = FRIDAY30, 20% off everything = FRIDAY20
Portmans: 30% off all dresses & tops
ModCloth: Up to 40% off on site
Boohoo - Deals: 30% off everything
Forever New: 25% off site-wide
Marks and Spencer: Up to 50% off selected lines
Bras N Things: $10 off site-wide when you spend $100 or more
Peter Alexander: Up to 50% off selected styles + FREE standard delivery on orders over $150
SEA FOLLY: FREE shipping with no minium spend
Jacqui E: 25% off site-wide
Princess Polly: $10 off when you spend $50
GlamCorner: 20% off site wide
Macy's: 20% off + FREE shipping on orders over $50: Black Friday Doorbusters
Jay Jays: Buy 1 and get the 2nd item 50% off
Hallenstein Brothers: Up to 60% off: Black Friday sale
Dotti: Buy 1 and get the 2nd item 50% off
Just Jeans: Buy 1 item and get 50% off the 2nd item
Clarks: 25% off all adult footwear
Debenhams: Up to 30% off all departments
Millers: 40% off all items
Spanx: 20% off site-wide + FREE shipping
Nike: FREE standard delivery on all orders
New Balance: 50% off flash sale
Hallenstein Brothers: Huge Black Friday deals
Autograph Fashion: 40% off
The White Company: 20% off full-priced items + FREE UK standard delivery
Mosmann Australia: 30% off storewide
Sambag: Sambag VIP Sale
SwimSpot: 50% off all sale items
Havaianas: Design your own Havaianas
Urban Outfitters: Buy one, get one 50% off all apparel
ShopBop.com: Spend $200+, get 15% off, Spend $500+, get 20% off, Spend $800+, get 25% off
Forever 21: Extra 30% off Black Friday sale items
TeeFury: 30% off sitwide
Macy's: 30% - 50% off doorbusters
Bloomingdales: 15% off orders of $100-$199 and 20% off orders over $200 on great selection of items
Mosmann Australia: 30% off
SSENSE: Up to 50% off designer brands
Catch of the Day: 15% off selected products
Cotswold Outdoor: Up to 40% off selected brands
Charles Tyrwhitt: 15% off site wide
Forzieri: 30% off the F/W 2016-17 collection on orders over $450
Forzieri: 25% off the F/W 2016-17 collection on orders over $350
I found a few of their coupon codes for the deals too, which would probably be helpful. Happy Shopping! :)
(LONG) The Ultimate Trip Report: 7.5 Action-Packed Days in Mid-October. Lots of Budget-Friendly Activities!
Just returned from the most epic week in Las Vegas with my husband! We budgeted about $1000 per person for the week, all expenses included. We went over by a couple hundred in the end. We planned a lot of activities and sightseeing in advance to avoid gambling too much out of boredom. We weren't very lucky at anything except blackjack, but we were able to leave Vegas at only $40 in the hole between the two us, which I consider a moderate success! And we weren't bored for a minute! Day 1 (Wed 10/19)
I flew from NC to Vegas on Frontier at $191 roundtrip after taxes and fees. It wasn't a luxurious experience, but I wasn't expecting it to be. I packed a medium-sized backpack within the "personal item" dimensions so I wouldn't have to pay a $35 carry-on fee. No employee measured (or even glanced at) my bag either way. My husband had a work conference in Vegas the following week and was allowed to bump his flight up a week, so his flight (Southwest) was already covered.
Rented a car from Enterprise via a third-party site called carrentals.com. We got a new Toyota Corolla for the week at $151 after tax (just under $22/day). Used a Lyft credit to pick the car up at the location off Las Vegas Blvd, since it was about 5 times more expensive to rent from the airport location. All totally worth it! We used the car a lot each day. I would definitely rent a car again if I returned to Vegas. Next time I would probably take more advantage of free valet parking on the strip.
Stopped by In-N-Out Burger for lunch. So good.
Grabbed a some shelf-stable groceries to keep in our room. We made sandwiches here and there for odd meals and when we were driving or doing outdoorsy things. Saved us some money on drinks, snacks, and breakfast as well.
Took a lap around Miracle Mile Shops to kill some time before check-in at 3. Pretty nice mall. Wanted to see the indoor rainstorm on the hour but never did locate it.
I had booked a room at Mandalay Bay for 2 nights at $77/night with a $75 dining credit on the hotel's website using a promo code I found on smartervegas.com. At check-in I asked if there were any upgrades available, and we were offered to upgrade to the Delano for an additional $30 a night. We went ahead and did it, because why not?
Before dinner, we grabbed drinks at Skyfall Lounge at the top of the Delano. We went during their happy hour, called "Sunset Hour," and watched a beautiful sunset over Vegas. Even the toilets had a view. I would recommend reservations--we had reservations and were allowed to sit at much better tables (on the balcony) than those without.
For dinner, we went to Wolfgang Puck's LUPO Restaurant to use the rest of our dining credit. I also had a credit for a free bottle of wine from the MyVegas app. This meal wasn't bad, but I didn't think it was delicious enough to justify how much it cost. I had a steak that I didn't think was a great cut, and my vegetables were over-seasoned and over-salted. The atmosphere was nice but somewhat boring. I probably wouldn't bother dining here again, personally. We had a reservation but didn't need it. The place was mostly empty.
After dinner, we saw Penn and Teller at the Rio. We got discounted tickets through Travelzoo at $46/person. Very good show. Penn and Teller came out front for pictures afterward. Teller talked to us!
Day 2 (Thurs 10/20)
Woke up to a window washer hanging outside the window.
Had a late brunch/early lunch at Ellis Island. No frills, good value and large portions.
Went on a free tour of a light art installation called Akhob by James Turrell hidden in a secret floor in the Louis Vuitton Store at the Shops at Crystals. This was such an awesomely strange experience! We had fun feeling like we were "in" on a secret, and the installation itself was also very cool. Reservations are definitely required for this one. They said they were booked out about a month.
Walked around CityCenter. The Shops at Crystals and Aria were beautiful and had many sights to see (water features, art exhibits, etc.). We wandered into Vdara as well, which looked very nice, but was not much to look at in terms of sightseeing.
Visited Bellagio. A definite must-see in Vegas. We watched our first fountain show (our first dose of "Uptown Funk"), walked through the garden conservatory, admired the Chihuly glass in the lobby, took a look at the chocolate fountain, and shared a cup of gelato.
Took a 30-minute ride on the High Roller Observation Wheel. I was lucky enough to nab a voucher for $25 for 2 for a daytime ride with open bar a couple months ago on Travelzoo (prices have gone way up since). We went right as the sun was setting and it was wonderful. The bartender was great and churned out drinks like a boss. She gave us shots to do together as a group at the top, and even made everyone drinks "to go" at the end. If you go, be sure to grab a spot on the side facing the strip (the close side when you walk in).
Had dinner at Gyu Kaku using a Livingsocial voucher I had gotten with a promo code. We had never been to a grill-your-own-meat place before. We got some kind of meat sampler. Everything was delicious. My husband was obsessed. Weirdly, the place was nearly empty, even around 7pm.
Wandered around Caesar's Palace and the Forum Shops. Worth a visit. Watched the fish in the big tank for a few minutes, then caught the 8pm Fall of Atlantis animatronic show. We had a good laugh at the plot of the show and lost it at the king's broken hand dangling and flopping around during his grand gestures. There must have been a screw loose. We thought it was totally hilarious, and it became a running joke of our trip.
Caught the 9pm Fire show at the Mirage. Very cool free attraction to see up close...you can hear the fire whirring and feel the heat whack you in the face.
Saw Cirque du Soleil Beatles LOVE show at the Mirage at 9:30. Yeah, okay, we overdid it. We were really tired at this point. I had gotten one free ticket through MyVegas so it was basically half price. We were too tired to really enjoy the show. It looked really cool, the costumes and props were spectacular, and the performers were talented, but we just never really got "into" it. We were jet-lagged and had trouble staying awake after our long day. We were in the back row of section 201, and while we could see pretty well, I think being just 3 or 4 rows closer (with a cup of coffee in my hand) would have been an improvement.
Day 3 (Fri 10/21)
Decided to head out of town for Fri-Sat to see Zion and Grand Canyon, to avoid the crowds and higher weekend hotel prices.
Stopped by Donut Bar in downtown on our way out toward Zion. These donuts in there were completely bonkers and we had trouble deciding which ones to get. They were very good. We got a couple extra for the next morning, but they were no good by the second day.
Drove to Zion National Park, parked on the side of the road in a stretch where there were some other cars already parked, and rode the bus to the last stop to hike the Narrows. We both felt this was one of the major highlights of the trip. The hike was exhilarating and a bit challenging without being too frustrating. We had the. best. time. We didn't bother renting any gear and we were totally fine. We wore $8 neoprene fin socks for scuba diving I bought on Amazon with some old beat-up sneakers. This worked great because our feet were warm, and we didn't get blisters because our shoes were already comfortably molded to our feet. A lot of other hikers seemed to be stopping for breaks because they were having trouble with blisters and/or cold feet. We scavenged for walking sticks down at the entrance to the narrows. I had read there were usually some left there from previous hikers. My husband found a scrap of 1x2 and I found a pool cue. They looked a bit silly, but you really just need them for feeling around in the water. I doubt the sticks they had for rent would really be a vast improvement.
Waited on a long line to get a bus back to the front of the park. A lady mentioned something about some kind of school holiday in the area, so maybe that's why there were so many people there.
Went back to our car to find a $50 parking ticket. Damn!
Drove up the scenic drive overlooking the park on the way out. It was a bit too dark to see very well at that point, but we got a bit of the view.
Drove to Page, AZ for the night. Stayed at Best Western - View of Lake Powell at $94/night. I don't stay at Best Western a lot, so I don't know what they are usually like, but this was much nicer than I expected for the price! It was situated atop a hill overlooking Lake Powell.
Day 4 (10/22)
Stopped by Wahweap Marina on Lake Powell to check out the views of the lake. It was very beautiful and serene here. Not too many people, either. Would be great if you have a boat.
Stopped for pictures of Glen Canyon Dam, the dam that forms the lake. Cool dam.
Drove to Horseshoe bend and hiked the short hike to the edge. Definitely worth a stop. Lots of photo ops. There were more people here than I expected, but plenty of rocks to climb on for everyone.
Had reserved a spot on a tour of Antelope Canyon, but skipped it because we had decided to sleep in somewhat late that morning. Maybe next time. Heard good things from other travelers.
Drove to Grand Canyon National Park and followed the route along the south rim, stopping at the various viewpoints (Desert View Watchtower, Navajo Point, Lipan Point, Grandview Point). It was a beautiful day to see the Grand Canyon. Ate a bag lunch at one of the overlooks. I was a bit sick with a cold and unable to hike long, but enjoyed some light walking along the Rim Trail starting at South Kaibab. If I come back in the future and I'm not sick, I'd like to do some more rigorous hiking. For our purposes on this trip, one day at the Grand Canyon was sufficient.
Rode a bus to one last viewpoint for sunset. I believe it was called Hopi Point. It was a bit crowded, but a very nice view.
Had some mediocre pizza at a place called We Cook Pizza and Pasta. I can't say I recommend it. It tasted a lot like frozen pizza. There really wasn't any restaurant in town we could find with decent reviews online except RP's Stage Stop, but that one closed at 5pm, so we had to settle.
Stayed at Best Western again-- Best Western Primier Grand Canyon Squire Inn, in Tusayan, at $106/night. We were able to upgrade to the newest building for free by signing up for Best Western Rewards. This was another pleasant surprise! Our room was very nice, and everything was brand new. The main building had a little bowling alley and arcade, where we ran into a couple from Ireland we had encountered already at Penn and Teller and Caesar's Palace in Vegas. What are the chances of that?
Day 5 (Sun 10/23)
Drove from Tusayan toward the Hoover Dam and pulled off at Williams, AZ for breakfast. This was an unplanned stop that we really enjoyed. Williams really plays up the Route 66 and "small town USA" nostalgia. We ate at Pine Country Restaurant simply because it looked popular. Our meal was very good. We enjoyed strolling down the main street for a little bit and popped in a few kitschy little gift shops.
Visited the Hoover Dam. We looked at the dam from the bridge, then looked at the bridge from the dam. It is a very impressive sight, and definitely worth pulling off the highway to see it. We impulsively decided to go on the dam tour after we chatted with some people finishing up the tour who gave it glowing reviews. It was a decent dam tour, but we probably could have done without the dam tour. It was interesting, but crowded and a bit anticlimactic, in my opinion.
Drove back to Las Vegas and checked into Excalibur. Definitely a step down from where we were, but not too terrible. The location was good, and the price was right. I booked two nights at $44/night with a $30 dining credit using a promo code from smartervegas.com, and the third night was free via MyVegas points. My research had indicated that the "Royal Tower" was newly renovated, so we requested a room in that tower at check-in. The lobby and hallways looked like they needed an update, but our room was pretty nice once we were in there. I had no major complaints, except that the TV gave us some trouble and Robert Irvine from "Restaurant Impossible" was peering into our window at all hours. We didn't hang out in the casino much because the service wasn't great. There were a lot of glasses and ashtrays laying around, and the machines had trouble reading vouchers. We did enjoy the $5 blackjack tables, which were a little bit harder to find elsewhere.
Went on a club crawl. This was unnecessary. I booked it through Groupon in advance, thinking it would save money on cover, but we were handed a lot of "free entry" passes from club promoters on the street to get into decent clubs, so we didn't really need it. It would be good to go this route if you had a group of all males, or if you were going out on a busy weekend night, or if you just wanted to meet a group of random people. In the end, we just ended up spending half the night trying to track down our group (of about 12 male accountants who already knew each other), which wasn't really worth it.
Day 6 (Mon 10/24)
Went to check out the older casinos downtown this day. Downtown was a bit more rough around the edges than the strip (as expected), but still worth the visit.
My schedule had an option have breakfast at The Beat, but we decided to sleep in instead.
Went to lunch at Carson Kitchen. It was raining, and everyone was kind of freaking out about how it was raining. The place was mostly empty, so we got a great seat at the counter where we could watch the chef working and see all of the food coming out. Everything we had was delicious. Everything we saw coming out looked like it would be delicious, too. Our waiter was good. He insisted we get the bread pudding, because it would change our lives. It did.
Walked to Fremont Street and played the vintage slots at The D. We enjoyed a bay of penny slot machines with some sort of Inferno/Devil theme and won a bit of money. We also played the vintage horse derby machine, which ate up a bunch of our money but was a fun time. There was a lot of screaming and cheering going on.
Popped into Golden Nugget and watched the shark tank for a bit. We were surprised at the number of sharks they fit in there. Very interesting to watch. Also looked at the giant gold nugget on our way out (it's just a giant gold nugget).
Ate dinner at Itsy Bitsy Ramen and Whiskey. We had a Groupon again. This place was virtually empty as well (maybe it was the rain?) but was also very good. My bowl of Ramen was big enough to swim in, and the broth was perfect.
Walked back to Fremont Street to watch the Fremont Experience light show at 7. It was some kind of weird alien show and the graphics weren't great, but the scale was impressive. The Slotzilla zipliners were fun to watch and added to the festiveness.
Went to Banger Brewing Company because I had a Groupon to use on a flight of beers and a couple pints. We had a reservation to go on their free tour earlier in the day, but missed it because we completely forgot about it. Oops. Either way, sitting at a table in the bar to drink our beer was a good little break from the sensory overload. We sat and played a couple board games while people-watching through the window.
Grabbed a couple of cocktails at The Golden Tiki. Groupon again. Just a fun little tiki bar. I had something with Dole Whip which was pretty good. It was the most busy place we had seen all day, but we were still able to find an empty table.
Went back to the strip to see the Cosmopolitan. This is a very impressive, glitzy hotel. If I were to describe it in one word, it would be "sparkly." We had fun looking for the Secret Pizza restaurant. We tried to not cheat too much in looking for hints online. We were on the guest list to go to Marquee, but were too tired to get dressed up and go to a club at this point.
Walked the middle part of the strip on foot. Walked farther north than we planned. Stopped in the Piano Bar at Harrah's and sang along with a few oldies. The pianist was entertaining and worked his own funny/dirty lyrics into the songs. Even more fun to watch was the crowd getting really into it. People from all walks of life belting out songs in unison. We didn't stay very long because there was nowhere for us to sit.
Day 7 (Tues 10/25)
Had lunch at Capo's Speakeasy. I got a voucher on Travelzoo for $30 worth of food for $15 with a sign up discount of $10 off. I figured for $5, I'd be happy with anything. You need a password to get in. Well, kind of. It's silly and fun. They were playing some hilariously over-the-top old mob movies on the TVs. The food was pretty good and portions were generous. I really, really liked the fries drizzled with sauce.
Visited the Wynn. It is a very pleasant place. Saw the flower sculptures, parasols, lake, and water features. We weren't here too long. Just wanted to check it out.
Visited the Grand Canal Shoppes. Watched the gondolas and some performers milling about. Got a piece of chocolate from a guy on stilts.
Visited the Palazzo. Admired the waterfall in the atrium. Visited the casino and won some money on a Britney Spears slot machine. Thus began our addiction to Britney Spears slot machines.
Showed up at to the Flamingo to see a show by a guy called Jeff Civillico. Turns out, his show is cancelled through the end of the year. No biggie. The tickets were cheap on Travelzoo. They said they had already sent refunds out. I must have missed the memo. Went to look at the live flamingos for a few minutes instead. This wasn't bad, but nothing spectacular. A bit smelly.
Went to Paris, walked around, and did a bit of gambling. Britney was good to us again. There was a live band playing on one side of the casino and some random exotic dancers on a bar in the middle.
Had dinner at Hexx with a Groupon (of course). We had a reservation and were sat out on the deck with a good view for people watching. Our food and service were very good. We had some fries that had a bunch of gravy and stuff on top that looked like a total mess but tasted really good.
Went to the top of the Eiffel Tower with a Groupon (duh) for $30 for 2. There was no line. We just had to wait for the elevator to come down. We got to the top a bit before 9pm. Of all the views of the strip we saw, this was probably my favorite. You're high enough to see everything, but low enough to hear the hustle and bustle and street performers below. The view of the Bellagio fountains from above is spectacular. We caught 2 full shows. We were even able to see the Mirage fire show again at 9.
Went back downstairs to the bar at Hexx for cocktails. I had a voucher for BOGO specialty cocktails from MyVegas. They were decent. We didn't really need them, though.
Went into Omnia at Caesar's Palace for a little while, mostly just to see it. Very cool atmosphere. Very crowded, even early in the night. Male to female ratio was off, if that's important to you, but that didn't matter to us.
Day 8 (Wed 10/26)
Had lunch at Tacos El Gordo. We had no idea how to order, but whatever tacos we ended up with were very good and authentic. The line wasn't too bad when we got there around 11:30. We ordered 6 tacos, but probably would have liked a couple more because they were small. The line was too long by the time we finished to bother getting more, though.
Popped into Peppermill Fireside Lounge nearby, just for a few minutes, out of curiosity. Very cozy, retro-looking little place with little fires at the booths in the lounge. The restaurant seemed to be popular at lunchtime.
Last stop was Treasure Island. There wasn't much to see here in terms of sightseeing except a pirate ship out front and few artsy pieces here and there, but we read it was one of the better casinos on the strip for low rollers like ourselves. We found a $5 blackjack table with a 3 to 2 payout. I hadn't seen many of those on the strip. I started with $20 and walked away with a little over $80. You know we hit those Britney slots one more time before we left, too.
I headed back to the airport to fly back home while my husband stayed for work the next day.
Thanks for reading! I might try to come back and add some pictures and links here as I get the chance. Feel free to ask me about anything we did!
A list of tech, travel and fashion Black Friday sales that Aussies can actually access. (x-post /r/Sydney)
This post originally appeared in /Sydney posted by jakequade and thought we should post it here too. Hi guys, Well, it was a hit when I made ClickFrenzy and Ozbargain's sales a bit easier to read, so I thought I would give you guys a continually-updated list of all the tech, travel and fashion Black Friday deals I am coming across as I search the sales. If you have any additions, comment them and I'll drop them into the list!
Tech
Razer: Up to 54% off best-selling products
Microsoft - Deals: Get FREE Xbox One 1TB bundle + Game when you buy Select Surface Devices
Rebel Sport: Save up to $173 on the Garmin smart watches and $30 on Fitbit sports watches!
Lenovo: Up to 45% off PC's: Black Friday
Kogan: Black Friday deals added daily
GameStop: Save $50 on GameStop products
eBay: 20% off tech frenzy
Dick Smith Electronics: Black Friday deals added daily
Amazon: Kindle e readers up to $30 off
Norton: $39.99 for Norton Security Premium ( $89.99 value)
PureVPN: Monthly subscriptions from $2.45
Norton: $34.99 for Norton Security Deluxe ($79.99 value)
O&O Software: 50% off all products
Catch of the Day: 15% off selected products
SaferVPN: Buy 1 get 1 FREE promo on all plans: Black Friday Sale
Getflix: Mega 50% lifetime discount
Norton: $29.99 for Norton Security Standard ($59.99 value)
Travel
Hotels.com: Extra 8% off hotels
Intrepid Travel: Up to 50% off Antarctica expeditions
Helloworld: Fly to Beijing for Chinese New Year from $419 return
STA Travel: $25 off flights to Asia
Helloworld: Fly to Los Angeles from $873 return
Webjet: 10% off Asia hotels
Travel Talk: 50% off 2017 tours
Helloworld: Fly to Amsterdam from $1026 return
Skiddoo: $50 off international flights
Helloworld: Black Friday Sale: International flights from $382 return
Travel Talk: 45% off Christmas and New Years tours
Palms Casino Resort: Rooms from $29 + free upgrades, breakfast
OneTravel: Up to $50 off
Geckos Adventures: 20% off select Central and South America tours
Rio: Up to 25% off rooms
Millennium & Copthorne Hotels: Up to 35% off + triple rewards points
Planet Hollywood: Up to 25% off rooms
Cheap O Air: Up to $50 off booking fees
Skiddoo: $30 off international flights
Paris: Up to 25% off rooms
Harrah's: Up to 25% off rooms
VEGAS.com: Up to $100 cash back
Flamingo: Up to 25% off rooms
Caesars Palace: Up to 25% off rooms
Roomorama: 5% off vacation rentals worldwide
Bally's: Up to 25% off rooms
Book FHR: Up to 20% off airport parking, hotels and lounges
Fashion
Lovehoney: 15% off when you spend $40+
ASOS - Deals: 20% off everything: Black Friday
Pretty Little Thing: Up to 50% off everything
BNKR - Deals: 25% off full priced items
Factorie: 33% off site-wide
Light in the box: $10 off orders over $85
Light in the box: $20 off orders over $168
David Jones - Deals: 3-Day Christmas Spectacular
Portmans: 30% off all dresses & tops
Boohoo - Deals: 30% off everything
Forever New: 25% off site-wide
Marks and Spencer: Up to 50% off selected lines
Bras N Things: $10 off site-wide when you spend $100 or more
Peter Alexander: Up to 50% off selected styles + FREE standard delivery on orders over $150
SEA FOLLY: FREE shipping with no minium spend
Jacqui E: 25% off site-wide
Princess Polly: $10 off when you spend $50
GlamCorner: 20% off site wide
Macy's: 20% off + FREE shipping on orders over $50: Black Friday Doorbusters
Jay Jays: Buy 1 and get the 2nd item 50% off
Hallenstein Brothers: Up to 60% off: Black Friday sale
Dotti: Buy 1 and get the 2nd item 50% off
Just Jeans: Buy 1 item and get 50% off the 2nd item
Clarks: 25% off all adult footwear
Debenhams: Up to 30% off all departments
Millers: 40% off all items
Spanx: 20% off site-wide + FREE shipping
Nike: FREE standard delivery on all orders
New Balance: 50% off flash sale
Hallenstein Brothers: Huge Black Friday deals
Autograph Fashion: 40% off
The White Company: 20% off full-priced items + FREE UK standard delivery
Mosmann Australia: 30% off storewide
Sambag: Sambag VIP Sale
SwimSpot: 50% off all sale items
Havaianas: Design your own Havaianas
Urban Outfitters: Buy one, get one 50% off all apparel
ShopBop.com: Spend $200+, get 15% off, Spend $500+, get 20% off, Spend $800+, get 25% off
Forever 21: Extra 30% off Black Friday sale items
TeeFury: 30% off sitwide
Macy's: 30% - 50% off doorbusters
Bloomingdales: 15% off orders of $100-$199 and 20% off orders over $200 on great selection of items
Mosmann Australia: 30% off
SSENSE: Up to 50% off designer brands
Catch of the Day: 15% off selected products
Cotswold Outdoor: Up to 40% off selected brands
Charles Tyrwhitt: 15% off site wide
Forzieri: 30% off the F/W 2016-17 collection on orders over $450
Forzieri: 25% off the F/W 2016-17 collection on orders over $350
Modcloth: 40% off $200+, 30% off $100+, 20% off under $100, free international shipping $150+
Cotton On: 40% off full price
Crossroads: 40% off
Hype Dc Pty Ltd - Albert St - Brisbane: 30% off all apparel
A list of tech, travel and fashion Black Friday that Aussies can actually access.
Hi guys, Well, it was a hit when I made ClickFrenzy and Ozbargain's sales a bit easier to read, so I thought I would give you guys a continually-updated list of all the tech, travel and fashion Black Friday deals I am coming across as I search the sales. If you have any additions, comment them and I'll drop them into the list!
Tech
Razer: Up to 54% off best-selling products
Microsoft - Deals: Get FREE Xbox One 1TB bundle + Game when you buy Select Surface Devices
Rebel Sport: Save up to $173 on the Garmin smart watches and $30 on Fitbit sports watches!
Lenovo: Up to 45% off PC's: Black Friday
Kogan: Black Friday deals added daily
GameStop: Save $50 on GameStop products
eBay: 20% off tech frenzy
Dick Smith Electronics: Black Friday deals added daily
Amazon: Kindle e readers up to $30 off
Norton: $39.99 for Norton Security Premium ( $89.99 value)
PureVPN: Monthly subscriptions from $2.45
Norton: $34.99 for Norton Security Deluxe ($79.99 value)
O&O Software: 50% off all products
Catch of the Day: 15% off selected products
SaferVPN: Buy 1 get 1 FREE promo on all plans: Black Friday Sale
Getflix: Mega 50% lifetime discount
Norton: $29.99 for Norton Security Standard ($59.99 value)
Travel
Hotels.com: Extra 8% off hotels
Intrepid Travel: Up to 50% off Antarctica expeditions
Helloworld: Fly to Beijing for Chinese New Year from $419 return
STA Travel: $25 off flights to Asia
Helloworld: Fly to Los Angeles from $873 return
Webjet: 10% off Asia hotels
Travel Talk: 50% off 2017 tours
Helloworld: Fly to Amsterdam from $1026 return
Skiddoo: $50 off international flights
Helloworld: Black Friday Sale: International flights from $382 return
Travel Talk: 45% off Christmas and New Years tours
Palms Casino Resort: Rooms from $29 + free upgrades, breakfast
OneTravel: Up to $50 off
Geckos Adventures: 20% off select Central and South America tours
Rio: Up to 25% off rooms
Millennium & Copthorne Hotels: Up to 35% off + triple rewards points
Planet Hollywood: Up to 25% off rooms
Cheap O Air: Up to $50 off booking fees
Skiddoo: $30 off international flights
Paris: Up to 25% off rooms
Harrah's: Up to 25% off rooms
VEGAS.com: Up to $100 cash back
Flamingo: Up to 25% off rooms
Caesars Palace: Up to 25% off rooms
Roomorama: 5% off vacation rentals worldwide
Bally's: Up to 25% off rooms
Book FHR: Up to 20% off airport parking, hotels and lounges
Fashion
Lovehoney: 15% off when you spend $40+
ASOS - Deals: 20% off everything: Black Friday
Pretty Little Thing: Up to 50% off everything
BNKR - Deals: 25% off full priced items
Factorie: 33% off site-wide
Light in the box: $10 off orders over $85
Light in the box: $20 off orders over $168
OPSM: 20% off contact lenses with promo code FIVEDAY
David Jones - Deals: 3-Day Christmas Spectacular
Portmans: 30% off all dresses & tops
Boohoo - Deals: 30% off everything
Forever New: 25% off site-wide
Marks and Spencer: Up to 50% off selected lines
Bras N Things: $10 off site-wide when you spend $100 or more
Peter Alexander: Up to 50% off selected styles + FREE standard delivery on orders over $150
SEA FOLLY: FREE shipping with no minium spend
Jacqui E: 25% off site-wide
Princess Polly: $10 off when you spend $50
GlamCorner: 20% off site wide
Macy's: 20% off + FREE shipping on orders over $50: Black Friday Doorbusters
Jay Jays: Buy 1 and get the 2nd item 50% off
Hallenstein Brothers: Up to 60% off: Black Friday sale
Dotti: Buy 1 and get the 2nd item 50% off
Just Jeans: Buy 1 item and get 50% off the 2nd item
Clarks: 25% off all adult footwear
Debenhams: Up to 30% off all departments
Millers: 40% off all items
Spanx: 20% off site-wide + FREE shipping
Nike: FREE standard delivery on all orders
New Balance: 50% off flash sale
Hallenstein Brothers: Huge Black Friday deals
Autograph Fashion: 40% off
The White Company: 20% off full-priced items + FREE UK standard delivery
Mosmann Australia: 30% off storewide
Sambag: Sambag VIP Sale
SwimSpot: 50% off all sale items
Havaianas: Design your own Havaianas
Urban Outfitters: Buy one, get one 50% off all apparel
ShopBop.com: Spend $200+, get 15% off, Spend $500+, get 20% off, Spend $800+, get 25% off
Forever 21: Extra 30% off Black Friday sale items
TeeFury: 30% off sitwide
Macy's: 30% - 50% off doorbusters
Bloomingdales: 15% off orders of $100-$199 and 20% off orders over $200 on great selection of items
Mosmann Australia: 30% off
SSENSE: Up to 50% off designer brands
Catch of the Day: 15% off selected products
Cotswold Outdoor: Up to 40% off selected brands
Charles Tyrwhitt: 15% off site wide
Forzieri: 30% off the F/W 2016-17 collection on orders over $450
Forzieri: 25% off the F/W 2016-17 collection on orders over $350
There's some coupon codes applicable to the above, and I'll be adding more in based on my web scouring over the next 24 hours – I'll also look into any deals posted in the comments! As always, I hope this helps and thanks for your time with this one.
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