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richlevy · 05-31-2005, 09:04 PM

We made the Rio seafood buffet. All-you-can eat split lobster tails and shrimp for about $35, with desserts that you would be willing to buy from a bakery.

We didn't gamble much, but we went to shows and restaurants at many of the hotels and walked through the casinos.

The Sahara definitely had the most reasonable tables. The Aladdin had a great shopping area in a ring around the casino. Lots of interesting vendors.

I didn't get to Yolies. We limited ourselves to the strip mostly because of our first bad experience with the taxi. The $5 all day bus pass took us all up and down the strip. It was all working well until the Friday we were going to leave just before Memorial Day weekend. There was complete gridlock in front of the MGM Grand so we paid the extra money and took the monorail back. We might spring for the $10 monorail day pass next time.

We are considering a timeshare in Vegas. The $13k timeshare we were shown sells on the resale market for $5-6K. We walked out of the timeshare presentation after 3+ hours. We came close to buying but they said 'We don't negotiate prices'. That made saying no very easy. We went to a different timeshare presentation where they wanted $27,000 for a slightly remodeled 1980's hotel which looked like a Best Western (no offense intended). They were going to build a huge new unit behind it but were only selling timeshares in the existing building. I checked at the front desk and they were renting these $27k rooms for $69 a night, $110 on the weekends.
We got some dinner vouchers for attending the presentation and were able to purchase discount vouchers for the Platters-Drifters-Coasters show, so that one wasn't a total loss.

Counting the two timeshare presentations we went to in Florida about 9 and 15 years ago, this makes a total of 4 presentations. We have decided to do it, but on our terms.

I won't go into details until after the deal is completed, but I think shopping around and using the Internet for research really helped a lot. I wouldn't have had access to this much information 9 years ago.

If we close the deal, we'll be back in Vegas next fall. See ya then Lookout.

05-31-2005, 09:04 PM	#13
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	We made the Rio seafood buffet. All-you-can eat split lobster tails and shrimp for about $35, with desserts that you would be willing to buy from a bakery. We didn't gamble much, but we went to shows and restaurants at many of the hotels and walked through the casinos. The Sahara definitely had the most reasonable tables. The Aladdin had a great shopping area in a ring around the casino. Lots of interesting vendors. I didn't get to Yolies. We limited ourselves to the strip mostly because of our first bad experience with the taxi. The $5 all day bus pass took us all up and down the strip. It was all working well until the Friday we were going to leave just before Memorial Day weekend. There was complete gridlock in front of the MGM Grand so we paid the extra money and took the monorail back. We might spring for the $10 monorail day pass next time. We are considering a timeshare in Vegas. The $13k timeshare we were shown sells on the resale market for $5-6K. We walked out of the timeshare presentation after 3+ hours. We came close to buying but they said 'We don't negotiate prices'. That made saying no very easy. We went to a different timeshare presentation where they wanted $27,000 for a slightly remodeled 1980's hotel which looked like a Best Western (no offense intended). They were going to build a huge new unit behind it but were only selling timeshares in the existing building. I checked at the front desk and they were renting these $27k rooms for $69 a night, $110 on the weekends. We got some dinner vouchers for attending the presentation and were able to purchase discount vouchers for the Platters-Drifters-Coasters show, so that one wasn't a total loss. Counting the two timeshare presentations we went to in Florida about 9 and 15 years ago, this makes a total of 4 presentations. We have decided to do it, but on our terms. I won't go into details until after the deal is completed, but I think shopping around and using the Internet for research really helped a lot. I wouldn't have had access to this much information 9 years ago. If we close the deal, we'll be back in Vegas next fall. See ya then Lookout. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama Last edited by richlevy; 05-31-2005 at 09:08 PM.