Next.

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Back to Vegas on the last week of March.

Meeting a couple buddies in town this time, one of them is having his birthday that weekend so a little different from the normal solo trip. Imagine I'll be still ranging free for a couple of the days as he has some concert plans and such, but it'll be nice to maybe have a wingman for once, especially after the last trip.

4 nights at NYNY this time, no more bouncing back and forth between resorts like the last time. 3 nights comped and the last one at $83, which is pretty solid for one of the weekends of March Madness. Suppose it'll be pretty crazy in town for that week, for that reason. It's the Regionals weekend so the Sweet Sixteen will be going on. Should be interesting, especially in resorts that have a big sportsbook. NYNY's is tiny, so don't think it'll be too crazy in there but really any resort's going to be packed I would imagine.

Got a great flight price from Southwest, only $154 round trip and no early out on the last day this time, late afternoon flight. Fixing some of the dumb things I did last time will be a theme on this one.

Still decompressing from the last trip but the birthday buddy mentioned this to me in the bar yesterday and it's about the time I would be getting back there with the normal 3-trip per year thing, so the timing is good. I will have a tax refund coming to cover at least a grand of the save up so with 5 checks from now til then I should be in good shape money-wise.

More as I get closer.

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