Hot.

We're booked for trip #2 of 2017.

Will be at Bally's in a Jubilee room in the first week of August. So that completes the bookings for the year. It'll be a 3 trip year instead of the usual 4, allowing me to get back and stay on top of finances due to the buying of the car. Been hammering my CC a bit with car expenses, so the 5 month gap between trips will allow me to get it back down to where it should be. I'll absorb the CC hit for now, do the March trip as planned and then pump down the CC debt afterwards.

I'm trying hard to remember - I'm not sure I've ever stepped foot in Bally's. The Jubilee rooms were renovated last year though so at least that part of things should be solid. They look modern and nice enough in pics, and they had the added benefit of being free, minus resort fees, of course. Total overhead on this one may be my lowest ever, I was able to use 100% Jetblue points to book the flight, so total overhead will be around $175. Bally's room can always be discarded too if I get an offer from Cosmo or V/P based on my play in March, unlikely but possible.

I was considering driving for the summer trip, but since the flight is basically free and the time of year will be hot (I'd rather not overheat my new baby), we'll go the conventional route.

So it's a 100% CET resort stay year, unless Cosmo or Venetian comes up with some free rooms in the interim. I'm sure as hell not going to see anything from MGM this year since I've basically ignored them the last 5 months. It's fine, I was getting into a rut w/NYNY anyway. Good to be seeing the other side of the strip.

Feeling good about the plan this year. Mature, even, believe it or not.

*Yeah, something will probably happen to fuck it up, but it's a good plan!*