It's Not A Bender, It's A Lifestyle.

Can't call the haul "freebies" this time because, well, I've got zero comps on this trip but I did rack up some nice discounts this time worthy of mention. -One night at Tropicana, online as of today for $229, got it for $80, savings of $149. -Four nights at Cosmopolitan, online today for $1030, got them for $368, savings of $662. -myVegas reward for $50 off of $100 at Camelot Steakhouse at Excalibur, savings of $50. -myVegas reward for a $35 no-strings coupon at Nine Fine Irishmen, savings of $35. -Three Restaurant.com certificates worth $75 that I think I paid $8 for so savings of $67. So that's a potential discount from full rates/prices of $963. I may not end up using all the R.com certs but they're there if needed. Despite no actual "comps" this time (first time in a long time) it's still a solid decrease in overhead, and if nothing else it shows I've gotten pretty good at playing the discount game in Vegas even when the freeb...

I'm a fucking idiot. Yet again against best intentions I've added a Vegas trip to the hopper for this year off the cuff. I'll be going for two nights in mid-June to see NIN at the Hard Rock. It's the only North American shows they have planned so far this year. Easily one of my top 5 bands and the opportunity to see them in a pretty exclusive fashion and in Vegas was just too much to turn down. Haven't been to Hard Rock since my first trip, and have never seen a show at the Joint so this should be fun. It'll be a quickie, in early bird on the 12th and out in the afternoon of the 14th, so basically 2 full days/nights. Luckily the overhead will be pretty low. I got in on the pre-sale and got a balcony seat (too old for GA) for $95. Booked flights on Expedia, it'll be United on the way in Tuesday morning, basic economy so no full carry-on bag but that's fine, I'll only need a couple days summer clothes so it'll all fit in my small Timbuk 2 ba...

50 days from Vegas-y goodness for my birthday. Not going to do much planning on this one. It's a relatively short trip, just 4 full days and one half day, so I'm planning to KISS on this one. I had a lot going on on the Xmas trip as I was there for 7 nights and didn't want to just shuffle aimlessly from slot machine to bar for that whole time. All in all it worked out well, the only semi-dog of the trip was Mystere, everything else was worth the time/money. Since this is a shorter trip I'm going to leave the shows/activities alone I think. Mainly because I want to maximize my casino and bar time but also due to the fact that there isn't much else that I really want to see in Vegas. I want to see MJ One at Mandalay Bay but I'll probably save that for the Xmas trip as I'll be staying down on that end of the strip. Really the only other show I haven't seen that I'm interested in is Absinthe. It's pretty damn expensive though so unless I stumb...