Closing In (!).

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Already just 6 weeks out from yet another Vegas trip.

Feels like I'm still recovering from the last one. I have zero hype built up yet. But alas, I need to start getting amped up and prepped up soon for trip 3 of the year already. 

The logistics are set and are very unlikely to change. It's a weekend trip and I long ago locked in a great rate and package from Mlife for Aria, so it's very unlikely I'll be moving out of that, for financial reasons. $409 all in for 5 nights over a weekend, ain't nobody beating that right now with Vegas coming back like it is. It's been pre-COVID busy for months now, and with all restrictions and capacities dropping today, it's only going to get busier and more expensive. Aria a bit of a come-down from the glory of Encore but hey, it's hundreds less. I can get decent weekday rates through places like V/P but the weekend days would kill me at $250+. Maybe next trip.

After the weekend trip I had in April I have concerns about doing another one, so I'm going to have to be strategic about how this one works out. No walking anywhere, and really no GOING anywhere, during the prime weekend night hours, say 8p-1a. Just too many people and no available cabs. So I need to be posted up somewhere, either at V/P on the Sam Ross train or center strip at Cosmo/Aria so I don't have to deal with it. This will need to be part of the plan and unchangeable. I'm not dealing with the massive crush of weekend strip idiots on this trip. Thursday, Sunday, Monday I can roam at peak hours a bit, not Fri/Sat.

The money will be fine. I have $11K in the bank now and will have 3 full paychecks coming by the time I get on the plane on the 15th of July. A full $5K will be available. Won't have much going on on the comps as I used up most of my Identity points in May and will have maybe 3/4 of a good meal on Mlife Ex Comps. Probably will just make one food reservation the whole trip and wing it the rest.

More to talk about and get into as we get closer. As I stated I'm really not on the hype train on this one yet but I'm sure that will hit soon enough.


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