Things to do BEFORE your Vegas trip?

JK wrote:

>OK Let's be honest here... how many of the following things do you do in the
>weeks before your big Vegas trip? Feel free to add your own:
>
>1. Go on a crash diet so you can fit into the airline seat better, and
>pigout at the buffets.

Unless somebody has developed a diet to lessen the broadness of
shoulders, I'm not going to fit into the airline seats anyway.

Speaking of buffets...does anyone know what the signal is in Vegas to
indicate that you're up getting more food and they're not supposed to
bus the table yet?

>3. Call your rental car company for the 28th time to see if the rate
>dropped?

Replace "call your rental car company" with "check the hotel's
website" and "28th time" doesn't begin to cover it. (I did manage to
save $20.)

>6. Start squirreling away the small demonination bills for tips.

How about "saving up your quarters (and dimes and nickels) and putting
them into rolls"?

-- Don

In article <q4kb241tp9h890vd2cgc5v824vg4of7l6c@>, Don Del Grande
<del_grande_news@> wrote:

> Speaking of buffets...does anyone know what the signal is in Vegas to
> indicate that you're up getting more food and they're not supposed to
> bus the table yet?

That's only happened to me once that I can recall, at Tamba's lunchtime
buffet.

To avoid a preemptive strike, try leaving a cheap personal item on the
table, like a pen or something.

--- Walt

In article <1qSdnaC06sy5cbjVnZ2dnUVZ_jKdnZ2d@midco.net>, CLM in ND
<camarvel8@m> wrote:

> 9. Remember to bring mailed comp offers, money, ID, credit card, & luggage.
> I once forgot $50 in $1 bills in my Coke can bank when I went one year.

I have a packing list that I print a copy of when I start planning a
trip. It lists everything I usually bring, like various items of
clothing, toiletries, camera and laptop accessories, cash, picture
I.D., credit card, coupons, etc. If there's something else I want to
bring, I'll jot it on the list.

Then when I'm packing, I just follow the list so I don't forget
anything.

--- Walt

Call or email the friends you want to meet up with and tell them where
you're staying.

On May 10, 9:15 am, "JK" <jksinrod*SP...@> wrote:
> OK Let's be honest here... how many of the following things do you do in the
> weeks before your big Vegas trip? Feel free to add your own:
>
> 1. Go on a crash diet so you can fit into the airline seat better, and
> pigout at the buffets.

NO

>
> 2. Scanning the internet daily for deals and coupons?

YES

>
> 3. Call your rental car company for the 28th time to see if the rate
> dropped?

Sort of. I check the internet daily.
>
> 4. Decide who you can tell, and who you cannot tell that you're going to
> Vegas yet again!

Maybe

>
> 5. Question whether or not you may be a degenerate gambler, because most of
> your vacations for the last 20 years revolve around gambling?

I don't question it. I already know I'm a degenerate gambler.

>
> 6. Start squirreling away the small demonination bills for tips.

NO. I get change when I get there.

>
> 7. Play VP and such online to hone your skills.

Sort of.

>
> 8. Know to the day, hour, and minute when you're going?

Of course!

Kurt

On May 10, 2:33 pm, Walt <n...@none.void> wrote:
> In article <1qSdnaC06sy5cbjVnZ2dnUVZ_jKdn...@midco.net>, CLM in ND
>
> <camarv...@m> wrote:
> > 9. Remember to bring mailed comp offers, money, ID, credit card, & luggage.
> > I once forgot $50 in $1 bills in my Coke can bank when I went one year.
>
> I have a packing list that I print a copy of when I start planning a
> trip. It lists everything I usually bring, like various items of
> clothing, toiletries, camera and laptop accessories, cash, picture
> I.D., credit card, coupons, etc. If there's something else I want to
> bring, I'll jot it on the list.
>
> Then when I'm packing, I just follow the list so I don't forget
> anything.
>
> --- Walt

Good grief...your(sic) as sick as I am. (can I use sic and sick in the
same sentence?)

Kurt
Kurt

see below

JK wrote:
> OK Let's be honest here... how many of the following things do you do in the
> weeks before your big Vegas trip? Feel free to add your own:
>
>
>
> 1. Go on a crash diet so you can fit into the airline seat better, and
> pigout at the buffets.
>

I tend not to worry about this one.


> 2. Scanning the internet daily for deals and coupons?

Scan daily for details.

>
> 3. Call your rental car company for the 28th time to see if the rate
> dropped?
>

Rarely rent a car....drinking and driving scare me.


> 4. Decide who you can tell, and who you cannot tell that you're going to
> Vegas yet again!

This is a tough one. I went last month with some budding and going
again in 2 weeks for son's 21st birthday. I am reluctant to tell
anyone but my closest friends I am going again (3rd time in 6 months).

>
> 5. Question whether or not you may be a degenerate gambler, because most of
> your vacations for the last 20 years revolve around gambling?


Sad to say this is true....my wife was saying the other day the only
places I want to go on vacations are casinos and beaches. I weakly
threw out that we had gone on a couple of cruises over the last 2 years
and she said a cruise was a combination of the 2.


> 6. Start squirreling away the small demonination bills for tips.

nope.

>
> 7. Play VP and such online to hone your skills.

yes....I have been playing blackjack basic strategy for a while now, but
beginning next week I will break out BlackJack Mentor next week and find
tune my "skills"

>
> 8. Know to the day, hour, and minute when you're going?
>

not quite that excessive.
>
New Item:

9. Gather coins off the jar on my dresser and cash them in at the bank
(that $30 might be the difference in a winning and losing trip).
>