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    Las Vegas Vacation

    If you’ve never taken a Las Vegas vacation, I definitely recommend doing it at least once in your life. Las Vegas vacations will be exciting, and can give you a taste of a sort of glamorous life even if for just a short while. So long as you have some money to spend, you’ll generally be treated like royalty on a Las Vegas vacation. Of course, when you run out of money you’ll probably get a very different impression of Las Vegas.

    The best way to do a Las Vegas vacation is definitely to splurge a little. See a show or two, get a nice room on the strip, and live it up for a while. There’s some great venues in Las Vegas, and almost always some great shows to see. Gambling can be a lot of fun too if that’s your thing, but just make sure you can afford to lose anything you gamble with!

    Even on the cheap, a Las Vegas vacation can be fun. It’s just one of those cities you have to see in your life. You don’t have to stay in one of those big name casino hotel resorts, and can find plenty of affordable rates along the strip, or even more affordable a short drive out. Since you don’t really, or at least shouldn’t really, be spending a whole lot of time in your room, I don’t really think it matters much where you stay in a Las Vegas vacation. Of course, it’s nice to be on or near the strip so you can easily walk from one place to another. If you are going in the summer, this is key, as it is brutal to walk very far during a hot summer day in Las Vegas.

    Las Vegas Books


    Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American...
    by Hunter S. Thompson
    Amazon Price: $11.16
    Customer Review: Just to be short, this book is great. Unfortunately for me, i've seen the movie for 5 or 6 times before reading it, so the book just felt repetitive. Especially since all the movie is like a quote of the book. Which is great if i wouldn't have seen t...

    Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Veg...
    by Ben Mezrich
    Amazon Price: $10.20
    Customer Review: This book came to my attention after hearing a radio interview with one of the MIT Card Counters. I immediately searched out this book, and it didn't disappoint. Ben Mezrich does a great job of boiling down a sophisticated card-counting system, fol...

    Busting Vegas: The MIT Whiz Kid Who Brought the Casinos to Their Knees
    by Ben Mezrich
    Amazon Price: $5.99
    Customer Review: This book is pretty much an advertisement for one of the subject's seminars. So many things in this are clearly fabricated. If a casino sees you make hugely varying bets and coming out ahead, they will ask you to leave, ban you from the casino, the...

    The Unofficial Guide to Las Vegas 2008 (Unofficial Guides)
    by Bob Sehlinger
    Amazon Price: $12.91
    Customer Review: If you are looking for a hotel, nightclub, show, and dining options, this is a fantastic book. But, I had already made my hotel arrangements, and really am not a big show person. I don't gamble and am with my family, so nightclubs are not of interes...

    Winner Takes All: Steve Wynn, Kirk Kerkorian, Gary Loveman, and the Race to O...
    by Christina Binkley
    Amazon Price: $17.13
    Customer Review: I'm sure I'll see Las Vegas in a different light after reading this book. You can't help but be fascinated by these larger-than-life characters. Steve Wynn is without a doubt the most interesting character in the book, but viewing the city as a com...

    Having said all that, I’ve been on Las Vegas vacations twice, and I feel like I’ve had enough of it for two lifetimes. Even though I’ll probably wait until I’m reincarnated for the third time before I go back, the Las Vegas vacations I took were certainly worthwhile and made for interesting memories and funny photographs to share with people.

    If you’ve ever seen the Chevy Chase movie National Lampoon’s Las Vegas Vacation, you’ll have seen some great examples of how not to take a Las Vegas vacation. Well, at least the part about staying in a trailer with your in laws in the middle of nowhere.

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