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Paris for the next 3 days is $800, not including resort fees of almost $150 and 10%+ room tax. That's WITH Diamond Plus status and some vp gambling recently. It's a far cry from 60 bucks room service to 300 bucks a night just for the room.

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06-18-2024 , 01:38 AM

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I was playing with the idea of a week in Vegas in Sept or Oct and OMG prices are high - $250 + resort for Vdara and then $300+ for the premium mgm properties and even $160ish + resort at PH or Harrahs. And they were the lowest prices I saw

I don’t have any profile so no offers but that feels $100 ish per night more than usual

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06-18-2024 , 02:10 AM

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ShadowStack

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Probably taking advantage of losing 3k+ rooms to stay in at the mirage and trip. Shouldn't effect higher price properties but could lead to higher pricec at low end Vegas properties.

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06-18-2024 , 09:51 AM

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craphoot

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Originally Posted by pig4bill

They are charging resort fees for Diamond members now?

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06-18-2024 , 10:22 AM

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Langdon

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ugh. Vegas is pricing out people like me.

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06-18-2024 , 10:35 AM

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Black Aces 518

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Originally Posted by feel wrath

is Drai's every night or weekend only?

Fri/Sat and apparently Tue nights.

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06-18-2024 , 10:43 AM

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droopy0021

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Originally Posted by feel wrath

Have you created MGM rewards account and app? I did a couple years ago and only play poker - sapphire with 638 points. I was able to get wed thru Friday night this week at park mgm (booked 2 months ago) for $300 total incl tax and fees.

Going to charge anything i do to my room and use card at all mgm properties (food mostly, massage as well) and see if that helps the algorithm.

Not gonna play table games to try and save $100 per night on a room. Losing proposition to chase that….unless someone plays the table games anyway.

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06-18-2024 , 11:35 AM

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jcorb

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This is how cheap we are, going to Bellagio this Sunday so signed up for the MGM Rewards credit card, it came in the mail yesterday. Immediate upgrade to Pearl, free parking and a discount on the rooms I think, should have waited to reserve the rooms until after I got the card. I'll try the $20 trick and see what happens.

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06-18-2024 , 11:48 AM

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pig4bill

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Originally Posted by craphoot

They are charging resort fees for Diamond members now?

No but he was comparing room service to staying in the Paris hotel. I was quoting "civilian" prices, although with the room tax it would still be 900 bucks for 3 days.

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06-18-2024 , 11:52 AM

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pig4bill

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Originally Posted by Langdon

ugh. Vegas is pricing out people like me.

There's always the Orleans, etc. I had only like 150 credits on my card, because I threw a hundred or two into their Megabucks machine and got 4 nights comped between last week and this week. The extra good thing about comped nights is they don't charge you resort fees.

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06-18-2024 , 12:33 PM

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Randall Stevens

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Originally Posted by pig4bill

Nope, they have something called Caesars Eats, which sounds like Uber Eats. NOT brought to you on a cart, with real plates and silverware.

FWIW, we stayed at Caesars in AC on the drive back from OBX last year and got Caesars Eats. I thought it was pretty cool.

For a comparison from Cosmo, I'd much rather have The Henry delivered to the room than pay $54 for a terrible omelet, breakfast potatoes, and blueberries.

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06-18-2024 , 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by droopy0021

Yes I have mgm rewards and I stayed 10 days at Vdara last year plus ate and played my cash at Aria and B exclusively. Albeit I did play 5 mtts elsewhere so cash was only about 40 hours and it was low stakes VP.

Didn’t seem to give me any status

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06-18-2024 , 03:47 PM

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hardinthepaint

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Originally Posted by feel wrath

Are you looking only at weekend stays? Those seem to always be much, much pricier in Vegas due to demand. I just checked rates through MGM Rewards. Rates are definitely high on weekends, but at Vdara I'm seeking COMP for the first Mon- Wed in September and rates as low as $69 or $79 for some weekday stretches in Sept/Oct.

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06-18-2024 , 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by hardinthepaint

I’m in Australia so am looking at 8 days with a Thurs to Fri stay. I’ll go on again today but the lowest I saw was $229 + resort as the ave price for 8 days

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06-18-2024 , 05:42 PM

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Gzesh

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FountainBleu:

I had some business meetings in town and decided to check out this new hotel in the process for a couple of nights

In a word, DON'T, in two words, DON't BOTHER, in three words, NO F*CKING WAY" I'd go back.

The room was fine, and the staff were nice. However, NOTHING else about the property or the Customer Experience was remotely acceptable. Possibly the worst designed customer experience I have ever seen in Las Vegas in 50 years. The place had the charm and appeal of a typical airport, not a place to stay. Stay at any of the following, (Bellagio, Mandalay Bay, Paris, Cromwells, or even the Golden Nugget (downtown), and don't book the" FBLV".

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06-18-2024 , 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Black Aces 518

Fri/Sat and apparently Tue nights.

That's the night club, not after hours club, correct? The latter was open Thursday to Sunday in the past. FWIW, "after hour" in Vegas means til 6AM because everything else already closes at 4AM.

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06-19-2024 , 11:24 AM

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Brandooo

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Originally Posted by Gzesh

Can you be more specific about what went wrong with the customer experience? It seems like it has a good pool complex for the summer, and I've been hearing good things about the restaurants, but have only been turned off from staying because of the distance from everything else on the strip. However, I may be going to a conference at the Venetian later this year and was thinking of giving it a shot.

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06-19-2024 , 12:17 PM

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Black Aces 518

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That's the night club, not after hours club, correct? The latter was open Thursday to Sunday in the past. FWIW, "after hour" in Vegas means til 6AM because everything else already closes at 4AM.

Not positive, and not positive the exact hours, it was just quite loud in the early AM hours, and strongly recommend earplugs or sleep aids. I'm not a light sleeper and it was a lot.

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06-20-2024 , 01:11 AM

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Fore

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Originally Posted by madlex

I usually brought a toaster for pre-race toast with jelly but that one easily fits in the luggage.

I would expect that you're not allowed to bring anything that you wouldn't be allowed to use in an office setting without approval (in before sex toy joke)

We had dorm fridges all over the place in my office. I had one for ov r twenty years. Never asked for permission and numerous bosses knew about it. Several had their own.

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06-20-2024 , 09:31 AM

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jcorb

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Better to ask for forgiveness than to beg for permission.

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06-20-2024 , 10:03 AM

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Langdon

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Originally Posted by Black Aces 518

Not positive, and not positive the exact hours, it was just quite loud in the early AM hours, and strongly recommend earplugs or sleep aids. I'm not a light sleeper and it was a lot.

I had the same issue at Aria facing Cosmo on a Sunday night. bass booming all night long

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06-20-2024 , 10:35 AM

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hardinthepaint

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Yeah, in my recent stay at Vdara, I came back to my room late at night (~3am) and could clearly hear the Cosmo pool club. The downside of a fountain view, I guess. On the plus side, for whatever reason, it was only one night that I noticed it. I think it was Sunday, too.