They have a bunch of legit legal tournaments there now.

https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/ven...ipei-city-2080

https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/ven...sociation-2337

https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/ven...tion-appa-2341

No legal cash games, but there are plenty of underground home games that anyone can play in. An easy way to find a game is to just join the hold'em groups on Facebook in Taipei.

I just look at the total price. I don’t care if the total price is 10% for the room and 90% for the resort fees.

The problem is the total prices have been going up substantially. There are so many more days where total cost for a crappy strip hotel is close to or over $300 due to increased prices, frequent conventions and etc. you might argue for avoiding those dates but the problem is you probably want to go during the times where prices are substantially higher (such as March madness) anyways because there are more recreational players at the tables, more fun people around etc.

Do you really want to be in Vegas when Wynn has only 2-3 tables with 75% of the same players daily? or do you want to be there when there are 8-13 1-3 tables and 6-10 2-5 tables? I know which one I prefer for sure. I’ve had to do the first and would rather go to a vacation somewhere else than be in Vegas for free.

Btw, the cheap dates now is around $100 unless you don’t pay resort fees and parking.

Also, food and drinks aren’t cheap anymore. Restaurants are expensive. Buffets are expensive and 90% of the time totally not worth it. Starbucks are crazy expensive. Buying one large coffee and couple oatmeal’s etc will cost close to $30 on the strip. Sure you can get free drinks with $1/2 tips when playing slots etc but at caesars properties I found the quality of the drinks and/or the quality of the bartenders horrible. The drinks often came with poorer quality vodka than asked and/or mixed poorly. Too much or too little vodka etc.

You could stay at a cheap place and gamble at Aria, cosmo or Wynn and get decent drinks but then you have to gamble a lot more. Those three casinos do not have cheap table games or slots. You could try to “trick” the system and only push the button once the server comes around but honestly at that point you might as well stay home and buy drinks from Costco and enjoy it with friends.

Btw, these casinos aren’t dumb. They mostly know what they are doing. They want Vegas to be a resort, food and party themed money printing vacation spot. That’s where the steady good profits come from. They much rather you buy 5-10k table service at one of their clubs than have you gamble 5-10k at blackjack. It seems to me that they mostly have the gambling as an added benefit vs the main focus these days.. therefore they don’t care too much about the tourists looking to book cheap hotel rooms that will eat at in-n-out and try to get free drinks playing 1 cent slots every now and then...

I fully expect things getting steadily more expensive until an economic correction.

It's just a marketing tactic so they can advertise extremely low prices on rooms before resort fees. Mid-tier strip hotels are actually pretty good value in my experience

I just wish, as I have said before, that the bottom line price was displayed from the start.

Thinking I was getting a good deal at Vdara, but then seeing there were resort fees even on the comped portion of the dates I was looking at left a bad taste in my mouth.

It has made staying at a Caesars property rather than an MGM property even easier to swallow.

Airlines and travel agents were forced to do this starting a few years ago in Canada. Much better for the consumer and makes planning more straight forward.

Your government is just trying to make it up to you for the colder weather.

It’s the same way in Europe and at least some places there have pretty nice weather

As long as we are on the subject of what seems to be false advertising, it really gets to me to see all the ads that advertise Vegas hotels from x amount.

When you click on the add, you find out the rate is good if you drop everything and go that day. And that rate doesn't include resort fees.

The rate for the days you want is much more.

Unfortunately, nobody knows the dates you want.

Personally I prefer them saying ‘rooms start at $69’ instead of ‘penthouses are up to $20k/night’. The latter information doesn’t help me at all while the lowest price at least tells me what I have to spend at a bare minimum plus fees and taxes.

I understand.

It just gets people's hopes up.

Absolutely ridiculous.

You are entitled to your opinion.

Given there is evidently a LetsChaseTheDream already, shouldn't you be number two?

This just in. Another MGM property, Circus Circus, is going to start charging for replacement key cards to your room. So if you lose or misplace your room key, that's going to be a fee. I don't have any details on exactly what the fee is going to be to get into your room at this time.

The "resort" fee plus tax at Circus Circus is currently $36.28 If you want wifi in your room while staying at the "resort", that will be an additional $32.68 per day.

In before Circus Circus is demolished.

What is the fee for replacement keys at other MGM properties? That is an lol joke by the way they charge for that. I would not stay at circus circus if they paid me.

The land has to be worth more than the “resort” at this point.

fyp

I heard in Europe they have laws that require them to show the total prices with no hidden fees so if you use a VPN and choose a server in Europe then go to a site like Expedia, Kayak, etc., it shows you the total price including resort fees and taxes.

Also for all kinds of shopping websites, not just travel, they show different prices depending on your location and device.

Or you can take the lazy man's way out and realize the price you see is not the price you pay.

The freakin' Gold Coast resort fee is up to 29.47!

Vegas is no longer an affordable option for many people who want to vacation on the cheap. Why would someone choose Vegas over many of the other tourist destinations available if prices are relatively similar? Just about every major city in the world has some type of gambling available now as well.

I dont have a problem with the resort fee or any fee as long as it is completely transparent. IE it doesnt matter to me if the hotel is $200 a night or $150+50$ resort fee as long as I know.

What is complete bull*** is the fact its so hidden most of the time.... No idea how the resort fees are not illegal. Couldnt be any clearer that it is intended to make people think their hotel price is cheaper and then slap with a bill at the end of their stay

Can you provide an example of a hotel that does this? It may have been true in the past, but I never see it not disclosed before booking.

I mean is there really anyone nowadays that hasnt heard of resort fees and are just completely blindsided by them? Also who doesnt check at the very end of booking online what the grand total is going to be before booking???

Its always talked about on the news, online, etc

They are total bs fees (thanks MGM!) but i find it hard to believe there is still people that dont know at least a little bit about them

My dad just came out to Vegas to visit me & he had never heard of resort fees until last week. He lives in the Midwest.