Hey there world travelers, hey there, I'm Tanya and I'm Dave and we are Turn It Up
World. Today we're gonna be talking about the Las Vegas reopening and our full
reopen week experience and what you need to know before you go
Yes, so Dave and I were actually in Las Vegas for the reopening we had about a
full week to enjoy the reopening of Las Vegas but at the same time we noticed a
lot of things that we figured we want to share with you guys so that if you're
planning to go to Las Vegas anytime soon you know what to expect when you arrive
First up the hotels and check-in process when you drive up in your car you'll
notice you can either self park for free which is awesome pretty much all
all free parking now on the Strip which is amazing or you can also do valet
service at most of the casinos now they've definitely taken extra
precautions with Covid around now so you'll notice a lot of cleaning that
goes on with the valet service but that is an option if you want to take it, yes the
other thing too is once you're out of your car and ready to enter we thought
initially that they were going to open up all doors for you which is what we
read somewhere but apparently that's not the case we did find out that you at
some places they did open the doors for you other places they had the I
guess the doors kind of rotating doors were just kind of flowing automatically
and in other places you had to do it on your own now what we did notice is right
beyond those doors there were tons of hand sanitizer stations everywhere so that
the moment you opened up the door you can zap yourself with hand sanitizer right
away and it was strong trust me, my hands are dry, my hands are still dry, right and
in addition to the hand sanitizer many of the casinos will offer masks and some
offer gloves as well and actually some places had sinks in there, almost
like you're in like a a bathroom that was right in the casino which is kind of
crazy, that was really cool, go up there with soap, you had basically a whole sink and soap and kind
of a paper towel towel section right there on the floor that was pretty cool yeah, now
once you get through all of that you got your hands all sanitized the next phase
we noticed there were thermal temperature scannings taking place before you
actually get into the lobby now some of them were non-invasive when you just kind
of walk through and it checks your body temperature from like a full body scan
others were basically a little more basic you had to
either put your wrist up to the device to read the temperature or someone would
zap you with a temperature gauge to see what your temperatures like and then
others didn't even have them at all so it was kind of interesting to see the
transition between the different places that had them and that didn't have them, right
now things really varied but once you got through the temperature checks
when they had them right you're on to check-in and you'll notice right away
you get the queue lines at check-in there will be very clear social distancing markings
six feet apart where people are you're really keeping that distance to keep you
from, make you feel comfortable, then when you actually get up to the check-in
person at the counter there will be plexiglass between you and that person to kind of
keep that boundary to better protect you as well, absolutely and what
was cool too is like everything was basically non touch from our experience
you basically had to they put up a little change or a little bin and you put
your information down and your card or whatever it is they take it back and
everything is wiped down to a tee every second they're wiping things down yes
unbelievable, so once you're all checked in and ready to head to your room you
got to get in the elevators, so one thing we did notice stepping into the elevators is
that there is a limitation of four people per elevator they have clear
signs on the walls as a matter of fact some hotels have clear markings along the
floor of the elevator in all four corners numbered one through four where
you're supposed to stand but no more than four people at a time in the elevator
and in addition to all this social distancing, you'll notice that all the
employees will be wearing masks and actually the casinos are requiring the
employees to wear masks, which is from our standpoint we think that's great it makes us
feel safe, yes and also helping you to feel a little bit safer is the hotels
are only operating at about a 50% capacity and that's something that's pretty much
mandated by the Nevada government so just know that this is part of their
first phase it's 50% and as time goes on the next phase is going to be
more but as of right now it's only running about 50% capacity so
it means a little less people and more social distancing, let's talk about the
hotels and casinos now the gambling tables basically from what we saw they
all had plexiglass that really separated between you and the dealer but in some
instances there was plexiglass separating you and the person sitting
next to you as well so a table that might have had six chairs
now only has three with that separation of space and what's important to a lot
of people that are there while they're gambling is they like that free cocktail
waitress service because you're gambling yes we noticed that cocktail waitressing
was still in effect and of course still some places have stronger drinks others
do not And when Las Vegas first reopened many of
the poker rooms were actually closed but as the week progressed many started
reopening and so you can expect actually when you arrive probably most will be
reopened but some may still be closed but just keep that in mind and also so
you're aware smoking is still allowed in the casinos, yes it is, I still have some residue on my hair
now for those of you that love the pool and it's hot in Las Vegas so a pool sounds
refreshing definitely make your reservation early because there is
limited capacity at the pools and this what we've noticed is they're closing
early as well so maybe if you're going some time soon I would contact whatever
hotel you're staying at to verify if you need to make a reservation at your pool
at that hotel pool still and get your name in there because there's limited
space I mean as far as I know from some folks we heard that if you don't make
that reservation early you may not be able to book it for your entire stay so
get those reservations in early, make that reservation, and also though another
point the day clubs at the pools are not open yet as well as the nightclubs, so
nightclubs and day clubs are not open yet and that will be coming in the
future, yes who knows maybe by the time you watch this the nightclubs will be
open, the nightclubs will be open, while the casinos are requiring all their
employees to wear masks we thought it was important to point out that they are not
requiring all guests to wear masks, it's optional yes and they do have signs all
over the casinos throughout saying basically they highly recommend that
guests wear masks it's just not required for them to do so they even go as far as
providing you with masks if needed, right and so expect to see when you're in
the casino some guests with masks and some without, it's just the way it is, so let's
quickly talk about the Las Vegas Strip crowds and what we noticed during our
week stay at the Las Vegas reopening, now I will say that the hotels and casinos, the
ones that are open any way, such as Bellagio, Caesars Palace,
New York New York, Flamingo, Wynn, Encore and others that are open they're running
at about a 50% capacity and that's a max capacity too, in addition to the ones that
are open, there are many that are still closed and they'll be opening up over
time but right now Aria is closed Planet Hollywood, Paris, Bally's
the LINQ and others are still closed and so in terms of crowds on the Strip
they're pretty limited max 25% yeah they really have been running at about a
quarter percent and that's just really interesting to see which really does
allow for you to practice that social distancing being that it's not as
crowded as it is at the moment but that could all quickly change as things start to
open, so let's talk about the restaurants we had a great experience at
many of the Strip restaurants during the week of the reopening but actually we
found the restaurants to be not too crowded they did a great job of social
distancing and all the employees were wearing masks and that really did make
you feel comfortable and they went above and beyond a lot of them too, the QR codes
that they used, there were no menus there were no physical menus they basically
used a QR scanning system so that you can scan the menu onto your phone and order
directly from there so they really put protocols and things in place which
really did make you feel safe, so that about does it for us and just those are
some of the things we think are important for you to know before your
next trip to Las Vegas, but I gotta say we had a great time on opening week, we
really really did and we hope that you take this information apply it to your
trip so that you have a great experience when you're heading out there in Las
Vegas now hopefully you win big but in this
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