hello tangerineys from the las vegas strip. This video is a continuation on what not to do in
las vegas where we're telling you some things to avoid scams, some things you might not know about
the strip, and casinos, and basically how to avoid ruining your trip in vegas. This is part of our
ongoing series on las vegas. If you want to see more videos just like this one please subscribe
to our channel. And let's get right into it. The first thing is don't be that guy who rents a power
scooter when you don't really need it and then proceeds to mow people down trying to get around
the strip or take the thing down an escalator. Just don't be an idiot, don't be an asshole, nobody likes
that guy. When you come to vegas you can expect to be tipping for just about everything: for drinks
when you're gambling, for the bellhop, for the maid, things like that. So you might think oh i need to
bring a ton of small bills with me but what not to do is don't worry about that because there
are bill breakers all over the place in every single casino that will do it for you for free.
You put in a 20 bill, it will spit out four fives. You put in a five dollar bill it will spit
out five ones. They generally double as an atm. If you were to pull cash out of the atm that's
going to charge you a hefty fee. But if you just want change, you put the bill in and it'll spit
out that change for you, no cost. You might be wondering why you don't see that many vlogs
and videos from inside casinos and that's because just about all of them have policies against that,
Especially when it comes to table games. I remember one time we were at the mirage and
jordan sat down to play blackjack. I pulled out my phone to text someone, or do something, who knows,
And immediately they told me to put it away because they don't want it out at all! They
don't want you recording, taking pictures, tracking anything, looking anything up, just put your phone
away if you're at a table game and definitely don't record unless you want to find yourself
in some trouble. The next thing is it's going to be very tempting to cross the street where it's
most convenient because you're already doing a ton of walking all over the strip, it's huge!
But do not do that, don't cross anywhere that there's not a crosswalk or a pedestrian bridge
or you're going to get huge jaywalking tickets. When i was new to vegas, one of the
first things i wanted to do was go to fat tuesday and get a huge drink! You were about to slap me in the face!
Fat Tuesdays! [Laughter]
Oh yeah, I think that's the biggest bucket list item. Uh-huh. You have to go into one of those
places and get an obnoxiously large drink. That's just a crazy thing that you can do in vegas like
walk around the strip, walk outside of it too. But what not to do is don't go overboard with that because it
is a fast track to the worst hangover of your life. Because they're a huge sugar bomb, they're filled
with artificial colors and everything like that. So go ahead and indulge just, you know, proceed with
caution because they do have a lot of alcohol in them. Next thing not to do in vegas is try to buy
"stuff" aka illicit substances. Unless you want to have a good time. I'm just kidding. No
no no no! Jordan what are you saying? Because this has not happened to us because we don't
go trying to buy that type of stuff. But basically not only is it illegal to buy "stuff" but also we've
heard tons of stories of undercover cops posing as dealers trying to trap people and arrest them.
So you definitely don't want that to happen to you. The next thing you shouldn't do is don't be afraid
to strike up a conversation with the person next to you because i've made some great friends in
las vegas. Some of my favorite people that i've ever met i met right here on the strip. And the
great thing is, people are coming to vegas from all over the world so you'll meet people from
literally every country across the world. Where else can you go that you have an opportunity
to make international friends like that? If you're new to vegas, if you're new to being in the casinos,
you might see a chair turned around or leaned against a machine and you might think that you're
helping out by putting it back to the way it's supposed to go. But this is actually how people
save their spot like when they're going to the bathroom or something to keep their machine. So
basically just don't touch the chairs even though you think you're being helpful. There's plenty of
casino employees that would fix and put things back to the way they're supposed to, especially
during these times when they're staffed up to be cleaning the machines and everything more often.
If you're walking around the casino and you happen to see that a slot machine has money left in it
don't go cashing those out, that's against the law and you can get into trouble for doing that.
Even for something as simple as like 25 cents or 10 cents, it's illegal so if you want to
play that machine you can cash it out, just leave the ticket there, don't take it. Next thing not to
do is stay off strip. Like you're looking for an airbnb or a hotel that's off strip to save some
money if you're intending to spend most of your time on the strip. Because after all things shake
out you really aren't going to be saving that much money considering you're going to be having to pay
for ubers to and from. And we've told you guys before in another video how to get free
rooms in vegas, where most of the time you would just be paying resort fees. Which would be about
the same cost as that airbnb or off strip hotel. Not to mention all the time it's going to cost you
in transportation and all the back and forth. We're gonna link a video right here where we talk about
how to get free rooms in vegas, where basically you would just be paying the resort fee and we also
have a few tricks for avoiding those resort fees altogether. So we honestly suggest looking for or
using our tips to get a free room on the strip or trying to find a hotel that's a little bit cheaper.
And for clarity, when she's talking about staying off strip she's not saying staying at one of these
hotels that are a block off the strip like vdara, or the signature at mgm, or the trump international.
Ones like those. It's gonna be pretty easy to get to the strip from those. Yeah, not too much
walking involved. We're talking about the ones that are like a 15-minute drive away or something that
walking would be totally out of the question. Some people might not agree with this one but we think
it's a huge mistake to rent a car if you're only planning on spending your time on the strip. If
you're wanting to rent a car to go to the grand canyon, or the hoover dam, or something else that's
off strip, it totally makes sense. But for the time that you're going to spend walking from your hotel
to the parking garage, the travel time, and then parking at a new parking garage, then walking to
whatever your destination is, you basically could have just walked to that place in the first place.
And really, ubers and lyfts are not too expensive to get from one side of the strip to the other.
Yeah, and these hotels and parking garages are absolutely enormous so it's probably a way longer
walk than you would ever think it is. And renting cars in vegas is generally pretty expensive. You're
going to save a lot of money just ubering or lyfting to get around the strip. Not to mention
like most people, you're probably going to be drinking while you're in vegas and
just drinking and driving, no. Bad. Don't do it, don't even try to put yourself in that position. Speaking
of transportation though, you might be thinking "well i'll just cut down on my transportation costs
by taking a bus up and down the strip. One option is called the deuce, it's a double decker bus.
In our humble opinion, we say don't do that. Because, especially on weekends and holidays, super busy times,
it's going to take so long to get from point a to point b because they're making so many stops. One
time, we were going from the strip to fremont and fremont to the strip and it took like 90 minutes
when in a car or in an uber it would have taken like 20. So it is a way to save money but it
could be a way that you waste a good chunk of your day that you could be doing other things.
One of our favorite things about vegas are the buffets. There's nowhere else in the world that
we go to buffets, but here, we seek them out. What not to do is go for the cheapest ones. We've heard
nothing but bad things about the buffet at paris, at mgm grand, and excalibur. In fact, i've eaten at
the excalibur one, it's no good. Because paying a little bit more you can get way higher quality!
For example, one that's still a budget buffet but it's good, in my opinion, is mirage. If you
want to a little bit of step up from mirage head over to Aria. If you want a step up from Aria,
one of the best - Wynn. We love the Wynn buffet! Even when we leave the Wynn buffet, we're already
like "I want to go back there already" but we're bursting at the seams because you're trying to
eat as much of it as possible, it's so so good! But yeah, spend a little bit more money. Maybe
promote their casino credit program saying casino credit isn't just for high rollers it's for low
rollers too. Well, my recommendation is to avoid gambling on casino credit. I think that's an
expressway to a bad track in life. Yeah because you're going to end up in debt and i
think it's totally wrong that they're branding it like that. Like you can be like a high roller too!
The difference is high rollers have the money. The average person, your average low roller, even us,
If we're gambling on credit, thousands of dollars, that's money that we don't have to be gambling. So
just steer away from that. Use the money that you have, gamble responsibly, obviously. I think
casino credit makes sense as a high roller. For example, you get a credit line of $50,000 or
something like that and you're playing a hundred dollar a spin slots. Imagine if you didn't have this,
how many $100 bills you'd have to feed into the machine just to be able to play for a little bit.
Instead, you go get your casino credit, you put a $50,000 ticket into the machine, and then you're
good to go for a while. So in a case like that i think it makes sense. I mean, these are way
bigger numbers that we ever deal with. Oh yeah, but basically, just don't do the credit thing because
it's so easy to get carried away and lose sight of the actual money that's going through the machine
because it's all digital and everything. Really, just whatever you put in the machine, expect to
lose. The next thing not to do is go to the nicer, higher end luxury casinos expecting that there
will be better odds while you're gambling. There will not be. For instance, we go to Wynn.
We really like going to Wynn and gambling where we can get really nice high quality complimentary
drinks while gambling. Free drinks while gambling. But we always lose our asses there because
the machines have way worse odds, maybe not way worse, obviously the house
always has an edge but they definitely have worse odds than some of the lower end casinos.
If you are looking for the best odds, you're gonna have to go off the strip, basically as far away as
you can with the exception of the airport. We hope this video helps you have an awesome time in vegas
not lose money, and not get scammed while you're here. If you're interested in watching more videos
about vegas, we're going to link a playlist of all of the ones that we've made with money saving tips,
how to get free rooms, and things like that. We'll link that on the end screen here in just a second.
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