hi guys welcome to another episode of
ultimate bucket list and in this episode
in a slightly different twist I'm going
to be telling you how to do Las Vegas on
a budget and on the cheap now guys I'm
currently sat against my window in my
lovely Suites here in the stratosphere
hotel and in this video I'm going to be
giving you ten tips on how to make Las
Vegas a bit more cost-effective because
let's face it guys
Vegas isn't cheap it's certainly a lot
more expensive now than it used to be
certainly a lot more expensive than when
I first came here but here are my top
ten tips on how you can save money
whilst you're here in Las Vegas the
first tip is to pick the right time of
year to come the cheapest times to come
to Vegas are generally July August and
mid-december to Christmas if you can do
Las Vegas in any of those times I
guarantee everything is going to be
significantly cheaper the hotels the car
hire the attractions everything's got to
be significantly less money than every
other time of the year the only
exception to that rule is if there's a
convention in town Las Vegas is
convention city and if there's a big
convention on such as the SEMA show
which does the cars or the shot show
where they have guns everything's got to
be significantly expensive and hotel
companies know this so pick the right
time of year to come and I guarantee
that would shave about 50% of the cost
of a general hotel stays a new car haze
etc the second tip is to pick the
correct hotel now what I mean by that is
do you need a rooftop pool do you need a
suite do you need all the bells and
whistles what are you happy with just a
basic room figure out what you can and
can't live without and pick a hotel
accordingly now the best tools are used
to find the hotels for your time of year
is to just google it literally literally
type in hotels in Vegas and punching
your times and Google generally finds
the cheapest hotels yet you could use
other pricing
some websites but I find that Google
does just as good a job if not better
especially if you're not bothered where
you want to stay use the Explorer
function on Google and you can actually
see on the map roughly how much is going
to cost you this saves you so much time
and it will save you a lot of money once
you are picking the hotels try and avoid
staying here on weekends if you can get
away with staying here between Monday
and Thursday
those are significantly cheaper than
Friday Saturday and Sunday so bear that
in mind if you're only going to be in
Vegas for a few days if you are going to
be in Vegas for two weeks make sure that
you only stay for the one weekend and
try and stay for as many weekdays as
possible the difference in price and
hotel rooms between Monday to Thursday
and Friday to Sunday is immense almost
50% more sometimes even 100% more so if
you can't stay from Monday to Thursday
definitely do it tip number three watch
out for Resort and parking fees so let's
say that you found the hotel it's got
everything that you want and it's at a
price that you are happy with but watch
out
Las Vegas hotels are known for charging
resort fees this is basically an add-on
fee per night that you stay and they
charge you for stuff that you basically
get in every hotel for free anyway it's
a bit of a cash grab and unfortunately
it's the scourge of Las Vegas every
Hotel seems to be doing it so be wary of
the resort fees believe it or not I'm
staying here in the stratosphere and the
resort fees actually more than the cost
of the actual room when I figured it out
it was still cheaper than every other
place in town hence why I'm staying here
even with the resort fee the other thing
you've got to watch out for is parking
fees Vegas hotels never used to charge
for parking but as the years go by more
and more hotels are charging for parking
your car so if you are in a high car
like myself try not to stay in a place
that will charge you for parking because
that quickly adds up fourth tip don't
gamble what hang on I'm in Vegas I'm
supposed to gamble right
think about it look at this place this
place is immense it was built on losers
lots and lots of losers or the casino
games are rigged in their favor and the
only way to guarantee that the casinos
don't take your money is if you don't
gamble they can't take your money if you
don't put it on the line in the first
place
tempted by that slot machine don't slot
machines are the worst thing you can
possibly do so avoid those like the
plague yes I know the progressive
jackpots is 10 million dollars I doubt
you'll hit it tip number five don't buy
anything from a casino what I mean by
that is if you need things like water
deodorant plasters medicines yes there
is a shop on site in the casino that
will sell you those things at a massive
markup casinos are money-making machines
and that extends to the shops that they
have on sites if you want to save money
literally walk out of your casino walk
across the road to the nearest shop and
buy all your stuff there I guarantee
you'll pay half the price that you will
if you were to bite in a casino like I
said I'm in the stratosphere at the
moment all I have to do is walk across
the street to the nearest CVS and
everything that's in the stratosphere
shop is literally half to a third of the
price so bet on in mind if you need
supplies don't buy from a casino number
six avoid the buffets and restaurants
now I know Vegas is famed for its
all-you-can-eat buffets and yes the
quality of food is pretty much amazing
but for your 37 38 39 40 50 dollars can
you really eat that much or you can eat
buffet sound great in theory but most of
the time you won't be able to eat not
nearly an eighth of what they're
offering is it worth the $50 to eat once
I would suggest so no unless you have a
bottomless pit of a stomach I would
avoid restaurants I would avoid or you
can eat buffets the only exception to
the rule is if you have a buffet pass
now various casinos will sell you a boy
they pass where you can visit the
buffets many times as you like within 24
hours for a set cost this then works out
significantly cheaper than to just go
and paying you $50 you can actually get
several in a single day
this works are significantly better but
it's still pretty raw deal
number seven transports avoid cabs if
necessary cap drivers here in Vegas who
love to rip people off
most cab drivers will find a way to
elongate the journey this includes
driving on the highway or going around
some back streets that they know will
take longer cab rides can add up fairly
quickly so the best thing to do is use
public transports yes there are buses
running all the way up and down the
strip all the way up and down downtown
and I bought myself a pass literally
with my phone for $20 this is three days
worth of transport that won't even get
you one single cab ride here in Vegas
but it can get you three solid days of
transports if you're prepared to wait
for a bus I know I know it's painful
waiting for a bus at times but you're
thanking me for when you still have
money in your wallet if you are staying
in a casino that has a monorail station
attached to it I highly recommend taking
that instead three days will cost you
about 28 dollars and the monorail is
significantly faster and they're
significantly more of them 24 hours a
day so I'm currently not staying in a
casino where the monorail otherwise I
probably would have got one of those tip
number eight don't buy alcohol the strip
is littered with places that you can buy
alcohol but they are significantly more
expensive than actual bars so how do you
drink for free or at little cost hang
around a slot machine seriously every
casino has cocktail waitresses and so
long as you tip a dollar two dollars for
every drink she'll keep coming back you
can order whatever you like any
alcoholic drink within reason and all
you have to do hang around a machine tip
a dollar tip two dollars it's a nice
cheap way of getting drunk and it's
significantly less than buying a drink
on the strip number nine
advantage of free attractions now there
is a lot of attractions here in Vegas
quite a lot of them are very expensive
but there's quite a few that are
completely free of charge and if you're
in Vegas and need cheap entertainment I
highly recommend taking advantage of the
free attractions the most famous free
attraction is obviously the Bellagio
fountains they do a water show every 15
to 20 minutes and it's pretty cool to
watch during the day or night
check out the volcanoes at the Mirage
and the Treasure Island pirate ship show
go to downtown Las Vegas and you'll be
entertained with free concerts and a
nightly light show there's lots of other
free attractions to do as well you can
walk around the casinos themselves they
are an attraction in itself and you can
make Vegas very very cheap you just got
to know what to spend your money on and
that brings me to the final tip tip
number 10 spend money doing what you
actually want to do now you've done all
the scrimping and scraping you've saved
a lot of money it's time to spend it on
stuff that you want to do now I know one
of my tips was saying don't gamble but
if you do want to gamble set aside a
budget and if you do lose it don't go
chasing your losses
save your money do things like some
shows I highly recommend the Cirque de
Soleil shows they're pretty awesome and
some of the attractions that you've
always wanted to do save money for them
try not to spend too much money on
things like transport food and
accommodation if you follow these ten
tips guys you'll have an amazing time
here and you'll have an amazing time on
a budget so guys that's a different
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