dinobot;103465 wroteI know there is a million, but I am wondering how to have the best Vegas experience on a shoestring.

I am working a lot over the holidays. For example, I worked 16 hours Christmas day, 16 Boxing day, and will do 14 on New Years day, in addition to regular shifts. All said and done, I will work 100 hours in this pay period, and many of them will be at double and even triple time. The union sucks most days of the year, but they gets me paid come the holidays.

Now, I know the government is going to take a nice chunk, but I should still have a nice cheque when I am done. I was hoping to take a few days off, and make my first Vegas excursion. I don't have a ton of money, and will be seeking out the cheapest package possible. Basically, I want to have as much poker playing money as possible, and am willing to eat terribly, and live a meager existence in the meantime.

Haddon, feel free to fill me in here, seeing as how you lived there(possibly).

So cheap restaurants with passable food, which casino's have the best, and free(est) booze, recommended hotels, on the safer end of filthy. You get the idea I hope.

Cheers

All booze is free as long as your playing. It's been over 20 years since I"ve been to vegas so I can't help you much. But I have found you can always find cheap buffets and other things to do. I found a cheap hotel to stay at (which is long gone) and stayed for almost a month when I went. I would recommend looking through hotel web sites and expedia and travelworm. When previously looking at going you can see large differences between them. From what I recall the Sahara comes up as one of the cheaper places to stay. I'm sure others can fill you in more.