OK, so I was browsing along the net a few days ago and came across the $20 Sandwich trick web page which pretty much tells you how to get a free room upgrade when you arrive at check in at select hotels in the Las Vegas area.

Basically you grease the front desk staff by placing a $20 between your ID and your CC when you hand it to the front desk clerk and they will do their best to see if there are any ‘complimentary upgrades’ available.

On the Front Desk Tip webpage there are some pretty good stories I would suggest you take a read for yourself and you might have found the best $20 you can spend on your next trip to Las Vegas.   I’m sure this trick has been around for a long time and I’m definitely going to see if it works on my next trip to Vegas in April 09.  Until then, just monitor people’s success rate on the Front Page Tip web page.

**Update**

I just got home from my 7 nights in Vegas and during that time we stayed at 3 different hotels.  I only wanted to try to $20 trick at the Excalibur because I had purposely booked a crappy low-end room hoping that I could simply slip the desk clerk a $20 a get upgraded to the new flat screen rooms.

So there I was waiting in line, getting the $20 all nicely folded between my license and my CC.  I walk up to the desk clerk, a middle aged women named Remosa or something hand her the $20 sandwich and made small talk,  asking her in there were any upgrades available to the nice Flat screen rooms.  She takes my CC, starts typing away into the computer not even recognizing the $20 bill sitting in front of her.  She goes on to tell me the rooms are $30/night extra to upgrade and I ask if there is anything she can do for us and basically the best she could do was an old crappy room with a decent view.  We at least had a strip view in a medieval styled room.

So after she books us into the crap room, she then bills us a $5/day ‘resort’ fee and asks to take it from my $20 or the CC sitting in front of her.  I tell her to take it from the $20 and then I don’t bother tipping her at all because I don’t think she even understands the concept or she would have made a quick 3 hours salary in about 3 minutes by trying to help me out.

My standard room and failed attempt at $20 Sandiwch Trick @ Excalibur

Oh well, back to the drawing board.  I guess I’ll try this trick next time at a hotel where the desk clerks are used to being tipped.

Cheers,

Alfie11

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So you’re under 40 and you want to rock? You’re in Vegas and you want to rock? You want to party like a rockstar or see some rockstars then you must visit the home of rock; the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Vegas.

Hard Rock Hotel and Casino

The Hard Rock is arguably one of the coolest places in Vegas for the younger crowd and they have must visit clubs, restaurants, and of course the casino. Head out there on a Saturday night and you can catch happy hour down at the Pink Taco, a little Mexican type of bar/restaurant that serves up half priced apps (4-6pm) and they have some of the cutest servers in town.

Pink Taco Hardrock Las Vegas

Head back into the casino and throw some dice or put a few bucks down on the roulette wheel. The drink service here is great, which means no long waiting to get that next Corona as long as you’re gambling.

Hard Rock Casino Entrance Las Vegas

Want to catch a good concert, then check out the upcoming events list at The Joint, no not stuff you smoke, but the Venue where all the top acts play at when they roll through town. We were lucky enough to see The Raconteurs play there back in April and it was easily the best Rock show I’ve ever seen. The beers are pricey $5-6, and the lines are long so grab two at a time.  On Sunday’s you want to check out the weekly pool party called Rehab if you want to be surround by the cream of the crop when it comes to Las Vegas hottest girls.

Las Vegas Rehab Party

Overall, our night at the Hard Rock was one to remember and a destination I will return to on my next trip to Vegas.

Extra Pics:

Hard Rock Las Vegas Elvis Collection

Hard Rock Las Vegas Motorcycles at Entrance

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We got up around noon, went to the Las Vegas Outlet Center south of the airport.  This place is the biggest outlet mall I’ve ever seen it’s well over a mile long and has 130 different outlet stores.  All big brand names are sold there and everything is half the price you would expect it to be.  Only had an hour to grab some stuff but I would be back here a few times through the week to get a new wardrobe, something to take home from Vegas if I can’t take down the casino as planned.

Las Vegas Outlet Center

We were hitting the links at 2:30pm at the Angel Park Golf Course so we drove on up there.  Everything about Angel Park was top notch.  The service staff are friendly, one of the guys bringing carts out offered to put my new spikes in for me while I was getting ready, thought that was good service.  The most impressive part of the day for me was the rental clubs the gave me, brand new Callaway Hyper X Woods and X20 Irons, better than my own clubs from home.  By the end of the day I wanted to buy a set but I though I would just go back to the hotel and try to win some money to pay for them.

Angel Park Pro shop

Got back to the Nugget around 7pm, went down to the Shark Tank to go for a swim.  This is probably one of the best things about the Golden Nugget is their sweet pool, with a shark tank that you can swim around from all sides.  Or just take the Water slide down and go through the middle of the tank.  Great way to relax after a great round of Golf.

Golden Nugget Shark Tank Pool

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Mini Putt Course - Angel Park

We booked our tee-time about one week in advance and booked a twilight time for 2:30pm on the Mountain Course.  They set us up with a cart and some sweet Callaway rental clubs.

View of the Strip from the Mountain Course

The total cost for the whole trip was less than $150 and included:

Twilight Golf including a cart – $75

Callaway Rental Clubs – $35

Range Balls – less than $5

New Spikes for my shoes – $10 plus $2 tip (one of the cart guys offered to install them for me)

Hotdog & Beer from the clubhouse – $8

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