Susan Bundlie

<<We ended up getting a very nice room at
the Hyatt, just off the strip for $50.00 a night.

jocelyn
who both loves and hates Las Vegas>>

Yeah, I feel the same way. I haven't been there in such a long time that
it sounds fun now. I don't gamble much, but I love getting a deal and
LV's the place to do that (if you don't gamble!).

I dug around online for HOURS and came up with a $46 room right in the
center of the strip!

Susan





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Kate Green

> I dug around online for HOURS and came up with a $46 room right in the
> center of the strip!
>
> Susan
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Circus Circus used to offer some good deals and they have the amusement
park inside as well now.
LV was the first place I went to in the US and we lived there for a year.
It was a terrible place to take a 17-year-old to. The HS was awful, full of
drugs and gangs. I dropped out but only had one class I was supposed to be
finishing anyway so went to a night school.
Anyway now it's a lot nicer and much more family oriented I think.

kate

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Joylyn

My kids are spoiled with Vegas. Mark played at Mandela bay for 9 weeks
when it first opened, and we went every other weekend for 3-4 days. It
was free, his room was included. It was really cool to stay at that
hotel, to be the first in the room, etc. The girls got used to the
valet parking, the bags being carried to our room, buffets, etc. We
also stop in Laughlin every time we go to New Mexico--same thing, cheap
hotels (Laughlin is really cheap on week days, less than $20 a night,
usually), buffets, valet parking, etc. My parents stop in Laughlin on
the way here and back and we usually drive to laughlin with them and
stay the night and then they head on to NM and we come back home.
Anyway... I recently took the girls to Santa Barbara and Solvang for the
weekend. They were really mad that the hotel didn't have a buffet,
didn't have valet parking and, this really got to them--they had to
carry their own bags to their room. You'd have thought I was abusing
them.

This weekend we are staying 20 miles away at the Hilton in Costa Mesa
for the LLL Conference. They were glad to know they wouldn't have to
carry their own bags. Silly children.


Joylyn

Kate Green wrote:

> > I dug around online for HOURS and came up with a $46 room right in
> the
> > center of the strip!
> >
> > Susan
> >
> >
> Circus Circus used to offer some good deals and they have the
> amusement
> park inside as well now.
> LV was the first place I went to in the US and we lived there for a
> year.
> It was a terrible place to take a 17-year-old to. The HS was awful,
> full of
> drugs and gangs. I dropped out but only had one class I was supposed
> to be
> finishing anyway so went to a night school.
> Anyway now it's a lot nicer and much more family oriented I think.
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> kate
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[email protected]

In a message dated 11/5/02 12:44:00 AM Central Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:

<< >
Las Vegas just looks like a place to toss away large quantites of
cash...or is there anything else to do? With small kids? >>

Now don't tell me you haven't seen all those travel channel plugs for Las
Vegas Shyrley!!!
We've only driven through Vegas without stopping, so I'm certainly no expert.
But from family and friends that have gone, it's a really GREAT place to just
traipse around and be awed by the architecture, something the kids might
enjoy.
AND, I've been told that many casino's have thrill rides that rival any theme
park, and cost less too.
I'm sure you could blow a lot of cash, but I think it would be a really fun
place to take kids.

Ren

Fetteroll

on 11/5/02 11:04 AM, starsuncloud@... at starsuncloud@... wrote:

> But from family and friends that have gone, it's a really GREAT place to just
> traipse around and be awed by the architecture, something the kids might
> enjoy.

Yes! We just went and really enjoyed it without even gambling much. (Video
poker was fun.) Though gambling is where they make they're money, they're
gearing towards tourists. The casinos are much brighter and the air
circulation is good so you don't notice the smokers.

Kathryn says she liked the Atlantis show -- I think it's in Ceasar's Palace
and it's free. (Though there's a motion ride next to it that's thematically
connected but not free.) We didn't even get to the Star Trek Experience but
we did eat at Quark's Bar and did the shops which was fun :-)

The architecture is incredible. Most of the casinos have theme malls with
more incredible architecture attached to them and some attraction. I'm
definitely not a big city, night clubby type person but I enjoyed it. Vegas
is sort of like an amusement park for the eyes.

Joyce

Karin

My husband and I eloped and got married in Las Vegas!
Some friends of ours, a couple, went with us to be our witnesses.
It was the right thing for us to do, we've never regretted it.
It was fun, and we saved our money for the honeymoon.
We went to St. Thomas and had a wonderful time.
So anyway, there's another thing to do in Las Vegas! ;-)

Karin


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> Yes! We just went and really enjoyed it without even gambling much. (Video
> poker was fun.) Though gambling is where they make they're money, they're
> gearing towards tourists. The casinos are much brighter and the air
> circulation is good so you don't notice the smokers.
>
> Kathryn says she liked the Atlantis show -- I think it's in Ceasar's
Palace
> and it's free. (Though there's a motion ride next to it that's
thematically
> connected but not free.) We didn't even get to the Star Trek Experience
but
> we did eat at Quark's Bar and did the shops which was fun :-)
>
> The architecture is incredible. Most of the casinos have theme malls with
> more incredible architecture attached to them and some attraction. I'm
> definitely not a big city, night clubby type person but I enjoyed it.
Vegas
> is sort of like an amusement park for the eyes.
>
> Joyce

Joylyn

They are all pretty much the same.

joylyn

Shyrley wrote:

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> Anyone recommend a hotel in Las Vegas or are they all pretty
> much the same?
> Are they all attatched to casino's?
>
> We want one suitable for a family, near the lights n stuff. Not in a
> dodgy high murder rate area :-)
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> Shyrley
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Robin Yule
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Robin Yule>>

Hi Robin! Thanks for all the info. :) I'm checking out those groups
you mentioned. We're in CA now actually, but it's so SO SO expensive
here... I imagine you know that too!

Heidi mentioned a water problem, and I have heard something about that,
though don't know the details. Do you know the story there?

Thanks again for the info... So if we go I want to stay north... Got it.
Lol :) I do feel better after your informative and glowing review. I
gather in NV you just need to file a notice of intent? I suppose if I
find I'm definitely going to end up there I can at that point dig a bit
deeper into the whats, hows, and wherefores pertaining to the
homeschooling.

Alyce

Robin

Yes, we moved from CA because of the cost of living. We bought so much more house here for the same money, and it was a newer home. I think we doubled our square footage and our environment improved tremendously! Now when we visit CA, it seems so old and yucky looking after living here. Everything is newer here, and so much cheaper. Taxes, gas, fine dining, everything is cheaper and there is more variety.

As far as the water problem goes, Lake Mead is the water source for Vegas, and with the last few years of drought, the lake has gone down drastically. There still are no water restrictions on Vegas yet, and last I heard, they are trying to get CA to stop taking so many shares of the Lake, apparently, they are taking much more than NV is. So at the moment, there is no immediate water problem, and NV is working to insure there won't be one in the future.

Yes, you just file your notice of intent here and you are homeschooling. Easy. There is so much to do here, we have to keep curbing our schedule because we join up for too many homeschooling things!

Next time you come up here, take a drive to the NW area. The W is pretty good too. Also Green Valley, and then there is also Henderson which is pretty large and south of vegas - lots of homeschoolers there too!

Robin Yule


Hi Robin! Thanks for all the info. :) I'm checking out those groups
you mentioned. We're in CA now actually, but it's so SO SO expensive
here... I imagine you know that too!

Heidi mentioned a water problem, and I have heard something about that,
though don't know the details. Do you know the story there?

Thanks again for the info... So if we go I want to stay north... Got it.
Lol :) I do feel better after your informative and glowing review. I
gather in NV you just need to file a notice of intent? I suppose if I
find I'm definitely going to end up there I can at that point dig a bit
deeper into the whats, hows, and wherefores pertaining to the
homeschooling.

Alyce



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