Jesus Christ!

I've tended to avoid Vegas on the weekends, because I don't like crowds or high prices. There are times, though, when I want to tack one or two nights on to a visit, and in the past, I've just booked a night at Motel 6. I was curious as to what a room there would cost tomorrow night (Saturday).

$132!!!!! (plus tax, which would be about $17 at that rate)

One hundred and thirty-two dollars.

One hundred and thirty-two dollars.

ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-TWO MOTHERBLEEPING DOLLARS! FOR A GODDAMN MOTEL 6!!!!!!!! (PLUS TAX!)

More proof that Vegas is in full-blown gouge mode. Man, will visitors get skinned alive this summer! I expect to see $12 tacos and $10 gas next. I suggest that everyone stay the hell away--why get played and stripped naked?

(This bullshit is a major reason I'm taking a quick comp-fueled trip there next week; I think it'll all be an unmitigated ripoff-fest from Memorial Day on.)

A hunnerd bucks for a Motel SUX? Oh, I'll sleep in my car.In the desert, by Terrible Herbst's.

Cheese and Rice, Kevin! Can't you scream any louder?

I would, too. It's just stupid.

Cinco de Mayo...deals through today.   Unlimited Margaritas at the 6?   Yeah, right.

Hi-way robbery, as "Miss Daisy" would say.

Candy

Wow, chill out folks! Supply and demand. Plan ahead and you won't get crushed. Tons of great deals out there. Many have been crushed as businesses over the past 12 months. Happy to see rates up and I hope most tourists are more than happy to spend their money and have fun! :)

Chill out???  Oh NO!! Some believe the world revolves around them and everything should be as they want and did I mention "Right Now!!!"

I'm sure there's a point to what Marty said. There must be.

Yet Kevin happily gouges when hotel prices are cheap and they are losing money.  If Kevin was selling a used car in today's market, you can bet that he's going to take advantage of the situation and gouge the buyer.

Caesers latest quarterly earnings call said the weekends in Vegas are now booked at a higher rate than before Covid hit....and thats in the context of no convention business.      Clearly the SOuthern California and Phoenix crowds are getting their overdue Vegas fix on the weekends.

Between scarce rental cars and Uber drivers and the crazy room rates it might be good to let things normalize before planning a trip.    I have one penciled in for Thanksgiving-ish but I might do something else if it stays this crazy.

In any event its good for the economy there.

Boiler, in his childish way, doesn't understand that for decades, Vegas casinos didn't directly profit from hotel stays; rather, people who stayed there gambled and ate there, and that's where the profit came from. It worked well, and if people saved money on the rooms, they had more to spend on gambling.

A hotel/casino makes more money from selling even a cheap room than from leaving it empty. DUHHHH, Boiler.

Boiler pisses away thousands on every one of his Vegas visits, because paying insane room rates makes him feel like a man (he boasts about how much he's paying every time he goes). I don't work that way. I don't buy anything, in Vegas or otherwise, based on ego gratification.

Yeah, there isn't going to be any price resistance all summer, and maybe well beyond that (football season, WSOP, etc.). People are just too desperate to feed their addictions. The casinos are experts at ratcheting things up and up to see at what point people stop buying. That point hasn't been reached yet, obviously, despite poor service, high prices, and a lack of transportation.

Need I mention that contrary to what Vegas is doing, the virus hasn't gone away?