Resort fees put cramp in fun

It is awful how casinos offer comped rooms and tickets to shows, then want to charge $35 plus tax per night for the comped rooms.  That is what happened to me with the Monte Carlo.  Comp tickets to see Cher, but with the resort fee, it isn't that much more to buy tickets to see her, plus I have seen her before and wasn't that impressed, but for free, I would have gone again.  

Casinos don't care as long as others are willing to pay. That is the long and short of it.

Casinos love customers who want to see their shows for free. Doesn't every business just bend over backwards for those type of clients?

I think the issue is that it is a scam to send out an offer to some offering something free but then chargeing them for their "free" gift.  In other words, it is not an upfront and honest way to do business. There is a long history in this country of Federal and State government going after companies that make offers like this.  Those Free Credit Report compaines are always getting busted. 

Getting customers in the door to play in their casinos is the main objective.  It is called incentive and now I have no incentive to spend my gambling money at a MGM property.  Plus usually when you are offered free tickets to a show, it usually means that ticket sales are not going that well and they would rather it appear that the show is popular by having people in the seats.  They are called perks for spending your money there and yes casinos should bend over backwards to get people in the door, especially with all the competition nationally.

You are thinking in the past. For years, everything in a casino existed to induce someone to gamble there.

Shows and restaurants were loss leaders. That era is gone. Resorts figured out they have better margins getting people to drink and eat than to gamble.

People with $50 to play slots bitch about $5 parking fees. The people willing to drop $500 on a $30 bottle of liquor don't.

The days of small time players getting free rides are ending. Enjoy them while you can.

It's not that I agree.with the change,it's that I recognize it and adapt.

Its key that your offer includes the "complimentary resort fee" clause.   Cosmo,Golden Nugget, Tropicana are pretty good about waiving it based upon offers I get.   And I dont have much playing history at any of these  

I get that at Treasure Island also.  

Just received an email offer (along with tens of thousands of others undoubtedly) for $109 rooms plus waived resort fees for the majority of nights in Nov/Dec/Jan, incl some weekends. Granted this is low season but factoring in everything, if I lived closer instead of on east coast, I'd be all over this. That'd put their rooms barely above the likes of Paris and PH.

So far as the Cher perks are concerned, MyVegas is virtually giving away 2-for-1's

Which is why my trips to Las Vegas have gone from four times a year to one.