PROS AND CONS LAS VEGAS ADD A FEW

NEGATIVES

INCREASED AIRFARES
RESORT FEES
RENT-A-CAR PRICE INCREASES
HAPPY HOURS DECLINE IN MOST CASES
INCREASE IN ROOM RATES IN SOME PLACES
BUFFET PRICE INCREASES
PLAY TABLE ON SOME GAMES DECLINE
QUITE A FEW BAD HEALTH REPORTS FROM RECENT INSPECTIONS



POSTITIVES

THE WEATHER IS USUALLY PRETTY NICE
RELAXING
JUST LOVE THE PLACE
DECENT ENTERTAINMENT

Negatives:

Airline prices
Resort fees
Long lines at Buffets/Restaurants
Car rental prices, and upsells at the counter!

Positives:

Comped rooms
Great weather
Desert scenery
Gambling
Decent entertainment - sometimes free
Time off from work

POSITIVES
Lots of hot chicks around.

NEGATIVES
The weather SUCKS! A dusty, windy, boiling hot wasteland in the spring and summer, and a dusty, windy, cold wasteland in the winter. There's probably a few good days in October though.
The city is a complete dump. Don't believe me? Pack a handgun and take a stroll a few blocks east or west of the strip (or you could just go downtown). Yep, it's Western Detriot.

Talk about being bitchy!

I was just about to agree with everything he said (lol).

Pro: It's Vegas.
Con: I'm not there.

Pro: Pretty much everything
Con: I am not able to visit my money often enough. I let them hold it for me between visits.

Pros:
- Still the best gambling in the country if you know where to play.
- Might be the best quality/variety of restaruants in the country.
- Cheap hotels
- predictable weather

Cons:
- The economy rises and falls with one industry
- Unfinished construction eye-soars everywhere
- Car Rental taxes are as much as the cost of the rental itself

Pros: The LVA Gang

Cons: Never get to stay long enough

I don't find that the rental car taxes and fees imposed at McCarran are out of line compared to what's collected at other airports in the country. It's not low, but it's not high either.

Rental car rates in Las Vegas are much lower than average, since so many renters don't drive very far. And so, yes, as a percentage of the total bill, taxes and fees may appear disproportionately high: the $3.75 daily facility fee is a fixed amount, not a percentage of the low rental rate.

On a recent trip to McCarran, looking at my receipt I paid $9.10 a day in taxes and fees on a three days rental with Hertz.

According to a report cited in Forbes, Chicago's airports have the highest daily rental car tax, at $13.95 a day. So if you're in Chicago and upset about Las Vegas' rental car taxes, you really need to realize that the airports in your area are being tougher on renters from Vegas than they're being to you. And I see Indianapolis just upped its own rental car taxes 13%.

New York, Boston, Seattle, and Portland are also rough on renters, all charging the average renter $9.50 to $13.50 a day.

I think Las Vegas rental car taxes get a bad rap. They're not low, but they're not unusually high either, and I think the underlying rates are much lower than in most places, making the overall cost of renting a car in Las Vegas relatively affordable.

Okay, now in the spirit of the original post

POSITIVES
FREE VALET PARKING