It was 30 years ago, on a windy March day in 1984, that a man and a woman arrived in Las Vegas on a plane from Indianapolis, Indiana. It was their first vacation together, and it was only natural that they chose Las Vegas. After all they had met and fallen in love while gambling together at Tonk games at the local Moose Lodge. (The man would always laugh and say he had won the lady in a card game; the lady would explain that he had only won her heart.)
The couple had saved for this vacation, but they looked for the most inexpensive travel arrangements they could find – so they would have more left for gambling. Continue reading

Let’s Get Back on Track
My last blog entry (https://www.lasvegasadvisor.com/frugal-vegas/?p=3436) generated a record number of comments. Now I really love it when a subject produces a good discussion with helpful information. However, sometimes a thread goes off the track and quickly degenerates into personal arguments that upset – or at least bore the majority of readers. I am always willing to allow, even encourage, a diversity of opinion, but the conversation must stay polite and not include personal attacks. You can disagree strongly with someone’s ideas but you can’t call them insulting names.
Comments must also not ramble too far off the original subject. Continue reading →