Q:
We last ran this poll more than four years ago and we're looking to see if you've changed your Vegas visiting habits. This will be highly instructive to us in terms of our own projections of visitor counts this year.
The question is: How many times do you plan to visit Las Vegas in 2019?
As you can see, we altered the trajectory of the selections based on the valuable feedback we received from many of you in last week's poll preview. This is now a three-part poll: The first answer is how many times you plan to visit; the second part is if it's the same as, or more or less than, in recent years; and the third is if the length of visit(s) is the same as, or longer or shorter than, previously.
I's impossible to overstate our gratitude to those of you who offer suggestions to improve these polls. You make them so much better! (And if you missed the recent QoD about the impact these polls have on us here at Las Vegas Advisor and in greater Vegas, you can read it here.)
Finally, thanks in advance to everyone for voting and commenting.
A:
2286 Total Votes
| My visit(s) will be the same length as previous visits. |
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| I plan to visit Las Vegas once this year. |
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| I plan to visit Las Vegas twice this year. |
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| I'm planning fewer visits in 2019 than last year (or previous years). |
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| I'm planning the same number of visits as last year (or previous years). |
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| I plan to visit Las Vegas thrice this year. |
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| I plan to visit Las Vegas four times this year. |
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| I won't be visiting Las Vegas this year. |
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| My visit(s) will be shorter than previous visits. |
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| I'm planning more visits in 2019 than last year (or previous years). |
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| My visit(s) will be longer than previous visits. |
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| I plan to visit Las Vegas five times this year. |
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| I plan to visit Las Vegas seven or more times this year. |
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| I live in Las Vegas. |
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| I plan to visit Las Vegas six times this year. |
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| I visit Las Vegas once every two years; I visited last year, so I won't be going back till next year. |
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Analysis
Obviously, most visitors are sticking to their regular schedules for their visits to Las Vegas: The length of visits for nearly 1 in 5 respondents will remain the same.
But more people are planning fewer visits than in previous years than are planning the same number of visits. We didn't ask why in the survey, but by reading the comments, one might infer that all the fees, reduced comps, and Boyd's new players club situation are discouraging visits by regulars and long-timers. Only 3% of those voting will be making more visits than in previous years.
Interestingly, virtually the same percentage of respondents will visit once as twice in 2019. The numbers for three, four, and more visits drop significantly from there.
Finally, only 1% of respondents live in Las Vegas. The nature of the poll certainly discouraged Las Vegans from voting, but it still shows that most of our readers and participants are out-of-towners -- which has held true for our entire existence.
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