{"id":840198,"date":"2023-03-24T08:00:18","date_gmt":"2023-03-24T15:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/vegas-with-an-edge\/?p=4580"},"modified":"2023-03-24T08:00:18","modified_gmt":"2023-03-24T15:00:18","slug":"splurging-in-vegas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/blog\/splurging-in-vegas\/","title":{"rendered":"Splurging in Vegas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I don’t know about you, but I built up a lot of unrequited Vegas energy during the pandemic. I also saved a lot of money by not paying for plane fares, hotel rooms, restaurant meals, shows tickets, drink tabs, Raiders seats, and gambling during the 2-1\/2 years that COVID kept me away from the Promised Land. For a guy who visited Las Vegas three or four times a year for a week at a time, I was in severe withdrawal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My first trip back to Vegas was in June 2022 and I went all out. Vegas is a great place for a nice splurge for any reason under the sun, so here are some things you might want to consider treating yourself to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

I got right into the swing of things with first-class airfare. Coming from the east coast, with the long flight, the time change, and the early start to the day, I usually arrive in Vegas exhausted. Stretching out a little and getting a few hours of halfway decent sleep on the flight were worth it for the extra energy to hit the ground running in Vegas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I then splashed out on an Executive Theatre one-bedroom suite at the Palazzo. These digs came with a media room, karaoke, pool table, whirlpool tub, elliptical machine, and five TVs. I used to be a “live-out-of-your- suitcase” kind of guy, but in recent years, I’ve enjoyed unpacking and really getting settled in my home away from home for a week. It was also cool to for hanging out, having a few drinks, shooting some pool, and watching the NBA Finals before going out for the evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Summertime also means WSOP in Vegas. Now, my bankroll isn’t in Main Event territory, but some events have entry fees as low as $300. If you’re splurging, there’s something at every price point if you want to take a shot at a gold bracelet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The summer, of course, is also pool season. The Venetian has some awesome cabanas, the grandest of which has plenty of indoor space, its own bathroom, and a private plunge pool. Prices vary depending on the day, but some of the cost goes toward a food-and-beverage minimum that’s not hard to meet if you’re spending the whole day there with a bunch of people. You’ll feel like a king with a VIP-style velvet rope blocking off your space from the rest of the pool crowd. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Venetian has several splurge-worthy restaurants, but CUT steakhouse may offer the biggest splurge of all: Japanese Wagyu beef. Trying it was a bucket-list item for me and the marbling on this steak was unique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Actually, the whole week was a bucket-list checkmark for me. And once it became a fond memory that I saved up for years to relish, I could go back to my more frequent — and frugal — Vegas ways.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I don’t know about you, but I built up a lot of unrequited Vegas energy during the pandemic. I also saved a lot of money by not paying for plane fares, hotel rooms, restaurant meals, shows tickets, drink tabs, Raiders seats, and gambling during the 2-1\/2 years that COVID kept me away from the Promised […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":2412,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1083],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840198"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=840198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840198\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=840198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=840198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=840198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}