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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Danny Tanner" data-source="post: 1940988" data-attributes="member: 10619">I had to split this up since it was too long, but here's part 2:You say you're not a gambler, but if you're a drinker you might want to consider pretending to be one [a gambler].  What I mean by this is drinks at any bar are expensive, including your run of the mill American ales and lagers.  Instead, pop a $20 into a penny slot machine and either make $.01 spins or pull up the rules to make it seem like you're only studying that specific machine and flag down a cocktail waitress, as drinks are free for gamblers only.  Order whatever beer or cocktail you'd like and within a few minutes she'll bring it to you free of charge.  Of course, tipping is everything in Vegas, so tip her $1 and be on your way.  Or, if you'd like, tip her $1 and ask her for another round.  She'll bring it back to you when you're finishing up your first drink.  Rinse and repeat until you can't stand up or you're ready for a change of scenery.  Even if you do make a few legitimate spins on the slot machine, you're probably still ahead money-wise versus ordering those same drinks at a bar.  Granted, the mixed drinks are smaller, but tipping $1 ten times for ten "free" bloody marys will still grant you more bloody mary than buying a $10 (+ tip) bloody mary at the bar.  Tipping $1 four times for "free" 12 oz bottles of Coors obviously gives you 4x the amount of Coors versus paying $4 (or more, +tip) for a single Coors at the bar.  And hey, if you win at the machine, then it's a win-win for you!  Obviously, you can spend more money gambling and tipping for free drinks than you can just sitting at a bar, so this might not work out for you.  For us, though, it works out great.  We spend the same amount or less drinking in front of a slot machine than we do sitting at a bar, but at least the slots give us some form of entertainment and the potential for winning our money back, possibly even more.  Generally speaking, the free drinks downtown are stronger than the free drinks on the strip, especially at The Bayou, my favorite downtown casino.If you're on a mission to just get obliterated drunk, then skip the fun [or hassle] of the free drinks game and hunt down a Fat Tuesday frozen drink stand (MGM Grand, Miracle Mile Shop, etc, they're every where) and spend $14 on a "yard" of 190 Octane (their strongest drink) + extra liquor shot.  Be careful, though, these are sleeper drinks.  My brothers and I are drinkers, not to say we couldn't be outdone by some of you here, and we had 2 of these (refills are a few bucks less when using the same yard cup) and this resulted in our very own version of The Hangover.I've never heard of The Southpoint, so it's either new or just less popular than the typical casinos in Vegas.  I looked it up on FrontDeskTip.com and see it's got a 50% success rating, but with only 2 submissions, so YMMV definitely applies here.  But, there's what's called the "$20 Sandwich Trick".  When checking into your hotel, the clerk will ask for a credit card and photo id.  What you do is sandwich a $20 bill inbetween the two, making the $20 bill obviously visible to the clerk, but without waving it around in the air, and ask, "are there any complimentary upgrades available?".  If so, they will keep your $20 "tip" and give you an upgrade, anywhere from a better view, to a full blown room upgrade, the latter not requiring you to pay the difference in price.  We have great success with this at our usual spot (Planet Hollywood).  For example, my brother was upgraded from his assigned room in the back of the hotel (facing nothing) to a bigger room with a view of the Bellagio fountains.  People have reported being upgraded from their standard rooms at Planet Hollywood, which go for $100-$150~ per night, depending on the day of the week, to a Panoramic Suite, which is a 2-bedroom, 1,500 (or 1,700) sq foot suite with a view of the complete strip, a room we paid several hundred dollars for per night, still at the rate for their standard room.  It's one of the best tips I've ever received for Vegas.  Not all hotels and clerks partake, so if they don't, they simply hand your $20 back and you're "stuck" in whichever room you originally signed up for.  Either way, in my experience, they're very polite and professional about rejecting your offer.2012 has been the first year in several that we haven't gone at least once, and that makes me very sad.  However, a trip in the spring time is being discussed amongst us at the moment, and I can't wait.  I've been to many places, including outside of the US and as of this summer, a cruise, but Vegas is by far my favorite vacation spot and despite what many people say, you can have a ton of fun without spending a ton of money.  So, I'm totally jealous, even if you are there on business.</blockquote>

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