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November 18, 2010 | Author: VegasGal
Sometimes it’s hard to believe that among the 20-somethings wearing short dresses and spiked heels in Las Vegas, couples are pushing baby strollers and families with kids in tow. Yes, Sin City, is indeed an adult’s playground, but a kid-sized jungle gym [Read more]
Posted in: Family Travel | 1 comment
September 30, 2010 | Author: SoCalGal
Halloween and Las Vegas -- were ever a holiday and a travel destination better made for each other? The Vegas Strip is like Halloween all year 'round, with crazy costumes (and crazy behavior) on display all night long. While almost every US vacation [Read more]
Posted in: Budget Travel, Destinations, Travel News | 5 comments
January 29, 2010 | Author: ColoradoGal
This Gal's still in Lake Tahoe, loving the amazing blue-sky days here in the Sierra Nevada. Yesterday's activity, as part of the SATW Western Chapter meeting: skiing Heavenly. (I know, rough assignment, right?) The Lake Tahoe Visitor's Authority could not [Read more]
Posted in: Destinations | 1 comment
January 28, 2010 | Author: ColoradoGal
This week I'm having a fine time on the South Shore of Lake Tahoe, which straddles the Nevada-California border in the Sierra Nevada mountain range. I'm attending my first Society of American Travel Writers (SATW) Western Chapter meeting, and it's been a great [Read more]
Posted in: Destinations | 6 comments
January 8, 2010 | Author: ColoradoGal
About eight years ago, before my son was born and when my daughter was a toddler, my husband and I escaped to Las Vegas for a romantic weekend getaway. With no concrete plans in mind, we did a lot of exploring of the mega-resorts on the Strip and wandering [Read more]
Posted in: Destinations, Family Travel, Travel Tips | 2 comments
June 10, 2009 | Author: ColoradoGal
On my most recent trip to Las Vegas, I found myself saying to my husband more than once, "Oh, the kids would have liked this!" That's because we happened to take in a handful of family-friendly attractions while we were there -- without our children! I'm not [Read more]
Posted in: Destinations, Family Travel | no comments
June 5, 2009 | Author: ColoradoGal
My husband and I are huge fans of the Cirque du Soleil shows in Las Vegas. Nearly 10 years ago on a trip to Sin City, we bought tickets for Cirque du Soleil's Mystere (at Treasure Island), not really sure what we were dropping a couple hundred bucks on. We [Read more]
Posted in: Destinations, Romantic Getaways | no comments
May 28, 2009 | Author: ColoradoGal
I don't book a hotel room without first consulting the firsthand reviews and rankings on TripAdvisor.com. (I also do a search on Uptake.com, where I blog about hotels, for still more reviews from other sites.) I take all hotel reviews with a grain of salt -- [Read more]
Posted in: Destinations, Hotels | 5 comments
April 7, 2008 | Author: TwinCitiesGal
When I was a kid, long before my first trip to Las Vegas, I heard about the cheap buffets and 99-cent shrimp cocktail Vegas offered. But years later my first trip there was a sore disappointment. Not only did I lose a few bucks, but the buffets were pricey and [Read more]
Posted in: Budget Travel | no comments
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