April 9, 2014
Day #2 - April 1 - Stacy and I had a chance to get a bit more acclimated. We wanted to get our F.O.R. You work
completed so we set alarms and woke up to do so. It turns out that the hotels in Las Vegas do
not offer free internet. We both tried
to get our phones’ hot spots to work and they wouldn’t even connect. The
bandwidth was way too slow in the room.
Well, it was time to grab our computers and explore our hotel for a
place where we could get a meal and get some work done.
The
Paris was a beautiful hotel/casino that looks like you are wandering through
the streets of actual Paris with décor and painting to create this
ambiance. We found a small diner called Cafe
Belle Madeleine where the
sandwiches were delicious and the prices reasonable. They didn’t have internet so after a meal we
wandered out to the casino floor. Stacy
put $5 in a quarter machine and won $250 within 10 minutes of playing. We cashed out and went back to our room to
get ready for a free FAM show.
Travel agents are often invited to see shows for
free so we can experience them and tell our clients who are booking trips
through us all about them. On Tuesday we
went to the Flamingo Hotel and saw The
Legends show. We sat right up next to the stage. It was a great show that was very
entertaining, with a Michael Jackson that knew all the moves and a very entertaining Marilyn
Monroe. The woman who played Tina Turner
did an awesome job.
After the show, Stacy and I decided to head
somewhere to find a drink and/or dinner.
We checked out Margaritaville and walked through the new LINQ
nightclub. We ended up at Toby Keith’s
Bar and Grill since we both love country music.
We ordered our first drinks and noticed they were very strong. Next we ordered appetizers and a second
drink. I highly recommend trying the
Mason Dixon and Mac and Cheese Balls. They were both very delicious! We decided to stay and listen to the band
that was playing that night (and just in case Toby showed up, which he didn’t). Well, we met so many people there in the bar
from all across the United States and the drinks and music and dancing were so
much fun that we stayed until they closed it down at 2am. Leo, the bartender, was awesome also as he
charged up our phones for us and only used them to take a few pictures.
Tomorrow we will pay for closing down the bar but we
had an amazing time. I only launched
Stacy out of her wheelchair once on the way back to Ballys.
Travel Tip: The
internet in Las Vegas sometimes costs money and is often not fast enough to do
your work.
Travel Tip: FAMs
are a great way to become familiar with “product” as a travel agent.
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