Also $2400 plus $400 dog minimum= $2800 either way. And how many days in the caribbean and where did you fly from Anon?

We’ll see how things play out.

You could take a big suitcase for the 2 of you. that would help.
Bring your own breakfast stuff to eat in your room or shop at a grocery.

Maybe my DH can gamble, but I’d prefer to avoid it completely. I have a lot of bad memories of being broke and gambling. That and my mom went to jail for it sort of. Well child welfare services because they were running a game out of her house and so they were taken away.

But all in all I’m not against people responsibly gambling. I just am a bit hesistant.

Actually I’ve travelled very lightly before. We went to China with pretty much 2 handcarries for 3 weeks. It was easier. I sort of like packing light. We’ll see.

I’ve been there around the holidays several times, and you can get a lot of free entertainment out of walking the strip and seeing all the various “shows” on the street and in the malls. The Bellagio in particular has the fountains but also usually a great set up inside of Christmas trees or life sized gingerbread houses or something similar.

Downtown can be fun, too. You can see the giant gold nuggets at the Golden Nugget and watch the Freemont Street experience, plus there are a few old school (and much cheaper) spots to gamble in that area.

But honestly I think it would be really tough (or get really boring) to go to Vegas for 10 days, especially on $50 a day per person… For a few days it could work, but after 5 or so I would be about sick of walking around and not being able to buy or do very much of the stuff around me (gambling, rollar coasters, shows, shopping, spas, expensive restaurants…)

If you’re not big gamblers (which you must not be with a “maybe” gambling budget of $100) then I’d just skip that altogether and go for another show. You can see a good show for less than $150 a person, thought, even ones like the cirque de soleil (or however you spell it).

Hope you have a great time! We’re going back in a few weeks (Jan 5) to visit my brother and his family who live there. We’ll be staying with them, so no hotel costs this time! yay!

Saving money short term isn’t worth it to go to the vet long term. And quite a few friends have housesitters but usually it’s other friends. And you really have to to trust them.

MOST people we know do not walk their dogs 3x/day during the winter. We do it 365 days a year. Never skipping a walk. Can you honestly say that you know people who are that responsible like clockwork?

There are pretty much only 3 people we trust to watch our dogs. My two cousins and my BIL and of course our parents. But other than that, we don’t know any other dog owners as religious walkers as we are. And both living in San Diego and the North East.