*Where are you staying next time you go to Las Vegas? Comment below!*

Pro-tip. Always go to CVS or Walgreens to stock up on bottled water. You need to drink lots of water in Vegas during the summer especially if you're drinking alcohol. A 1 liter bottle of water will cost you $8-10 in the hotel shop whereas its like $2 at the drugstore.

My friends and I started the “mule” program. Lol. Two people drive to Vegas (from Denver) in the car is water, snacks, booze, a coffee maker, and a cooler filled with quick lunches (sandwiches, salads, etc.) the group that flys in pays for the three dinners and two breakfast. Then, whatever is left over is thrown away (or the booze is given to arriving guest) and the car is loaded up with the stuff acquired during the trip and redistribution happens in Denver. For 6 people we calculated the savings for the group. Nearly 800 bucks. I highly recommend the “mule” program

As an ex hotel front desk employee, I cannot express enough to never go through a third party for any booking of hotel, air, or rental car. If you actually talk to the front desk or go through the website you will always get the lowest price. The site and the employee sees the rates in real-time and can give discounts.

Tip: try to make all your purchases wether food or drink or room at one company.(Mgm ceasars, my choice, etc) and at the end of your trip take all your tickets to the m life desk and get them to add it to your players card as points and it all adds up. Sometimes they will honor even Starbucks or others if you ask. Do all your buying at company and keep receipts to redeem the points!

Gotta tell ya Ruby, I watch a lot of the Vegas vloggers. All of which are great in there own way. But you always have the best info!!! Thank you much for making these videos.

I’ve vacationed in Vegas many times and yet this video was still very helpful. Thanks for the tips, new and old refreshers!

I live in Canada. I’m an underground hard rock miner at a Northern Ontario gold mine. It’s a fly in fly out mine and we work 14 days on 14 days off. So every two weeks I’m off for two weeks. I usually visit Vegas 6-7 times a year. Haven’t been since January but I’m finally booked for third week of August. I almost always stay at Excalibur. Always have a great time, they treat me very well and it’s a great location to go out and about from! I’m looking forward to my holiday! I’m confident it’ll be safe to visit!!

An add on to your tip about booking through the hotels directly: It is the only way to accumulate reward points. When you use a 3rd party site, you lose the ability to accrue reward or comp points with the hotels/ casinos. It might not seem like a big deal on the first visit, but just as an example my family and I went to Vegas for the first time and stayed for 4 days, and didn't know if we would ever go back when booking that trip, so I used a 3rd party site to book our trip. While I was able to save maybe $25 a night, I lost the opportunity to bank nearly $400 worth of points with the hotel loyalty program, so when we did wind up going back less than a year later, we were essentially starting from scratch on reward points.

The tip you gave, which I never knew before watching your video, is that you can get the price of the hotel reduced retroactively by keep checking the website and seeing whether the rate goes down after you even book.

Thanks to your first 3 tips alone, I was able to save $70 on our hotel room for our trip in May. Thanks Ruby!!

I always plan CVS after check in , buy food and 🍸

I am slowly becoming an expert on Las Vegas thanks to the awesome content in your videos. The bars and restaurants at Fremont are certainly worth a trip.

Best advice - stay center strip. Will save lots on taxis & buses. Harrahs is my regular place - good room good price center ice !! Excellent vid

Thanks Ruby! Heading to Vegas next week and I haven’t traveled in a while so this was most definitely helpful! Wish me luck!

Excellent facts and love your videos Ruby... everything you say here is so true- ESPECIALLY about getting water at CVS or Walgreens. First thing I do after I check in is to go there. I usually stay at Paris or Ballys so there is a CVS right in between them two. Just "subscribed" to your channel- thanks again!

This video was well done. I see lots of videos make oopsies but not this one. We could clearly hear you and you numbered each tip and you typed on screen that you saved over $700. Great video. I gave it a like.

Great suggestions! This is such an important topic to discuss! I really enjoyed the video!

If you have a car (I always drive from LA) and you don't absolutely have to stay on the strip, most off-strip properties are so much easier to get in and out of with a car. Not exactly money saving, but maybe stress saving.

Glad to see these videos. I am traveling with an elderly family member and I am always looking for tips!! Thank-you.

Thank you so much for making a point to give tips I haven’t heard before! I had no idea that you could get the price match after booking.

I cannot stop watching you Ruby! I love your video! You're so informative

LOVE ur Tips! Thanks Ruby!

Thank u Ruby for all the informative & interesting videos u do ,,, I really enjoy them.🌹👍🏻🌹

Super great tips, thanks Ruby!

Great video. We usually go to CVS and buy indivdual cereal and milk for breakfast, It cost about $6.00 for two and we bring bananas from home. It does the job.

Most of the large casino hotels do not include a coffee maker in your room. I bought a 1-cup coffee maker on line and found a source for the coffee packets. I just put the coffee maker in my suitcase and then set it up in my room. Super convenient and beats going downstairs and waiting in line to pay $ 6 for a cup at Starbucks !

I may not be 21 yet, but whenever I go to Las Vegas, I will definitely keep this is mind!

Thank you Ruby, great tips.

Thankyou for the travel tips enjoyed your video.

Wow! These tips are soooooo helpful!

7:21 omg hamilton!!!!!! also great tips i’ll definitely be using these for my next trip

Great tips! Imo if you are flying to Vegas instead of paying to check a bag for simply liquor, just save the checked bag fee and go to a liquor store off the strip 👍🏽😃

Very helpful video, great help !

You are awesome!! Love the tips!!!

Hey Ruby, WOW!!! Some realllly great tips. I am very impressed. I think the best tip is buying water in CVS and Walgreens. Keep the videos coming. :) Your the best!

Great tips! Another great tip for people who like to Gamble is it is cheaper to Gamble in the Fremont area. In the old side of Vegas has a lot of cheaper tables for Blackjack, Roulette and Craps. And you can find the old fashioned Coin Slot Machines.

Great tips 😊

These tips are very helpful. I booked the hotel through third party but when I read the tip to call directly the hotel, that saved us few more hundreds of $$!!!. For those who is planning to go see Vegas, make that call and be patient until they answer. It’s worth it🤑🤑🤑😃😃😃.

I was at the Palazzo the week of the 4th of July. We got a 728 square foot suite for 4 nights overlooking the strip on the 43rd floor 620 bucks! That was including Friday night. Grand Lux cafe has the best food!!

thanks!! these are great!

Headed to Vegas next Sunday night(9/6).Can't wait it's been at least 7years,but watching your videos and others had me book it.been planning it for 4months now but was scared to pull the trigger with the covid,booked last week and cost me $430 for airfare and 8nights at the D(thru expedia),wanted to be mid strip and over looking the fountains via the Cosmo but didn't want to drop the $2,000 they wanted.will be going in mid December, will stay there then if everything stays open. Thank u so much for the videos,they really get me pumped for a vegas trip,and are super helpful and will continue to keep watching.and the quality of the videos are awesome .keep up the great work!!

ur doing a great job i like ur vegas videos much better thank you

For breakfasts, we buy for the room, buns, peanut butter, bananas, (individual packets of jam from Costco we put in our luggage), and have tea or coffee in the room with this snack, then we're OK till lunch when we want to eat in a nice restaurant.

Great video!

I never knew you could bring alcohol in your bag lol thanks for the tip that saves a ton . Great video keep up the great work .

Hi! Looking to go to Vegas for the first time and have so enjoyed your videos! Not only full of info but quite entertaining as well. They make me feel like your fun, smart and trustworthy. (all good things...lol) Being mural artists we live on a pretty strict budget but we needed to take a trip to "refuel". Thanks for sharing

Sounds like they are nice rooms too. I like your style Ruby

Love the deals tips

Thanks for sharing

I love seeing people make progress, now you have 56k wow!!

Your videos are the best

amazing good luck..

Checking the rates saved me 100$ thank you!

I’m dieting and I don’t drink so now would be a good time for me to stay at a nicer place! Lol!

Good tips.

Thanks ruby 😎

I like your vids... I go to Vegas often, at least 4 times a year as a card counter and know my way around. I play blackjack at atleast 8-12 casinos per trip and get "backed off" 1-3 times per trip and play off the strip alot. I always rent a car... sounds expensive?... nah... my next 5 day trip car will cost $130 (shop it)... no Uber fees, no shuttle fees, free parking even on the Strip if you know where to go, groceries, booze and emergency items at actual stores (not the Strip CVS or Walgreens) cheap eats, laundry mat access (no luggage fee) visit local sites like Red Rock Canyon etc... most of all I can cram more into a short trip making my Vegas hours count. I know my trips are different than most people but the freedom of a rental car is a great way to save money and enhance a trip to Vegas. I am there "on business" so I eat cheap at off hours that most people don't mention like $5 sushi or broccoli beef chow mein at The Orleans, $4 steak and eggs at South Point, $7 breakfast buffet at Gold Coast, $5 lunch at Ocean 1 etc... so a rental car in Vegas is my best savings tip. I probably see more and do more tourism in a 5 day trip than most other tourists and log at least 30 hours of playing time. Also, if I book a room (non-comp) I go basic rack rate and tip the front desk a $20 bill between my license and credit card asking them to see if they have any more comfortable rooms available... I almost always get upgraded significantly.

We drove and I brought a ice chest and all the essentials and a case of water.

OMG This is so helpful! I went to Vegas 4 years ago and had the time of my life. Hoping to go next year for my birthday! and so true about packing correctly. When I went, I FORGOT MY PANTS! Who does that?! This was in August and had to walk to Miracle Mile Shops in PJs for pants/shorts lol

Have a tip if you rent a car gps the nearest grocery store or walmart buy your snacks and drinks and booze there when you get to your room use the garbage can in you room get ice from the floor put drinks in it. once went to the walgreens for a foam cooler they wanted 12 bucks for a small one crazy. also if you arrived way early take public transportation only 2 bucks be on strip in 15 min same when i go back i catch the bus.

Ill add a tip to your part about people snoring your with. For many years now i have slept with White noise or rain ext. I use my iphone connected to a bluetooth speaker and sometimes i use just white noise sometimes i use rain whatever. However if you're sleeping with someone that has to have it really quiet or maybe that's not enough to drowned out your snoring friends. I actually have a sleep mask that is Bluetooth and it has speakers built into the side of it. Now there are many different types on Amazon so I would try some different ones out first. I would do that before my trip and find a pair that work for you because some of the speakers are thicker and some there are really welcome and so if you sleep on your side some of them will hurt your ears while others are comfy. So then I connect to sleep mask to my iPhone or iPad and play white noise or rain etc. and let me tell you it has help me sleep many times when I was with someone either really noisy or they just got up much earlier than I did.

Booking through the hotel directly has to be one of the worst things you can do. Only time that is a good thing is when you specifically want that hotel properties points/perks. Best way to do it is make an expedia account or a third party account and book package deals (flight+Hotel stay) you will save the most money this way especially if you’re a member with said third party. For example I’ve been to Vegas three times in 2022 (Feb, March, May) and all three times I’ve flown out of Burbank airport and stayed 2 nights and 3 days for two travelers (gf and I) I’ve stayed at The Venetian, MGM Signature and Cosmopolitan and I’ve never paid more than $630 each trip thats round trip and hotel stay granted all three times were during the week but still way cheaper than the prices on the hotels actual website. I’ve even gotten some flight free because of expedia and recently I paid $24 to fly out from Vegas to LA on Expedia

These places are so beautiful🤗🤗🤗

SUPER STUFF~

I miss cheap Vegas from 20 years ago. I moved downtown for my trips now. More affordable & less walking. The D gives me 80$ in free food for gambling 200$ at their casino. I can use food credits at pizza rock and Nacho daddy. Lol🌮🌮😻🌼

Thanks to this video I just saved almost $200 on my hotel my checking the price one last time and calling!! YES! Thank you!!

Pack granola bars for when you wake up And yes happy hrs

Honestly, I don’t travel only to end up eating at places I have back home. But I will do my research into where I can get the best bang for my buck when I go eat. You can save money or get the most for your money outside of food courts.

Thanks

there are numerous trams on the strip...all 3 or 4 bunched hotel/casinos and we now have the underground transportation tunnel...they are making the trams strip long on both sides

I've been checking my room rates before I watched this video. I booked a room a few weeks ago at $270 a night. Not 15 minutes later, the room rate dropped to $245 per night. A quick call to the hotel got me an adjustment. I've watched the rate jump back up to the $250-260 range.

holy crap the one about booking directly with the hotel saved me a lot of money. with the package on expedia for a week it was about 700 bucks and booking directly it was only a little less than 500. Greats tips!

No one talks about the monorail! Its SO helpful but i dont think iv ever seen it in a video like this

Great advice but when you go to Vegas live a little vacations are for indulgence especially in Vegas

I've been to Vegas many, many times and have always found way cheaper rates through Expedia. The caveat is I am Canadian. Upcoming trip for 12 nights at Bally's, Toronto to Vegas direct flight plus 12 nights was $1400 for 2 people. Just hotel for the weekend nights is $350 USD per night! Every time I book through Expedia it's like getting either your airfare or your hotel at no charge. Also for Canadians, be aware that you are comparing Expedia prices in $CDN versus Direct Hotel rates in $USD. What looks like a great deal direct from the hotel might not be once you factor in the exchange rate. This may not be the case for Americans, I would highly recommend Expedia if you are booking Vegas from Canada!

Ruby, you are going to be at Fifty thousand soon!

I disagree with booking through the hotel. I’ve found great deals through Expedia. I’ve stayed in Vegas at top properties for under $200/person a week for flight and room.

I'm rewatching this Vegas tips and tricks videos and you said you're close to 5k...a year later you're at 126k! 🎉

I once was able to book flights and hotel in Vegas for cheaper than what the airline was wanting for just the flight mind you it was palace station and we did change the hotel but still even if I didn’t show up to the hotel the room made the flights cheaper than booking on their own only time I’ve ever saw it

So as a Vegas Local for the past 10 years and visitor for the last 28 years. #1 Tip for saving money in Vegas. DONT STAY AND PLAY ON THE STRIP! This morning my daughter and I had steak & eggs for $6.99 while we played Keno and got free drinks. Right by the Airport.

If you stay at Aria, NY NY or MGM, there's a Denny's on the west side of LV BLVD. My favorite place for breakfast. I just checked and there's 3 Denny's on LV BLVD.

Excalibur has the best food court...Pick Up STIX!!!

When the COVID-19 travel restrictions from Canada end in year 2022, when I don’t have to wear a mask and can socialize normally... I’ll be back at Caesars Palace lying by the pool and bouncing at Omnia.

It is now much harder to "Re-check room rates Frequently". There has been a change to way M Life offers are displayed. Now, after you book a room with an M Life offer, the rates calendar will no longer display the discount rate for the dates of your reservation - showing only the standard (higher) rates for those dates. That makes it impossible to re-check the rates looking for a lower quote.

Great tips thank you. I have one for everyone, 1.5X speed.

thank you for this video it was very informational......You mentioned what you used to do to get a free room he said you would link in the description I must have overlooked it because I did not see it could you please give me the link for the information for that

If you stay in the same hotel you are seeing the show at you get a bonus discount. We try and coordinate that. Day drinking cheapest prices. Flights in miracle mile great prices and strong drinks.

You missed on the Vegas buses, the best deal; the CX (and/or old WAX route). *** Airport to downtown for $2 ***. Route is Airport -> UNLV -> LVBlvd/Trop (MGM/NYNY/EXCAL/TROP) and then takes the freeway pretty much straight to Fremont St This is the **best** way to get from either the airport or south strip to downtown and back; and did I mention it's TWO BUCKS.

The Paris! Next week! ☺️

because of you im moving to vegas

I never packed alcohol in my bag but after the last trip a couple weeks ago, never offered a drink after hours on the floor gambling...so i will just run back to the room, fix a drink and go back. seems painful but when your wagering 1000's of dollars, and been doing it for 30 years, doesnt seem like a big ask to get drinks.

Go to Dollar Tree and get those 'on the go' individual drink mix packets to flavor your water or to make mixed drinks with your checked baggage liquor!

Here in Hawaii there is a travel company that offers $799 package for air fare + 5 nights in a hotel + 3 free meals / day for 5 days (no resort fee when you book with them) I checked airfares in some airlines + hotels, it’s cheaper to book in that travel agency

I got a blister on my foot last trip and needed to buy something to help. At the convenience store at the Luxor, bandaids and neosporin was 15 fkin dollars!

Really good tips. Wish I would have found you before my trip in October 2021. Can you take beer on the plane?

Went to Freemont street stopped at an outside bar bought a round for the family . ABC liquor CVS Walgreens was my go to spot after that

Just discovered your channel and subscribed. Your video editing skill is very good. Please don't be angry but I think you are a cuter version of Amy Schumer. I only subscribe to channels of people who actually stay and spend money in Vegas to support the industry. I try to visit at least 3 times a year from Canada and always try to learn more about Vegas through people like yourself, so, thank you! Good luck with your slots ventures! I just think slots are so boring. I'm more of a poker player.

Long story short, one night in Vegas I woke up in front of a park , no pants, no shorts, missing socks, but somehow still had my wallet and phone .

An annoying issue with MGM currently is that if you've booked a room using a special MGM offer, you can no longer check back on the room using that same offer to see if the rates have dropped (without canceling and risking losing the room). I guess this may be possible by phone, but not on the website.