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Don’t walk 6 people across slowly on the strip randomly stopping and blocking the walkway

Can absolutely confirm that being a good tipper will make your experience better. They remember you and take care of you. I once stayed at a hotel/casino and tipped the valet really well which came in handy when the valet ended up being full on a Saturday night. The valet remembered me and was like "I'll get you in don't even worry about it" he even learned my preferences. Treat them well, they treat you well.

I never heard the story about bad luck associated with $50 bill and had a good laugh when that particular bill is featured in the tipping segment ... poor valet!

I don't know if it's an unwritten rule or not, but for the love of Christ people, do not stop at the top or bottom of an escalator. There are people behind you who CANNOT stop the escalator and will be running into you. Also, in the same vein, learn at least a little elevator etiquette. Let the people on the elevator get off the elevator before you try to get on.

Any casino worker that won't touch a $50 bill probably won't last very long.

I was a frequent visitor in the 80’s & 90’s and always had a great time. I was single and loved the shows and gambling, especially at Binions. I had to go back in the 2000’s for business and it was changing then. Vegas took good care and looked after customers and for the most part, they didn’t tolerate crap. Troublemakers were taken out the back door and taken care of back in the 80&90’s. Now I have a couple of young grandsons I spend my money on instead of drinking and gambling. It would be awesome to meet Jacob, but I doubt I’ll ever go back since I don’t think I’d enjoy it. Thanks for the video

Unwritten rule: Double check your charges at Circa. They have "glitches" that double charge for rooms

It's obvious that you Love your city! You are doing such a good service for the city and the casinos. I can't think of anyone who could do this better.

First time I was in Vegas we decided to have our hotel hold onto our luggage until we were ready to head out to the airport the last day of our stay. Guy stood there with his hand held out until he said something like "Okay then, thanks" after we gave him our bags and got our ticket. After realizing what was happening I quickly stepped aside and me and my wife grabbed some smaller bills to give as a tip and I immediately stepped in when I had a chance and apologized about it and I could tell he understood and that it's something that happens a lot. I doubt he would have set fire to our luggage or lost it but it's just something I have never done before and the thought of just giving the person a tip wasn't on our radar or thoughts at all. All I could think of in my head was Home Alone 2 where Schneider is expecting a tip from Culkin and got the door shut in his face instead.

I concur about the tipping. I shot craps at one particular casino and ensured that I tipped the pit crew on a regular basis. It was amazing the number of times they would remind me to take odds or make a specific bet. he crew both saved and won for me a fair amount of money. I also tipped the cocktail waitress very well. Never had to wait for a drink or refill. On one occasion I walked up to a packed table and the crew actually asked the other players to make some room for me. It was nice to walk up to the craps table and be greeted on first name basis.

Do NOT buy water bottles from street venders on the overpasses. Especially when they open it up for you. No guarantee those bottles aren't already opened and reused.

Just found your channel. I consider Vegas a beloved home-away-from home. (In fact, many nights I dream of running away from the snow to live in the desert.) Needless to say, this channel is a real treat. Happily subscribed! Thank you! ✨

3:40 this should be just human decency ANYWHERE, lol. When I worked as a store clerk and someone would whistle to get my attention I would tell them I am not their dog

I always assume I'm going to lose my gambling money. There's a reason casinos stay in business.

Very sound advice. It is definitely wise to follow these unwritten rules. Nobody wants to be considered rude, classless, or cheap. Definitely show courtesy, respect, and treat others like you want to be treated. In Vegas it is also important to know your limits with gambling, drinking, eating, etc.

On one of my first trips to Vegas an experienced security person told me there were 2 basic rules for getting along in Vegas: 1. Don't be an asshole 2. Don't make anybody do their job (esp security)

Absolutely spot on. Love the fact that $50 bills are unlucky but later on when you talk about tipping you hand the valet $50. What, did he scratch up your ride? LOL!

Jacob thank you for being you and putting a light on my, our city Las Vegas Nevada. The views you have are more than well deserved.

I've stayed at Aria and Cosmo and you rarely see the same people twice, it's a very gig economy I guess. I'm usually there 5 days for a conference. No problem tipping well but such a revolving door. I had to go to Brooks Brothers to get a shirt and one of the girls from front desk at Cosmo was working there and remembered me! That was nice. Bell desk personnel also changed frequently. The incentive to tip well diminishes rapidly if you never see them again.

You could also have called this one - The COMMON SENSE THINGS to do when in VEGAS! I always enjoy your videos Jacob!

don't live there ... don't have plans to visit .... LOVE your videos!

👍👍! Great informative vid as usual! Great editing, too!👍👍

Lots of great Noob info Jacob. You have put out tons of info over the yrs thanks a bunch. Been awhile since you did a RENTERS guide to vegas like you did yrs as go. Or good neighborhoods for noobs. Short term SAFE monthly rentals. Auto rental info both airport/on strip info. Employment info for noobies. Jobs with highest turnovers. Maybe intvw some new employees or long term residents. Off strip entertainment for noobs. A fitness center/gym guide(both non-hotel and hotel gym), LV weapon info, ranges, laws, (you did a CCW permit vid earlier). Medical/emergency, dental emergency, etc and I think you would do ANY of these subjects the right way. Just some ideas.....Thanks for what you do! Don't quit.

What a great video Jacob! "VEGAS BABY" had me laughing out loud...

I was in Vegas in April for a once in a lifetime trip. Ever since then, I've been trying to figure out how to afford it twice. Here are some things I observed. I was playing craps for the very first time in my life. I told everyone that I was a newbie. When it was my turn to shoot, I held the dice in both hands. The table went ballistic. They knew I was new, but two hands is a great way to do a dice switch. ONE HAND WHEN HOLDING DICE! I was very amused by this. Public intoxication is legal in Las Vegas (unlike Toronto), but the police have a zero-tolerance policy towards jaywalking. I can't believe that anyone would think it was a good idea to try to jaywalk on the Vegas Strip, but knowing how stupid drunks can be, I am guessing the cops have to scrape corpses off the road for time to time. The Strip is ten lanes of traffic. Don't try to cross it. If you somehow succeed, the cops will catch you anyway. Always be polite. I had many prostitutes ask me "Hi, where are you staying?" At least I assume that any woman who was a third my age who asked that question was a hooker. Don't be rude. Maybe they're thieves, but they could just be girls trying to make some money. In either case, smile and say "Good luck and have a good night." There is no need for moralizing or preaching. I got lots and lots and lots of cocktails while in the casinos. The very first complementary cocktail I received, I tipped $5. The server was surprised, but I explained that I was so happy to be in Vegas that I had promised myself to give a big tip for my first complimentary cocktail. That woman kept bringing me cocktails even when I wasn't in her section anymore. She must have said something because every server at that casino treated me VERY well. After my first drink my standard tip at a casino for a complimentary cocktail was $2. I received an awful lot of lemon drops just because I tipped two dollars instead of one. Those are some of my hints for how to have a good time in Vegas. I hope and wish I get to come back and learn some more rules.

I was there last weekend, had a terrible time! Vegas is sooooo short handed that they are having a difficult time taking care of you. From way under cooked baked potatoes at a $240 dollar meal, to just getting a beer. In 2 days I tipped around $700, and it got me just a good driver, that’s all. We tipped the waitresses anywhere from $5 to $10 per round and still had to hunt them down. We were in a very famous steakhouse and a drunk guy fell into our table, it was not good, nothing done about it. A dog actually took a piss 2 times in the main entrance of the Bellagio, gross. The entertainment businesses need to remember that there are zero excuses to get their job done, covid is long gone and is not an excuse to not run a casino or restaurant correctly. The extra fees, which are not going to bankrupt anyone, actually just piss you off.

Those photos were hysterical, especially the one around 5:00

The scale of Las Vegas cannot be comprehended using Google Maps. It is IMMENSE! You pull up the app to look for interesting places nearby and you think, "oh, that's nearby, I can walk." That nearby place is a walk literally two miles away.

Who you know really does help. Back in the early 2000s My wife and I liked going out to Laughlin. There was a great bar without poker machines in the back of one of the casinos. It also had a nice restaurant next to it. We weren't big gamblers. We just liked hanging out in the bar and listening to quiet live jazz piano and conversing with other people at the bar. After a few trips out there the bar tender knew our favorite drinks. We'd show up at the bar and the drinks would appear. Then one of the people from the bar and restaurant department got promoted to player development. That mean't they were in charge of comps. After that we'd show up at the bar without checking in, have a drink and the comp lady would show up and hand us keys to a free room. One time we got one of the huge penthouse suites on the top floor. Unfortunately that only lasted a couple years because the casino was sold and everybody who worked their got their jobs shuffled or left. It was great while it lasted. You don't need to be a whale to get comps, just know the right people.

YOU THE MAN LEARNING SOO MUCH.THANKS FOR SHARING.KEEP PUMPING OUT THE CONTENT

After 8 yrs. Living in vegas and working for an airline my suggestion is to keep your head on a swivel and money in your front pocket. Have fun.

Thanks, Jacob, for making your videos, they are greatly informative and highly entertaining.

Really good stuff Jacob! This should be part of the tutorial for coming to Las Vegas!

i agree 100% about the tipping, but i'm wondering if the service industry as a whole should anticipate receiving smaller amount of tips due to Vegas' usual inflated prices combined with the poor state of the economy.

- Hi Jacob, This video it was the best video you had produced, you just gave us very important tips we need to know. I live in Brazil and visited four times LAS VEGAS. Please keep your fantastic style in giving information for people. Thank you so much. L.B.

"Those criminal charges and STDs will absolutely be going home with you." 🤣

Hey Jacob. Great video. Sooo true on all of this. Enjoyed watching. Hope to see you again in March. 🤗🤗

Card counting--if you're good at it (accurate and able to conceal it), DO IT! You're right about learning basic strategy, especially when playing a soft 18 and other soft totals.

Just went to Vegas & I was the only one of my group who brought a very good amount of $5 bills just for tips alone. Plus, I was just nice, and always said “please” and “thank you.” I definitely got treated the best and had the best service out of my group lol

The TIPPING advice is VERY IMPORTANT for many, many, MANY visitors visiting from foreign countries!!!

Agree that screaming about a $10 blackjack hand is obnoxious. I've bet $100 on a number in roulette and won $3,500 plus my original $100 bet. Winning something like that or several hundred dollars on a slot are something to "WOOHOO!!" about. I tune it out and doesn't bother me but people who scream like they've won a jackpot every time they win $10, 20, etc. every time is obnoxious.

I'm gonna make a trip to Vegas without tipping. See how much my experience changes.

Great advice. So Kenny Rogers advice IS correct. Cheers.

Awesome information Jacob. I think it's great that you inform ppl of all the ins and outs of going there. J

I was a Bell Captain at the largest hotel in the City 1600 rooms. If you or your family checked in with a lot of luggage and did not tip the bellmen… Your room number would be noted and your departure date… you would not get any help down. Period! “We’re so sorry we never got your call from the operator!” Our phone would ring with the room number and never answered. Often they would come down to the desk and ask for a bellman but we would be so far behind….so we apologized and offered them a cart. If they still insisted then it would be a good 30 minutes before anyone showed up. If you stiffed the Valet, they would run your car with the Emergency brakes on… And you don’t want to know what happens to your food if you don’t tip Room Service…I would not eat the second order after stiffing them once!

Love the channel and all of your vids! There one thing here that I wanted to respond to...the blackjack bust card thing... This ridiculous idea that the blackjack n00b who mistakenly hits or stands ruins things for others has to stop. It is exactly as likely that this person's action helps everyone else as it is that it hurts. The cards are shuffled into a random order. It is exactly as likely that the next card is a low card as it is a high card. The one exception is that if the player(s) are successfully counting cards, and they actually know which cards are more likely to come next, but this isn't the case 99.99999% of the time.

Green shirt guy !!!! LOL... thanks for the tips Jacob !

Agree with tipping well, especially Slot servers! Fastest drink service ever

Stop asking why the monorail doesn’t go to the airport or downtown…..it just doesn’t!!

another great video keep it up!

This rule isn't enforced as much now as it used to be: don't occupy machines if you are not playing them.

Thanks Jacob, tho I’ve been to Vegas numerous times, it’s good you remind us such things. VEGAS BABY !!

Tipping... the greatest reaction is when you tip more than usual and the person is so grateful.

that guy really wanted to go swimming

So don't ever handle a $50 dollar bill unless you're tipping a valet? Im sure they'll gladly take it. Drunks can be entertaining at times. My wife and I always get a smile remembering the 25 year old drunk woman doing a face plant on the sidewalk. Then her friend tried to pick her up by the hair before dropping her on her face again. Don't get that drunk.

Jacob, Tip the Valet Parker?? You used a $50. LOL

I enjoy your videos. I moved to Las Vegas from the Bay Area about a month before you did. The only thing in your video I don’t agree with is the tipping🤷🏽‍♂️Some service people deserve it some don’t such as tipping the cashier because they rang up your bill,really? Tipping I feel is gratitude for excellent service, but then again I’m old fashion where tipping meant you were provided with excellent service.

This video is full of Vegas wisdom. Great content man.

Please don’t go into luxury boutiques without any intention in buying. We work on commission and it’s not cool to go in, laugh at the prices, take photos, and ignore us. We’re there to make money. We’re not there for YOU’RE entertainment!

The people that get mad at you if they think you made a bad play in blackjack always made me laugh. Because there will be plenty of times your bad play give them a better card but they will never say thank you!

If you sit down at a blackjack table where people are all ready playing always ask if you can come into the game then wait patiently till they says its ok or wait till shoe is over

When cocktail server gets a free drink do tip & thank her. It doesn't COST ANYTHING TO BE NICE.

I seem to recall the first bill you ever put into a slot machine was a fifty… glad you learned the “unwritten rule” since then 😉

Very interesting video. Wasn't aware Vegas has these many rules. Thanks for sharing 👍

You are so right about the drunks. I work at a strip resort and annoying, puking drunks are a huge minus. If you can't hold your liquor, don't drink as much. It's that simple.

$200 is my gambling limit. If I'm up $200 I quit. If I'm down $200 I quit.

Locals need to have rules as well. They will often use their knowledge to take advantage of tourists.

I didn't know that a fifty was considered unlucky. I always figured tens were the taboo quantity because I rarely see them.

You broke it all down …things I tell newbies headed to Vegas being the G I am 😂

Hey Jacob, you handed the Valet a $50 bill. Isn't he the wrong guy to pass bad luck to, seeing he'll be touching your car? lol.

Jacob love the videos you do including your slot channels. Keep up the great work. Happy Thanksgiving to you from Ohio.

Even paying parking on top of resort fees on top of room prices, on top of pool cabana prices since they stripped all of the free deck loungers, you still expect us to tip everyone?

I caught the Kenny Rogers reference 🤣

I really like your channel. I have no interest in gambling or even going to Vegas, but it's very insightful and entertaining. It offers a window into another world.

Great Video as usual. Quick question; is that lapel mic wireless? It seems to do a great job at noise cancelling.

Went to Vegas just to see it, we left after 36 hours... It was terrible. But your videos are fun to see. Thank you.

yes its always good too hear those tips again thanks jacob.

I’ve found that Vegas post Covid is way more tame, less restaurants open late. Still fun but a bit different vibe

The photoshop of you looking over people is hella funny Jacob Lol

very wise info. best vegas channel!

As Steve Martin's character in My Blue Heaven says, "It's not about tipping, it's about over-tipping." Why overtip a bit? The service industry people have tough jobs and have to deal with people all day. And always tip the folks who clean your room, and be generous if you leave a small disaster area.

If i ever visit Vegas and Jacob is near im going for " VEGAS BABY " :D

Nice reference to the gambler lol

I danced in front of the wicked wheel a little bit when I won a really small amount of money. But that’s just because I like that song it plays.

Good tips Jacob Good you said about cocktail waitress. When I would sit and played real keno always mad sure to give these hard workers a tip .those women work hard and were always thankful for the recognition of their work

What's normal to tip people? I'm told 15%/20% in restaurants to waiting staff but what's the norm with other hospitality staff you come across?

my wife and i and our dear friend all put a 50 dollar bill into the same machine and we hit a bonus within 10 mins. i dont believe in "bad luck"

Yes please tip!!! I’ve been working in the industry for 14 years and it’s sad how many people don’t tip!

I like your editing. The quality is far better than the Las Vegas Ruby.

Bring your own shampoo and soap because most of the casinos, even the high end ones, just nail a dispenser onto the shower wall and you have that gross s---- to use. Note that room service is now delivered in a paper bag with plastic utensils at some casinos. It ain't what it used to be.

I'll never forget playing at the Wynn and this guy on a nearby machine starts whooping it up like crazy. I thought he must have won at least a thousand dollars. I look over and he won FIVE dollars. Then he went bonkers when he got three bonus symbols to activate the free games feature. I moved to another machine on the other side of the casino.

It’s sad that we have to tell people to be nice. We’re living in a brutally cold world

Jacob for Mayor!

The first bet that I place when I get into Vegas is "the $20 trick". I look at it as a bet because sometimes it pays of, but often it doesn't. You have to be able to say "Oh well, maybe next time."

Jacob is new Mr. Las Vegas!

No matter how bad you play blackjack even if you sit at 'third base', you cannot affect other player's chances. This is a misconception that many believe. Amusingly, some people are so stubborn about their erroneous beliefs they get emotional and angry.

Man it is hard NOT to get mad at the dealer when I lose, which happens alot.

Regarding tipping, it’s a fact of life that those who tip generously get better service. That’s true everywhere, not only in Vegas. I disagree with the view that those who won’t tip should stay home. But the non-tippers should understand that the level of service they receive - and thus their entire vacation experience - will not be as enjoyable as it will be for those who tip generously.

Jacob, congrats on your Blackbelt! I’m a Brown Belt at Marcelo Garcia’s in NYC. Where do you train?