"Lance A Boyle" <Lance_Boyle@shaw.ca> wrote in message news:rsVQi.65677$Da.31572@pd7urf1no... > Ned Kelly wrote: >> The hotels always include FREE shuttle from the airport to the hotels. >> Meals are a bargain at the casino buffets - breakfast around $5 for all >> you >> can eat, and lunch and supper around $9 for all you can eat. > > Wow, that just reeks of cheapskate. You probably feed your family from > the free samples at Costco too. I'd rather kill myself than hover around > some crappy casino buffet, scrounging a meal like a McDonald's parking lot > seagull. Funny, last time I was there I had a really nice lobster and steak with trimmings for $9.99. Drinks (booze) were quite reasonable and the service was great. As was the scenery. Some of those buffet's are actually quite good. I sure don't compare what I had to McDonalds.

Most of our goods we buy come from China, a cheap flight to china would cut out the middleman, and we would not have to prove we are not a communist money laundering drug dealing terrorist -- Socrates taught his students that the pursuit of truth can only begin once they start to question and analyze every belief that they ever held dear. If a certain belief passes the tests of evidence, deduction, and logic, it should be kept. If it doesn't, the belief should not only be discarded, but the thinker must also then question why he was led to believe the erroneous "Ned Kelly" <NedKelly@usenetexchange.com> wrote in message news:hhomh3pi06m0156oc26l03du96b79p4doa@4ax.com... > It seems that Boyle has never had the pleasure of an excursion package to > Lost Wages. > > The hotels always include FREE shuttle from the airport to the hotels. > Meals are a bargain at the casino buffets - breakfast around $5 for all you > can eat, and lunch and supper around $9 for all you can eat. > > Many hotels are now offering superb discounts for fantastic rooms, for a > fraction of that charged in most Canadian hotels. > > As for duty free shopping, for 2 days one is allowed duty free $400 a person, > and $750 if out of Canada for a week. > > With bargain prices in the USA, one can save a lot of money shopping there, > rather than in Canada. A plasma TV can be fitted into a large suitcase, by the > way. > > With Christmas coming, and the C$=US$, might as well shop there, rather than > here. > > Should be seeing good package tours shortly, from Seattle Torism, jointly with > Horizon/Alaska Air, and Washington State Tourism. > Perhaps some Canadian tour operator may even get involved? > > > On Tue, 16 Oct 2007 01:41:26 GMT, Lance A Boyle <Lance_Boyle@shaw.ca> wrote: > >Ned Kelly wrote: > >> When prices in vegas are 30-40% cheaper than in Alberta, sensible shoppers > >> gladly go on shopping package tours to vegas. > > >How much could you possibly save flying to Vegas, taking taxis from the > >airport, staying in a hotel, meals, etc.? You can only bring a few > >dozen pounds of luggage back, so it's not like you can buy a plasma TV > >or something expensive and bring it home on the plane. It's sounds like > >an excuse to justify an unnecessary shopping spree. >