Vegas Travel truisms -- The Do Not list

1. Do not nonrev to Vegas over a holiday weekend. No exceptions!

2. Do not nonrev into Vegas on a Friday, or out on a Sunday.
Exceptions
-- you are a glutton for punishment
-- you have multiple back-ups and enjoy sleeping on airport floors
-- you intend to buddy up with Vulindlela - who somehow manages (so he says ) to make it in and out of Vegas at will.

3. Do not drive to Vegas on a holiday weekend / major boxing match weekend / or weekend Streisand gives a live performance.
Exceptions
-- you can handle bumper-to-bumper traffic and no rest stops
and
-- you posses a stare so fierce, that a backseat pax upon just glimpsing your eyes in the rear view mirror, will immediately go into stealth mode, shrink into mush and start planning their funeral.

4. Do not drive L.A./Vegas on a Friday or Vegas/L.A. on a Sunday, unless you leave before the crack of dawn, or after morning/evening traffic
Exceptions
-- you love gridlock
-- you have a high tolerance for someone asking "why can't you just go around?" multiple times an hour

5. Do not drive on the Strip ( Las Vegas Blvd) - the traffic is bumper-to-bumper, pedestrians are always bolting into traffic, you have to do some serious bogarding to change lanes and you'll totally miss Elvis on the corner waving at you.

6. Don't take Koval

7. Don't valet park- most Vegas hotels have free parking, yes you have to walk, but exercise is good for you.
Exceptions
--Friday/Saturday/holiday night, parking is at a premium, so use the valet; just like having to "buy" that airplane ticket, sometimes you just have to pay.


The To Do list to follow