What happens in Vegas...

...isn't all bad :).

Shortly after we got to Vegas, we were approached by someone who asked if we had "gotten our comps" yet (for my kids' sake - comps are complimentary things that the hotels give out to keep their guests there gambling ;) ). We said no. The deal was, if we sat through a timeshare presentation by Tahiti Village, we could get two show tickets (Barbra and Frank - (for my kids' sake, Streisand and Sinatra 'impersonators')), two buffet dinners, and $80 worth of '40 for 20' slot play. The slot play is this - you have a chance (ha!) to win $40, $100, or $1000 if you hit a 'jackpot'. Along the way, you win more 'credits' that keep you playing longer. But once all your credits are gone, you still get to pick from a nice selection of gifts. Anyway, enough about that for now. This morning at 9, we went to Tahiti Village, and learned that for a mere $47,000 and some odd cents (in 96 easy MONTHLY payments of $787), you could buy the right to use a timeshare for 2 weeks per year. We enjoyed the presentation, and there wasn't too much pressure to buy. After the freebies, the best part was the bus ride back: The driver took us all over Vegas (returning people to their various hotels), and giving us a mini tour along the way..."and across Dean Martin Boulevard from NY,NY is a diner called the Wild Wild West, where you can get a breakfast combo for 1.99..." -- you get the idea.

While we were waiting to catch the initial Tahiti Village bus, a woman asked if we were going to be in Vegas for another day (which is usually a pitch for one of the timeshares) - she continued, "Because I have two 24-hour bus passes that expire at 5:00 today and we are leaving for the airport right now!" So after the timeshare presentation, we took the 'Deuce' (F.M.K.S, a double decker bus that runs up and down 'the strip') to the furthest point south that we wanted to go and walked back up the strip looking at hotels and shops and stuff all day. Then we came back for our buffet dinner (incidentally, we walked the whole way back - probably over 6 miles just along the strip alone - not counting all the walking we did in the hotels!), played our free slots, picked out our free gifts (Leather duffel bags on wheels), and called it a night. Not a bad day!