I will be willing to start to look into going to Vegas for a gathering. First we all need to decide when we want to go. I was thinking that a weekend or a long weekend would be the best. I have never been there so I will need so help on where to stay. Most places give discounts on groups of twenty or more. Please post on when will be the best time for you to go and I will try to figure out when is the best for most of us.

Rhonda,

Went to Vegas in April for the first time! Liked it. I'm game...just let me know when and I'll take the vacation tme. ; )

DH and I stayed at the Sahara...and used the monorail to get around. Sahara was quiet as it was on the North End of the Strip. We went to several of the hotels and saw a show or two.

I haven't been to Vegas for 10 years, so I can't help with where to stay. We stayed at the Sahara when we got married and it was nice then.

I would vote for late spring - April, May for a 3 day weekend.

I love Vegas. I have been there 7 times in the last 3 years. I have stayed at different places. Circus Circus (not crazy about it) but it was very inexpensive. I have stayed at the Flamingo -- very nice and mid-stip which makes it nice. I have also stayed at the Imperial Palace, okay, nothing special but again, inexpensive. I stayed at the Aladdin, which has now changed to Planet Hollywood. Very nice and a great shopping mall. It is a little more expensive. My only thought would be definetly stay on the strip somewhere.

Summer months can be VERY hot -- i was ther ein August last year when it was a sweltering 115 degrees. For a 300+ gal, that was miserable.

Maybe we could look at sometime after June, that way we will all have been banded for a year. Our BANDiversary celebration. And I hope not to have to ask for a seat belt extension when i fly there. HEHEHEHE

Count me in!!!!

I want to come to, April/May would be OK. I just will need a fair bit of notice to organize it ( I'm sure everyone does)

I have lived in Vegas and can help with recommendations. I will probably stay with friends when I'm there...

I prefer the upper-end places, can't help it, love it, love it, love it...

Oh, did I also mention I have a 15k piece of jewelry around my stomach that you can't even see?

So are we talking about doing a second Vegas trip in 2008? The general LBT board is looking at a gathering in Vegas the first weekend of February.

I for one normally can only keep up with us Junies. I very rarely look at any other threads because i just do not have the time. So unless something catches my eye on the home page or i am looking for something specific, I just go to the June 2007 threads. So i had no idea that another trip was even being planned.

I am not sure if i would be willing to go in February anyways. I live in SNOW country and you never know about the weather. I would much rather go sometime between april/may or sept/oct. And if it were just a Junies trip, we are all on the same time line -- almost. Going thru the same things and have a lot more in common. It may be more fun.

They are planning a weekend trip. Vegas is more expensive on the weekends, more crowded and we won't get as good of a deal on the hotel room. If we did a Sun, Mon, Tues - it is less expensive. Flights would be less, rooms would be less, Black Jack Tables will have a lower minimum bet....hehehe.....Just a thought.

But you know -- a trip to Vegas is fun no matter what!! I will support us either way.

I agree with Glinda - I was thinking just us Junies. I look around some, but only read the June page daily. Whatever is cheapest works for me.

ME

I agree. I pretty much only read our thread too. Waiting til late Spring puts our weight loss much higher as well!

I read everything based on clicking on New Posts, so I read most all the forums and saw the threads about the other Vegas trip, that why I mentioned it.

I think it would be great to wait until later in the spring for a June bandster trip as well. I don't know if I could swing a June trip, though.

I mostly just hang in June band land too, I could sit and read all day but unfortunately my life won't let me. I also type like a snail so that's a little restricive!!! Spring sounds great for lots of us? Marga

A trip to Vegas would be awesome! I've never been and my husband I have discussed going for a weekend, but we would be willing to go at any time. I'm game for the fall when the temperature comes back down below sweltering. Just keep us posted on the game plan.

I read a cpl other threads every once in a while but not like I read this one! I didn't know about the general lbt going! It sounds cool to me either way! I have been to Vegas 2 times once in Feb and once in April. Feb is MUCH better weather as far as not burnin up!! April wasn't to bad either really and when I loose 100 lb It really won't be that bad I don't think!! LOL My personal vote is for early spring (Feb-Apr) or LATE fall (Oct-Nov) I HATE HATE the heat in summertime here in TN much less in Vegas! Can I hear an AMEN???

I'm in for whenever and wherever with y'all. Just give me enough time to fit into some smoking going out clothes...

By the way...anyone going that's not married, partnered, etc? I don't want to be the sad lonely single chick there.

Yeah, I also stick mainly to the June threads. Such snobs we are! Haha.

OK, I (financially) will not be able to go until at least April/May/June of next year. I have gone there 2 years in a rown now, both times in May. Its hot, but its a dry heat - which means in the shade its not bad... unlike the mid-west where its about as hot in the shade as it is in the sun. Dang humidity gets me.

Anyway. So I've stayed at the Riviera and Sahara. I like both pretty weel. THey are very reasonably priced, but at the far end of the strip. I think mid-strip would be better, but I don't care as long as its not too awfully expensive. ANd if anyone out there doesn't have a significant other to stay with, I could room with someone. I'n fairly neat and tidy when I travel and I don't snore. Haha