21st b-day celebration

We are heading to Vegas Jan 26-31 09. Celebrating 21st b-days for my son and bf%26#39;s daughter. There will be 8 of us staying at hgvc Flamingo meeting up with 4 others. Age span is 21-70. Have a few questions and figured this was the BEST place to go for answers. 1. What is the best (cheapest) way for 8 of us to get from airport to Flamingo while also being able to stop at a groc store for supplies? Or would it be cheaper to go after checking in. 2. A fun place to celebrate with a b-day dinner that would take res. for 12-16 people. 3. What is the best way to get to Fremont St. from mid-strip? Best meaning fast and cheap. Half have been to Vegas before but we had access to a vehicle. Renting again is an option but for that many it would be expensive and we do a %26#39;little%26#39; drinking so we wouldn%26#39;t likely find a willing designated driver. Fun for us would be drinking and dancing and a little bit of gambling. Thanks

21st b-day celebration

1. shuttle to the hotel from the airport. I usually take a cab but if you are looking for the cheapest way, take a shuttle. You can order your grocery through Von%26#39;s and they will deliver them to the hotel. Order before you go and arrange delivery for the time that suits you. You can do it online.

2. Not sure about the restaurant. There are so many and I%26#39;m sure you can get reservations for your size group with no problem. We celebrated a birthday at Osteria de Circo last year at the Bellagio, overlooking the fountains, and that was really nice but since you are looking for inexpensive, I doubt that%26#39;s the place for you.

3. You can take the monorail to go up and down the strip. $5 per day, $12 for 24 hrs, or $28 for 3 days. There is a monorail stop at one of the resorts, can%26#39;t remember which (maybe the Flamingo), and the resort has a shuttle to Fremont street.

Have fun!

21st b-day celebration

Thanks so much for that info. That certainly takes care of much of my concern. Having groceries delivered is something that I never thought of. I also didn%26#39;t know about the shuttle from the resort. Downtown is one of my favorite places. I am not a huge gambler, more of a people watcher and I feel more comfortable downtown. Our group that is going has a wide range of interests and food preferences so I am looking for all the info I can find. This forum has given me a lot of ideas already. Can%26#39;t wait!!!!!

tinlizzy: Personally, I would contact the Hilton Grand Vacations Club concierge to make sure that they offer a shuttle to the Downtown area. In looking at their website, I didn%26#39;t happen to catch that they offered this service, but I could have missed it.

Also, just to clear up something, the monorail does not go ';up and down the Strip';, but rather goes behind resorts starting at the MGM down to Bally%26#39;s/Paris, then heads east to the Las Vegas Hilton on Paradise Road, terminating across the street from the Sahara Hotel (still on Paradise).

Most of the restaurants will take a reservation for a large group, so it%26#39;s just up to your ';birthday boy and girl'; to decide what they%26#39;ll like. Keep in mind that a party of 12 to 16 will most likely have a mandatory service gratuity tacked onto the bill, just in case you need to budget for the dinner.

I would think the monorail going from MGM Grand to Sahara and back pretty much covers up and down the strip. I rode it many times and each stop has a list of resorts that are included in that one stop. One of them has listed ';Fremont Street - via xxx resort shuttle';. I do not remember which stop it was. Listed under the Harrah%26#39;s stop was shuttle to the Rio. So if what you are clearing up is the fact that the monorail doesn%26#39;t overlook the strip as you%26#39;re riding, then yes I agree. However, it is more than sufficient enough to take to any point along the strip, in my opinion. It worked for me anyway as I split my time between MGM and LV Hilton.

I just looked at the monorail web site and it%26#39;s the Sahara station that has a CAT bus to Fremont street. Since you were asking about the most inexpensive way to get there, my assumption would be that this would be it. Good luck and have a great time!

NovTraveler: didn%26#39;t mean to hit a nerve, just wanted it to be clear that the monorail does not, in fact, go up and down the whole Strip, as your original posting seemed to indicate.

I%26#39;m sure with the clarification, the OP now has the info necessary.

For tinlizzy: Here%26#39;s the website for the monorail, should you wish to use its services, and to get an idea of the parts of the Strip the monorail actually covers: http://www.lvmonorail.com/

As NovTraveler mentions, there is also our bus system (CAT), which is part of our Regional Transportation Commission (RTC) which does have service along the Strip, as well as to the Downtown area. for bus maps and routes, here is there website: http://www.rtcsouthernnevada.com/

Have a nice vacation.

Didn%26#39;t hit a nerve, I just wondered where one would want to go on the strip that the monorail doesn%26#39;t cover. It took care of all my needs!

I miss Vegas already...

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Read my 21st B-day TR from June, may give you some ideas. We did the 21st at Margarettaville, to keep the cost reasonable.

It was the best trip ever for all of us

Novtraveler: For the hotels that the monorail does ';serve'; on the Strip, the monorail stations are on the east side of the Strip, behind the hotels. Therefore, if one is staying on the west side of the Strip (i.e., Mandalay Bay, Luxor, Excalibur, NYNY, Monte Carlo, Caesar%26#39;s Palace, TI, Mirage), then it%26#39;s not really all that convenient to go thru those properties, across the Strip, thru the east-side properties, to the back of the hotel-casinos, to the monorail stations.

Also, should one wish to visit places such as Wynn, Encore, the Fashion Show Mall (altho those are no more inconvenient to get to than, say, Mirage), Circus Circus, Riviera, the Peppermill restaurant, and other ';sights'; on the northern portion of the Strip (except Sahara), then, sorry, the monorail doesn%26#39;t really ';service'; those areas of the Strip .....

While those may not be places that YOU would not wish to see, there are some who do.

So, back to what I have said previously.... the monorail does NOT ';go up and down the Strip';.

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