You wont go wrong with Vegas - top place!
Just walk around, take in the sights and catch the bus that goes up and down the strip to save time. All the hotels are different and most will leave you gob-smacked, me and Jo both were! We both kept getting lost in our hotel it was that big!
We stayed in Caesars Palace, lovely place, would also recommend the Venetian. We didnt go into Bellagio, though as Woody has confirmed, its meant to be very nice too.
Check out the Forum Shops in Caesers, the Gondoliers in Venetian, they both spring to mind as been eye openers.
Avoid Circus Circus, Stratosphere, and Excalibur - all total dumps. Avoid the so called "cheap designer outlets" at each end of the strip, crap and no cheaper than the UK.
You got to visit The Gunstore if guns are your thing - you can shoot literally any gun you can think of, i chose a 9mm Glock, M4 carbine and and AK47 - check out my Youtube channel for the vid -
http://www.youtube.com/user/richw426?gl=GB
Like i say, amazing place but after 4 nights me and Jo felt we had seen enough, don't get me wrong though, we'll definitely be back again.
New York we did the year before last, once again its an amazing place, and for a 3 or 4 night stay, you can't go wrong with either Vegas or NYC. However, we both feel NYC has more to it, with such diverse cultures and so much to see and do, theres no other city like it. It is such an interesting place, what amazed me was the smells, every street and every street corner has a different smell, some good some bad, i've never known a place like it. So many districts too, again, some good, some very scary like Chinatown after dark - you realise that by all the shady characters and the fact the cop cars all have 3 cops in them, unlike 5th Ave. where its one car, one cop! Didnt take us long to hot heel it back onto the Metro :eek: :-p
I proposed to Jo at the top of the Empire State Building, the next day we bought her engagement ring in the Diamond District - actually chose the ring, then the diamond, and then watched it being made :thumbup1:
Vegas is a fab place, you'll love it :thumbup1::thumbup1::thumbup1:
