If you get too caught up with, "I don't want to go through the trouble", you end up in shit situations later and then have a shitty time.

Vegas hotels count on people coming in with the mentality of, "I just need the room for sleeping", and thus let maintenance go to shit. Then people realize that you need it more than just sleeping, and even if you try to just use it to sleep, you have a shitty night of sleep when it's noisy, smelly, hot, cold, or dirty.

This is a case of where an ounce of prevention is really worth a pound of cure. This is especially true if you're going for multiple nights.


Regarding the nickel and diming, again, if it doesn't bother you, cool for you. But even Knockout Nicky Pipes was bugged enough about the $11 water to where he mentioned it here.

I think a lot of people these days just don't want to feel like putting effort into preventing shitty travel experiences, and then bitch later when things aren't the way they were expecting/hoping.

Reminds me of my conversations with people about cruising.

They tell me that they hate cruising. I ask about their cabin situation, they tell me they stuffed a family of 4 into an inside cabin. I ask about the food, and they tell me they didn't eat at any specialty restaurants. I ask about the shore excursions, and they tell me they took a shitty ship-run tour because they didn't feel like arranging a private one with locals. I ask why they gambled in the casino with horrible odds and rules, and they say "because I was bored". I ask if they bought the internet while onboard, and they said no, they just felt compelled to disconnect from the world, even though they were bored during sea days. I ask if they followed my advice as to when to purchase the cruise. They tell me that they bought way in advance and were afraid my advice would lead them to miss the cruise. Well, yeah, no wonder you had a shitty time.

Same concept applies here.