Let's hear it:Vegas horror stories

[Dean of Selection]

I dont even know that im comfortable sharing a couple of mine. I will later its kind of in depth ill have more time in a bit. Ya know what though on plane back.....after smoke cleared i knew i had to get back. Gimmie More!

[Brett Stevens]

Went to Vegas last year with $500 cash in my pocket and $2,000 on a debit card ready to be withdrawn whenever I needed more money.

Long story short, the debit card snapped in half within 2 hours of being off the plane. Couldn't access cash at all, and I like to gamble and tip people.

[ashroid]

It was my first time to do bottle service. There were about 30 people in the group. Due to poor planning, one friend and I ended up with a 3300.00 bill.

On my first bachelor party that I planned, we had 31 guys. I ended up with about 10 bottles. Because of the sheer stupidity of most of the guys (including some that were getting angry at the security because they couldn't take off their shirts), those 10 bottles got finished in 2.5 hours. This was mainly because we had so many girls coming in and out of our area that the girls finished the majority of the alcohol.

I had complaints from several people because the liquor didn't last. After that debacle, I've been much more of a hawk as to who and how much of my bottles are drank. I figure, I paid for it and if I get a sense that you're just a bottle ho...you gotta go.

[Vater]

Went to Vegas last year with $500 cash in my pocket and $2,000 on a debit card ready to be withdrawn whenever I needed more money.

Long story short, the debit card snapped in half within 2 hours of being off the plane. Couldn't access cash at all, and I like to gamble and tip people.

if your debit card for whatever reason doesn't work in an ATM you should be able to withdrawal cash from a casino cashier using that card. Of course this would only be done in an emergency as there's a ~$16 processing fee involved for them to do this. Even if the card was broken I would assume they simply could have simply keyed the card # manually?

[Vater]

My horror story:

Me and the gf booked a Vegas trip in April 2010. One of the main reasons we wanted to go was to check out Muse live in concert at Mandalay Bay (which by the way is one of the best live bands you can see). It was going to be my 2nd Muse concert and her first.

So we're in our hotel room at MGM Signature, it's about that time to start heading to the concert. I carefully tucked our tickets in my back pocket just before leaving our room. We decided to walk to Mandalay Bay since we had an hour 'til the show started. We walked from MGM Sig to MGM, through the Casino and all. Exited the casino, walked across the street. When we got to the sidewalk in front of Excalibur, I walked slightly ahead of my GF to throw my drink away, she noticed that one of the tickets was sticking out of my back pocket, so she told me to put them in my front pocket. I reach back for the tickets only to find one ticket!!

My heart dropped.. I was fairly sure the concert was sold out, I paid $150 for each ticket on Stubhub. At that point we did all we could do and quickly began retracing our steps, which had already been a long 20 minute walk. I was already thinking my gf would be going to see Muse alone since I was the one to lose the ticket. It could have been anywhere.

Luckily though we climbed the stairs to the pedestrian overpass and found the ticket face-down on the floor. It was right beside a homeless guy with a guitar, and there were also a lot of call girl/stripper cards which made it stand out less. Biggest sigh of relief ever... Muse was amazing.

The following day, we went to gamble a bit at the Flamingo. I decided to go check out the Total Rewards membership so I went to the desk while my gf went to the restroom near the lobby. 5 mins later, I returned near the restroom area to meet my gf, only to see her standing there crying. I ran up to her and asked what was wrong. Apparently some lady grabbed my gf's purse from inside the stall, quickly took the cash out and quickly walked off. We flagged down a security guard walking by, he sent out a dispatch other hotel security to be on the look out for a "Black Female with gray clothes"...yeah not very descriptive, she purposely wore very plain clothes to not stand out. All we could do at this point was file a report. The effin thief got away! grrr

What happened was my gf went inside the restroom stall, hung her purse on the door hook like I imagine most girls do. The thief must have been watching her cause she timed it perfectly.. Right after my gf hung her purse on the hook, she turned around toward the toilet, turned back only to see her purse was gone. While this happened she was confused for a few secs, she heard some commotion going on in the next stall and just saw some lady slide her purse back to her under the stall. As my gf checked her purse, all the cash (about $500) was gone.

She exited the stall just in time to see the thief leaving the restroom, but she quickly rushed off into the casino and probably toward the closest exit. My gf didn't follow her, she kinda just froze..she claims the lady was big and intimidating-looking. Plus even if we would have confronted her about it once she had the cash in her hands it's our word against hers. This lady pulled this off with so much precision, she's probably done it countless times before.

As much as that sucked, at least she got the purse back..which contained her camera with lots of great pics from the concert, our FLIGHT TICKETS (!), and her ID. Ladies, never hang your purse on a bathroom stall hook!

We weren't going to let that incident spoil our entire trip! So our last night in Vegas, leaving Pure at 3AM, pretty smashed..I decided it'd be a good idea to go do some gambling at Imperial Palace across the street, 7 hours before our flight was leaving. I head for the craps table and she heads to a random slot machine. After about an hour at the craps table and losing $100 I decide to go see how my gf was doing in the slots. Just as I arrived she hit a jackpot and won $1050...she had a confused look on her face and didn't realize it was one of those confusing slot machines haha.

So I just noticed I've been rambling too much already and my fingers are getting tired (nomination for longest JC.com post ever award?). Anyway, this definitely made up for the Flamingo restroom incident, and she got to her her Canon D-SLR camera she was saving up for with her winnings. In the end our Vegas trip turned out to be pretty awesome

[redbullvodka]

BLACK OUTS. just this past march i drank it up went to sleep and then walked out of my room at like 5 am for no reason and locked myself out. i had no shirt, no shoes, just jeans on and no wallet! not knowing what to do i went all the way to the MGM front desk and had to ask them to make me a new key. i felt like an ass to say the least...

[FrenchCanadianGirl]

On our first trip, I had to leave earlier to go back home as I couldn't take more days off. So i stayed 4 days and he stayed 10 in total.

On the eve of our last day together, a guy came to us asking "are you a couple? Are you above 25? Would you like to have free tickets for a show?" so of were indeed interested. Then, as you probably have guessed, he told us we had to attend a "little presentation" and would get the tickets after. The show was on the evening and the guy told us the prsentation was at 3pm.

Don't ask me WHY but we did get caught into that timesharing thing. It looked good and they really got us dizzy with their sale pitches and manipulation techniques and we signed the papers!!! $15,000 in debt for a Wyndham timesharing plan! But at first we were happy with it thinking "yeah we'll come to Vegas every year". So we went to the show (Which was Legends at Harrah's which was VERY disappointing, old and outdated) and spent our last night walking around Vegas and just having a good time.

The day after was our last together, but i should say it was half of a day as i had to leave the hotel around 11am to catch my flight. We had gone to bed at 4am and then at 6 BF woke me up. He was freaking out saying "what the fuck have we done? We can't afford this! You still have your student loan to pay back, you have an unstable job, we want to raise a family in a few years and that needs saving, blahblahblah". We started to calculate everything and although we could afford it it wasn't a good idea at all.

So we started to read the contract (yes we did sign without even reading it) to realize we had THREE days to cancel!!! THREE DAYS!!!! BF was to stay in Vegas 6 more days and i had to go back to work which was being a taxpayer agent in the middle of the income tax period of the year (meaning working my ass off). Of course BF could have taken care of this, but first it was his first holidays in years and I'm better and second, I'm usually better with these things (confronting people...i have quite a personality ).

So i went back home with all the papers ans read them through the night in the plane and at home. The day after, right after work, i called the company, i faxed things to my BF (using the hotel fax for him to receive my stuff) so he could go back to Harrah's and bring them, emailed the company... Did everything i could until i finally got an answer saying they got it and everything had been cancelled.

In the end, we got lucky i had to go back home right away and realized in what shit we had put our feet on so I could fix everything on time.

Now when I see a man or woman well dressed coming to us with a fake business smile asking us if we're a couple, we say no and if they ask our age we say we're 21 (even though we look older) and pretend we make $10,000$/year!

[Matt]

Holy shit. I'm pretty sure no one can top nearly buying a timeshare.

[ashroid]

On our first trip, I had to leave earlier to go back home as I couldn't take more days off. So i stayed 4 days and he stayed 10 in total.

On the eve of our last day together, a guy came to us asking "are you a couple? Are you above 25? Would you like to have free tickets for a show?" so of were indeed interested. Then, as you probably have guessed, he told us we had to attend a "little presentation" and would get the tickets after. The show was on the evening and the guy told us the prsentation was at 3pm.

Don't ask me WHY but we did get caught into that timesharing thing. It looked good and they really got us dizzy with their sale pitches and manipulation techniques and we signed the papers!!! $15,000 in debt for a Wyndham timesharing plan! But at first we were happy with it thinking "yeah we'll come to Vegas every year". So we went to the show (Which was Legends at Harrah's which was VERY disappointing, old and outdated) and spent our last night walking around Vegas and just having a good time.

The day after was our last together, but i should say it was half of a day as i had to leave the hotel around 11am to catch my flight. We had gone to bed at 4am and then at 6 BF woke me up. He was freaking out saying "what the fuck have we done? We can't afford this! You still have your student loan to pay back, you have an unstable job, we want to raise a family in a few years and that needs saving, blahblahblah". We started to calculate everything and although we could afford it it wasn't a good idea at all.

So we started to read the contract (yes we did sign without even reading it) to realize we had THREE days to cancel!!! THREE DAYS!!!! BF was to stay in Vegas 6 more days and i had to go back to work which was being a taxpayer agent in the middle of the income tax period of the year (meaning working my ass off). Of course BF could have taken care of this, but first it was his first holidays in years and I'm better and second, I'm usually better with these things (confronting people...i have quite a personality ).

So i went back home with all the papers ans read them through the night in the plane and at home. The day after, right after work, i called the company, i faxed things to my BF (using the hotel fax for him to receive my stuff) so he could go back to Harrah's and bring them, emailed the company... Did everything i could until i finally got an answer saying they got it and everything had been cancelled.

In the end, we got lucky i had to go back home right away and realized in what shit we had put our feet on so I could fix everything on time.

Now when I see a man or woman well dressed coming to us with a fake business smile asking us if we're a couple, we say no and if they ask our age we say we're 21 (even though we look older) and pretend we make $10,000$/year!

You can sometimes get this if you're solo. I think that's how desperate some of these agents have become.

[scooner]

some chick at Tryst tried lifting my wallet while dancing with her. Never again. No more wallets, just cash, cc, room key, and ID in my front pocket!

[Dean of Selection]

I have a few (unfortunately) but heres one. I am pretty sure Oct '08. I ended up at Seamless on my last night and its about 11am or so and I am on a couch in front. Its dark and a blonde girl starts talking to me. Its about time to leave and she mentions she is with her girlfriend. So Im getting ready to leave and her and friend say they will give me a ride. Im thinking cool.

As I see the light of day, I start getting in their car and its obvious they live in the car. I was already in car at this point though. So they are driving me to room and I realize they are gypsies or something and they had a child in backseat.

So I tell them hey look my flight leaves in like 5 hours I have to go as we pull up. The blonde gets out of car and says oh i will walk u to room. I didnt know what to do cause I had shit on me in my pocket and if i ran from her she might say i stole her purse or something. So i get to room with her at my hip and she wouldnt let me shut the door. Eventually I got her out of my room.

5 mins later i hear pounding on my door....its security. In one of most painful momemts of my life i thought risk/reward and i flushed the BEST stuff ive ever done down toilet. 10 of them. They said the girls came to them and said i was in my room and i was a good friend of theirs and i was about to kill myself.

[jilla]

I have a few (unfortunately) but heres one. I am pretty sure Oct '08. I ended up at Seamless on my last night and its about 11am or so and I am on a couch in front. Its dark and a blonde girl starts talking to me. Its about time to leave and she mentions she is with her girlfriend. So Im getting ready to leave and her and friend say they will give me a ride. Im thinking cool.

As I see the light of day, I start getting in their car and its obvious they live in the car. I was already in car at this point though. So they are driving me to room and I realize they are gypsies or something and they had a child in backseat.

So I tell them hey look my flight leaves in like 5 hours I have to go as we pull up. The blonde gets out of car and says oh i will walk u to room. I didnt know what to do cause I had shit on me in my pocket and if i ran from her she might say i stole her purse or something. So i get to room with her at my hip and she wouldnt let me shut the door. Eventually I got her out of my room.

5 mins later i hear pounding on my door....its security. In one of most painful momemts of my life i thought risk/reward and i flushed the BEST stuff ive ever done down toilet. 10 of them. They said the girls came to them and said i was in my room and i was a good friend of theirs and i was about to kill myself.

oh my god! that is such a crazy story!

[olskoolblue]

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[VegasCherry]

I have a few (unfortunately) but heres one. I am pretty sure Oct '08. I ended up at Seamless on my last night and its about 11am or so and I am on a couch in front. Its dark and a blonde girl starts talking to me. Its about time to leave and she mentions she is with her girlfriend. So Im getting ready to leave and her and friend say they will give me a ride. Im thinking cool.

As I see the light of day, I start getting in their car and its obvious they live in the car. I was already in car at this point though. So they are driving me to room and I realize they are gypsies or something and they had a child in backseat.

So I tell them hey look my flight leaves in like 5 hours I have to go as we pull up. The blonde gets out of car and says oh i will walk u to room. I didnt know what to do cause I had shit on me in my pocket and if i ran from her she might say i stole her purse or something. So i get to room with her at my hip and she wouldnt let me shut the door. Eventually I got her out of my room.

5 mins later i hear pounding on my door....its security. In one of most painful momemts of my life i thought risk/reward and i flushed the BEST stuff ive ever done down toilet. 10 of them. They said the girls came to them and said i was in my room and i was a good friend of theirs and i was about to kill myself.

What happened to the kid...?

[VegasCherry]

11 years ago my cousin and i drove from NY to California because he was moving out there. We planned to stop in vegas even though our fun would be limited being under 21. We planned on seeing the sights, eating a good buffet, and inquiring about some las vegas "company. " we arrive in august and it's heat i've never experienced in my life. Being so young, we had to stay at the motel 6 on flamingo which was cool but walking in that heat was a bitch.

After doing our sightseeing, we pick up some local literature to look for some "talent." We find something nice and call and ask for the girl in the picture. At that point we're told she's just a model but the two they send would be just as nice if not better. We place our order and patiently wait for it to arrive. A little while later there's a knock at the door and i look through the peephole and see two chicks. One horrid and the other so so. At this point, i wonder if we should not answer the door and pretend we weren't there. However, I'm afraid some pimp might bumrush us so we let them in. Once in full view, they looked even worse. The first thing they say is, "you guys are cute. We're used to fat old guys or guys who speak no english. " they then tell us it's $75 ea to get naked and sex would be $500 each. Now i really to back out but again, i don't know what the repercussions would be and i didn't want my girlfriend and kids at home getting word that i'd been killed by a pimp after soliciting "escorts. " we get them to agree on oral sex @ $250 each and when she gets naked, the bitch has tubes sticking out her stomach! She explains it's an insulin pump and goes to work. Now at $250, you'd think one would make sure to see it to use. My cousin decides he's not attracted and takes forever so now I'm stuck talking to this bitch about a whole bunch of nothing. I don't know about you guys but if it has breasts and vagina, has my %$@# in her mouth, and i PAID $250, I'm going to be attracted enough to reach my destination. Needless to say, once she threatens to leave or charge more, he finishes.

Once they leave, we're glad it's over with and want to go eat the buffet we'd been starving ourselves for. We take a shower and head to Caesars palace. Once there, we hit the ATM and.......... can't take out money because the daily limit has been reached. Are you kidding me!!!!!! We call the bank and they say no cash can be taken out until tomorrow. Keep in mind 11 years ago there was no credit/debit option. There was no visa logo, it was a straight debit card. In the end we had just enough to go to the gas station and buy a bowl of cereal and some milk. We couldn't stay another day because we had to get to cali and i had to fly back for work and my daughter's 1st birthday.

It was a good experience and we did have fun despite the unhappy ending. (Pun intended) that was my first vegas trip and my second was 3 years later. I was in CA for a month training for a job and a few of us drove one weekend. We had a good time and went to Baby's at the hard rock. Many of them weren't my type of fun so it was good but not great. Back then if someone asked about vegas, my usual response was it's overrated. I went again in 06 with my actual hanging out crew and that's when my whole perception changed. I can still remember our faces when we walked into "some place called TAO" recommended by the cab driver, heard the music and saw the girls in tubs with rose petals. Needless to say, i try to go once a year and when anyone other than my wife asks how it is, my expression says it all. I'll take her one day, when pool season is not in effect.

You win. Yikes.