Dan Ngo shares his positive experience from a recent trip to Las Vegas where he enjoyed the lively nightlife, casinos, and feeling of freedom the city provided. Some highlights included being upgraded to suites for free at the MGM Grand hotel, winning $1500 at roulette which covered costs, and visiting popular clubs and Cirque de Soleil. Overall, the trip with friends provided an unforgettable experience outside of the ordinary where they were able to freely indulge and make lasting memories for just $372 over 3 days.

1. Viva Las Vegas! Dan Ngo

2. Why Las Vegas? Encouraging others to go to Las Vegas at least one time to enjoy the experience like I had The city of lights, sleepless night life, and the feeling of being able to do as you please This was my first time to Las Vegas and enjoyed every moment of the trip

3. The cost 3 days and 3 nights round trip cost $372 with hotel included Planned during Labor Day weekend No vacation hours were spent at work No house sitting was required

4. Arrival They booked our room by accident at the MGM Grand Hotel and they only had suites left, they upgraded and gave us 2 suites at no extra cost. It was not the plan, but we were excited to have larger rooms

5. A Walk Through the Strip We were curious what Vegas had to offer for tourists, first thing we headed for were margaritas! We walked the entire strip finding many interesting sights Stopped by many places such as: Coca-Cola outlet, a mall with a casino, In and Out Burger, and many hotels

6. A Walk Through the Strip (cont’d) Went through most of the hotels to view the casinosand lobbies Met very interesting people, including people with interesting occupations like a man standing as a statue Alcohol was permitted to be exposed on the strip

7. The Casinos and Night Clubs Second night in Vegas planned for casino and night clubbing Played Roulette and came out winning $1500, which covered my flight, hotel room, a good night at the club, and some left over to take home! This was one of the most exciting moments of my trip Visited clubs: Tao, Rain, Mandalay Bay, and Voodoo beach. All great night clubs with a good amount of people enjoying their getaway

8. Some moments of Las Vegas

9. A Show and a Day to Relax Third day of Vegas, it was time to relax by the swimming pool, and see Cirque de Soleil. Recovered from last night and to mentally prepare to go back to reality

10. Last moment at the Airport While waiting for our flight, there were slot machines all over the terminals Played with $20 to kill time and came out winning $500 Great last experience in Las Vegas

11. Overall Experience Experienced a time out of the ordinary with great friends, photos cannot describe the joy we had to do everything we wanted to do Met interesting people, went to an amazing show Ate great food, unique bars, and nightclubs Felt like I was free to do as I pleased, like to be able to consume alcohol anywhere on the strip Gambled and came out positive financially and mentally!