A Las Vegas Vacation?

Are you seeking the thrills of a Las Vegas vacation?  Yes?  We hope you find this little entry to be both interesting and informative.  If you have any comments that you’d like to make, please feel free to add them below.

A Las Vegas vacation can mean a lot of different things to a lot of different people, from a booze and gambling-filled party to a nice vacation away from home with the kids (some people even combine these two vibes in one vacation).  The Las Vegas vacation industry really boomed in the late 60s and early 70s when Las Vegas invented its image as a playground for adults, full of glitzy casinos, extravagant shows, and bars that were open night and day.  In this Vegas you could catch a show, gamble all night, throw back a whiskey sour with breakfast at 8am and go to sleep for a few hours before doing it all over again.

In the early 90s the Las Vegas vacation became something completely different.  With the introduction of attractions like New York New Yorkís roller coaster and MGM Grandís child-friendly environment, the Las Vegas casinos began to attract families who were traveling together.  Casino owners realized they could attract the all-night gamblers and high rollers while catering to a completely new crowd, the families, who brought their own money to play in the Las Vegas sands.  Kid-friendly shows, restaurants, and attractions popped up everywhere, and many casinos also offered child play areas so mom and dad could still go off to drink and gamble.

Now, Las Vegas vacations represent an odd hybrid between the adult and childís playground.  Roller coasters rumble over casino floors where slot machines ping and whiz and roulette wheels clatter.  Thanks to the legalization of prostitution in Vegas, advertisements for escort agencies litter the sidewalks and ads for topless shows are displayed on taxi cabs next to ads for Sponge Bob Square Pants.  Though the strip has reinvented its image as a family-friendly location, the adult-playground feeling still persists.  You can still find more high-end restaurants and nightclubs that just about any other small area in the U.S., and money and champagne still flow freely.

Though adults and young children alike can enjoy a Las Vegas vacation, the environment is a little tougher for teenagers.  Since those under 21 can’t drink, nor can they gamble, most of the adult-orientated attractions in Vegas are off-limits to them.  Likewise, older teenagers probably aren’t very interested in the arcades or the roller coasters that their younger siblings are so excited about.  Though some nightclubs aren’t 21+, most of them are, leaving older teens with little entertainment.  If youíre a family with a few teenagers another location may be better, as vacationing with older teens in Vegas may entice them to try out more adult forms of entertainment.

See Adelaide Australia

This is an article about Adelaide Australia.  We offer contributing editors a venue for posting their thoughts on travel destinations around the world.  We hope you find this article to be both interesting and entertaining.  If you have thoughts you would like to add, please feel free to add your comments below.

Adelaide, Australia

You meet a lot of people online, and these people are usually from different places all over the world. Once girl I met, but donít know very well, was a regular on the same message board as I was. She was a nice girl, but she complained about her hometown. She was from Adelaide Australia, and she always said it had to be the most boring place in the world. According to her, there is nothing to do, and nothing exciting ever happened there. She made it sound like the place is a ghost town. She was always complaining, and this went on until she eventually disappeared. I assume she still lives in Adelaide Australia, but I hope by this point she has become more at ease with where she lives.

I want to visit Australia one day, but my choices of destination do not included Adelaide. It’s not because I don’t want to go there, it’s because I have friends in Sydney and Melbourne and want to visit them. Adding Adelaide Australia to my itinerary would just be too much. There is a television show filmed near there, and I would love to go see where the show is produced. Perhaps on a later date I will visit Adelaide Australia, but until that day, I will just look forward to the cities I will be visiting.

If you want to see the land down under, don’t forget to add cities like Adelaide Australia to your list of places to go. There is also Perth in the western part of the country that many people forget to visit. These cities arenít as popular as Sydney, but they have just as much to offer. The show I mentioned, McLeod’s Daughters, was and is still filmed around Adelaide, and you can go see some of the town where the show takes place. If you love this show, this would be a great reason to visit Adelaide Australia.

You may get better deals on hotel or motel if you visit Adelaide Australia instead of the more common visitor sites like Sydney or Melbourne. They don’t have as many people coming in, so they can keep their prices lower. You could also make Adelaide part of a tour of the entire country if you really want to see it all. Look online for great travel deals to Australia and you may find that Adelaide is one of the favored options that pops up.

Megan Simpson contributes articles on a variety of different topics.  She loves to travel and to watch McLeod’s Daughters.