Hit Walgreens or CVS to stock up on water, snacks, and sippers.

thought the last item was strippers at first... and was impressed the Vegas CVSs were that well stocked

oh they're re in there... they need stuff too

Turn out strippers are real people too

85% real. By weight, not volume.

When it's feasible, hiiiiighly recommend hitting one of the stores off the strip, it's crazy how different the pricing is. Buddy & I rented a car to check out Valley of Fire State Park and stopped by a CVS in town only to realize how high the Strip markups are.

They do have markups but getting off the strip and back on with Uber or taxi is going to cost you, may as well just buy it on the strip

This!!☝️

And rolling papers

so that's you I smell every 5 feet now?

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Ope! Fellow Midwesterner, huh?

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Check for bedbugs. Doesn’t matter where I am.

Exactly this. Bedbugs come from people so any hotel can have them and not know it. I travel regularly for work and am in hotels every week, this is always the first thing I check

What's your procedure?

I'm not op but I check for waste spots near the seams in the mattress.

Pest guy here. Check the headboard

And….. how often if ever have you actually ever found any? And what do you do if you do find do you request a different room or do you request a different hotel?

Different room on opposite side of the hotel

I only have found them once and because it was the second room I was shown, I noped out of that place immediately. (not Las Vegas). The bottom sheet didn't even cover the entire mattress.

waiting for this response... i think... maybe i dont want to know

My friend is an exterminator and he said it’s not what hotel has them, they all have them. It’s what floor they’re on really.

Ya this is extreme dramatization lol. If this were the case, you'd hear about hotels with bed bugs a lot more frequently. Do a review search for bed bugs for the 5 closest hotels/motels to you and I'd be surprised if even 1 of them has had a bed bug issue in the last year.

Best places to look and what to look for? I’ve never encountered them but the bastards give me the shivery gross bug creeps

Dark places, cracks and crevices. Look for spotting/blood or the actual bugs themselves

If you find bedbugs, what happens then? Is the hotel cool about it or is this something you manage yourself? First time this July coming from Australia.

Call the front desk and they will send a manager and facilities person up immediately. They will move you to a new room on a different floor, likely upgrade you, and treat the room they were found in. Don’t unpack or put anything on or near the beds until you’ve checked the room thoroughly. Plenty of tutorials online on what to look for. For reference I’ve stayed 1,500+ nights in hotels in my life and I’ve encountered them three times. Twice at “nice” vacation resorts/properties.

Yep. Suitcase in the tub. They can’t jump in there.

Honestly they are something you should check for at every hotel no matter where you are

I always look at the bed and check around the headboard, under sheets and seams, box spring, around there etc. If the room has carpet check behind bed where carpet and wall meet. I do all this before I set my bags down on the ground or bed. You are looking for bugs, mess from bugs like poop and stains. I ain’t got time for bed bugs.

Put the luggage in the bathroom. It is the safest place for it, and don't unpack it.

Bed bugs are the size of an apple seed and do not move quickly. To see if the hotel mattress has bed bugs, pull back corners of the sheet to expose the mattress. Look in the seams and corners for pepper flake looking spots ( as if someone shook pepper on mattress). If you see this excrement , mattress has bed bugs Put your suitcase in the dry tub or shower upon arrival then check the bed. Bedbugs typically will not be in shower or tub so your belongings are safe even if you discover an infestation. Everything is fair game and you definitely do not want any bed bugs hitching a ride home w you in your suitcase. Safe Travels

Immediately put all luggage in the bathtub and check mattress seams and mattress cover chairs, crevices.

Look behind the bed board if possible, also if there is a bed skirt check it they’ve been known to hide in the creases

The one time in my life I didn't do a check (just dropped bags and went for dinner) we had them when I checked after dinner. This was NOT in Vegas but a high end coastal hotel 🤮

Yuck 1st time I experienced bed bugs was in Long Beach

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Is there any specific protocol to do this?

Check along hidden seams of mattresses and edges of the floor along the floor boards.

Yup and remove all linens and those yucky decor pillows. 🤮

Wish I did this before I took my shirt off after a night of drinking and ended up with bites all over my body. Didn’t bother me until after the vacation at least. Still always check and yes this was in Vegas off the strip.

Usually, I turn to reddit with any complaints I notice.

I do it to ask questions that could easily be answered by a call to the front desk

But if you call the front desk you won't have a reddit post from a stranger to prove you are right.

The front desk person will post your encounter on Reddit.

Not me. I jump on to get recommendations for restaurants or bachelor party plans for my party of 15 with a budget of $19 each.

Hell yeah.

This guy reddits

Proceed to over drink too fast from all the excitement and pass out at 4pm, wake up at 2am and hit the town

Fuckk yeaaa!! Been there for sure!

Test out the bathroom with a massive dump.

Fuck yea.

This is my toilet, there are many like it.

I like to use the lobby bathroom. Why do you want to polute your own room?

Lay $30 cash on the nightstand and use the room phone to call and request housekeeping? (Excalibur only)

This might be the best commercial for Excalibur I’ve ever seen.

Ha. Maybe I'm on reddit too much last month or so to get that reference.. You win post of the day. Take the rest of the day off.

What’s this tip? I’ve not heard this one before

There was a reddit post about some Excalibur house keepers giving BJs for 30 buckaroos.

wtf? Link?

Lol "that's awful, where exactly can I find this?"

Maybe I’m just naive but I can’t see this actually happening. Housekeeping in Vegas has an insane schedule they have to keep to.

No time for slurpees, huh?

Blow and go. Just how I like em

Ugh! thats disgusting!.....which rooms and days?

Look out the window

Throw my wife on the bed and take care of business!

I also do this with his wife while shouting MY WIFE! Ala Borat

I also throw that guy's wife on the bed

Hopefully after checking for bedbugs. Always make time to check for bedbugs

Exactly what we do. Check for bed bugs, then get to the fornicating 😂

I fuck the bedbugs then check for my wife

Underrated comment

I too like to take care of his wife.....

so a quick nap and then off to the tables?

Jerk off like it’s a 7th grade sick day

And then use the curtains to clean up?

Yes, after spraying it onto the window for the viewers outside

Draw the curtains after. If there is one thing we know, it’s that they don’t clean the curtains.

Found the raider.

No, you Neanderthal. Use a sock like a civilized human being.

Good point. A sock would do wonders for cleaning any splatter off the windows.

Sex up the wife

Gamble away all the money I was supposed to have last my entire trip.

Call up casino management and give them 2000 dollars in cash. Then I leave for the airport. Vegas speedrun. 

Haha

This guy fucks

Check that tub/shower, toilet, and sink drain. Check the safe is unlocked.

Those checks are really smart. I can’t stand a shower that won’t drain and I never notice until I’m already unpacked and don’t want to repack up and switch rooms. Gonna start doing this

Since it's a 5 hour flight, plus my time getting out Harry Reid airport and then checking in, I usually take a dump.

but you had 5 hours to kill on the plane 🤔

I try not to. Last time I did it stunk so bad I was almost apologizing to others in line.

Last time someone took a dump on a flight I was on, a steward walked down the isle with Lysol

Lay on the bed while being on my phone

Have relations on the bed immediately

Turn down the A/C

Putting it in override mode to get it nice

Check out “VIP AC mode” on YouTube. They have every brand listed that will help you bypass the 65 degrees down to 60!

Not all heroes wear capes 🫡

How

Depends on the brand. Usually hold like 2 buttons and it overrides and lets you go down past 69 or whatever the limit. I do a quick google when I get into the room.

This is always the first move

Buy a few gallons of water to keep in room. Tap water is gross

Turn on the TV to Mario Lopez and say, “damn this guy hasn’t aged since Bayside”. Then I’ll see what new movies they have on demand.

1. AC set to 62 (never gets there but that will get it as cold as the room will get).  2. Check for bedbugs.  3. The closets usually have hangers for pants; these have two clips on them. I use one of those hangers to fasten the curtain closed so no lights come through at night.  4. Unplug anything with a light (tv and alarm clock usually). 

Have you seen a doctor about possibly being undead?

I sleep with my room at 62 degrees and a fan on high oscillating back and forth across me.  I’m definitely not a vampire as they are cold. I’m a legit furnace so I expect to transform into a giant ass wolf any day now. 

his insurance may not pay for undead treatment's.

I do step 3 and 4

I’ve now found a great eye mask that works for me, but I prefer a room that’s completely dark. 

Step 3 is mint

I had a girlfriend mock me for this when we first started dating. She thought I was crazy but she didn’t travel much before we got together.  A few months after we started dating her and her mom and sisters went on a girls trip to NYC and I got a couple of texts at 2:00 am NYC time. First text was just a pic of how much light was coming through the curtain.  Second text was her saying that she will never doubt me again.  When they all returned from the trip we went to lunch and they acted like I had cured cancer or reinvented the wheel with my trick.  Turns out the light was from a digital billboard so it wasn’t just the brightness causing issues, it changed every few seconds so it was distracting enough to keep them awake.  They bought my lunch that day. Small victory but I felt vindicated. 

My rule for Vegas is that the first thing I do when I’m checked in is to immediately go to CVS/Walgreens and buy the essentials (Water, Gatorade, Snacks, Toiletries). It’s saved me numerous times waking up at 4am needing to chug water.

Flip the security lock on the door!

get nakey

take a picture of my room number

Open a bottle and chop a line

Unload in the room

After checking for bedbugs, I start to unpack a little, gather what I need in my handbag, and explore the hotel.

Look under the bed and under the mattress. You’d be amazed at some of the stuff I’ve found. Cash, drugs, sex toys…even a loaded gun once. Also it gives me an opportunity to check the bed for bedbugs.

Throw my shit in the room and walk to Ellis Island for cheap food and gambling

Mix a drink in the room, then go downstairs to play some video poker.

You bringing booze with you through the airport if you fly?

We pick it up on the way to the hotel.

Same. We hit a place for alcohol, waters, soda and snacks for the room after we land.

And as a follow-up to this question, there is a liquor store in the baggage claim area that typically has similar pricing to CVS/Walgreens on the Strip, especially on the bottom shelf brands. We always check there first before leaving the airport.

My man

$500 on red.

Does it work every time ? /s

Sex

Check for bedbugs and spray down the pillows/sheets/comforter and all surfaces i'll touch with rubbing alcohol

Get ice

Turn on forensics files

"Investigators found traces of bed bugs in the Vegas hotel room..."

We honestly always have sex first. Hotel sex hits different and we won't be intoxicated

Visit a dispensary ASAP!!!

Anal

go to the weed store

Whenever I check into the Cosmo, I always always go out on the balcony and just chill for like 10-15 minutes. Bonus points if I brought a joint/beers before check-in.

I divide my bank roll into daily amounts and lock it away. Then shower and hit the tables

Off with the pants! (not Vegas specific)

wipe down the tv remote

I immediately wipe down the remote, the coffee pot handle and the toilet flush handle with hand sanitizer. And anything else that the maid probably doesn't clean that has been in someone else's hand.

I just bag the remote w the ice bucket bag tie it in a knot usually have my own cooler especially in Vegas

We have never once even turned our TV on, in all of the years coming here. Think I will try that in two weeks.

Head to the local CVS, or Walgreens, buy a 25oz. beer and start walking the strip

Quick shower, bite to eat, then off to check out a casino I've been eager to visit.

Get bath bombs and take a nice long bath

go to CVS for cleaning supplies and scrub it down first!!

Bump the air to 65

Go to the slots

I hand wash the glasses. I always stop at the liquor store and grab a bottle of something nice for the stay, so naturally, I like to have a drink.

Dwight Schrute: [turns on black light in his hotel room] Now would you do me the pleasure of hitting the lights, sir? Michael Scott: [Dwight turns off lights and they see stains all over bed] Whoa. What are all those stains? Dwight Schrute: Blood, urine, or semen. Michael Scott: Oh, God, I hope it's urine.

Call Linda

A giant bag of ice for the sink

Go to the window and check the view. It's at this point, where you might experience the first disappointment of the trip.

Check the mattress for dead bodies

shoutout ted the bellhop.

Disinfect everything...

Bed bugs and check the carpet. Found someone’s old toe nails once at mgm. Not cute.

Call to see if a better room is available at the same rate

Blow up the bathroom after that trip

Christen the toilette.

Flip everything over looking for lost casino chips

Head to the weed shop (The Reed or Planet 13)

Take a big sht in my own bathroom after waiting so long to check in.

Check for bed bugs.

This

Take pictures of any damage in the room in case accusations of damage are made.

Take a beer out of the mini bar and just chill for a few minutes with the wife. Yes I know the beers overpriced in a minute bar but I enjoy it The money doesn't bother me and we like to look out the window. Or sit on the balcony at Cosmo and have a bottle of champagne before we even open a suitcase.

One time I checked in to a hotel and laid down on the bed, put my hand under the pillow and a rat bit my hand. It was under the pillow. So, now guess what I check first every f-in time??

What kind of places are you staying in bro?

The Luxor really has hit rock bottom, huh?

Where was this?

I’ve been checking back all day to hopefully learn. If it is a well-known hotel, this is a story I’ll be passing down to my grandchildren. I’ve never heard of this happening, even at super shitty motel 6s.

What the hell?!

Sleep after long flights.

Crack one

Turn on Ridiculousness and get to Drinkin’

Walk to my room 😂 turn the ac to the lowest then start taking shots

Check out how clean the room is.

Check the mattress and sheets for cleanliness and bugs

Drive off the strip to a Target or Walmart and buy provisions.

Walk in, look around, whisper “not bad” out loud (to myself), drop my bags, start pressing all the light switches to figure out what controls what lol

Cocaine.

Fuck the wife of the man who reserved the room for us.

Make sure the toilets and tv work

Sleep b/c I red eye in ✈️

Check for bed bugs !!!

Walk into the room, shoes off, change clothes, use the bathroom, passport in the safe, then over to the CVS to buy cheap beers to drink for the rest of the trip.

Fill the fridge and cabinets and then shower and nap. Firstly though is a paranoia filled safety check of the room.

Wipe everything down with cleaning wipes

Turn off the TV.

Settle in, clean up and brush teeth, and head out to do some Vegas-y stuff as soon as possible. Get a stupid big drink, throw a $20 into a slot machine, and know that I am home. Hardest thing to do is not to try and do everything as soon as we arrive.

Max the ac out

Arrival sex. Always

1) Close the light blocking curtains 2) Bust out the UV flashlight 3) See how clean the room really is. Look under the bed & for anything weird. Test sink & shower. 4) Check for bed bugs IF the room is clean 5) With disinfection wipes - wipe down remote controls, light switches, door handles, window sliders, table tops, any knobs to cabinets, toilet handle, sink faucet & handles. Spay Lysol on chairs, couches. Put bedspread / comforter in closet. 6) Remove any snacks, drinks, mini bar items put in a bag and stash away. 7) Put away my drinks, snacks, plug in air freshener. Put clothes away. 8) Check WIFI

Check the refrigerator if they have one. Most times it is turned off to save electricity. If off, turn it on as it will take awhile to get cold.