Are you a mom? Do you like going to sleep at a decent hour and waking up early? If so... keep reading. (Everyone else, stop here... you can hang LOL)
Do you like 10,000 people in a club?
Do you like paying $50-$100 for your husband to get in, you are free?
Do you like club music with NO place to sit? And you like dancing in the hallways?
Do you like paying $25 per drink? (Cosmo = $23 Manhatten= $24)
Seriously- hit up a "non cool" club- like Ghostbar and skip this one.
@Hakkasan my husband was sooo pissed- no place to sit, unless you have the $750 for table service. $1000 in the main room.
Calvin Harris was going to DJ at 1:00am, but we were SOOOO over it, we left. A friend got us on the Hakkasan guest list-- so we paid the $50 to get him in. Then 2 drinks later- we are at a $100 for the night @Hakkasan. All that money to stand... and dance (which was cool)- and then "this is stupid" my husband kept repeating. No room on the dance floors- people were EVERYWHERE!
We made it until 12:45am-- and were "DONE". We then UBER'd over to GhostBar (our plan A, until nephew got us on the Calvin Harris list). We should have kept with our Plan A.
Ghostbar- amazing best VIEW of vegas. DJ was OK. But the best part--- it wasn't crowded! 60 people tops. Ordered 2 drinks and DANCED as we overlooked the vegas strip.
I will NEVER go back to Hakkasan again. When we left, they were STILL letting people into the club-- my thought-- what if a fire broke out? Only 1 exit. You can imagine my anxiety levels.
Christian the GBar manager was helping me out about getting a table at GhostBar. He is such a cool guy, I told him I owed him a Starbucks card for all his work with me. He answered all my questions. Then we hit the list for Calvin Harris, and I had to cancel my GBar plans (which I should NEVER have done). I texted him that I was not happy at Hakksasan and I told him "on our way". :)
We ended our night at GhostBar, and we were happy. The view is a tradition for us... Calvin Harris with 10,000 people- NOT fun.
Next time we plan to stay at the Palms-- access to GhostBar :) For those of you saying "ewwww- GBar, are you serious - that place is oldschool"- I told you to stop reading in the 2nd sentence. Us Mommy Ninjas that just want a chill atmosphere, a good drink, and the best view- we will stick to GhostBar!
-Find your JOY! -Auggie
As always I explain our my family spends 25K a year on vacations while still have a $630 a month daycare bill.
1) Working REWARDS!
a) Disney Chase Credit card. 2% back. Use if for EVERYTHING except 3 things. We have one of us cruise for free on Disney every other year. AND Disney Vacations are 6 months 0 % interest.
b) Costco Citi card! We make over $1500 a year back from 2 cards and the Executive Membership. That cash (sent as checks you cash at Costco registers) is used to pay for our entire Carnival Cruise this spring break!
c) Alaskan Airlines Credit Card- companion fares, free baggage, miles.
d) EBATES! In 8 days I have made $63 in cash and $30 is pending travel. You start at the EBATES website and simply shop like normal online. The referral link within Ebates makes you money.
ex: Amazon says "hey EBATES send me people to shop" Ebates loads up the % back and posts it. You start on Ebates and click the Amazon link, it sends you to Amazon KNOWING you will earn cash back. You shop on Amazon like normal (be sure to stay in that referral link) and BAM % back in your EBATE account the next day. It is THAT easy!
Cash is sent to your Paypal account (or paper check) every quarter. This alone pays for our spending money for our Thanksgiving Cancun Trip. Here is my snip-it proving what I have earned and (promise, legit)! And the link to sign up.
Below in the photo #1) All money made on Ebates to date (8 days people)! #2) My last PayPal deposit. #3) how I earned cash back on shopping.
LINK to sign up: https://www.ebates.com/r/OOGIEN3?eeid=28187
2) We do not have car payments. Hubby drives a 2003 Accord, me a 2010 Swag Van we paid off in 2 years (hence, didn't travel much those years).
3) Our mortgage is lower. We are both full time educators and could have afforded over 2K a month on a mortgage, instead we opted for a cheaper home for a cheaper mortgage.
4) Shop travel deals online during good sales. Our entire April spring break Carnival cruise is $1400 for all of us. Our Alaskan Cruise we got the alcohol package for FREE when we upgraded to a Balcony (which I had always wanted). In Mexico always Kids Stay FREE deals.
5) YNAB! You Need a Budget is an online cloud budget tool. It is budgeting on steroids! You have to account for EVERY penny! I have been using YNAB for 5 years and I am able to FULLY fund my vacations thru budgeting each month. I set aside 2k a month for travel, this tool allows me to budget monthly and set goals. It tells me what we spend the most money on (ahem, food and shopping) and allows us to have discussions about habits we NEED to change to reach our goals. They have amazing training videos, and a FREE 30 day trial. Try it, no obligation (it is better than MINT which I used for 2 years and EveryDollar). Try it here: https://ynab.com/referral/?ref=G6Kp8nTV4XKAQNSX&utm_source=customer_referral
Travel on Everyone!
Do you like 10,000 people in a club?
Do you like paying $50-$100 for your husband to get in, you are free?
Do you like club music with NO place to sit? And you like dancing in the hallways?
Do you like paying $25 per drink? (Cosmo = $23 Manhatten= $24)
Seriously- hit up a "non cool" club- like Ghostbar and skip this one.
@Hakkasan my husband was sooo pissed- no place to sit, unless you have the $750 for table service. $1000 in the main room.
Calvin Harris was going to DJ at 1:00am, but we were SOOOO over it, we left. A friend got us on the Hakkasan guest list-- so we paid the $50 to get him in. Then 2 drinks later- we are at a $100 for the night @Hakkasan. All that money to stand... and dance (which was cool)- and then "this is stupid" my husband kept repeating. No room on the dance floors- people were EVERYWHERE!
We made it until 12:45am-- and were "DONE". We then UBER'd over to GhostBar (our plan A, until nephew got us on the Calvin Harris list). We should have kept with our Plan A.
Ghostbar- amazing best VIEW of vegas. DJ was OK. But the best part--- it wasn't crowded! 60 people tops. Ordered 2 drinks and DANCED as we overlooked the vegas strip.
I will NEVER go back to Hakkasan again. When we left, they were STILL letting people into the club-- my thought-- what if a fire broke out? Only 1 exit. You can imagine my anxiety levels.
Christian the GBar manager was helping me out about getting a table at GhostBar. He is such a cool guy, I told him I owed him a Starbucks card for all his work with me. He answered all my questions. Then we hit the list for Calvin Harris, and I had to cancel my GBar plans (which I should NEVER have done). I texted him that I was not happy at Hakksasan and I told him "on our way". :)
We ended our night at GhostBar, and we were happy. The view is a tradition for us... Calvin Harris with 10,000 people- NOT fun.
Next time we plan to stay at the Palms-- access to GhostBar :) For those of you saying "ewwww- GBar, are you serious - that place is oldschool"- I told you to stop reading in the 2nd sentence. Us Mommy Ninjas that just want a chill atmosphere, a good drink, and the best view- we will stick to GhostBar!
-Find your JOY! -Auggie
1) Working REWARDS!
a) Disney Chase Credit card. 2% back. Use if for EVERYTHING except 3 things. We have one of us cruise for free on Disney every other year. AND Disney Vacations are 6 months 0 % interest.
b) Costco Citi card! We make over $1500 a year back from 2 cards and the Executive Membership. That cash (sent as checks you cash at Costco registers) is used to pay for our entire Carnival Cruise this spring break!
c) Alaskan Airlines Credit Card- companion fares, free baggage, miles.
d) EBATES! In 8 days I have made $63 in cash and $30 is pending travel. You start at the EBATES website and simply shop like normal online. The referral link within Ebates makes you money.
ex: Amazon says "hey EBATES send me people to shop" Ebates loads up the % back and posts it. You start on Ebates and click the Amazon link, it sends you to Amazon KNOWING you will earn cash back. You shop on Amazon like normal (be sure to stay in that referral link) and BAM % back in your EBATE account the next day. It is THAT easy!
Cash is sent to your Paypal account (or paper check) every quarter. This alone pays for our spending money for our Thanksgiving Cancun Trip. Here is my snip-it proving what I have earned and (promise, legit)! And the link to sign up.
Below in the photo #1) All money made on Ebates to date (8 days people)! #2) My last PayPal deposit. #3) how I earned cash back on shopping.
LINK to sign up: https://www.ebates.com/r/OOGIEN3?eeid=28187
2) We do not have car payments. Hubby drives a 2003 Accord, me a 2010 Swag Van we paid off in 2 years (hence, didn't travel much those years).
3) Our mortgage is lower. We are both full time educators and could have afforded over 2K a month on a mortgage, instead we opted for a cheaper home for a cheaper mortgage.
4) Shop travel deals online during good sales. Our entire April spring break Carnival cruise is $1400 for all of us. Our Alaskan Cruise we got the alcohol package for FREE when we upgraded to a Balcony (which I had always wanted). In Mexico always Kids Stay FREE deals.
5) YNAB! You Need a Budget is an online cloud budget tool. It is budgeting on steroids! You have to account for EVERY penny! I have been using YNAB for 5 years and I am able to FULLY fund my vacations thru budgeting each month. I set aside 2k a month for travel, this tool allows me to budget monthly and set goals. It tells me what we spend the most money on (ahem, food and shopping) and allows us to have discussions about habits we NEED to change to reach our goals. They have amazing training videos, and a FREE 30 day trial. Try it, no obligation (it is better than MINT which I used for 2 years and EveryDollar). Try it here: https://ynab.com/referral/?ref=G6Kp8nTV4XKAQNSX&utm_source=customer_referral
Travel on Everyone!
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