An ever curious traveler and foodie with a passion for making memories with my family. I love helping families confidently explore our beautiful world at home & abroad through food and travel. No matter your budget. Join me if you'd like to make more memories with your kids, without straining your finances, going into debt, or feeling like you'd have to sell off a kidney to fund your next vacation or enjoy healthy delicious food.
A favor: Las Vegas Tips for me?
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Hey Reader, Happy Tuesday! My partner Derek and I are headed to Las Vegas soon, and leaving our youngest at home with his sister. I am definitely not a Vegas expert, as it will only be my second time. A follow up to our first ever parent-only trip about eight years ago, that I mentioned last email. Last time I won money playing the slot machines, which for my tiny daily budget was amazing. It covered almost our whole trip (YAY for the USD to CAD exchange rate in this case :). The impetus for the trip was Derek buying me tickets to see Cyndi Lauper during her farewell residency, as my 50th birthday present. Been to Vegas? If you have some recommendations of things to do, places to eat and what not to miss, I would love it if you could send me a quick reply with your top spots. We've been researching and You Tubing it up, but I do love first hand recommendations even more. We'll have 6 full days there and so far we only have a couple of things on our list including a day trip to Red Rock Canyon or Valley of Fire State Park and Area 15's Omega Mart which was a friend's recommendation for weirdly fun things to do. Ok, that's all for today. As always, if you have any questions, or something travel related you'd like to see more of, hit reply and send me an email. I personally reply to every one. P.S. Have some Vegas tips or must see / eats places for us to visit on our adults only trip? Hit reply and give me the deets. I would be so grateful. Traveling soon? Here are some resources to use:
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An ever curious traveler and foodie with a passion for making memories with my family. I love helping families confidently explore our beautiful world at home & abroad through food and travel. No matter your budget. Join me if you'd like to make more memories with your kids, without straining your finances, going into debt, or feeling like you'd have to sell off a kidney to fund your next vacation or enjoy healthy delicious food.
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