Spring Break!

Spring Break is pretty much on everyone's mind right now. Especially with all of this horrible weather! There are a ton of places to choice from when planning spring break. I am going to compare going to Miami, Florida and going to Orlando, Florida.

Miami:

Miami has a ton to hotels! You are bound to find a nice place to stay. *460+ hotels and motels and nearly 50,000 rooms

While I was looking up facts about Miami I found one that said Miami has one of the largest snow skiing clubs in the United states! I think this is very ironic.

http://www.miamiforvisitors.com/local/facts.htm

I looked on Map Quest and it said it would take 24 hours and 18 minutes to drive to Miami If you started in Maryville, Mo. That would be a nice road trip with your friends!

Orlando

Orlando has about 500 hotels to choose from.

There are 9 shopping malls.

Here is a list of facts about Orlando
http://www.orlandoescape.com/ezines/fun-facts-orlando.htm

Map Quest says that it would take 20 hours and 58 minutes to drive to Orlando from Maryville.

Layovers

Any time I have ever been to an airport I have had to wait for a really long time. I don't fly all that often, so I am pretty content at watching the airplanes take of to fill my time. I usually bring a book or a magazine to read too. Some layovers can last forever though. And you can only sit around for so long! Many airports are adding things other than stores to occupy passengers time.



Some airports are adding spas so people can relax during their wait. I read where there are places for people to take showers and even pods for people to sleep in.



Vancouver's airport had medical services. You can get your prescriptions filled there. Of all things to have in an airport I think this is the strangest.



This video shows some of the really nice airport lounges for first class customers. It makes me think a vacation to the airport would be good enough..haha

Best Places to eat.

Everyone loves to eat. Here is a link to the best restaurants in Las Vegas.
http://www.lasvegasrestaurants.com/top10.cfm

If want to save a little money but still have a good time. Here are some free things to do when you are on vacation. All of these things seem like a lot of fun!
http://www.looktours.com/Free-things-to-do-in-las-vegas.html

Vegas Baby: Things to do

There are tons of things to do in Vegas! I don't know how I'm ever going to narrow the options down when I'm only going to be there for a few days. My mom really wants to go see Donny and Marie perform. So i guess I am going to have to go with her! The cheapest tickets are $90 for balcony seats and it is located in the The Flamingo Showroom.
Here is the link if you want more details:
http://www.harrahs.com/EventsDetail.do?locationCode=FLV&detailName=donny-marie-detail&eventTitle=Donny%20and%20Marie

And here is a clip of one of their shows:


I'm sure my mom is going to love it! :)

Vegas Baby!

The next place I will be traveling to is Las Vegas! My family and I are going next December. There are a ton of hotels in Las Vegas. I don't know how we are going to pick the right one to stay in!!

Bellagio: This hotel is a ton of movies about Las Vegas. It is the one where the fountains play to music. Here is what a Denver, CO man said about the Bellagio:

"Not as impressed as I thought I’d be
I booked the Bellagio Suite on the 29th floor. Our door had something wrong with the seal around it and as soon as you stepped off the elevator you could hear the whistling it made from down the hall. We followed all the signs to the valet parking and there was a huge lineup of cars we had to wait for. We also had to carry all of our bags by ourselves across the entire hotel to the lobby. At check-in there was no real check-in time and our flight got in early. We waited in like for about 30 minutes with all of our baggage until we were able to check-in to our room. Again, no "bellman" to wheel our luggage, so back across the casino we went. In our suite the fridge was full of things secured by a "sensor" that would charge items to your room if removed. So there was nowhere to store any leftovers from room service or other drinks, etc. The hotel/casino, however, was very impressive in it’s style and cleanliness. The waitresses and bartenders were extremely friendly, as well as the valet attendants. Everyone was very helpful, but for the money spent, I’d have expected more. I’d stay again over the other hotel/casinos, though."

Here is a link if you would like to read more reviews.

http://www.expedia.com/pub/agent.dll/qscr=dspv/htid=140596

Caesars Palace: I'm sure all of you have seen "The Hangover" by now so i thought I would look up the hotel in that movie. There are tons of things to do here. Cher and Jerry Seinfeld both preform here.

Here is the official website for the Caesars Palace.

http://www.caesarspalace.com/casinos/caesars-palace/hotel-casino/property-home.shtml

This is one of the rooms at Caesars Palace.

While I was looking up information on hotels I found an interesting article about why windows in Las Vegas hotels don't open very far. It said that people used to try and dive out the windows into the pools. Also Las Vegas has one of the highest suicide rates. Here is the article if you want to read it.

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1847775/why_dont_las_vegas_hotel_room_windows.html?cat=16