Is Vegas a Family Vacation Destination?

Ha! This made me think of the movie "don't think unnatural thoughts about your cousin Rus"

Nothing better than Quoting Chevy Chase and Vacation movies!!!!!

"Put in a dollar won a car, put in a dollar won a car!"""

HAHA!! "Where the hell is the Damn Dam tour?"

Best one!!!

Clark Griswold: Eddie, has anyone ever told you you're bad luck?

Cousin Eddie: Those were my mother's dying words. But I guess if your body's covered in third degree burns, and your foot's caught in a bear trap, you tend to start talkin' crazy.

LMAO!! I LOVE Cousin Eddie!!

How can you not! Who doesn't dream of throwing raw chicken on a rock to watch it cook! Or put the rattlesnakes out for the kids to play with!:laugh: :happy:

I myself would never go there, let alone take my child. then people act shocked at what happens when they grow up and are uncontrollable and into horrid things. garbage in, garbage out.

What's up with all the families taking their kids on vacation in Vegas?

Just got back. There were so many Families with their kids there. Stayed at the Monte Carlo. Couldn't believe how many kids were there.

It's not a place for children. They can't go out in the Casino's or see many of the shows, so do they get stuck in the room at night?

It's very expensive. Aren't there some better family-friendly destinations?

Remember "What happens in Vegas, Stays in Vegas"?

Kick the kids out of the Casino Hotels. Adults Only !!!

Friends of mine are professional poker players and having their children there over the Summer Holidays, isn't so much a holiday destination location, moreso a chance for the children and their mother to spend some family time with their father/husband.

Following the rolling internet poker bans, many of the poker players are having to tour more, outside the USA. To re-coup their losses, some sign contracts with Bellagio [in my friends cases], to make the monies they may have lost back, by playing for the house ~ they keep a small percentage over the course of the contract and are housed at the hotels, with food + beverage comp'd.

The children aren't necessarily at the hotels where their fathers primarily reside ~ usually, a home is rented over the holidays with a nanny [or grandparent(s) and friends in tow. Day trips are planned to the casinos to 'visit' their fathers, which is likely the story for some you may have encountered there. Many are young parents. They're trying to make it all work.

For some of my friends, they'd met their wives whilst playing. Their wives were the card dealers, dancers, cocktail waitresses, party planners and pool side hostesses. This life carries through to their homes and more often than not, the children aren't unfamiliar with the states of undress to a regular child ~ micro bikinis, at home parties, the Vegas style ritzy decor are a norm. Vegas is their life and their family source of income ~ they're taught at a young age. It is his job. AND still, they do have cosy, wholesome family lives. Great friends and loving parents, who even spoil and respect their own parents with reverence [not too common amongst the younger generation]. Their ability to balance 'that kind of fast life' is a learning curve for me. They're socially conditioned yet familial, who are able to work the conservative in a fast paced wild'ish environment.

I'm sure the LDS founders would disagree