So you’re hanging in LA for a holiday and your out at a bar, one of the last things your going to realise is all the bars close at 2pm! Now if your a tourist you probably wont have the after party contacts so the closest place to get your next drink is Vegas!
Realistically if you have the “lets go to Las Vegas” moment at 2pm then it probably isn’t worth your while, since the credit crisis not as many flight leave for Vegas from LA, in the past there was basically one leaving every half hour almost! last time I had a “lets go to Vegas” moment I couldn’t even find a flight at 2pm but I did find tacos so that was that!
I have however been sitting in a bar in LA at 8pm by myself and thought “this is going to be a great night and I don’t think I will want it to end at 2pm!” Now it is completely possible to be drunk in an LA bar at 8pm and then be in a Vegas club by 10pm!
This is how I did it!…
I thought the whole “I’m going to Vegas so I can keep partying after 2pm” was the best forward planning I had ever had! so walked out side got into the first cab and said “LAX please!”
LAX was only 15 minutes away but that gave me plenty of time to call up the main airlines and find a flight, South West Airlines we’re great and I basically walked straight in bought a ticket at the counter for $150 (if you pre book a few weeks in advance you can get them for $50) then pretty much got on a plane!
The person on the flight next to me was a very anxious flyer, so I saw it as my duty to take their mind off things in the only way a drunk Aussie knows how, be overly boisterous and try and include everyone on the plane in the conversation that you think you are having with the person next to you… It seemed to work and I got a free drink from the hostess as it was fathers day and I said I was a father … South West we’re the best firkin airline now I think of it as not only did I get a photo with the pilots but I also got a photo of me and ALL the people on the plane… “group photo!”
Ok Back on track Simon! So lets skip forward, from Vegas airport just jump in a cab, I got a limo to myself for $45 to the strip which is about the same as a cab (this was a weekend though) You can get a hotel room for under $100 per night during the week, I’ve seen it as low as $60 at a four star hotel.
Once your at a hotel just sit down and gamble very very slowly, this way you loose very little money but get free drinks 
Then just take it from there!
There are some cool clubs in Vegas so just ask around and see where your night takes you, if you have never been before just buy a yard class and walking the strip, things will happen from there!
How did my night end? Well I bought new shoes, ran out of money and freaked my Aussie bank manager out with a drunk phone call saying I was in Vegas and my card was broken and to fix it, then got blisters due to my new shoes and couldn’t walk, spent my last $20 on tequila that made me very sick so fell into bed, rolled over to see the time was 2pm… I couldn’t help but think how good my night would have been if I stayed in LA… I did get new shoes out of it though!
I’ve been to Vegas a heap but the only way to do it is a spur of the moment trip… deep down though I’m an LA kind of guy