Is your significant other an ideal Vegas companion?

Dean Martin: "Going to Vegas with a wife is like going to China with a bag of rice"

My wife is good luck, when she leaves, and she doesn't go to Vegas much. MAYBE 3 times out of 75 trips. First two while dating were ok, 3rs after married a while, she was a nag.

 

My significant other of 11 years, and I are like two peas in a pod when it comes to Vegas. We both like the same kind of shows, each of us can always find something to eat on the menu at basically any type of restaurant. He does not play table games but I do....that is not an issue because he likes to play slots sometimes by himself and I like to play table games sometimes by myself. When I get tired of the table games and need a break I go find him and play the slot machine next to him...we have allot of fun laughing and joking and it is fun to see each other win.

It works for both of us! Vegas is our favorite place to travel together...we both are very relaxed and have a GREAT time each time we are in Vegas!!!

 

Wow! 46 years is very impressive!

We're 15 years behind you.

 

When I can meet a woman who will be a good Vegas partner THAT'S when she will become my SO/wife!

 

What a great and fresh Thread!

My first and only wife (now ex) was a great fit. I gambled and she went to the spa on me. WHen done, she'd meet me at the tables and we'd get smashed. Then dine at places beyond our abilities. It was great. Then came the real world and life changes as do people. She would rejoin me doing this again in a heartbeat, but alas, no invitiation is to be extended.

Now, my more recent SO, is not equipped for Vegas. It boggled her mind and she was a dud. No matter how much I tried to spoil her, it just wasn't her cup of tea and that soured the relationship, inter alia.

 

After 39 trips to Vegas (soon to be 40) only 3 of those were"guys only trips"...and although they were fun in their own way, I very much prefer to go with my wife and any friends who are up for it. My wife is truly my soul mate. We like to gamble together, we know when to gamble apart when the "luck" isn't quite there. She rarely shops...so we spend our afternoons in poker tournaments, pubs, or just plain people watching on the strip. We let loose when the timing's right, and we always have each others backs, if someone decides to let loose a "smidge" more than the other. We enjoy the same shows, but aren't afraid to give an opinion if it sucks, and a good meal is always on our list. We know when the other needs some time alone, whether it be sitting in a sports book, or laying by a pool. We make each other laugh all day, and party each night. She's more than just my ideal Vegas companion...she's my ideal companion period! May sound sappy, but if that's how it sounds after 20 years of marriage, I'm perfectly ok with that!

 

Yes, The Baboo doesn't bug me if I want to stay out till the sun comes up and I don't bug her if she wants to stay in the room ordering room service and pay-per-view movies. Plus, when we do both go out at the same time, she is the perfect companion for our adventures.

 

My significant other is my wife of over thirty years. She is an Investment Advisor and cannot stand the idea of gambling, even tough I consider her industry a "big casino".

She enjoys nice vacations at nice locations, but she does not accompany me to Vegas.

As a business owner I typically go to Vegas for "business", i.e. tax deductible conventions for my business interests. I go to drink/gamble a couple of times a year along with maintaining and developing business relationships.

I never go overboard (stay comped down-town) and gamble only what I can afford for entertainment, with over-site from my significant other (she owns 50-50) all of my business interests and manages our joint personal finances.

My advice is to be completely transparent with one's significant other, it keeps you grounded as to your gambling and [STRIKE]stupid[/STRIKE] eccentric behaviour. Yes, she reads my silly trip reports and still puts up with me? Go figure, Love conquers all, no?

 

Very much so in every way.

 

It all depends. Partner and I (27 years) get along great in Vegas normally. But it had a learning curve. We usually try to go together during the shoulder seasons. During the summer, I can spend 5-6 hours a day laying in the sun reading. An hour or two is about all he can take. Neither of us like it in the winter. He can play slots all day long, and I enjoy just watching after my small bankroll is gone. I am a planner, and he is a follower. A few times we have gone together, and I didnt plan a show. Then we never found time to see one, and that is all I heard for weeks. Now I make sure to plan a couple shows, so we are forced to make time to see them. So I guess if there is an ideal companion, he is the one. I enjoy going alone as well though.

 

We have to get along! After many years of flying together, and each doing multiple solo trips, we currently get out to Vegas for one trip per year. We drive from Michigan, and stay about six weeks by renting a condo for the month of February, and staying at NYNY when we first arrive and before we head home.

My wife has always been a video keno buff ... and she has done very well. So while living in the condo, we tend to visit casinos that we know have full-pay keno machines. (Suncoast, Sam's Town, M, Binions, ElCo and more) One or two days a week, DW will stay at the condo to do a little laundry, or just relax. On those days, I wander off to any one of my local favorites.

I often play keno alongside DW, or nearby within hailing distance. When I get bored with my losing habits, I'll wander off to play some penny slots to stop the bleeding. We also enjoy playing side-by-side at Crazy-4 or 3-card poker.

If we weren't so compatible, we probably couldn't put up with the 3-4 day drive to get there, or back home.

 

My hubby is, luckily, my perfect travel companion, not just in Vegas, but everywhere we've gone. I feel so lucky!

 

I run around like a chicken and he does not like Vegas and would rather sit in the room and listen to music, which he can satisfactorily do at home on the east coast. Therefore, he stays in the room at home and I go...and run around like a chicken.

 

I would have to say we are 99% compatible. He hates Criss Angle..LOL Other than that we love to do all the same things. Our days are spent walking around sightseeing and at night we take in a show and gamble. Ok, maybe we gamble during the day as well..LOL We both love being away from work and home and are always sad to leave.

 

Yes! He is just like me, loves a little of everything- gambling, pool time, shows, a great meal...my prior boyfriend was a good person, but a terrible travel companion, not just about Vegas. Specifically, he loathed vegas and on our two trips, complained the entire time. He nearly got into a fight with a guy at a Miranda Lambert concert (a concert where we had fantastic seats and backstage passes. One I had been looking forward to for months) and he just sulked the entire trip. He wouldn't gamble, go to the pool or have a drink. He seriously went out to eat with me and read his book in the casino lounge. It was miserable.

A good partner, is someone who is travel compatible.

 

Without a doubt a great traveling companion. She doesn't do the sports book or the car auctions, I don't do the pool or shopping, to name a few. However we always have time for fun together. Went a few times alone, just not the same.

 

My first wife was not Vegas compatible. Our one and only trip together in LV was not good for us as a couple. She said the sights/sounds of LV caused her to "short circuit" which also caused her to be thrown out of the Spearmint Rhino and later resulted in a visit to our room from hotel security. I ended up filing divorce about a month after we got home (that was as soon as I could get it done).

My current GF is a completely different personality and we have a ton of fun socializing and going out here at home. Our first LV trip is in late Feb., I fully anticipate a great time.

I think it is really important to have someone you can travel with. I admire those who have worked around a mate that doesnt love LV.

 

CaptainRon, would you please step the the front of the line, you're a Vegas degenerate to the max. . . .

 

My wife and I are very Vegas-compatible while we are there. I can park her in front of a slot for a while in the morning, do "stuff" during the day, then back to her slot before bed. Meanwhile, I bounce between poker, craps, blackjack, VP.

The issue is that I have the Vegas Virus more than her. As soon as we get back, I start planning again, and she starts talking about my gambling addiction. But it isn't the gambling I am addicted to (we have an Indian casino five miles away from home, and one of my best friends is a bookie... I rarely partake in either). I am addicted to "leaving it all behind" and just experiencing the "couple" time.

We went to New Orleans for Mardi Gras last winter, and though we spent a little time in Tunica on the way home, there was very little gambling and we had just as good of a time there as we do in Las Vegas.

We are doing the next Vegas trip a little differently. We both will fly in on a Saturday on the earliest flight we can afford, and she will take the red-eye home on Sunday while I drive with my buddies to Reno for a bowling tournament. Hopefully with this arrangement, I will get 30 quality hours with her doing "stuff" and dining well, then she will get 6 hours of Vegas solo time, and I will get three days with the boys in Reno. That might appease all gods.