[meteorite-list] Tucson Gem/Mineral Show Moving To Vegas?

From: Adam Hupe <raremeteorites_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2009 15:19:00 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <2849.24960.qm_at_web30705.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Hi Darryl and List,

I am just quoting what the local papers are saying. Las Vegas claims to be the number one everything in the world, just ask anybody
who lives there or reports the news. I live 90 miles from Las Vegas
and a couple hundred or so from Tucson so it doesn't mater much to me.

I
think Las Vegas would be a lot less expensive for such an event. You
can secure off season rooms for just $29.95 a night right on the strip,
flights are much cheaper than going to Tucson which requires a transfer
through Phoenix and the vendor rates are much lower due to some of the
best tax rates in the nation.

Try finding a decent room in
Tucson for less than $100.00/night during the show. I waited to the
last second to book one year and got stuck in a $140.00/night room
complete with the noise of a neighboring tenant's head banging off of
the wall, bugs, a crack pipe in the oven and the smell of only what
could be described as death. I almost never returned to Tucson after
that experience. The year before, one motel tried to rip me off for
over $900.00. It took me months to dispute these charges on my credit
card. A hotel in Vegas would be out of business immediately if they
treated tourists this poorly because it is bad for everybody.

I
think Tucson would still be the best place if they catered more to the
event. It seems this is all the vendors are asking for. Sounds
reasonable to me.

One more thing. There are about 10 great
meteorite hunting sites within a few hours drive and one that is less
than 20 minutes away from Vegas.


Best Regards,

Adam
Received on Thu 08 Oct 2009 06:19:00 PM PDT