My husband and I headed to Las Vegas last week to celebrate our anniversary. We have been a few times in the past, but usually things are SO expensive we spend most of our time walking around and just checking out the sites. This time, I was able to score us over $1200 in FREEBIES and it made for an amazing trip!
Back in January I mentioned a Facebook game called
MyVegas. This game is owned by the MGM brand hotels and casinos. It is basically a Facebook slot game but you earn real rewards for show tickets, rooms, food and more in Las Vegas! Now, I am usually not one to play Facebook, computer or phone games but I decided to try this out since it says you earn real life rewards. I was surprised at how quickly the points added up and by the beginning of March I made it our mission to collect enough points so we could go for our anniversary trip. Each year instead of exchanging gifts we go somewhere to spend a few days together without the kids. Our trips in the past have been to St. Louis and to Kentucky to do the Kentucky Bourbon Trail, so this trip was WAY more than what we usually do.
For plane tickets, I had a $50 Southwest gift card from
My Coke Rewards and I was able to collect $100 gift card from
Swagbucks in just a few short weeks. After both gift cards and deal watching, I was able to score 2 roundtrip tickets for only $368.00!
Once our plane tickets were purchased we started cashing out for rewards on
MyVegas. Both my husband and I were playing the game so we were each able to cash out for 4 rewards each. We cashed out for the following rewards:
2 nights at the Mirage - $418.88
1 Friday night at Excalibur - $161.80
2 tickets to the show KA - $307.90
2 tickets to The Tournament of Kings dinner show - $142.20
2 tickets to The Secret Garden - $39.90
2 tickets to the Bellagio Buffet - $41.98
$50 Monte Carlo dining credit - $50.00
2 tickets to the NYNY roller coaster - $28.00
We needed 1 additional hotel night and since we weren't flying in until 11:30pm I didn't want to pay a lot. I ended up getting us a room at Hooter's for only $29.00. Included was buy one get one free breakfast credit and $10 match play for the casino. I was really excited when we checked in and they gave us additional coupons for $10 off our dinner, 3 free drinks and an extra $15 in match play credits! If you are heading to Vegas and need an inexpensive hotel....this is a GREAT option! The hotel was much nicer than I was expecting for $29! It's not on the strip, but it is within walking distance to MGM/NYNY/Excalibur.
Total Rewards (Caesars properties reward program) also has a reward system online where you can earn free points to use at any of their properties in Las Vegas. For me, this reward program was A LOT harder to earn on because I could never get it to connect to my Twitter account. With this, you basically share videos and deals on Facebook/Twitter and earn points. Once you have 1000 points, you can cash out for a $10 credit. I was able to score the $10 credit within a week or so but since I couldn't connect to Twitter that was all I was able to get. Still an easy way to score a little extra free money for food or drinks if you are heading to Vegas!
I have started up again using both reward systems in hopes I can earn enough to take another inexpensive trip to Vegas before the end of the year! Now I just have to get my husband on board again! ;)
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