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West Coast Retreat (April 20-22, 2018)

Shibboleth said:
Combine it with the right of passage retreat you've been talking about: drop the kids off in downtown Vegas for the weekend with naught but a spear and loincloth. Boom! Problem solved.
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Shibboleth is hereby added to the BF retreat planning committee - in charge of children's activities. I can't wait for the post-mortem (literally) discussion with my kids: "Was cool dad, til some dude told us we missed our cue and shoved us thru a door onto a stage."
 
I wasn't going to be bringing my spawn to begin with, so it's groovy no matter what for us.
 
nathan said:
Shibboleth is hereby added to the BF retreat planning committee - in charge of children's activities. I can't wait for the post-mortem (literally) discussion with my kids: "Was cool dad, til some dude told us we missed our cue and shoved us thru a door onto a stage."
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Improv is a valuable life skill.
 
Stockton is 5.5 hour drive. Las Vegas 4.75 hour drive. We're happy either way... Still not sure if we can make it.
 
To be clear, I'm not suggesting we make this a 'no kids allowed' event, moms with younger kids who need to be with them will always be welcome. But we are going to be smaller out West and not be able to have a separate space/events for children, and the many hours we are in a meeting space listening to adults talk can get really hard on the roughly 4-12 crowd. So even in a regular hotel setting, we'd suggest you find someone to watch them at home - or bring lots of books/toys/electronics, and be prepared to swap parents occasionally when kids need a break out of room (or discussion gets too 'adult'). Older kids that you trust to come and go from meeting room to hotel room, to pool area, no big deal.

That said, what we have in mind - an off-strip casino (OK, the 'Rio'), with very nice cheap rooms made available, shouldn't need to be much different than a regular hotel: except for longer distances in hotel, and some distractions on the casino floor.

If you have concerns still, let me know - this is not yet finalized.
 
Kids not coming isn't a problem with me either. Oddly enough, with it being in Vegas, the probability my wife comes too increased from 1:100 to 1:90.
 
Bummer. Wish it was a little more north. We will have to see if we can make it that far now :/
 
Well, the cheap Casino option has just fallen thru (they want $120+ a night). And I don't have a back-up hotel ready, though we will be looking.
If anybody else cares to have a look, we'd prefer to stay under $85/night, in a decent place, with breakfast, and a meeting room that holds 40, preferably, cheap or included.

Sorry.
 
Are we set in Vegas? Or are other west coast areas still an option?
 
WifeOfHisYouth said:
Are we set in Vegas? Or are other west coast areas still an option?
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Not sure at this point, but $85 a night is never going to happen in Cali. I've checked. Bates Motel, maybe, but not anything with meeting rooms, etc.

I'm hoping we can stay Vegas. Anyone have suggestions in Vegas before we look elsewhere?
 
Mojo said:
Not sure at this point, but $85 a night is never going to happen in Cali. I've checked. Bates Motel, maybe, but not anything with meeting rooms, etc.

I'm hoping we can stay Vegas. Anyone have suggestions in Vegas before we look elsewhere?
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Are most planning to fly or drive if in Vegas?
 
We'd drive to Vegas, just because airfare is ridiculous. :)
 
Driving. It'll be a shorter drive for us than Georgia was by 2 hrs. Only 15 hrs 40 mins. 1560 miles one way. 6 tanks of gas there and back total $240.

 
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hotels.com
4/19-4/23
1 room, 2 adults
set price bar to $90 or less


Hooters Casino Hotel (just sayin…)
$87/nt
7.0 rating
1.0 mi to city center (east of the strip)

Fiesta Henderson Hotel and Casino
$88/nt
7.2 rating
11 mi to city center (Henderson)

Texas Station Gambling Hall and Hotel
$88/nt
7.4 rating
5.8 mi to city center (North Las Vegas)

Lucky Dragon Las Vegas
$86/nt
7.8 rating
2.1 mi to city center (west of the strip)

Silverton Casino Hotel
$86/nt
8.2 rating
5.3 mi to city center (south of the strip)

If someone's willing to make some phone calls to check group rates on a block of rooms and conference room availability, I'd start with the Silverton….
 
I have a couple hours in the morning I'll start with Hooters and work my way down the list.
 
Suh-weet! :cool:
 
Sorry life has been busy busy for us. I was going to say station casinos. But seems like you have 3 from thier brand on the list. I won’t have time till this afternoon but could make calls then if no one has time today.

If I would suggest, Fiesta is probably in the best neighborhood out of all of them.
 
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