We are still technically in a pandemic. You would never really know this in Vegas. No one was following the rule. Masks were being worn by basically everyone everywhere but many people werent covering their noses with their masks (even waitresses). Saturday, when the young crowd was here, masks were optional outside everywhere it seemed. They didnt care. There were some crowded places at times during this trip so we were shocked. Thankfully, there were free mask dispensers and hand sanitizer dispensers at every entrance to our hotel and there were a lot of ways in and out of our hotel. We took advantage of the free masks and the sanitizers on a regular basis. I changed my mask sometimes twice a day. We washed our hands every time we got to our hotel room. We sanitized our hands continually. All of the hotels and stores had hand sanitizers setup everywhere. The Bellagio even had installed a station which we also used. We took every precaution to stay safe including not touching the hand rails on the escalators so
that took some effort at times. We tried to follow the 6 foot rule in the airport but even the TSA was cramming people through the lines. Trust me when I say that airport was not nearly dead or even slow for that matter. It was kinda shocking to see everything seem almost normal. We both feel great right now. We hope we stay healthy. We both stated if we had to do this trip over, we would not. We hope we dont get sick. We probably made a bad judgment call traveling so early this year. We dont know.
Our hotel - Planet Hollywood - was fabulous. If it were not for a pandemic, we would probably not pay to stay here because its expensive but of course I got a deal. The hotel is beautiful with lots of accents... glittery gold accents by the doors, chandeliers, and just elegance everywhere. Planet Hollywood normally attracts the rich, crowd with the motto of To See and To Be Scene (its actually painted on the ceilings in the elevator lobby) but this is a pandemic so anyone can afford to book a room right now. Saturday
night, I saw a little of that but overall, it was every age group imaginable while we were there. The hotel has photographs of celebrities along all of its walls - Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Sylvester Stallone, Demi Moore, Bruce Willis, you name it, there was a picture of him or her either in the hallways, in your room, or in the Cafe Hollywood. Our room had Megan Fox, Lindsay Lohan, and Katherine shots. Its a Wannabe Celebrity hotel but for us, it was simply a great view, a good bed, perfectly located in the middle of everything on the strip, and a nice price. Of course, I enjoyed that it had two Starbucks. We loved watching the Bellagio fountains from our room day and night - the music, the water dancing, the lights - it was all soothing to the soul.
There are dogs everywhere. Dogs in the casino. Dogs in the hotel rooms. Dogs in the airport. Dogs on the plane. We could have taken Arthur on the plane for $50 and he would have had to stay in a hard or soft crate/cage while traveling. The Springfield airport wont let you enter the main airport
until your dog is in the carrier. The Las Vegas airport lets your dog be free until its time to board the plane. The dog has to stay inside its carrier the entire plane trip. I think Arthur is so good he could probably do this. The strip was full of dogs walking around. On that same subject, when we got home on Monday, Arthur was crying and happy to see us... and then he was just as we unloaded the suitcases and Kamies car, he got inside the car and refused to get out even after we were inside the house and unpacking. We begged him to get out of the car. He was so sad. Kamie had the idea to take Arthur for a ride so we drove around for a bit and then came home and he finally got out of the car. I feel so bad that we left him. He was well taken care of while we were gone but he was so sad that we left him that I feel terrible about it.
