Joint CA, AZ & NV Trail Run 11/3/12 - Sleeping Princess

[3Hummers]

Yeah, I remember that also. Even the room reeked.

 

[cbetts]

I refuse to be a typical ex-smoker. I can deal with smokers, no problem.

 

[Portager]

OK, to stay in a non-smoking state I'd have to stay in Needles CA, which is 44 minutes from Laughlin and they only have 2 star rooms. Not too convenient! So, I guess I'll stay in Laughlin and try and find a decent place with non-smoking rooms.

I looked up Hotels on Kayak.com. The best rated hotels in Laughlin are 3 stars and the least expensive 3 star hotel is the Tropicana Express with rooms starting at $47/night plus taxes ... Next is the Nevada Club Inn starting at $56/night, followed by the Avi Resort and Casino at $66/night. They also have 450 reviews with an average score of 3.5 out of 5. The only one with better reviews is the Aquarius Casino Resort with a 4 out of 5 rating but the rooms start at $73 per night. I called the Tropicana and their non-smoking rooms are on non-smoking floors and all 7 restaurants are non-smoking.

I called the Tropicana group sales number and we can get a block of 10+ "classic" rooms in the West Tower (the East tower is adults only so anybody staying with kids wouldn’t be able to stay in the same tower) at $43.99 + 12% tax = $49.27 per night.

Let me know how many people would be interested in the group rate rooms. If we can get to 10 I'll set it up. I'll add a list of people interested in the Tropicana group rate rooms to the first post of this thread.

 

[Kurt]

I was about to mention that... I'm a non smoker, and most casinos usually have a non-smoking rooms and non smoking floors...

It's too early for me to book rooms at this point, which reminds me, I have to book rooms for my colorado and utah trip next month..

 

[Portager]

They warned me to make the reservations soon, before the rates go up for the winter. It is less than 3 months away. I'm going to make my reservations and lock in the lower rate because they can always be cancelled up until 12:00 AM on the day of check-in.

 

[poncho1965]

I had forgotten about smoking in Casinos, yuk. Haven't been to Vegas in awhile. Portager, we are in for a group rate room!

 

[3Hummers]

I would do the group deal.

 

[JRWid]

Add me to the Tropicana group rate

 

[06 H3]

I can handle people smoking around me but I cant live and sleep in a room that smells like smoke. I am in for a non smoker room or camp...

 

[MuDnYrI]

OK I'm in! The River Palms comped me a few nights so we'll be staying there. On the River not to far from the Trop (sister hotel) I reserved a room for 11/2 and 11/3.
Coming with my Wife and son. Looking forward to meeting up with everyone!
Jim

 

[3Hummers]

Jim, looking forward to meeting you.

 

[06 H3]

Jim's a real cool guy Dave. He's an east coaster. :Hans:

 

[cbetts]

OK I'm in! The River Palms comped me a few nights so we'll be staying there. On the River not to far from the Trop (sister hotel) I reserved a room for 11/2 and 11/3.
Coming with my Wife and son. Looking forward to meeting up with everyone!
Jim

Awesomesauce! We missed your attendance in Bishop. It will be good to see you again.

 

[MuDnYrI]

Jim, looking forward to meeting you.

Yeah Bishop would have been great!! There's always tomorrow though!
It will be great to see everyone again and put a face to the posts of others ... besides I'm pretty sure I never met "Super Moderator" before :wink:

 

[silvrzuki77]

Looks like fun, I dont get off work till 7am in vegas. If you have a gpx file of the trail you are doing I might be able to join up later in the day.

 

[Portager]

There is a GPS location in the first post (we will meet at mile marker #8 on the North side of highway 68 (GPS 35.196256,-114.433288) at 7:30 PST (6:30 MST)), but I don't have a GPX file for the trail. I hope to do a pre-run before then, so I'll try and get one on the pre-run. I'll add your name to the attendance list. Looks like you'll be 1 hr and 15 minutes late getting to the meeting point. Maybe we'll stop and look at the Bob Miller extension until you catch up. I don't like splitting the group up or having stragglers.

I was about to set up the group discount at the Tropicana but my wife wants to come and we don't have a pet sitter for the dogs, so I checked and the Tropicana doesn't allow pets. I'll look into pet friendly hotels and see what I find.

 

[MuDnYrI]

I was about to set up the group discount at the Tropicana but my wife wants to come and we don't have a pet sitter for the dogs, so I checked and the Tropicana doesn't allow pets. I'll look into pet friendly hotels and see what I find.

Harrahs is Pet friendly as long as your Dog is less than 50 LBS ... I found that out the hard way :whaa:
I made reservations but they never told me they only take 50lbs or less Dogs ... so I show up with my 100LB LAB :giggle:
After making nicey nice with the Manager and hypnotising her with my good looks and charm :hypnoshe gave me the OK to stay for the night but I can't bring him again :wink:

 

[LagunaH1]

100LB LAB

Gotta love labs

 

[3Hummers]

My lab weighs 110#s. You have to love him if he wants attention.

 

[Portager]

Yea, my dogs are under 50 lbs, but they charge $25 per dog per night pet fee. I've got two dogs, so they charge more for the dogs than for me and my wife (WTF!). My wife decided to stay home with the dogs, so I guess I'm back to the group rate at the Trapicana.

Here is the info on the group rate:

H4O Group


Thank you for selecting our property for your upcoming group! We appreciate your selection and are eager to make your group experience a pleasurable one. I have included detailed information in this letter to assist your guests with the reservation process.

This booking does not in anyway impose responsibility to you for payment, as it is used as verification only.

Your attendees can call our Reservation Department to make reservations at (800) 243-6846 seven days a week from 7 a.m. until 10 p.m. Please inform your guests that all rooms must be reserved and guaranteed using your group code: # 17849 prior to the Oct 13, 2013 cut-off date. Each guest will be required to guarantee their room reservation with a credit card, as well as provide a valid credit card at hotel check in. In addition to room and tax, an incidental deposit will be collected at time of check in equaling $30.00 per day with a credit card or $50.00 per day with cash.

You are allowed to request the names of each person who has reserved a room in your group block. However, only you will be allowed this privilege unless you specify additional contacts.

Again, thank you for selecting the Tropicana Hotel and Casino in Laughlin, NV as your host hotel. We, the management and crew, look forward to serving you and your attendees during their upcoming visit!


Respectfully,

Patrick Borovitz
Group Sales Acct. Executive
Tropicana Laughlin/River Palms Resort
2121 S Casino Drive
Laughlin, NV 89029
800 782-9946 Ext 6386
702 298-6325 Fax
pborovitz@tropicanax.com

Here is the rate information:

Here is a picture of a typical classic room, which is $43.99 per night plus 12% tax:

Here is a picture of a typical resort room, which is $53.99 per night plus 12% tax.

 

[Sircode13]

This sounds very interesting if I can talk my wife into going 4 wheeling again. What time will the event start and how far is Laughlin from Las Vegas? I'm thinking of staying at my timeshare resort. Also I'm thinking this might be a good chance to take my nephew on his first off-road trip, if it's fairly flat without any high drop offs.


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[Portager]

Sorry I didn't answer your question sooner. I typed up a response, but I couldn't submit it because "a security token" was missing. This seems to happen when I reconnect from a different location than where I was when I logged in.

The answer to the question about high drop-offs: According to some of the trip reports I've found online there are some significant drop-offs. For example, "After we turned around, we had to negotiate a really narrow section. On the right hand side was a considerable drop off. It felt a lot more narrow than it really was..." :link:

Regarding the schedule, we will meet at mile marker #8 on the North side of highway 68 (GPS 35.196256,-114.433288) at 7:30 Pacific Standard Time (PST) which is 6:30 Mountain Standard Time (MST) to air down and start the trail at 8:00 AM PST (7:00 AM MST).

Travel time from Las Vegas NV to Laughlin NV is dependent on your starting point. Starting at the FWY 15 & 515 intersection it is 1 hour and 45 minutes to Laughlin and about 2 hours to the trail head.

 

[3Hummers]

Trail looks pretty easy in the pictures.

 

[alrock]

Just put all the pieces together for this trip. Booked at the Tropicana and set up a work trip around this so I will be in Vegas on the 1st and 2nd and only have a much shorter drive to get to Laughlin on that Friday.

 

[Portager]

Trail looks pretty easy in the pictures.

I think the main trail should be moderately challenging but not too difficult. Those looking for more of a challenge should get that on the optional Bob Miller extension on the way back down.

Just put all the pieces together for this trip. Booked at the Tropicana and set up a work trip around this so I will be in Vegas on the 1st and 2nd and only have a much shorter drive to get to Laughlin on that Friday.

I have also made my reservation at the Tropicana. If you book using the group rate code it will save you a little money. I copied the details for the group rate into the initial post in the thread.

If you post in this thread once you have made your reservations I’ll update the attendance list. Hope to see everyone in November!