Las Vegas Is Now One Of The Most Expensive Places To Travel To
Sin City has always been an attractive travel destination, but now Las Vegas is one of the most expensive places to travel to. Listen, inflation is affecting everything these days, including travel to our city. According to a new study by Forbes Advisor, Las Vegas is now one of the most expensive places to visit in the U.S. and it’s because the city has had some of the steepest rise in costs over the last 5 years.
A New Study Shows Why Las Vegas Has Gotten So Expensive
Forbes Advisor’s study showed some significant price increases in a few key areas, including the following:
Car rentals – Renting a car has seen one of the highest price hikes in their study, up 61% in the last five years. The average daily rates for renting a car in Las Vegas is now 77 dollars, which adds up quickly if you’re in town for multiple days. Plus, if you’re staying on the strip, you can also count on paying daily parking fees on top of an already expensive rental. Speaking of staying on the strip…
Hotel Stay – Not as drastic as the car rentals, but hotel room prices have also gone up over the last 5 years. The average cost, per night, of a hotel room in Las Vegas is $252. That’s up 47%.
Food and Drink – Whether you’re eating out each night, or making a quick run to the grocery store, food prices are up! Forbes Advisor says 3 meals a day has increased by 14%, totaling around $98 per day.
Las Vegas Isn’t the Only City Seeing a Price Surge but There Is a Silver Lining
Las Vegas is seeing the highest overall increases, however Forbes Advisor did mention that the average flight to Las Vegas is down slightly by 5.5%. Tourism costs have affected other cities too, including Tucson, Arizona; New Orleans, Louisiana; and San Antonio, Texas.
The Poop Museum And 6 Weird Nevada Attractions You Must Visit
1. The Clown Motel: Tonopah, Nevada
The Clown Motel is just plain weird. And it is said to be haunted – which is not hard to believe. I have been to it, but refuse to stay, because it is like something out of the X-Files the Scully and Mulder would have even avoided, But it is quite the tourist attraction. At least check out the weird gift shop.
2. The Middlegate Shoe Tree: Dayton, Nevada
It’s a tree with a bunch of shoes hanging over branches. The story is that a couple got in their first fight as newlyweds, they had an argument right near the tree, and one left the other walking home, without shoes. They patched things up, but made an anniversary tradition out of going back each year to throw a shoe on the tree. It’s interesting. In Dayton, Nevada, about 50 miles from Fallon Nevada, on The Loneliest Road In America.
3. The Car Forest: Goldfield, Nevada
The call it the Free Range Art Gallery. There are dozens of cars, vans, and trucks half-buried, or sticking straight up out of the ground, and even on top of each other. These are the canvas, and they are really colorful, and festive. It’s a really cool sight to see, in the living ghost town of Goldfield.
4. Seven Magic Mountains: Las Vegas, Nevada
The Seven Magic Mountains were supposed to be a temporary exhibit, but they have been up since 2016. About 20 minutes outside of Las Vegas are seven fluorescent colored, 11 story rock towers. They have become a bit of have become something of a cult classic, and they are a GREAT photo op. A really cool sight to see!
5. The National Atomic Testing Museum: Las Vegas, Nevada
There were over 900 atomic tests in Nevada. And people would take buses to see the testing. It was a huge draw for Las Vegas, and people came in from everywhere. People would bus out to the test site, put their goggles on, have a cocktail, and enjoy watching the mushroom clouds in the sky. It was quite the attraction on Las Vegas in the 50’s. The Atomic Testing Museum, though, is quite amazing, and full of history. A huge, actual, nuclear reactor, a backpack nuke, and personal atomic weapons. Yikes! But the Oppenheimer era was fierce in Las Vegas.
6. Little A’Le’Inn: Rachel, Nevada
The Little A’Le’Inn is just as kitschy as you would imagine! You can stay there, eat there, and shop. All a play on the Area 51 test site, that is not too far down the road. And all part of the heyday of the Las Vegas atomice times. Do NOT try to trek on over to Area 51, and think you’ll get past anything. Lights go on, and guards swarm in from nowhere! Just keep close to the Inn.
