Las Vegas VIP Tips Overview

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Las Vegas is a city of riches and excess—and VIPs here get treated excessively well. From getting picked up at the airport by a personal driver and a limo, to dodging the velvet ropes at high-end restaurants and swanky nightclubs, to calling it a night in a high-roller suite that's decked out with pool tables, bowling lanes, media rooms, private pools and round-the-clock butlers, VIP service extends to every aspect of Las Vegas living.

There was a time when the urban elite scoffed at the tackiness of the Las Vegas Strip, but those days are long gone. While you can still party like a bachelor party frat boy, Sin City is also home to world-class celebrity chefs like Guy Savoy and Joël Robuchon, big-name shows (Cirque du Soleil and Bette Midler), and insanely plush suites that are as stylish as they are expensive.

In Vegas, loyalty counts, so the quickest way to score a wide variety of VIP perks is to sign up for a frequent-visitor or high-roller card with a hotel. Often guests of the hotel will get first dibs on dinner reservations or preferential treatment (a.k.a. skip the line) at nightclubs owned by the hotel. For instance, guests at the MGM grand get to line hop at nightclubs in the resort, and they can snag an easy tee time at Shadow Creek Golf Course, one of the most expensive public golf course in America—with a private limo and personal caddie thrown in for good measure.

Signing up for a membership at the hotel will almost always score you free trips to the buffet and free cocktails in the casino as well, and room upgrade requests are more likely to be offered gratis if the front desk sees you're part of the club. But aside from being loyal, you'll have to be vocal. (Vegas is not a city for the mild mannered.) Request a room upgrade, ask about VIP passes for nightclubs and let the restaurant know if you'd prefer to sit on the patio. There are plenty of perks to go around.