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4/11/15 - Day 3: Rent the Runway, High Tea, The Deuce Lounge, Nevada Bus, Fremont

OMG Day 3 was AMAZING (after the hangover wore off)! It was our bachelor/bachelorette parties :) 

Rent the Runway - A: We had talked quite a bit about going to rent the runway. I bought several dresses from Nordstrom before going to Vegas but everyone kept saying they were "cute" and I wanted to be sexy. My sister is also plus size and lives in a small town so had a hard time finding dresses. Once we arrived the lady was amazing. We told her our sizes (me, my mom, and sister) and they brought us tons of options. We were all able to find the perfect ones! The only downside was that you did not know the rental prices until after you tried them on. I guess we could have asked for only those in our price range. I LOVED my dress and it was the perfect Vegas dress. 

High Tea - A: After finding dresses, a group of 8 of us wen to high tea at Mandarin Oriental. I would HIGHLY recommend this for all the ladies. The views were amazing and food was so much fun! The only downside we had was upon arrival, they didn't have a reservation for us. We were confused at first because the first lady was making phone calls as if they couldn't get us in (it was empty!) yet another lady was setting up the table. 

The Deuce Lounge - D: So this was really tricky. We went through a company called Light Group for our dinner/party bus/nightclub reservations. My MOH received a call the day before saying that the Deuce Lounge did not open until 7:00pm (our original reservations were for 6:00pm). Our options were to change to Lilly Lounge (which is beautiful but I wasn't a fan of their menu) or change to 7 and only eat for 45 mins. That's the decision we went with which ended up not being enough time. The food was ok..nothing really special and it seemed to have been out for awhile. I wasn't able to each much as everyone wanted photos and I was trying to open gifts. This would prove a downfall later haha We also had 2 people not show up yet they were insistent on charging for them (I guess because they already poured the champagne). Price was $35pp 

Nevada Party Bus - A+++: Carlos was our bus driver and he was AMAZING!!! We stopped at the liquor store and he escorted us in to make sure everyone was safe. He was very accommodating of my "sickness" later on in the night. The guys also used him after he dropped us off for their strip club adventures and said he was fantastic. He was MUCH cheaper than other places we had contacted (so much so I cancelled with Bell Trans and changed to him for the wedding day..more on that later). 

Fremont Street Scavenger Hunt - A++++ LADIES DO THIS!! This was by far the most fun I have EVER had. You start at the D and they give you a lanyard to go to different bars..7 different bars with 7 different drinks. Josh escorted us to all the bars and was SO HELPFUL in wrangling 15 ladies. We got comments all night about how big our group was and it was great how accommodating everyone was. So the only "downside"....at each bar we received a shot or drink. In addition to that, I would receive a VERY strong drink (with whipped cream shaped as a penis haha). This would soon be my demise .....I was in bed by 10:30pm after throwing up haha. It was still the time of my life!!

Some of the ladies took the bus to Hakkasan and said it was fun. We were supposed to go to Light but again, the Light Group that we set everything up through did not inform us until the day before that they were not open. We found some random of the street to put us on the guest list which worked out fine. 
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Re: 4/11/15 - Day 3: Rent the Runway, High Tea, The Deuce Lounge, Nevada Bus, Fremont

  • Now you got me thinking about doing that Freemont scavenger hunt thing. How long did the whole thing take would you estimate? The groupon is still available, so I'm considering it.
  • For a group our size, it took about 3 hours. They said for the average group it takes 2 hours. It was WELL WORTH the $25. The guys got some deal for $75 and it only included admission to clubs and 1 drink on the bus...ours included SO MANY drinks. 
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  • @hmgiffor When you say $25 do you mean a person or for the whole thing? How did you get there and back?
  • It was $25 each on Groupon. My MOH bought them all after confirming who was attending and then everyone paid her the day of. We rented a party bus from Nevada Party Bus.
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  • @hmgiffor - You said there is a guide that takes you all around? This sounds fun. I do have a couple of friends who might not drink but would still tag along. Do they pay the $25 too? Or could they just accompany me?
  • They could probably just tag along. Those that want to drink would need to do the $25. I am not sure if the "guide" was included or because we had such a large group (15) that we needed some wrangling hahaha
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  • I love Rent the Runway! I'm glad it worked out so well for you! Congrats on your big day! :)
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