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Las Vegas golf vacations for any budget

From $100 to $1,000, teeing up in sunny Sin City is a sure bet

By Bill Bowman

	The High Roller Golf Package includes two nights at Mandalay Bay Resort and two rounds of golf. The courses include Bali Hai Golf Club (pictured) and Royal Links Golf Club. Cost is $599 during the week and $699 on the weekend. View related photos
Courtesy of Bali Hai G.C.

LAS VEGAS

- Face it, the weather's getting bad in much of the country. That cuts down on the time and places to play golf.

Not in Las Vegas. With sunny skies 300-plus days a year, teeing it up here tomorrow under bright sunshine is as sure a bet as there may be in this gaming-friendly town.

And in these troubled economic times, there's no better value to stay-play-and-eat than right here. And if your pockets are deep and you're looking for that out-of-this-world golf vacation, we can cover that easily as well.

Las Vegas golf offers a great value no matter what your budget is," says John DeMarco, Director of Travel & Tourism Sales for LasVegasGolf.com. "Even if you are on a tight budget we have a variety of great options. Of course, for the 'price is no object' traveler we have some of the finest hotels and golf courses in the world."

Grab a No. 2 pencil and take notes.

A Las Vegas golf trip on $100 per day

At this price the availability of good golf, lodging and meals will surprise you.

The choices are plentiful and include Primm Valley Golf Club (with packages starting at less than $100 for a room and a round of golf the next day on either of two terrific Tom Fazio golf courses. At this price, stay two nights and play both courses).

A few other courses with green fees that fit this category:

Rhodes Ranch Golf Club, Las Vegas National G.C., Badlands Golf Club, Black Mountain Golf & Country Club, Angel Park Golf Club, and many others. One note: Make sure to check tee times and dates for best rates. Obviously you're going to pay less to play on a Tuesday afternoon rather than a Saturday morning.

Another bargain to look into is food. There are various coupons on Web sites and other fronts, many of them the 2-for-1 variety. One of the best buffet deals around might be found at the Excalibur Hotel and Casino (rooms starting at $31 per night) which sports a $29 per day all-you-can-eat pass to their buffet. That's all your meals for one low, low price all day (certain limitations apply).

There are many others, you just need to take the time to scope them out.

A Las Vegas golf trip on $200 per day

At this rate, you've got the chance to stay and play at two of Vegas' finest. This one's almost too impressive to believe. It's Rio Secco Golf Club, a spectacular Rees Jones layout, and the Rio All-Suites Hotel. They are offering a two-night, one round of golf special for $168.20.

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Throw in a couple of buffets and you're under $200. And for a course as impressive Rio Secco G.C. (home of the Butch Harmon School of Golf and the Wendy's Three-Tour Challenge), there may not be a better bargain around. (As with many other deals in Vegas — times and dates are subject to availability so act quickly on this one).

A Las Vegas golf trip on $1,000 per day

Walters Golf is offering a deal called the High Roller Golf Package. It includes two nights at Mandalay Bay Resort and two rounds of golf. The courses include Bali Hai Golf Club and Royal Links Golf Club — two stunners. The cost is $599 during the week and $699 on the weekend. A couple of meals at nearby Mandalay Bay and maybe even one at famed Cili at Bali Hai should still keep you under the $1,000.

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Las Vegas golf trip: Unlimited budget

Three Las Vegas golf courses jump out at golfers when price isn't an option: Cascata, Shadow Creek and Wynn Las Vegas.

Courtesy of Rhodes Ranch Golf Club

Rhodes Ranch Golf Club offrers a great round of golf at an affordable fee.

Which is the best? That's up to you to decide as everyone has his or her favorite.

Cascata, linked with Harrah's properties such as Caesars, Harrah's, Bally's and others, sports a price tag of between $350 and $500 depending on season and desired tee times. But there are specials available and this Rees Jones design is a masterpiece and should be on everyone's play list.

Disney

Mary Waring had just quit her marketing job in San Diego in 2001, so saving money on her upcoming trip to Disney World

in Orlando, Fla., was a high priority. She found lots of resources online and posted links to coupons on a Web site.

Her brother, a Microsoft employee, told his colleagues about her savings tips — and within six weeks, her little online scratch pad had amassed 23,000 page views. That’s when Waring realized the country’s insatiable appetite for Disney savings gossip.

“I often say Americans think it’s their God-given right to take the kids to Disney World,” she says. “For a lot of people it’s part of childhood."

Waring’s site has evolved into MouseSavers.com, a clearinghouse for scrimping Mouseheads, and it’s her full-time job. Without assistance from Disney, she finds and posts more than 300 pages’ worth of coupon codes and money-saving ideas, and her site typically attracts at least 60,000 page views a day (more than four times as many as SixFlags.com).

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Best Disney World money-saving tips

The attention shouldn’t be a surprise. An estimated 17 million people visited Disney’s flagship Florida property, the Magic Kingdom, in 2008, and even in the depths of this recession, Disney Parks has unfailingly turned a tidy profit.

Whereas Disneyland, in southern California, is often visited casually by people who live within driving distance, Walt Disney World in Orlando — 47 square miles containing four theme parks, two waterslide parks and nearly two dozen company-owned hotels — is a destination unto itself. Trips can require planning akin to military invasions.

And with one-day adult ticket prices at $84, lots of money...

Until the economic downturn, Disney rarely publicized discounts. Disney phone operators will rarely share savings secrets unless vacationers are savvy enough to ask directly, and all too often, the temptation to give in to the seductive “Disney magic” — booking a $600 room to be beside the parks, or staying a week instead of three days — drags parents deeper into debt than they had originally planned.

“It’s wildly expensive,” says Waring. “It can cost you as much to go to Disney World for a week as it does to go to France. People have no choice but to find deals.”

People are indeed looking harder for those deals, and with a little digging, deals can be found. For instance, the longer you stay, the less a theme park ticket costs per day; while that $84 charge covers a single day, a seven-day pass averages out to $35.60 a day. Another way to save is by avoiding the peak season. Disney’s “Value” rooms start at $82 a night in low season, which is typically late August, September, and January.

Saving money in a world designed to make you spend it can seem like a fantasy in its own right. But these tips are a solid start to turning a Disney rite of passage into a positive family memory.

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Shoe String

Organizing on a Shoe String

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You don't have to have the latest organizing containers or gadgets on the market to get and stay organized. Here are 7 simple ways you can get organized on a shoe string.

Get in the box.
While I usually recommend plastic containers for storage, there's certainly nothing wrong with using plain, cardboard boxes you have sitting around the house. As long as they're in good condition, they have
not been in contact with food, and you carefully label each side of the box, these are great tools for helping you store things. You can even cover them with wrapping paper or contact paper or have your kids decorate them, to jazz them up a bit.
Baby, oh baby.
If you have a baby, or know someone that has a baby, you may have a plethora of creative storage possibilities on your hands. Empty baby wipe containers are perfect for storing things like first aid, crayons or spools of thread. Clean, empty baby food jars are excellent for holding small items such as thumb tacks, paper clips or buttons. Changing tables can later be converted to shelves for toys or books.
Days gone by.
Do a simple search on the Internet, and you'll be able to find many variations of complimentary calendars available to print out yourself. If you don't want you, you don't have to ever buy another calendar again.
Hook, line and sinker.
One of the most inexpensive ways to get

organized, is to make use of hooks. You can pick up dozens at your local hardware store and use them to hang a variety of items such as pots, mugs, tools, jewelry and keys. Some hooks are suction-cup hooks that can be attached to mirrors or refrigerators. There are lots of self- adhesive hooks onthe market too.
6. Shop your local rummage sale.
Don't discount the possibilities of finding some great storage tools at local rummage sales. A friend of mine picked up a mug holder for a quarter that she uses to organize silk scarves. Another person I know found an old storage chest that she refinished. It looks like new, and she only paid $20 for it. She uses it to store quilts and throws in her family room.
Add some French flair.
French memo boards are perfect for holding event tickets, photos, coupons, grocery lists and more. Buy an inexpensive one at your local superstore or make one yourself with cork board, fabric and ribbon.
Shop in your fridge.
Once you're done with food containers like margarine tubs and jelly jars, clean them out thoroughly and use them to store anything from hair accessories, to small kitchen items like corn cob holders and spreaders, to extra batteries.

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Hidden=Save

Have you wondered how to start saving?
Begin by 'hiding' money from your self.
Wait two weeks as the emotional feeling/emotional ties have passed.
Then, think about saving over and over and over, again.
Finally, think of extreme consequences like jail time, starvation, or humiliation.

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What to Do Now?

In the world the seems unloyal, life has an interesting reaction to desparation or even keen insight.
The pressure to keep up with the bills without a job. The pressure to uphold and maintain a family with good virtues.
The natural or is it natural inclination is to hide money to put money away.
Children keep things in hiding.
Fathers keep things in hiding.
Mothers keep things in hiding.
Money is kept by the banks in hiding.
Where are you hiding your money?

Money

"Money is anything that is generally accepted as payment for goods and services and repayment of debts.^[1] The main uses of money are as a medium of exchange, a unit of account, and a store of value.^[2] Some authors explicitly require money to be a standard of deferred payment.^[3]

The term "price system" is sometimes used to refer to methods using commodity valuation or money accounting systems.

The word "money" is believed to originate from a temple of Hera, located on Capitoline, one of Rome's seven hills. In the ancient world Hera was often associated with money. The temple of Juno Moneta at Rome was the place where the mint of Ancient Rome was located.^[4]. The name "Juno" may derive from the Etruscan goddess Uni (which means "the one", "unique", "unit", "union", "united") and "Moneta" either from the Latin word "monere" (remind, warn, or instruct) or the Greek word "moneres" (alone, unique)."

Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money

Hidden

"Hidden can refer to:

Concealment
Hidden (film), a 2005 film
Hidden (Torchwood), a Torchwood spin-off audiobook
Hidden: Source, a modification to the popular PC game Half Life 2"

Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidden

Purse

"In American English, a purse is a small bag, also called a handbag or a pocketbook.

In British English, a purse is a small money container similar to a wallet, but typically used by women and including a compartment for coins, with a handbag being considerably larger; indeed, a purse is often kept in a handbag.

A purse or handbag is often fashionably designed, typically used by women, and is used to hold items such as wallet, keys, tissues, makeup, a hairbrush, cellular device or personal digital assistant, feminine products, or other items."

Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purse

Small Change, Loose Dollars, Purses and Wallets

You know even a penny makes a dollar. Keep all your loose coins and bills in a separate place.

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