The hotel called the room to invite us to a complimentary breakfast but we knew there had to be a hitch! We were not informed that it involved a 90-minute presentation on the Hilton plans to expand over the next 5 years. We made the decision to skip the breakfast and pick up something from the cafe instead. Mary and I had planned to go to the Encore Beach Club pool party whilst Bobbi decided to stay at the hotel pool. The pool party was an experience, we arrive...

After lots of searching online for the best Grand Canyon tour we decided to wait until we arrived in Las Vegas to check out what discounts there were on the strip before selecting a tour. Therefore we were taking the risk to get a tour booked for the following day as Saturday was the day the forecast had predicted cloudy weather. We had selected to visit the Grand Canyon's South Rim National Park. This meant that we had to be ready for departure from our hotel ...

Las Vegas probably isn't most people's idea of a budget destination. Even if you're not blowing your cash gambling on the casino floor, you could easily spend up a fortune in the city's five-star hotels, A-list nightclubs, Michelin-starred restaurants and designer boutiques. But it is still doable if you're on a budget. I spent four days in the city and found a great deal at the Hilton Grand hotel. Bobbi, Mary and I shared one double room to keep the cost down an...

Bobbi and I decided to each go shopping on our own after breakfast and meet back at the hostel at midday. Before I headed out I made the most of the good wifi and called home. It was lovely to catch up properly with Ben and Mum. I visited every shop on Third Street and was very unsuccessful! Bobbi in the other had managed to get an entire outfit for Vegas. That afternoon we hired bikes, our hostel gave us a discounted price and we collected the bikes from the ...

Bobbi and I were impressed with the breakfast at the last hostel in Hollywood however this free breakfast topped it! With cornflakes and a bottle of orange juice and apple slices it filled us up for the morning. From the hostel we took a walk to the Santa Monica pier as Sara and Bronwen had told us about their Hollywood tour they had done the previous day we went in search for the guys in blue polo shirts to see if they would honour us the same deal. Gerald star...