We went to the spectacular International Lingerie Show in Las Vegas for BikiniFlirt Bikinis and had an absolutely incredible time!
We were all on a budget but still had SO much FUN. Here are some tips to eating fresh and healthy when traveling and how to Save Money on your Las Vegas Vacation!
Raw Vegan in Vegas
It’s easier than you think to eat healthy while on vacation! The night before we left, I made about 2 Gallons of Green Smoothies with Kale, Dandelion, banana and coconut water. Brian juiced about 2 Quarts of fresh Apple Juice.
I made 1 Gallon of Veggie Juice from cucumbers, carrots, apples, ginger, lettuce, turmeric. We also dried a bunch of cinnamon apples and bananas, and made Kale Chips.
We packed 2 coolers full with plenty of ice and drove across the desert. We also brought utensils, filtered water, salt, spices, honey, avocados, tomatoes, mulberries, coconut waters, a cutting board and various light but helpful kitchen stuff.
We stopped at a few 99 cent only stores for baby Lettuce, Lemons & Tangerines (citrus for salad dressings) This made it SO easy to sip Smoothies and Juices throughout the day and throw together quick Salads! What also made this possible was having a mini fridge in our hotel room 🙂
I actually brought a BLENDER from home thinking I’d need to make more Smoothies, but I had brought the perfect amount. I didn’t even need to use it.
There are also LOTS of terrific Vegan/Vegetarian friendly Stores & Restaurants in Las Vegas cater to the health enthusiast and vegan if you don’t feel like bringing a huge cooler!
What About Cheap Las Vegas Buffets?
We actually didn’t find any. Cheap buffets in Vegas may either be a rumor, or something that existed in the past. All the ones we saw were expensive. Are there any cheap buffets left?
The $35 per person Buffet in our hotel had a CRAZY spread of desserts, noodles, seafood, meat and heaps of fattening foods but a microscopic pathetic salad bar. Not even a bar! More like a salad square. Ha!!
So the first night we celebrated at Soup Plantation (Sweet Tomatoes) and created our own Gigantic amazing Salads. Yum. I LOVE that restaurant!
Easy To Exercise in Sin City
It’s easy to exercise because you WALK everywhere! The casinos are enormous and it’s so easy to get lost in them. Traffic is nuts day and night so it’s actually faster to walk most of the time!
So besides walking up and down the Strip, all over the Lingerie Convention, Dancing, plus I did some Jump Roping and Running Stairs in the hotel, we all got fantastic workouts.
Las Vegas on a Budget
Here’s how we saved a bunch of money in Vegas!
How to Save Money in Vegas
Besides eating so light and healthy for cheap, none of us gambled! Ha! Which is hilarious because we all got a bunch of free gambling tips from our friends on how to Win a Lot of Money in Vegas before we left.
We didn’t even play the penny slots! Oh well. Next time. We definitely saved more money in Las Vegas by not gambling!
We also saved a lot of money by not (or barely) drinking. The drinks at the casinos are fairly cheap, but the drinks at night clubs are so expensive!
Of course you can always buy your own alcohol at liquor stores and make your own to save money on drinks. Lucky for myself (and others) I don’t drink at all so I save money all the time!
We saved TONS of money by not taking taxis. Whew, they charge by the minute if traffic is slow. And a lot of time traffic doesn’t move!! It’s quicker to just walk or take the bus. There are Buses that run all the time up and down the Las Vegas Strip and also a lot of the hotels have free Shuttles.
Let’s Go Back!
I had SO MUCH FUN that I can’t wait to go back! Hopefully we’ll have more time for hiking and exploring next time. I’d love to go to the majestic and beautiful Red Rock park. Next time we know exactly what to bring, Green Smoothies, Veggie Juice, Fruit, sunscreen and CUTE outfits!
