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We start seriously discussing vacation about 2 or 3 months before we think we want to go. We leave this Friday, so we started in February.

We start with the hotel - as Las Vegas can vary greatly day to day based on what conferences are happening / DJs playing, holidays occurring - we pick 2 or 3 hotels we want to possibly stay at and I start building an excel sheet of which consecutive 6-7 days is the cheapest and where. Once that's decided, book the hotel and flight. Our flight to LV is always via SouthWest. Anywhere else, just choose which airline is the cheapest for the time we want to leave and return. Same for the car rental - once we know which days we're going, choose the cheapest not shady looking rental company that has the car we want.

After that, it's just a matter of brain storming what we want to do when we get there and start buying tickets or booking reservations once it gets a bit closer. This year, we've booked shows or night clubs for almost every day of the trip already. Had to get an itinerary app so can remember when and where, lol...

Otherwise, we've only ever been to all inclusive resorts in the Caribbean and those are pretty much just decide when, book and go. We just do the package deals; flight, hotel and transportation to the resort.