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Pick up your marriage license at the Las Vegas airport

02/03/26

Here’s a great airport amenity for lovebirds planning on getting married in Las Vegas during February – Wedding Month – especially on or around Valentine’s Day, which lands on a Saturday this year. To make life easier for couples flying to Las Vegas from around the world to get hitched, the Clark County Clerk’s office →

Holidays

The Mob Museum lands at LAS airport

01/14/26

Las Vegas, Nevada grew into a gambling mecca thanks in no small part to organized crime. You can learn all about the city’s mob history at the downtown Las Vegas Mob Museum, also known as the National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement. Located in the city’s former U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, the Mob →

Airport shops

Places to go. Things to see.

09/30/25

The Neon Museum in Las Vegas Las Vegas is synonymous with lots of things, most notably neon. And the city’s Neon Museum has saved and now celebrates the neon signs of the past in a wonderful outdoor site. One of the newest additions is a sign for the entrance of the Dunes Hotel and Casino, →

Places we’d go. Things we don’t want to miss.

09/05/25

Las Vegas wants you Visitor numbers to Las Vegas have been declining. And the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority is rolling out a national “Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas” campaign to lure visitors back. In addition to the 60-second TV ad (below) that was launched during Thursday’s NFL season opener between the Dallas Cowboys →

Vacations

Airport amenity of the Week: Elvis!

01/08/25

Evidently, Elvis is still in the building… Back in 2011, Elvis and a handfulf of showgirls were on hand at what was then officially Las Vegas International Airport (LAS) to welcome attendees to the tech event known as CES. This year, CES coincides with what would have been Elvis’s 90th birthday – January 8. So →

Fun Stuff

Travel treats on tap at LAS Airport

02/05/24

If you’re flying to Las Vegas for the Super Bowl game, or the festivities surrounding it, be sure to stop for a selfie with the giant “Welcome to Las Vegas” sign replica near baggage claim in Terminal 3 at Harry Reid International Airport (LAS). That’s just one of the many spots in the airport you’ll →

Events

Happy Valentine’s Day

02/14/21

Happy Valentine’s Day We hope your day is filled with flights of fancy. And, of course, chocolate and flowers. Sadly, this is the first Valentine’s Day in 10 years that Jacksonville International Airport (JAX) won’t have its ambassadors out in the terminal giving carnations to traveling lovebirds. “Our ambassador program is currently suspended but we →

Holidays

Souvenir Sunday: Vegas-branded face-masks from McCarran Int’l Airport (LAS)

06/27/20

It’s a sure sign of the times when the coolest souvenir you can pick up at the airport is a mask. Better yet, this one is free and will no doubt become a collectible. In Nevada, as in many states around the country right now, everyone is required to wear face coverings in public spaces →

Souvenir Sunday

Some things to do while grounded.

03/30/20

Like these guys, no one is traveling anywhere right now. But there are still fun things to do. The Neon Museum in Las Vegas has a colorful app on its website that will take you on a tour of its Neon Boneyard. (Password: Neon) And while Shakespeare’s Globe Theater in London is closed due to →

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