Vacation Plans: Mandarin Oriental Las Vegas!

It's been almost six months since my last vacation, and I'm in desperate need of a break!  I'll finally get one in 3 more weeks, and we've just decided to go to Vegas!  We're going to head back to our absolute favorite Vegas hotel, the Mandarin Oriental. We stayed there when they first opened and had a stay one night, get one night free promotion... which turned out to be the deal of a lifetime because we got upgraded from a regular room to this really nice suite for free:

It was huge!  And even had a separate living room:

The bedroom had a nice fluffy bed and remote-controlled black-out drapes which were perfect for sleeping in!

My favorite part of the suite, though, was this absolutely divine free-standing soaking tub:

I swear I took three baths a day when I was there!  I also loved their Bvlgari White Tea toiletries, and when we asked housekeeping for more conditioner, this is what we found in our bathroom when she left!

Thanks to our travel agent, we also got some bonus perks including daily $100 credit for in-room breakfast service.  Breakfast items weren't too expensive, so we were able to order plenty and woke up to a free brunch feast everyday!

Hubby liked the Kobe steak and fries:

While my favorite was the crab cakes with poached eggs and Hollandaise sauce:

For $100 credit, we could get the above AND each get something else like pancakes on the side:

And because it's an Asian themed hotel, they also had things like wonton soup and congee for breakfast!

But that's not all!  The perks also included $100 in spa credit, which I happily used to indulge :)

So for the grand total of $300 for that trip, we got 2 nights in a upgraded suite, $200 of food credit, and $100 of spa credit!  And it wasn't just the incredible bargain, their service was amazing as well, and we also loved that it's a non-smoking, non-casino hotel so we didn't have to breathe the usual filthy Vegas casino air.

This time, the deal isn't as good... we still get those daily food and spa credit, but we have to stay 2 nights to get 1 night free.  Hopefully our travel agent can still get us an upgrade to a suite, but it's pending availability.  But another unexpected surprise of this trip is that we'll be able to go see the Jabbawockeez perform live!  Hubby and I have really liked them ever since we saw them win the first season of MTV's America's Best Dance Crew.  Here's how awesome their very first performance on the show was:

I love that hubby watches the most random shows with me (even Project Runway) hahaha.  But seriously, the Jabbawockeez are amazing to watch and we're really excited to see them perform live.  I can't wait for vacation already... just a few more weeks to go! :)