For those of you who don’t know me from my other blog, SoloFriendly.com, my name is Gray, I’m a 40-something single woman, and I’m a HUGE fan of Las Vegas as a vacation destination.  Naturally, I wanted to share that love with others, and so this website was born.   When I first announced this website over on SoloFriendly.com back in April, I said that one of the things you wouldn’t find here was a blog, since I really didn’t have time to maintain two blogs.  Yeah, well. . . .I changed my mind.  (Hey, I’m a woman! I’m allowed!)

Introducing the new and improved VegasSolo.com. You’ll still find extensive pages of information (by category) to help you plan your first solo trip to Las Vegas.  But with ongoing posts, the website will now have fresh content on a regular basis.  Which only seems fitting, since Vegas is constantly refreshing and reinventing itself. 

My last trip to Las Vegas was in September 2009, and there have been a number of changes in the city since then.  On the Strip alone, MGM’s CityCenter opened, magician Lance Burton announced he was leaving the Monte Carlo (as of September 2010), Harrahs bought the Planet Hollywood casino resort, Phil Ruffin brought a reincarnated Gilley’s to Treasure Island (“TI”), and in just a few months, the new Cosmopolitan Hotel will be celebrating its grand opening. Those are just a few of the many changes Vegas has seen since I was last there.  I can’t wait to go back in December to experience it all firsthand!

This is what CityCenter looked like when I was last in Vegas

Along with adding a blog, I’ve decided to rebrand the site as The Vegas Solo, because it’s a bit cooler (and a whole lot easier to say) than the oh-so-dry “Solo Travel to Las Vegas”. So who is The Vegas Solo?  She’s the older woman who wants to pamper herself with a day in the spa and go shopping for expensive handbags in one of Las Vegas’s numerous upscale stores.  He’s the hotshot smalltown poker player who wants to test his skills against the pros.  She’s the wife and mother who takes a break from it all once a year to sit by the pool every day, read a book and sip frozen cocktails.  He’s the cultured foodie who indulges in the high-end restaurants run by celebrity chefs.  She’s the young professional woman who wants to get away to have some fun and go dancing all night at the clubs.  He’s the retiree who saves his money all year so he can come play the slots, see some shows, and eat at the buffets.

The Vegas Solo is anyone who visits Las Vegas alone.  We go to Las Vegas for the same reasons anyone else does, we just go alone.  We come from all walks of life and have a multitude of reasons to travel solo.  Maybe our friends and family don’t have the same desire to visit Las Vegas we do.  Maybe they don’t have the cash to travel, and we do.  Maybe they don’t have the time off.  Maybe we just like to travel alone so we can do what we want, when we want, without having to negotiate with someone else.

Are you a Vegas Solo?  Think you could be?  Stick around, give me a chance to convince you.

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