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| - First Vegas trip ever culminated in visiting my first nightclub in Vegas: Tao. Luckily for us, we planned ahead of time to save some money. On the website bestofvegas.com we found a deal for two day passes that grant access to both TAO and LAVO night clubs. For women the cost was $30, for men, $50. Not sure if it's much of a deal but as I explain my experience, you will see where it was beneficial to us.
We arrived at the site of TAO, the Venetian, another hotel filled with gambling, food, attractions etc. We took a cab from the MGM costing us a reasonable $10. TAO was located on the second floor and to our amazement there was a massive line wrapped around the elevators. Seeing as to how alcohol inside was likely to be ridiculously expensive, we purchased a bottle of sky vodka at the gift shop right next to the elevators. Unfortunately for us, $25 is still expensive for a medium sized vodka bottle. As we made our way to the proper line (there had to be three to five different lines) we noticed a handful of security guards patrolling around the area ensuring safety and preventing drinking in the area and prohibiting bringing in any drinks to the nightclub. Luckily, there was a cool security guard who gave us a couple extra minutes to down the vodka before having to confiscate our drinks, right on sir.
Our planning ahead came in handy as we were directed to the proper line to enter TAO. With our proof of purchase vouchers, we quickly advanced to the entrance within 10 minutes of lining up whereas the other lines progressed at a very slow pace (another temporary line forms near the entrance with groups of chicks being let in-assumed to be hookers or bride to be). As soon as we made it to the counter, we showed our vouchers, received our wristbands that were good for two nights for two clubs.
We made out way past the first floor of the building to the stairs to gain access to the upper levels. As we walked up, we noticed the music getting louder, more peopled, girls in lingerie using objects to caress one another and bars all around.
TAO is a massive nightclub. There are three floors which you can hang out on, with bottle service available on each one. There's a dance floor on the second level and the third level has pools (sorry, you can't jump in it) and an open area to hang out in. There's several choices of music as each floor has different rooms with DJs spinning different tracks. The bars as you would suspect are pricey with $13 per drinks that have alcohol in then and beers for $9. I didn't use the bathroom but appeared tricky to find. There is a nice patio to hangout in in case a breather is needed. On this particular night (Thursday) there were a lot of people but not to the point of where it's so crowded you can't move. Luckily, if your tired on the pool level there is a small area where you can sit if you get lucky.
TAO was a great experience and we got our money's worth. It's worth checking out and if you do go, you should invest in the vouchers for a quicker entrance.
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