My friends and I went on the Hoover Dam deluxe tour. Firstly, we were not informed that we needed to be looking for a grey line bus to pick us up (rather than an airbridge bus). The bus only picks up from major strip hotels, so if you are staying somewhere else you will have to get your self to the strip. We were taken to a bus depot to sort out payments. The upselling and encouragement to buy/spend more was ridiculous and frustrating to people like us (Aussies) who are not used to that, furthermore it detracted time from the tour itself. The first stop was the chocolate factory, which is just an m&m shop like the others in the city with a tiny corridor taking you past some chocolate machines. Not worth the trip. The cactus garden was nice but again very small, and we were only allowed to stop at the factory and garden for a total of 15 minutes. This stop was clearly designed to get you to fork out more money shopping. The drive to the Hoover dam was marred by the loud and chauvinistic attitudes of the bus driver and his sexist comments about Phillipino women. The hoover dam tour involved a fair bit of waiting with only 5 minutes to see the dam from the top, the part that was of most interest to us. I would recommend doing a self guided tour of the dam so that you have time to appreciate every thing. The lowest point on the trip was the buffet lunch at the worlds-most-depressing-casino, which of course was the longest stop in the whole trip (1hr 45mins) because they clearly wanted us to spend more money gambling. Don't do this tour, even though it is the cheapest available it is not worth it. Thank you.