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To Buy or Not to Buy: The Souvenir Photo Conundrum

July 21, 2010 at 4:06 PM | by Mr Pappagiorgio | 1 Comment

We spend so long telling you what to do in Vegas, that we thought it was time to redress the balance. So welcome to our new feature: what not to do in Vegas. First up: souvenir pics.

You’ve been looking forward to your Vegas trip for weeks. You finally arrive on the Strip. You’re so excited you lose concentration for one second and the next thing you know you’ve agreed to spend two hours watching a timeshare presentation in exchange for a free buffet. What else in Vegas might you think twice about before buying on impulse? Souvenir Photos.

Before many Vegas shows you're encouraged to stand in line and wait your turn to get your picture taken. And after those shows you’ll walk smack into a lovely lady shoving said picture into your hand. It may be in a cardboard frame or it may be in a fancy leather bound binder. But these pictures can cost upwards of $40. Yes, forty bucks. For one.

If you and your five best lady friends have waited all your life to be crooned at by Barry Manilow, then by all means, buy a nice Kodak moment to take home. But do you really need a souvenir pic from that show with the magician you’d never heard of? A pic with fake Marilyn before the Rat Pack show?

If you’re drunk or feeling brave enough, pull a Disneyland: snap a pic of the pic with your own camera. Then run like hell – after giving back the souvenir photo of course. Or, try to barter the price. We know of at least one instance (cough-Matt Goss-cough) where the price dropped from $40 to $25 in less than a minute. After all, they aren’t going to sell that closed-eyed, smile-less picture of your night in Vegas to anyone else.

If you decide to splurge and buy all your show pictures, that’s your prerogative and we do hope you enjoy your souvenirs. Just don’t say we didn’t warn you when you find those same pictures in a dusty box under your bed in ten years. Unless these are your fat years – and then you can pat yourself on the back down the road.

What else should you not do in Vegas? Email us, tweet us or drop in your suggestions below. And feel free to take inspiration from our list here.

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  1. juliana

    VegasChatter Editor

    some are worth it, some are not

    for instance in that cher picture (yes, that's me and my friend!), we got to keep two photos and they bound one of them in that nice faux leathery "frame."

    peep show on the other hand was cheaper, probably $20-25, and it came in a flimsy paper frame and the girls who posed with us were not cute. (they were also not a part of the show.) i only bought that one because i thought i looked cute in it. god, im so vain.

    LOVE at the Mirage was the first one I ever bought and i did it for sentimental reasons (longer story). I also bought one of me at Stripper 101. that was like $10 and totes worth it. im on a pole!

    Ok, but I now see I have a problem. I am a souvenir photo junkie! and true, i never display them in my house anywhere but they are all together in a box so i know where they are. heh.

    July 21, 2010 at 4:51 PM
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