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Forget the Groundhog and its sham prognostications and let’s look at the real indication of spring’s proximity: the NCAA Tournament, March Madness, The Big Dance.

Now most people recognize March Madness as the quintessential cairn of spring’s presence, and with the brackets so easy to understand and bet on — whom among us has never participated in an office pool?

This post presents my full three-night/four-day Las Vegas trip itinerary. As explained in Part 1 and Part 2 of this post series, the purpose of providing you my thoroughly-researched and fully-tested agenda is threefold:

(1) Save you time. Whether you follow my agenda to the letter or tailor here-and-there to meet your preferences, this information will save you considerable planning time. With the help of my assistant, I spent nearly 15 hours researching logistics, costs, rankings, texture, timing, and ambience to arrive at my weekend plans. If you can spare 15 hours, then by all means take the time to plan your own Sin agenda. Otherwise, save yourself some valuable time and use mine.

Not So Simple: Researching Vegas

Planning for Vegas seems simple to the uninitiated. However, you can become quickly overwhelmed when you begin to consider the multitude of hotels, restaurants, shows, pools, spas, golf courses, roller coasters, bars, nightclubs, casinos, buffets, shopping locations, people-watching venues, old Vegas sites, new Vegas sites, and so forth.

I spent several weeks researching logistics, costs, rankings, texture, timing, and ambience to arrive at my weekend plans for two. My methodology included cross-referencing a multitude of sources including the Internet, word of mouth, and travel guides to reach a detailed three-night/four-day weekend agenda, beginning Friday afternoon and ending Monday afternoon.

If you want to spend a long, luxuriant weekend in Las Vegas with your significant other, but lack the time to plan a memorable trip, today’s your lucky day: I’ve done it for you. In preparation for my couple’s trip to Vegas in late May, my assistant and I spent nearly 15 hours planning the details. My better half and I followed the agenda to the letter — and it did not disappoint.

In this three-part post series, I’m going to share some tips and advice that you (the designated Vegas planner) should take into consideration in planning out your trip to Vegas, presuming it’ll be with your girlfriend/boyfriend, wife/husband, or really, really, really good friend. Then, in Part 3, I’ll provide you with my tested and Sin certified agenda, so in the end all you and your partner need to do to get the most out of Vegas is to follow my step-by-step itinerary.