He may act like he’s The Guy, but he’s really just a guy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThese clever individuals make a lot of tips (untaxed, by the way), and can even be \nhelpful at times. During our most recent visit, there was a long line for photos, \nand the “attendant” was reminding visitors they can simply bypass the line and take \na photo from the side to speed things up.<\/p>\n
Still, these “attendants” are taking advantage of unsuspecting tourists, and our \nadvice is to let another visitor take your photo rather than “feeding the pigeons.”<\/p>\n
At the Las Vegas sign, there are no reserved times, there are no designated \nphotographers and, well, let’s let the County do its thing.<\/p>\nWant to make a scammer mad? Let them take your photo, say “thanks” and walk away. Glorious.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nOn a related note, when exiting the parking at the Las Vegas sign, make sure not to \nturn right (back toward all the hotels and casinos). That stretch of road goes one \nway (south), and a right turn into oncoming traffic could be disasterous. Not that \nanyone would ever do that. Especially a Las Vegas blog. Probably.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
We’ve written about Las Vegas scams before, and this one in particular, but the “Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas” sign scam remains one of Sin City’s most irksome and blatant, and remains in full effect on The Strip. When visitors hit the Las Vegas sign, they often encounter someone posing as the “official” photographer or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,8],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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