Ladies, I know you already know but you can’t extra careful in Vegas… we had two creepy experiences at a girls trip.

TW: Men aggression, possibly roofies.

I love Vegas. I’ve been 7 times, mostly for shows. But this was the first time since I was 21 (I’m 30 now) that I went to actually party. My best friend and another friend flew in for a girls trip since we all live in different places now. I got over stimulated and had a panic attack waiting to get in the club the first night so I went back to the hotel. The second night, our other friend felt sick, so it was just me and my best friend.

Before we went in, we met a mom and her daughters celebrating a 21st birthday. We’d booked a shared table experience, and their group was supposed to be in the same private area we were in with our ticket. We got in and when we were dancing, a couple of guys came up to us trying really hard to talk to us. We told them we were engaged and not interested. Then we saw them trying to touch and hit on every girl in the section. They kept trying to come to us but we kept ignoring them.

Once I had a few drinks in my system I went up to the platform on top of the couch to dance with some random girls. My best friend and I put our drink down for one second as she was helping me up, but she stayed down. One of the guys came over, put his drink down next to ours, and hovered his hand over them. My best friend then grabbed both and put them in the corner and made fresh drinks for us with new glasses. At first we thought maybe we were overreacting, but just in case, we moved spots.

The main DJ came on and the spot we moved to got too crowded, so we moved back, plus the two OG guys were in another section. There was these two other guys there just sitting. They kept offering to make us drinks or bring water (mind you we paid for these drinks with the share table experience). They did this several times. We kept declining and moved on to dance some more.

I wanted to leave because it was 5 am in my time and we had been out all day and I was exhausted. My best friend wanted to stay longer. She told me to go to our hotel and sleep that she was going to be fine. She often likes to stay out longer than the rest of us (Even if your friend likes to party, don’t be me and be a bad drunk friend stay with your friends till you all leave).

Something told me to stay and I waited for her at a pizza place inside the casino not too far from her. I texted her I was still around if she wanted to uber together. Sure enough, she soon asked me to wait for her. Turns out a fourth man approached her. At first he was really friendly and my bf is really sociable so she talked to him some. He then got really handsy after she started a bit and she kept repeating she’s engaged. He tried to force her to take a shot, and she got scared. She found the mom from earlier and explained. The mom and her husband pulled her into their group. When she pointed the guy out, all the pushy men suddenly left. (Mind you only the two first guys made it a point they were together, not the rest). She saw this and reported everything to security and we left that casino.

But if you’re still reading and think it’s the only thing that happened…. Welp 🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃

The next morning, we were opening our door when a group of five guys and a girl passed by us. One of the guys asked how we liked the Imperial Suite. We said we really liked it. Then he asked if they could come in and “check it out.” We said no and told him to Google is free and they have pics in the hotel’s website if he wanted to see it that bad. He acted offended, so we went inside and locked the door.
We were then going to kill time at the casino before our flights. I stayed back because I had an allergic reaction to a makeup wipe and could barely see out of my left eye. When my friends came back up, they told me the same guy from earlier grabbed my best friend at the casino and tried to get her to go meet his friend. She yelled at him and told him she was married. (Mind you this is the same guy we were “hostile” to earlier). We do think maybe this dude was just drunk but you never know.

Again I love love love Vegas. I’ve still had a blast every single time, and it’s a fun place, there is a lot to do. The first time I went could’ve turned me off but I loved every single time. (An old man thought I was a prostitute and tried to solicit me while I was waiting for my friends at the slots). Go out in groups. Always have each other’s location shared. Never be alone, especially late at night. Don’t be afraid to be a bitch to people that make you uncomfortable. If people approach you, you don’t need to talk to them. (I am a certified people’s pleaser and I know it can be hard) ALWAYS be aware of your surroundings! We enjoyed it and will probably be back again but this time with pepper spray. Even if you don’t club and just go for the shows or for work you can never be too too careful. Have a blast but be smart.

EDIT: Also, according to my uber driver never ever ever do UberX Share (uber pool back in 2019). Apparently it’s common for pimps and their prostitutes to use it and things can get dicey.

TL;DR: Went to Vegas for a girls trip. Had really bad experiences with men. Have a blast but always be careful and vigilant.