Cheap travel to Las Vegas + Grand Canyon one day tour

Cheap travel to Las Vegas and Grand Canyon tips
booked from expedia.ca, 5 nights hotel+round trip flights, 1087CAD. flight: WestJet, Hotel:WestGate. European plan.

Smith's grocery store Safeway quality and NoFrills price. 2540 S Maryland Pkwy, Las Vegas, NV 89109, United States
a really cheap and nice all you can eat buffet called China Star: 2590 S Maryland Pkwy, Las Vegas, NV 89104, United States, 3 people+tax_tips: 24 USD

In hotel
Local call one dollar for first 30 minutes, 10cents per minute after. We have installed csimplesip and configured freephoneline. Can call any north America number free, we used this booked grand canyon one day tour from wannar.com,company is called CHD, very qualified Chines guide, tips is 6/person, while usually is 8/person, including Hoover dam but not skywalk, 89usd/person. we add two skywalk ticket 30usd/person when we arrived. because the cash is cheaper than credit card or Paypal.

Wife's cellphone shows roaming but not working,called mobilicity, they asked us to top $10 to account wallet,then it works. 1 day tour requires a working cellphone.

It is T3 after exiting westjet in McCarran airport, take inter-terminal free shuttle to T1 and take bus 108 to most hotels. $2 single trip/person, you need to insert us bills one by one,no ticket for single trip.
Us flag still half-mast maybe for the Orlando gay bar shooting.
It's better choose hotels on Las Vegas blvd, usually one day tour can pick up guest from these hotels. Book one day tour from inside hotels are very expensive ,about double to online.
Hotel go green program $10 credit /day, meaning you call an internal number asking them not clean up your room you will get $10 credit/day, can be used in any store inside hotel. you need to call day by day.

$8 24hour all access pass can access all redidential buses, SDX(strip &downtown express),Duece(double level bus)- generally any commuting vehicle with RTC sign.
The strip means area along both sides of south Las Vegas Blvd, many big famous hotels.

Day 1: Arrived, in McCarran airport, take inter-terminal shuttle from terminal 3 to terminal 1, take bus 108 to hotel, check in, then find a kabob pizza store running by Indian close to hotel. Anything sold in stores inside the hotel is terribly expensive.
Day 2:
Breakfast McDonald's.
Because booking grand canyon needs a working cellphone,fixed roaming program by calling Mobilicity using my Nexus 7 csimplesip app configured with freephoneline.
Asked information about grand canyon tour from concierge desk in our hotel and another hotel, super expensive, booked a tour from a Chinese company online,half price from hotel,
they don't offer pickup from our hotel if booking next day, so we booked the day after next day.
Found a decent grocery store called smith's like Safeway, but price as Nofrills, bought a dozen bottled water,1.99, 2 bags breads, $4, lettuce, 2 bags cooked ham slices,$4,tomatos,
yellow peaches 0.98/lb,oranges, a 4 litre lemonade, $2.99, enough for 2-3 days.
Lunch: Self serve
Dinner: Use go green credit for two personal pizza inside hotel.
Day 3:
Breakfast,self serve.
Bought 3 24 hours all access passes,take SDX to strip.toured most hotels by walking.
Lunch:Found China star all you can eat buffet, $6.49+drink+tips+tax=$8/person, it is not inside any casino,just close to Smith's. We didn't order drink except water,
and it totaled $24.06 for 3,better than Oriental buffet.
Every bus stop stands a RTC police, with gun, sometimes even onboard.
Even you do not drive,GPS is useful and important when you take bus.