Vacationing in Las Vegas can be costly when you start tallying together all your expenses.

Dinners at nice restaurants, gambling in casinos, tickets to comedy shows or concerts, and other excursions might draw you in.

The cost of your Vegas vacation will start rapidly racking up if you aren’t careful enough to pay attention to each transaction.

Anyone who’s ever stayed in a hotel on the strip already knows the rooms are usually never very cheap at nicer locations.

With resort fees slapped on top of the original room prices, the cost of your hotel stay will often be the most annoying factor.

Snagging a FREE room upgrade might alleviate some of your frustrations, though.

After all, who wouldn’t want to crash in a nicer hotel room?

Several Las Vegas visitors have taken to Quora to drop some advice on how to save a little bit of money by getting complimentary room upgrades.

It’s simple: Be friendly to the hotel receptionists

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