Las Vegas | Alon May Not Have Money But They Have Plans

Once financing is secure Alon Las Vegas will be built on the land once occupied by the New Frontier across the street from Wynn Las Vegas and next to the Fashion Show Mall. Alon is being developed by James Packer and Andrew Pascal who most recently helped open SLS Las Vegas. Pascal knows the luxury […]
Florida Keys | What You Can Learn From My Trip: Part 1

Our Flight I used Southwest Airlines frequent flyer points in 2015 because I worked a Southwest credit card in 2014. In June, while checking sale fares to Las Vegas (because I’m constantly checking air fare to Vegas) I noticed a really good fare from Philadelphia to Fort Lauderdale. We had driven the Overseas Highway from […]
Review | The Luxurious & Brand New La Première Cabin, Air France

La Première New Cabin JFK – CDG March 2016 Author & Pictures: J Todd Wheeler I am an Atlanta captive and fly Delta and its SkyTeam member, Air France, regularly. I had often wondered about La Première class while staring at its red carpet from the business class cabin. La Première is Air France’s first […]
Las Vegas | The Golden Nugget 24k Select Players Club

The Golden Nugget The Golden Nugget seems to change their 24k Select players club as often, if not more, than any other Las Vegas players club. That doesn’t help since the 24k Select players club is slightly confusing. The first thing to know is that the Golden Nugget players club in Las Vegas is that […]
Sonoma County, California | Tasting Tour Day 3 (Russian River Valley)

The third day of the Sonoma County wine tasting tour was reserved for Russian River Valley. The Russian River winds through much of northern Sonoma valley, and is the river that creates Alexander Valley as well. But it is a pretty large AVA. The Alexander Valley wineries are right around the river or on the […]
Why You Might Be Disappointed With A Straight Flush Jackpot: Part ||

Who Would Have Better Results? Also read part 1 of this article “Why Don’t Straight Flushes Pay More?“ I’ve asked the question presented below to probably 5,000 people at my various “Secrets of a Video Poker Winner” classes over the years. Somewhat less than half of the listeners get the answer correct and the rest […]
Las Vegas | Sunday News | The Strip North End’s Possible Developments

Welcome to the first week of a new Sunday column at TravelZork. This will be a synopsis and analysis of recent news, rumors, openings and closings in Las Vegas. This column won’t cover everything in Las Vegas but will analyze and speculate about some of the bigger bits of news we see or hear about. North […]
Need A Ride In Vegas? This Is What You Need To Try!

So Long Cabbies, I’ll Find My Own Lyft (Or Uber) One of the reasons I’ve preferred for years to drive myself to Las Vegas rather than taking a cheap flight is the fact that I’d prefer to spend my bankroll on the goodies and not in town transport. That’s not to say that grabbing an […]
Visiting Vegas: An Analysis Of The Non-Stop International Flights

Whether you are going for business or pleasure, Las Vegas delivers on budget and extravagance all packed into a desert metropolis better than any city in the world, well, Dubai comes a close second. Let’s take a look at the non-stop long-haul flights that bring visitors to Las Vegas. To make it clear, we’re NOT […]
Is The Video Poker Game Soon To Be Over?

I love video poker. I mean, I really LOVE it! Sitting at a machine for hours, playing, drinking and hopefully winning is my idea of heaven. Focusing my attention on the strategy of the game relaxes me, so I’ve been diligent in becoming an informed gambler. I’ve been able to play with a long […]