Canadian Travellers

• ANNOYANCE WARNING! There are all sorts of people standing on the street and in the resorts being unusually polite, saying things like "How would you like free show tickets tonight?" Sound too good to be true? It is. The problem is that you are Canadian. I guess if you live in Honolulu, you are more likely to buy a timeshare (which is what they are trying to sell) than if you live in Vancouver. It's completely ridiculous, but if you are Canadian and not partial to lying, just tell them you are Canadian and move on.
• ANNOYANCE WARNING #2! As if timeshare sales you can't actually go to the presentation for weren't bad enough, the new fad seems to be screening pilots for your review. Now, this makes alot of sense in Vegas--you get people from all over coming to one place--what better test market for a new TV show? However, once again, if you live in the far off Canadian wilderness that doesn't possibly get NBC or CBS (like Toronto or Vancouver), then you cannot get your free $10 gaming chip, t-shirt and popcorn (unless you are partial to untruths).
• The drinking and gambling age is 21. If you are from Alberta, and you are 18, have your last drink at the airport before you leave. If you are 19 or 20, and you like to gamble, stay home.
• This should be obvious - everything is in U.S. dollars. You can get money pretty easily from ATMs, cash advances from your credit cards (with hefty service fees), cash your U.S. dollar traveller's cheques at any casino cashier. If you have Canadian you need to exchange, best to do it at home. You probably wouldn't have a problem changing it at the casino cashier either, but why chance it - and the exchange rate probably wouldn't be stellar.
• In America, Americans drink American beer. If you are a beer snob, stick to hard alcohol (plenty of yard long margaritas are available on the strip). You can also ask for popular imports at most places - like Heineken, for example.
• Note: this one has become much less prevelant in recent years: If you are a coffee snob, you will not find cream in all restaurants and buffets. They seem to think it is really strange when you do not unquestionably put milk substitute in your coffee. If this is an issue for you, you can order a glass of milk at the buffet (and pour it in yourself), or you can get your coffee at a familiar coffee shop like Starbucks.
• We just tried this one. If you are a "Scotch" snob, forget it. J&B is the best you'll find in most places. Interestingly, if you want "Canadian Club", just ask for "CC" and they know exactly what you want.

General Cultural Abnormalities

• Prostitution is illegal within the Las Vegas city limits, but there are plenty of people passing out literature advertising such services.
• Drinking in public is illegal, but everybody does it, and it is very tolerated (in fact, you'll run into lots of official sorts who mistakenly believe it's legal). I suspect it is on the books for situations where people become unruly. Don't act like a buffoon, and you can take your drink between resorts (ever wonder why they all use the same drink glasses?).
• Otherwise ordinary people are walking down the Strip at all hours of the day or night.