My 2 cents for vistors to LV
Elastic,
A little LV advice, beyond the information you get in posts about specific places. (I was going to PM you but I figure other visitors to LV might find this helpful).
1) rent a car. The closer you are to the strip the worse the experience can be. You need to get up Spring Mountain to find a place that locals hit. Or go to Henderson. You may still get an older provider so posts here may help you ask for a specific younger provider. GPS smartphones with google maps is a huge plus for navigating to the address.
2) pick up a weekly rag 'newspaper' with all the ads and coupons. (Citybeat? I forget the specific name but flip to the last pages and you'll know) I go to the Palms food court and pick one up near the bathroom entrance.
3) Go for the 30 minute massage. I rarely find a place that will give you a full time massage so why waste the money. The only reason to pick a 1 hr massage (for me) is for the table shower tease and make sure it is a table shower and not "a shower".
4) (not solid advice) Go sometime around the dinner hour. You can claim you just got off work so they can treat you like a local. Plus it's not as busy than later at night. Only down side less choice in providers.
5) which should be obvious- read the ripoff reports.
I am sure locals have a little better advice / suggestions but as a regular visitor to LV I use the recent posts and the above to make the dollar stretch farther and land up with better providers than walking blind into a place near a big casino.
And by the way I have hit the #1 (in your report). It was the mamasan that gave me the massage, but that is what happens when you go around the lunch hour.