This Cosmopolitan Las Vegas guest hasn’t “heard a plausible reason someone would bring their own toaster to a casino” but took this photo by the trash, where guests disposed of one. I think they just came to Vegas to get toasted and took it too literally.
Cosmopolitan wanted $40 for avocado toast, so they brought their own infrastructure.
Four years ago today I saw this leaving @Cosmopolitan_LV. I share this every year and haven’t heard a plausible reason someone would bring their own toaster to a casino. pic.twitter.com/COuFON3wKu
— Marc (@MeltzVegas) July 1, 2026
Just as likely, the appliance saw the resort fee and committed toastercide, so they needed to dispose of it.
The main knock on Vegas been affordability – that it was a place focused on family entertainment as much as high rollers, and that’s increasingly no longer been the case. So it’s not surprising to see cheap breakfast arbitrage – people staying at an upscale resort while resorting to Pop-Tarts, bagels, English muffins, and frozen waffles. And if you’re a family the savings multiply fast.
Cosmopolitan’s Wicked Spoon weekend buffet is $54, add tax and a 20% tip on the post-tax total and that’s $70.23. Avocado toast from room service would be $26.86 plus delivery charge and tip so that’s easily $40+ for a single item.
Maybe they drove and brought an old toaster, or picked one up locally. Certainly if they’re flying out a cheap toaster is easily disposable, especially if it pushes the guests into an extra checked bag. The used toaster isn’t worth the checked bag fee.
And the toaster may have outlived its usefulness. Burning smell? Smoking? Dump it. Although I’m surprised they didn’t just leave it in their room.
A travel iron and aluminum foil can create avocado toast or grilled cheese. Please didn’t anyone attend school?
Perhaps they opened a checking account 50 years ago.
No need to tip 20% for a buffet.
I bring a portable K-Cup coffeemaker when I come to LV, although now I doubt I’ll ever return.
We bring to Vegas high fiber Bob’s Red Mill oat bran cereal prepared by microwave. Add to it some Seven Sundays strawberry banana nut dry mix sweetened only with dates (available for now at Sams Club). Milk is available at a CVS or Walgreens, of which there are a number of on the Strip. Very yummy combo! As for coffee, splitting a Starbucks grande size provides our caffeine dose. But for that same price you can get two coffee at a McDs. The reasonable price breakfast has almost disappeared in Vegas and more and more of those few that do provide a reasonable price fail the taste test.
The $15 toaster obtained at a local Walmart doesn’t demand an automatic 22% gratuity.
Avocado toast? No, we eat bootstraps.
My avocado always gets ruined when I put it in my toaster so I eat carefully curated toasted pop tarts instead 7 days a week
So what If I die from pop tart chemical.poisoning
Once I bought a coffee maker at Walmart that was reduced to $11 , used it at my Vegas 5* hotel that was charging around $5 to make each coffee in the room (I think it was a sealed cup or this hotel didn’t have a kettle or coffee maker) and made lots of coffee during the 6 days I was there. And then I left it for the staff with a note it could be taken and I couldn’t bring it back to the UK as different plugs.
I’d love to visit Vegas again but the prices (and tips) are insane.
Vegas is now focused on the high rollers and, frankly, doesn’t care if you can’t afford the confiscatory prices and fees. If you don’t like it, don’t come. They’re making more money than ever with fewer tourists visiting so, to the big corporations that now own the strip, it’s all good.
It’s also a good reason not to spend your money in a city that really doesn’t care if you visit or not. Forget bringing a toaster, find another place for a vacation instead.
A toaster is often very inexpensive. Big tip: with the cheap ones, set it as low as you can. When it pops up make sure the top is on the bottom and the left is right. It then makes pretty decent toast. I buy them when my serviced apartment doesn’t provide one. How many pieces of toast does it take to pay for the $12 toaster? Not many.
12 of us went to Vegas for a convention that was 5 days long. We all had our assignments, microwaves, small fridge, toaster, blender, grocery store runs. Our estimates were saving $250-350 per person with our suite being the central food location.
Probably in Gatorade and water we saved $100+ each. It was nice to be able to get it cold.
I take a small tea kettle a funnel and some ground Starbucks when I travel domestically. I don’t like using the in house coffee makers.
why aren’t there avocado pop-tarts?
Decades ago, Las Vegas was much more fun, entertaining, and relaxing.
This was when the rooms, restaurants, bars, shows, and etc. were loss-leaders for the casino portion of the hotel. With Corporate Ownership today, every part of the hotel is expected to generate huge profits. But this strategy produces the overall effect of what we see: Outrageous total costs of a vacation, and thus weakening overall revenue and profitability.
Vegas was much more exciting back in the day when it was “family” owned.
Toasters, yes good idea – about all you can get with your frequent flyer points these days
Vegas was fun when Slots o’ Fun offered live dealer 2 deck blackjack $2 min 3:2 21 payout and free drinks.
“The main knock on Vegas been affordability”
No, the main knock is that it’s full of the absolute dregs of society, the worst people on the planet. It’s not even interesting or fun anymore. That time is long passed. Never again.