Great thread! our second trip to Vegas is in 12 days and if it was an easier and shorter/cheaper flight, I think we'd go more often and cut back on other casino visits. We favor AC trips over frequent visits to our locals. We live about an hour from Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods which are nice resorts with good restaurants, comp drinks, etc, but we prefer to take the 4 hour drive to Borgata because it feels more like a getaway than our locals (and if Vegas was only a 4 hour flight, we'd do that!)
Our trips to our locals have been mainly for concerts, dinners, or if we really want a gambling fix, probably about 6 visits this year to the local vs about 10 to AC, lol!