Are Las Vegas helicopter tours worth the money? — featuring vVARIETY with Dylan (Skyline Helicopter Tours Papillon Helicopter Tours)

0:01 [music] >> I decided to do two different helicopter tours in Las Vegas. One with Skyline Helicopter Tours and one with Papillon Helicopter Tours. I'll give you my honest opinion and a quick review at the end. Taking a helicopter flight around Vegas. >> [music] >> Welcome to Variety.

0:22 >> [music] >> Welcome to Variety. We're here in Las Vegas. We're [music] outside Skyline Helicopter Tours. There's so many different helicopter tours in Vegas

0:48 [music] to choose from. I chose Skyline simply because they have a doors off option. Who doesn't want to do that? I'm sure they're all pretty similar. This takes off from the North [music] Las Vegas Airport. This is my first time on a helicopter. I'm so excited. >> Wait, am I going? Did you get me a

1:03 ticket? >> No, I didn't. Why not? You're [music] in suffer. Me? Let's get in there. Let's take [music] off. Deuces Las Vegas, baby. You know what I mean? I mean, we're talking choppers here. We're talking choppers. >> [music] >> Keep your little feetsies on the ground, huh? Yeah, I'll keep my little feetsies

1:20 right up your derrière, dude. Always wanted to do a helicopter tour Vegas. And here we are. I decided to do doors off. [music] It's going to be fun. >> [music]

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2:11 >> Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You got to go. You got to go. Yeah, yeah. >> [music] [music]

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5:38 >> Me and Dante at our second >> [laughter] >> helicopter spot. I I'm trying to check them all off, you know? Waiting for the second experience. So, you guys get a twofer in this video. Will we be okay? Hell yeah, we will. Let's do this.

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7:41 >> What do you think? This was It was wild. So it doesn't feel real, huh? Nah, that's just crazy. It's like you're in a simulator. I can see it. Yo. Appreciate the paint job.

8:06 Thanks, man. Appreciate it. >> [music] >> Here's a breakdown of my experience. Skyline Helicopter Tours pros, doors off, which is amazing. It felt like really flying. Smaller helicopter with better more open views. It was a cheaper [music] tour. It's more personal. My pilot was awesome and all the employees

8:25 were personable. [music] And it's a better view from the helicopter with bigger windows and doors off, of course, even more special. The cons were the helicopter is smaller, [music] which can be a pro or con depending on how you look at it and your preference. No loose cameras were allowed, so I had to film

8:39 all of this on my cell phone in a plastic pouch. And the smaller helicopters [music] mean there's a stricter weight limit. At Papillon Helicopter Tour pros, very professional operation. [music] You feel like you're in safe hands. Lots of times and options to choose from. Very nice helicopters. And it's easy

8:56 access right at the bottom of the strip with shuttles available. Now, the cons would be less accommodating for any special [music] requests. You have to do it by their parameters. You may be seated with strangers since there's more seating in these helicopters. There's cramped views in these bigger

9:10 helicopters with a bigger wider fuselage. [music] And it's also very rushed as they're sticking to a tight schedule. Overall, I will say this. Skyline Tour was magical and one of the coolest experiences of [music] my life. Papillon Helicopter Tours felt like a waste of money. It was still fun, but way less

9:28 so. [music] First of all, I requested a front seat, which they would not accommodate, even though that was an option when I ordered my tickets. [music] I nearly begged to wait as long as I needed for another helicopter, pay extra, whatever I could do, but they would not allow me to wait or [music]

9:42 change anything. I had to just accept being stuck in a middle back row seat with a family of strangers taking the rest of the seats. If I knew that was the case, I would [music] have just saved my money. So, unless you have a bigger group that needs the bigger helicopter or you feel safer in the

9:55 bigger helicopter, I would choose the Skyline Tour 10 [music] out of 10 times. But, either way, I highly recommend taking a helicopter tour of Las Vegas. The glow of the city from a above is something that will stick with you for a long time. It was absolutely [music] amazing. That was so much fun going around the

10:14 stratosphere and all that. That's It's so cool. It's very strict. You can't really film a lot. You have to keep your phone around your neck. So, I'm sorry this video was very simple [music] and short. That's just how it goes. Safety first. But, shout out Skyline Vegas. Shout out Doug, my pilot.

10:29 He was awesome. Yeah, definitely obviously wish I could have filmed [music] more and and with my other camera and all that, but I couldn't. But, I just at least wanted to take you guys with me while we did that cuz that [music] was That was awesome. Honestly, that was just an absolute thrill. I

10:44 didn't want to come down. I wanted to stay up there. So, I highly recommend coming to Skyline Helicopter Tours here in Las Vegas. Like, subscribe, share, do all the cool things the cool kids do. Something or other tour is now variety. Vert life. Vert life. [music] For real, for real. Real deal.

11:02 >> [music] >> And you know I had to wear the black forces cuz I'm coming for everything I'm owed. Okay? PJs. No drone zone. Come on. We chose Well, I chose. >> [laughter] >> It was fun? It was fun. Yeah, it was fun. It was fun. Yeah. I'm scared.