Keeping It In Vegas

Apparently everything that happens in Vegas can stay in Vegas, after all.

The Vegas Box is a new service that allows customers to keep their sins in Sin City. I first read about this in USA Today, but apparently it's been covered by Vegas Chatter, too.

Each 20"x17"x12" box holds about 70 lbs of remorse and embarrassment that you can't even think of taking back home with you. Unfortunately, it doesn't work for STDs (To quote The Hangover: "Remember what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. Except for herpes. That shit'll come back with you.") or unwanted-yet-still-conceived children. Bebe mini-dresses that are four sizes too small and way too short to wear back home, and all those Ed Hardy knock-offs that you bought on Fremont Street, however, are more than welcome. As are unfinished bottles of booze (you paid $700 for that $35 bottle of vodka! You can't throw it out!).

The service is just $99 a year, which includes two pick-ups and drop-offs of your magic-filled box. (If you come to town more often, you can still access your box—they pick it up, and drop it off for you—for $20 a pop). The kind folks at The Vegas Box will also deliver your box 'o goodies elsewhere, in case you find yourself in Albuquerque and in desperate need of your beloved gambling supplies and/or stripper-oogling accessories.

Frequent Vegas visitors might actually find this service useful—and even economical.

"Keeping your items in Vegas means no more checked luggage! Just one round trip for two can add up to one full year of The Vegas Box. 1 checked bag (avg.) = $25 x 2 people = $50 x 2 (round trip) = $100," the company explains on its website.