Hotel in Las Vegas?

[Pugdog007]

Have you stayed at any of these? Which would be your pick and why? Short, 3 night trip with DH. Like nice hotels with shopping.

 

[legs22]

Not on your list but my first pick would be the Bellagio.
I've stayed at Caesar's and that was really nice. Great pool area and the Forum shops are great.

 

[Kae]

i picked Paris. Great center location. the Casino is light & comfortable. Rooms are nice. Alot of food choices. Aladdin is being bought out by Planet Hollywood, so good deals are there. you here of upgrades. Have you checked out www.cheapovegas.com. I think that where ever you can get the best rate at is the way to go.

Kae

 

[Amberle3]

Also not on your list, but my favourite is the Monte Carlo.

So far I've stayed at: Bally's, Lady Luck (yech), Las Vegas Hilton, Treasure Island, NYNY, Monte Carlo, and I think one other that I can't recall at the moment.

Location isn't as much of an issue as it used to be, thanks to the opening of the monorail.

 

[4greatboys]

I picked Treasure Island because its the only one of those I have been through. Its very nice and they have a great pirate show in the water in front of the hotel with sinking ship and all.
We have been twice and stayed at the Luxor once--very cool and very nice. Second trip we stayed at Excalibur--we really liked this one as well. Very cool dragon show out front nightly and great kids arcade area.

 

[ttichenor]

Stayed at Aladdin in October - nice central location. Second choice would be Paris, although I haven't stayed there, I love the casino floor. Stayed at NYNY a couple of years ago. Pretty good. Have no info on Mirage (other than we were in Vegas when Roy was attacked - found out while in line for Mystere!). Heard Treasure Island has too many kids.

Just my $0.02

T

 

[Dopey Sharon]

I voted for the Mirage because that's where I want to stay when we go back, hopefully next summer.

We've stayed at Treasure Island and the Flamingo. TI was a little nicer, but the Flamingo had a great pool, and would stay, again, at either one, but I would like to try someplace different.

I think we visited all the hotel casinos, on the strip, and from walking around each one, I really liked the Mirage.

 

[Davids-Coco]

Not on your list... Bellagio. Absolutely beautiful rooms and wonderful place! And it keeps you close to Caesar - the best for shopping.

 

[Bob Slydell]

Of the ones on your list, I've stayed at TI. I picked Paris, though -- it's got such a great location and it's a very nice hotel/casino.

 

[BedKnobbery2]

The only one I've stayed at on your list is the Aladdin, which had absolutely lovely rooms. I'd stay there again in a heartbeat. One nice thing about it is that you don't have to go through the casino to get to your room or the pool, which is a nice change from every other resort in LV.

A word about Treasure Island--they are apparently trying to shed their family friendly image and become "sexier". They ditched their classic skull and crossbones sign and now have a sign that just says "ti" with changing sherbert colors. I told my friend I felt like ordering a fruit smoothie when I saw it. Plus they ditched their original (and fun) pirate show, and now have scantily clad boy pirates on one boat and scantily clad girl pirates on the other boat, and do a really hokey and uninteresting musical number. They really bombed on the changes, IMO.

 

[EsmeraldaX]

Haven't stayed at any of those, but my parents go to LV a lot and they love the Mirage and Paris.

Caesar's is great if you want a hotel with shopping.

 

[Laz]

My wife and I always stay at the Monte Carlo. My wife says she feels like she is in Europe when she stays. They have a tram to the Bellagio and it is a very short walk to the monorail at MGM.

The have lots of discounts and 2 for 1 offers on their website:

Monte Carlo Resort

 

[Sirius]

I would stay at the Venetian.

Of the one's you listed, I'd go with Treasure Island.

 

[shrubber]

The Bellagio is by far the best hotel on the strip.IMHO

 

[Dax]

I picked NYNY just because I like the location...I stayed at Tropicana. The location was wonderful and wasnt super expensive. If I had the funds though, I would stay at Bellagio also

 

[Aimeedyan]

We stayed 2 nights at Paris and it was INCREDIBLE! We had just stayed 2 nights at Mandalay Bay and were NOT impressed, we were actually pretty disappointed by it... the location was terrible, service wasn't hte best, rooms were okay, pool was INCREDIBLY crowded and we NEVER got to enjoy it, and we were honeymooning and they did nothing, not even a congrats, when we checked in.

Then we transferred to Paris.

At check in, the clerk congratulated us, then upgraded us from our $69 night basic room to a $1500 1 bedroom/2 bath suite overlooking the Bellagio fountains. Complete with dining room, living room, and mini kitchen. We were blown away. She called and checked on us throughout our stay, we LOVED the location and that is was easy to get places, their restaurants were much more affordable, and the pool was beautiful and never too crowded.

We just had a great exp there.

Good luck!

 

[Amberle3]

Thought maybe I should detail my hotel stays.

First trip - Lady Luck. Didn't know any better. We were going to stay on the strip but waited too long to book rooms, and wouldn't you know it there was a big convention with hundreds of thousands of people and all the rooms on the strip were majorly expensive. I'm talking rooms at Circus Circus that had been $49 were now $199. So we decided what the heck, we'd stay downtown. Ugh. Room was terrible. The bathroom was tiny, and the lighting was a bare lightbulb. We half expected to see a chalk outline on the floor. The food was terrible, the area was awful. Parking was across the street and we often had to literally step over drunks. Never again.

Since then:
Bally's - they were in the midst of upgrading and I think we got one of the new rooms. Decor was very nice, room was very comfortable and pretty spacious. Food wasn't that great, but we actually wrote a letter of complaint several months later because the service had been so bad it still bothered us, and the dining manager responded with a very generous food credit for us that we used on a subsequent trip. That time we had excellent service and the food was very good. Because we had the voucher we were treated like VIPs, and had someone at the table every 5 minutes to check on our dining experience. It got to the point where those around us were starting to stare at our table, wondering who we were! Casino was pretty good to us too. I'd definitely stay there again.

Treasure Island - twice actually. I really enjoyed staying there. Room was very nice, nicely decorated and quite comfortable. Lobby was nice. Casino was pretty good. Buffet was terrible. The pool area is pretty standard. But since they've decided to spice up their image, I don't even like setting foot in the casino. Their management has taken a turn for the worse with this new marketing ploy, and it's backfiring big time. They seem to have skimmed the internet and noticed that people online shorten the name to "TI" when referring to it, without realizing that no one actually SAYS "TI" when talking about it. So they changed the name to reflect the hip, current online trend. Real smart. The new "sirens" show sucks. They don't look like entertainers, they look like badly dressed hookers. The could have kept the whole pirate theme and just made the casino a little more adult, that would have done the job nicely.

NYNY - I'm really glad we had a free room here, because first of all I don't think I would have booked here otherwise. I also don't think I'd book there again. The room was okay, had all the things you'd expect for a room. It was decorated in the most horrid colour scheme though - early colour-blind I'd say. Rich wood tones and vibrant purple, with animal prints. Our room had a wonderful view of the pool area (nothing to write home about) and the roller coaster. The casino itself had a really funky smell to it - kind of a combination of stale cigar smoke and musty water. The fast food area is very cool though. Oh, and I didn't like the time share salesmen continually leaping out at you on the second floor.

Monte Carlo - definitely my favourite. Pretty much everything was done right in this place. The only exception to this is that there's no furniture in the massive marble lobby, so you can't just send one person to check in while the other sits and waits. The rooms were very nicely decorated, I loved the shampoo/conditioner in the rooms (Gilchrist and Soames? Something like that). Some have complained about the walls being thin, but I didn't find hear any noise from other rooms. OTOH at Treasure Island I did hear the room beside us once, were two guys had a hired escort in the room and were being rather loud and ... descriptive. Took several calls to security to get that dealt with. But back to the MC... the casino itself is very comfortable - not too dark, not too bright. The food is quite good. It's pretty much everything you could want in a property.

Las Vegas Hilton - Stayed here earlier this year, staying there again in December and possibly in October as well. I don't normally like to stay at one place so many times in a row, but they had a great deal in February (slot tournament including room at a good price), a good rate for December and a great spa package deal that I'm tempted to book for October. The room was really nice - we were located right next to the elevators and the check-in clerk wasn't sure we'd like the room. He though the noise from the elevators might be too much. We barely heard them. Room was huge, the closet was HUGE. You could have set up a cot in the closet. Bathroom was nice. Casino was pretty good, food was okay (they have the only buffet I know of in Vegas that includes wine and beer in their dinner buffet price). Saw Trent Carlini, The Dream King (Elvis impersonator) there and was mightily impressed. Given that we already have a trip back booked, I'd definitely stay there again.

 

[Danauk]

As you said it was a short trip and you liked shopping I voted for the Aladdin as it is in the centre of the strip and the shopping mall there is really good (I especially like the fake thunder storm with 'real' rain they have every hour or so!!)
I have stayed at the New York, New York before and loved it. I liked the theaming and loved the rollercoaster but it is located at one end of the strip so not as good location if you wanted time to see the other resorts. I liked the theaming on the gaming floor and liked our room. We had a room overlooking the strip (it had views both ways) and the room was nicely decorated in green colours.
I have also stayed at the Venetian which I would recommend to anyone - all the rooms are suites which are amazing (we were even upgraded to a high roller suite on the second to top floor with views both ways down the strip. The suite had 2 bedrooms, 3 huge sofas, a 10 place marble dining table, 3 of the biggest TV's I have ever seen, 4 toilets, a steam/jet shower room, 2 jacuzzies and our own sauna!) The shops here are great too and I loved the theaming of the whole place, it was very elegant. We chose these two hotels for our trip as they are at opposite ends of the stripNext time we visit Vegas we plan to stay in the Bellagios as we loved the inside of it. PLus it has a great location in the middle of the strip.
Have a great trip.

 

[hulabird]

My DH is a "high roller" when we go to Vegas (which is about twice a year) so we enjoy free accommodations/food/shows when we go and have stayed at alot of different resorts. My all time favorite is Mirage. I am not a gambler, but I am a horseplayer and I just love their sports/race book (and their pina coladas!)

I love the setting of the Mirage, its very tropical and the atmosphere is so relaxing. I also love the pool area and the Secret Garden of Siegfried and Roy. If you have never seen it, make a point to. They have a dolphin show as well and as I was standing next to one of the dolphin pools a beach ball suddenly came flying at me, it was a dolphin initiating a game of catch! It really was so cool and what was surprising is there were no trainers right there, I had wandered over to another pool by myself to see if I could see a dolphin and this dolphin just decided I would be a suitable "play catch" candidate.

Another huge plus is the location, center strip, close to all the best casinos.

The rooms are also spacious and very comfortable. The food is good in most of the restaurants as well, but we eat all over the strip.

Our next trip we will be at the Mandalay Bay for a change, I am really looking forward to it.

If anyone needs any info about anywhere else, I would be glad to help. We have only stayed at strip resorts, not DT Vegas.