Las Vegas guide and MSE thread 2011

photome

August

pebblesmax wrote: »

We have done this at Rio and Orleans too.

Have never felt the need to do it at the Orleans though. Checked in there a couple of times at around 10am and got a room straight away

photome

August

CellAuto wrote: »

I am planning, for the first time, to switch hotels while in las vegas. From reading this board it seems quite a lot of people on here have done this.

Would people recommend it? Has anyone every felt that they have 'lost' a day of their holiday because of any hassle it has created?

I am going for 10 days, will probably stay somewhere on the south of the strip (Monte Carlo / MGM) for 7 days then move to Wynn/Encore for last 3 nights.

Possible a stupid question but after checking out of first hotel will the Wynn/Encore store my bags until check in time?

Thanks in advance for any advice.

You may find the room is ready at the second hotel, if it isnt the bell desk will keep your bags for you.

Only place I have had trouble getting a room early and had long check in queues is the Flamingo but Duchy has a way around that

pebblesmax

November / December

I think that MGM Grand was the worst for us. They seemed to avoid giving us a room key for ages. That was a couple of years ago though.

ratkarth

CellAuto wrote: »

I am planning, for the first time, to switch hotels while in las vegas. From reading this board it seems quite a lot of people on here have done this.

Would people recommend it? Has anyone every felt that they have 'lost' a day of their holiday because of any hassle it has created?

I am going for 10 days, will probably stay somewhere on the south of the strip (Monte Carlo / MGM) for 7 days then move to Wynn/Encore for last 3 nights.

Possible a stupid question but after checking out of first hotel will the Wynn/Encore store my bags until check in time?

Thanks in advance for any advice.

no hassle but the whole thing is so much easier if you have a hire car that day,

luci

May

Matsuri tickets from $11

http://www.travelzoo.com/entertainment/las-vegas/1014658/

If you go direct to the Harrah's site they are $54.99 or from $33 from Tix4Tonight

ferf1223

March

the longest queue to check-in we ever had was at Luxor - it took maybe 25-30 minutes all in, but looking at the queue, we thought 2 hours...it was insane.

You can't see it all that well in the photo, but this was the queue snaking back into the casino. Once we got through this part it was the back and forth and back and forth queue...but they had 2 guys at the front of the queue keeping an eye on when a space at the desk was available and directing the next person straight to it - it was really well organized at least



Checking out, we use the check out on the telly 90% of the time - just much easier...if we're going to use points to cover off any charges we try to do it the night before to avoid the queues.

But a couple of trips ago my hubby had points to use and we thought we had a balance due so he went down the morning we were checking out of Caesars...I think it was 45 minutes and it was a nightmare - no real order to it, no proper queuing system so it was pot luck - if you picked the wrong line, you were screwed.

We've been lucky in our room moves, have never had to wait for our room - but we do request a late check-out when we can. We've also never moved on a Sunday - I would imagine that would be the worst day as Saturday night occupancy will be high and a lot of people will be pushing their check-out as late as they can. I normally try to make check-out morning laundry morning as well, so we're not moving dirty clothes.

sew109

We generally stay in two hotels we often spend a few days at the Golden Nugget but also have done recently MGM/Wynn Venetian/Encore and some other trips Excalibur/MGM/Mirage /Luxor. We have never had a problem checking in early and leaving bags. Check in is the worst thing about MGM in fact it is probably the only thing that I dont like about it however the system at MGM i think is the best when your room is not ready they give you the keys but no room number and then you call a number at 2pm and they give you the number.

At Wynn or Encore you will have no problems I have to say though I prefer Wynn

nvh

just a heads up, that although the front page http://www.vegashotelspecial.com/ isn't updated, their Twitter feed is regularly kept up to date http://twitter.com/#!/VegasHotelDeals as are the sub pages of the main site (ie. click on MGM Grand and the latest MGM Grand offer is listed)

duchy

May

photome wrote: »

Have never felt the need to do it at the Orleans though. Checked in there a couple of times at around 10am and got a room straight away

ditto
I've also checked in and got a room stupidly early at IP-handy as we only wanted it as a day room to dump our bags in and shower as we were flying out at midnight-cost all of £10 with TR discount. That was a fun but tiring day-we flew overnight to NYC-spent the day in Manhattan doing the Duck tour and a bit of shopping before heading back to JFK to fly home.

stoneman

October

CellAuto wrote: »

I am planning, for the first time, to switch hotels while in las vegas. From reading this board it seems quite a lot of people on here have done this.

Would people recommend it? Has anyone every felt that they have 'lost' a day of their holiday because of any hassle it has created?

I am going for 10 days, will probably stay somewhere on the south of the strip (Monte Carlo / MGM) for 7 days then move to Wynn/Encore for last 3 nights.

Possible a stupid question but after checking out of first hotel will the Wynn/Encore store my bags until check in time?

Thanks in advance for any advice.

We changed hotels once, never again. 40+ trips to Vegas tells me that with 4 suitcases all emptied and clothes hung, things in drawers, toiletries in bathroom all set up, then in the middle of it before 10am in the morning having to pack it all away to do it all again?! And what if the hotel you are going to doesn't let you check in till 2-4pm. Sure, some might let you do it earlier but that is one big chance you are taking. Then there is the tip for having your bags sent up twice and collect twice, oh and don't forget the tip for storage. I would say $40 should cover it. No thanks, I will stay put and might try that hotel on the next trip.