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| - I agree with Kristina assessment of the Polo Towers listed on the last review. It is a time share resort (owned by Diamond Resorts International) but they do rent out to the public. Our trip is a direct result of Diamond International pitch for time share. They called and offered a 3 night stay in Vegas for $160 and all we had to do was sit through a 2 hour time share presentation (which we actually did not have to do because they over booked). My wife and I wanted to go to Vegas and they gave us a good reason.
ACCESS: The hotel is right off the strip, one block past MGM behind the Hawaiian Market...
OUTSIDE: If there was a drawback to this place... this was it. OMG the place has not changed in 25 years. I originally did not want to stay here when they called because I had stayed here 15 years ago. The service then was horrible and the rooms were just as bad as the outside. They assured me not to judge a book by its cover because they completely renovated the inside. If you want a big fancy hotel that looks pretty when you walk/drive up, this is not the place.... but who really sleeps outside looking in
VALET- Free and very respectful. They did take a while when we were leaving, but that was the only snatch at all.
CHECK-IN: We actually arrived in Vegas around noon and check-in was not until 4:00pm. The front desk were super nice and hooked us up with a room right then.
BELL SERVICE: Really quick with luggage and helpful towards my wife for any needs
ROOM - As promised they were quite nice and had been renovated. We actually got a 2 bedroom which is a 1 bedroom unit connected* to a studio unit. The only difference, besides the extra bedroom, was the 1 bedroom unit has a full kitchen. The studio actually has a sofa-bed and a wall unit that comes down into a bed... pretty cool. 1 bedroom unit has 2 flat screens and the studio has 1. Both have DVD, IPOD Radio, alarm clocks, phone, coffee maker, shower. We filled the fridge with the wine and beer we brought, made a glass and hit the strip.
*The connecting doors are secured and the only way to access is to have security come up at check-in and have them unlock the door for you. They were super fast, probably 5 min after we called, and very courteous
LOCATION: One of the things I loved about this hotel is you do not have to walk through a massive casino to get to your room. Stone's throw from McD's and Fatburger on the strip and very short walking distance to starbucks and a major food court (between Polo and MGM). There is a Walgreen's next door and a CVS across the street. MGM and PH are pretty much the same distance from the Polo Towers when you walk out. Other nice thing is in front of the hotel on the strip is a bus stop. Buy a city pass and you can go from casino to casino easily without paying/waiting for cabs.
SAFETY: Hotel seems pretty safe and you actually need your room key to get up to your floor. All elevators require you to use your key to make them move. Rooms have safes and double locks on the doors.. I really did not see any issues or hear of anything
POOL: Not the Flamingo or the Mirage, but it was decent and cool being on the roof. There is no children access to the pool after 5 by the way.... It IS on their website and part of the rules they hand you when you arrive.
CHECKOUT: Very quick and done over the phone. Only hitch honestly is it took them a little longer to get the car, but it was still pretty quick for Vegas and it was free.
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