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| - When you are going to be spending the week at the Las Vegas Convention Center, why not stay on Convention Center Drive?
While it is close to the Las Convention Center, It is also walking distance from the strip. So if you have work to do or a serious gambling problem, the Clarion can be a decent and inexpensive hotel option.
My room was long and had enough square footage to fit 3 to 4 beds. So if you and your buddies want to visit the Vegas on the cheap, you can fit 6 to 8 people here comfortably. It can be a party pad. Also, it is conveniently located near a few restaurants, Walgreens, and Ross just in case you get hungry, need Bumble & Bumble hair product, or forgot your belt at home.
So why the two star rating?
Well, every single time I walked into this lobby it smelled like an ashtray. I don't smoke and the slight smell of it bothers me. Fortunately, I can usually handle it in Vegas since they try their best to filter the carcinogenic air. But the Clarion smelled awful. Upon first entering, it made me expect the front desk clerk to hold a robotic sounding voice box up to hole in his throat and ask, "Good. Morning. How. Can. I. Help. You. Sir?"
I am also forced to lower the rating because the Clarion does not offer complimentary conditioner. Are you freaking kidding me? Are you aware of who I am? Do you not what the humidity and desert air does to my hair?
For whatever reason, all they offer is complimentary shampoo, soap, and hand lotion. I can definitely do without the hand lotion. Who uses it? Seriously, if they gave me an option, I'd choose to the conditioner over the hand lotion. Believe it or not, on business trips, I spend more time working and lathering conditioner on to my head than working and lathering lotion on to my...
And with that potentially disturbing mental image, I will end this review.
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