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| - purchased the room on groupon that included $20 food credit. rio is a lot more beat up than i remember - the parking structure requires you to walk outside before you hit the casino, which made for a cold adventure during the winter, and you can tell that there isn't as much attention to detail (some lights for elevators didn't work, wood was worn, light fixtures in the halls were beat up). the room itself was big yet adequate - double beds, desk, and pull-out couch (so big advantage of rio is that you can easily fit 6 adults here). they did have soap, lotion, conditioning shampoo, hair dryer, and a fridge (yay!) but no freezer section, no coffee maker (although over-priced starbucks next to the elevators on the ground floor). the food credit was a joke since it's only valid for the buffet, which is around $40-50 per person, or the voodoo steakhouse, which is easily minimum $40 per person. the food credit also requires you to sign up for their rewards club. the biggest thing that i didn't like about rio is the required "resort fee," which is $30 per night! for folks not too familiar with vegas, you need a car if you want to stay here (it seems close on a map but the walk from the strip to rio is far and dangerous). i'd recommend either paying more to stay on strip if you've not a vegas regular otherwise staying at alternate off-strip hotels with more ammenities and less expensive resort fees
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