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| - Rolled into Vegas recently and stayed here. We went over Memorial Day weekend and ran into some complications finding a cheap hotel because we came in on the Saturday, and many of the MGM-owned Vegas hotels amongst others were running Friday-Monday deals that locked out anyone coming in on a Saturday. Bummer. We still wanted a place close to the Strip though and fortunately the Courtyard was available.
The nice thing is that this place is easily walkable to the Strip if you want, just a couple loooooooong city blocks away from the Wynn/Encore and Fashion Show Mall. The downside is that the walk is a bit sketchy with the occasional homeless person (including one who I couldn't tell if he was alive or not) and a not-so-good smell. But we did it a few times anyway because cabbing it sucks. It is a bit of a reality check of the problems Vegas is going through outside of all the bright shiny lights and tourists.
There's a bus stop right outside the hotel too and that's helpful if you want to go anywhere else outside the Strip. Came in handy for us getting around. And you'll have to use it, because the McCarran shuttle doesn't go here. But thankfully the bus ride is very quick between there and the Courtyard, and once again, it's a hell of a lot cheaper than a cab.
Staff was nice enough I guess, nothing special. They have a deli/snack bar and a Starbucks inside and they comped us a couple Starbucks coffees which was nice. No casino-related stuff, this is mostly a business hotel and that was honestly fine with me, keeps things quieter for those staying there.
The room was fine but our door was chipped off a little bit at the bottom. Didn't go all the way through but it wasn't the best sight obviously. The room itself was very clean though and everything was quiet. Wi-Fi is free, and it worked fine too. Parking's also free.
I'd say this place is more of a 3.5 star, but we didn't have any problems so I'll give them the benefit of the doubt. If you want somewhere moderately priced and very quiet while still fairly close to the Strip, go here.
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