On a recent trip to Las Vegas, I was pleasantly surprised by the Stratosphere.
My boyfriend and I booked a deal with this place on the app Hotel Tonight. When you sign up for Hotel Tonight, you automatically get $25 free credits. The deal was $33 (including tax) for a king size room at the Stratosphere. Well, with my credit, I only ended up paying $8 for the room. Fuck yes!
The rooms are standard and no frill. There's some ugly shit on the walls which made me wonder if I'd like a hotel room better if the walls were bare. The size of the room was pretty big and the nice lady at the front desk put us right by the elevator.
Noticing that the immediate neighborhood around this hotel was not-so-nice (even though it's on the strip technically), my boyfriend and I decided to just spend the entire time here. It was quite fun. Some readers may be familiar with my review of Santa Anita Park and know that I love a place where you can get all of your vices in at once. The Stratosphere kept us extremely entertained while getting said vices.
We went to the top of the tower which is free to hotel guests. We got drunk up there. We played the slots which surprisingly didn't take all of our money at once. We found a nice little store to buy booze and cigarettes (I don't smoke, but I guess I smoke in Vegas) right by the elevator.
Basically, everything we needed was at either end of that elevator.
I will definitely return especially if I can get a deal like that again!