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| - Recommendation: Take it all off! Get in the bed nude! (Stop it. I'll get back to this).
Note: This review is for Aria Sky Suites, the hotel within the hotel.
One of only 83 Forbes Five Star and a AAA Five Diamond award winner, Aria Sky Suites is the pinnacle of "rentable" Vegas experience (once again, stop it). This is the home of the much talked about Sky Villas.
The experience begins with complimentary airport limo service. Arrival through a gated, private entrance. Extends to a private checkin where your daily news paper choices are noted, your personal itinerary discussed (if you used the concierge book shows and make dining reservations - best seats and impossible to get tables included) then you are swept to your suite.
Suites and villas are contemporary with excellent finishes. Yes, you will probably play with the kitchen faucet for five minutes before finally figuring out how to turn it on, another five staring at a 5'x5'x2' "cube" and wondering who would want to sit on that until you try it and yet another thirty trying to program your room kicking yourself for telling the bell man you could figure it out on your own. In the end, high tech and comfortable.
Master bathrooms are massive. Each bedroom has its own. Marble and glass throughout, his and her vanities, separate area for the ladies to pretty themselves up, separate tub, steam shower, separate water closet with heated seat and washlet, and full walk in closet with a safe large enough for most full size notebooks.. That little zip-lock bag slowing you down at TSA? Forget it. All toiletries are provided. Teeth too good for Colgate? Contact the concierge and have whatever you want ordered to your suite.
No worrying about throwing used towels on the floor to be replaced. If it's used it's changed (including your sheets), not once but twice daily with turndown service. The bedtime chocolates are wonderful.
Friendly and professional service throughout with no air of snootiness.
Suites start around $600 per night for high level mLife members. Book through the mlife.com for the best rates. You do need to pay the dreaded "resort fee" but for the budget conscious, there is a 24/7 private lounge that provide all the bottled water, juices, soda, coffee, tea, and fruits you want.
Oh yeah, the sleeping naked tip. Just do it. Sheets are softer and more inviting than any clothes you probably own. Turn down the AC and enjoy the cocoon of comfort.
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