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| - The husband and I stayed at the Elara last weekend based on yelp and hotels.com reviews. The price was good for a large room near the strip, so I booked it.
PROS:
1. Large, junior suite with a living room, kitchen, dishes, refrigerator, washing machine, jacuzzi bath, etc.
2. Non-smoking building - the clean clothes in my suitcase came home smelling like clean clothes, not cigarette smoke!! Woohoo!
3. Close to PH, Cosmopolitan, Paris, Aria. (See Con below re: confusing walk)
4. Good view
CONS:
1. Valet parking is $15 for UNCOVERED parking which is unacceptable in the summer. We were going to valet for 2 nights, but after my car came back HOT, we decided to self-park in the FREE covered parking behind the hotel.
2. Cell service is BAD. Wifi costs $10, but just using the 4G service is terrible. Sometimes only had 1 or 2 bars on the phone.
3. Confusing walk from the Strip to the hotel. You have to walk through the Miracle Mile shops and some signs would help!
4. It took us 30 minutes to check-out!
We decided to actually go to the desk and check-out to make sure we were only charged for one day of valet parking. As we were checking out, the hotel rep discovered a $300 hotel credit (NOT a charge) on our room. Apparently, an Elara employee gave a $300 room service credit to a band member with my husband's same last name and it ended up on our room. But for some reason, it took the customer service rep 20 minutes to figure it out (he had to walk into the back), remove the credit, and print a receipt (there was no way we were walking away without a receipt). All our receipt should have had on it was the $15 valet fee. We booked the room pre-paid through hotels.com and didn't order any room service. At some point, he should have just waived the $15 valet fee, printed out a $0 receipt and sent us on our way. Because of the 30 minutes, I probably will not stay at the hotel again.
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