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| - My boyfriend and I usually stay at the Cosmopolitan, but since we were meeting friends in Vegas who were staying at PH, we decided to stay there as well. I was hesitant, but the rates were much cheaper, so I thought "why not?!?"
Now I'll tell you why that was a mistake:
We arrived a few hours before check-in, but we assumed we could check in early because we always do at the Cosmo. Right here I quickly learned that PH is nothing like the Cosmo. The man checking us in informed us that it would be an $18.60 charge and kept trying to convince us to stay in a room with a better view for $20 more a night. We decided to stay in the room we booked, which turned out to be a total dump!
The room itself was on a "non-smoking floor." I put that in quotes because the entire floor smelled like smoke for the 3 nights that we were there. Clearly no one enforced this "rule." By the time I left, I had a sore throat and a headache from all of the smoke.
When we got into the room I thought "this looks familiar!" The reason it looked familiar was because I had stayed in the same room 12 years ago when it was the Aladdin. Not much had changed in 12 years. The decor was not very "Hollywood" at all. (I know Hollywood, I lived there for over 10 years...) The faucets even still have the genie lamps on them! The "Miracle Mile" mall looks like the Middle East (again, the Aladdin decor has not changed there either.)
Our friends had a huge suite with an amazing view, but unfortunately the view was the only high point. The room felt old as well; definitely not worth the price of a suite.
This hotel needs a major upgrade and remodel. Hopefully Britney's upcoming shows will bring in enough cash to allow them to do so. The one thing I learned from our trip: just spend the extra money and stay at the Cosmo. It's clean and modern and the staff treats you like royalty.
And don't even get me started on the $20 per night resort fee! It's ridiculous that we had to pay that since we weren't using the gym or the internet. The final price with the extra fees would have allowed us to stay somewhere much more upscale. Wish I had known that. Total disappointment!
One final note: we had to cut and design our own "Do not disturb" sign because they didn't give us one. Is paper that expensive these days? I should not have to do graphic design work while on vacation, especially when I'm not getting paid for it!!!
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