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| - This is not a four-star hotel. But it gets four stars for cleanliness, convenience and friendly staff.
We chose the Blackstone Hotel/Holiday Inn for its proximity to the LAS airport. We came in late and wanted to to avoid the Strip traffic at all costs. It took us approximately five minutes from airport to the hotel. Good deal.
Upon check-in, we were informed there was a problem with our Booking.com reservation. All was handled quickly and efficiently, and we were off to our $56/night room on a Saturday. Take that, Strip!
Unless I'm staying at a resort, I care little about the "decor" of a hotel. I want 1. cleanliness and 2. location. And we got both here. The hotel room was clean -- and we were less than a mile from the strip. Score!
For the person that suggested this was in a war-zone.... really? Las Vegas changes from seedy to sexy every other block -- and this location is no exception. We did not, however, feel unsafe. In fact, this hotel is adjacent to Roy's, a classy, five-star restaurant that's dishes out $40 a plate dinners. We were tempted to pop in here, but we were so tired, we opted for the hotel lobby restaurant. 2-1 drinks and moderately priced Mexican food.... we went to bed with full, happy bellies.
The only downside to our stay: At 12 AM Vegas time (3 AM our time), they decided to clean the adjoining room to ours. It was unbelievably noisy and bothersome to have vacuum cleaners and doors slamming at -- what for us was -- the middle of the night. Thirty minutes later, and our room once again became a quiet, peaceful haven.
I've stayed at far superior hotels that were less clean. With the exception of the minor inconvenience, this hotel was a real score!
We bet on Black(stone), and we won!
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