1:21 Four Queens and Binion’s 2:32 Ahern Hotel 3:21 Best Western Casino Royale 4:06 Nirvana Hotel 4:48 Marriott Grand Chateau 5:54 The Carriage House 6:26 Residence Inn At Las Vegas Hughes Center 7:08 The Jockey Club 7:43 Hilton Garden Inn Las Vegas City Center 8:22 Motel 6 Tropicana
The fee isn’t as bad as everyone makes them out to be. Many times the resort fee plus room rate is still very reasonable usually under $100 a night mid week! The non resort fee resorts rates are usually about the same. So though they claim no fees they are charging the same rate as the properties that do.
Just arrived in Vegas, and already came across issues at the Luxor. We booked a king premier ahead of time, and got to the front desk and told no King rooms available. Took us standing firm for them to actually honor it. They had offered to cut our resort fees on two nights. So I guess that's an option. Book a king room, and when they give your room to someone else, they might waive your resort fees. We were told they can change rooms however they want, whenever they want and every hotel everywhere is like that. I've stayed in many hotels, and never had that happen or been told that.
Vlog idea: When signing up for hotel players club cards, sometimes you get free parking, resort fees waived, food discounts etc. Can you do a vlog on a few of the programs? Great vlog, keep it up!!
This list should have started and ended with Four Queens. In my opinion, it's a true diamond in the rough. For an older property it doesn't need a whole lot of refreshing. Magnolias is a hidden gem on Fremont and Hugo's Celler is some mighty fine dinning as well. Oh, and another excellent vid Jacob
I stayed at the Marriott Grand Chateau my first time in Vegas via a timeshare deal with an ex and it's just a 5 minute walk to the Strip. Very nice hotel and a nice pool as well.
Having a coffee maker in the room at Casino Royale really saves time and money! I purchased my own 1-cup coffee maker which I put in my suitcase when coming to Vegas. Most of the big hotels do not include a coffee maker in your room. They want you to stand in line a Starbucks and pay $ 6!
The four queens has the best location by far with no resort fee. However a good tip,sometimes there are exceptionally low prices on hotels,on sites such as hotwire and agoda,and even with a resort fee payable locally,they still work out just a little more than those hotels with no resort fee. Be careful tho with mgm resort properties like excalibur more often than not they have rooms well under 50 dollars,but if you are driving add on parking and the resort fee and thats quite a costly night for what quite often is a basic room. Do your research on a variety of sites and weigh everything in before making that decision,just dont limit yourself to no resort fee hotels,take everything into account before making the decision
Good Info ! Thanks ! Last 2 times I've visited Vegas I've stayed at the Horseshoe (Bally's -- 1st time). With resort fees it's been around $ 100 and it's right on the strip. I go to Ellis Island for good/great craft beer ! $ 4-5 and cheap tables. Last time there I asked for an (free, per your suggestion [Sept.]) upgrade and they gave me a higher floor with a good view of the Sphere ! 😛I Uber to and from the Airport. Once I took the bus and that was not bad either. Last Sept was there and seemed a mess with the construction and closures for the Grand Prix ? or just general road construction. ( .... Uber ! ).
😊😊😊great video. You certainly did your homework. The FTC needs to pass a law regarding hotels and resorts to incorporate the resort fees into the room pricing. Many times hotels with resort fees are cheaper when adding the room rate and resort fee. LEARN HOW TO ADD FOLKS!!
I'm not opposed to hotels being forced to list their prices like a gas station is made to, on the hand big brother government really needs to help people learn how to add?
@@incoherentturd Did you even bother to listen to his report?! Most LV hotels do not advertise their resort fees or include them in their pricing. If you think adding the statement: plus taxes and resort fees is advertising the PRICE of resort fees, you’d be wrong. Plus, resort fees are nothing more than an invented 100% profit center, so they must be included in the base price of the room. As for paying attention, I would counter by saying the only people who defend resort fees are those in the hotel/gaming industry!
@@incoherentturd What are you talking about? EVERYBODY complains about resort fees. Why do you think there are so many law suits winding their way through the court systems?
@@zaynegrey7056 Well, my opinion IS an expert opinion, unlike yours, informed by 43 years as an attorney. And, as I also wrote, this illegal practice is working its way through the courts. So, clearly, my opinion is not an isolated one! Thanks for playing: Let’s be a snark!
my parents stayed at the embassy suites when they came. idk if there still isn't a resort fee, but they didn't have one. the food was pretty good too at the hotel. easy monorail access for the strip ^_^
Man, the pricing on this list really drives home the reality that if you can avoid being in Vegas on a Friday or Saturday night you should absolutely do so! Four Queens remains the consistently best value in Las Vegas to me. Magnolias is very reasonably priced, you are at the center of the action on Freemont and the Strip is just a bus ride away if you want to get away from downtown for a day or so. Hotel prices have gone nuts, whoever thought that a Motel 6 could ever get away with charging over $100 a night?!?
Yeah, I don't really care for Binion's or the 4 Queens. Fremont St. at night is loud as hell. I heard Casino Royale wasn't going to be around much longer. I have stayed at Marriot Grand Chateau and it is pretty good. I like the location.
Great video. The thing is, even with the resort fee, I’m usually able to stay at Park MGM for $50-$100 a night. Seems like going to these places you’d be staying at worse properties, spend more money and spend way more on a rental car or Ubers.
Love your channel Jacob! I have a request for a possible future show. Because of Covid I have become dependent on a wheelchair, but I would still love to come to Vegas one day. Can you do a video on accessibility, especially for wheelchairs? Also maybe tell about a nearby business that rents electric wheelchairs and scooters. Thanks.
Nice video as usual Jacob, Very informative. When visiting vegas We prefer Downtown and usually try to stay at 4 queens. Ome time did stay at the Apache hotel. P.S. We did not see any ghosts.
I just reserved a strip room for $11 a night. Great, right? The resort fee + taxes were almost 5x the room rate - for a very dated, altho 'okay' hotel thanks to the location. So, not a 'super deal' but sadly, a relative bargain. But NO THANKS to resort & parking fees. Thankfully I am not parking there. Cheaper to park off site & Uber in and out.
Thanks Jacob. Gone are the days of 'reasonable' rates so you can spend more gambling!? We used to go to LV two or three times a year travelling from Toronto Canada. Spoke to a Casino Host we use to deal with and She basically told us 'those days of comp nights and added benefits are pretty much reserved for the bigger whales now'. Ohh well...
I stayed at the 4Queens 30 years ago for 21.99 a night, it had a bed mattress that looked like a roller coaster, we needed something until out other reservations were ready.
The Signature behind the MGM Grand does not have resort fees. Included is valet parking and access to the MGM Grand pools (when they’re open). There are a couple of smaller pools accessible to Signature guests. Not sure why this property was omitted from the video but it’s worth checking out.
I have been here in Las Vegas since December 2022, but before that when I was a lot younger would visit and I found out that if you book 2 weeks almost a month in advance on a Wednesday with any of the casinos the price is better
I paid $500 CAD for a 5 night stay including flight just this week. I did not see Elvis but I did see the crazy guy who dresses like elvis and drives around on a mobility scooter.
Jacob - Have you ever eaten in Hugo's Cellar at 4 Queens? Fabulous restaurant for an anniversary, great food and incredible historic atmosphere. You need to order cocktails, that alone is an experience.
Hi Jacob, perfect video as I am looking for a few nights soon. I heard about the Nirvana Hotel (only great reviews). is it sketchy in the evening ? Can I walk before 10pm from the Strip to the Nirvana ? (girl concerned) Sightseeing the Strip. Thanks again for this video.
I get free rooms offers from MGM and Stations casinos. It used to be that you were not charged fees with comp rooms. Especially at MGM properties you are spending almost $60 a night with its fees, have a dog, add another $50 per night
I have a opinion about casinos and resorts in Downtown Las Vegas. Unless you're interested in nostalgia, the Circa is basically the only good resort on Fremont St (4 Queens, Binions, Golden Nugget, the Plaza smells like cigarettes). When people travel to Vegas, and don't rent a car, their choices are limited. I believe Virgin Hotels has no resort fee, and it's a 20-minute walk to the mid-strip.
People whine way too much about resort fees... just pretend its part of regular rate. You can still still somewhere like excalibur for under 75 bucks a day with resort fee included. You cant rent a room at a days in in the middle of south dakota for that price. Just pretend its part of rate. They charge resort fee so they can get more of the money instead of expedia and other sites taking more.
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Guidelines: The FTC has issued guidelines stating that resort fees should be included in the total advertised price of a hotel room. Any mandatory fees should be clearly and prominently disclosed to consumers.
I wouldn’t mind paying a reasonable resort fee ONCE not per night! Some places at the end of the trip the resort fee is more expensive then the room rates because it’s per night
The Nirvana hotel is a great price weekday but you would be better off getting breakfast elsewhere due to paying about double the price per night for that option
We have booked 4Queens “premium” tower for our second Vegas trip. Is there any better value out there? We stayed on the strip 9 years ago. We will not be renting a car this time.
$149 ?Do you consider it cheap? For 2 Queens room I pay in Excalibur, when ordered 4 nights, $103 per night and this is a total amount, including resort fee and taxes. And this price based on fact that it calculated from Thursday to Monday -most expensive days and I ordered it for beginning of August - hot season. It's more quiet there and it's on Strip.
Resort fees are simply so they can list a $200 room for $150 on search engines. It's bogus and to me false advertising. It should be illegal as far as I'm concerned.
@JacobslifeinVegas could you do a video on great places to stay in Nevada that aren't Vegas? I know your channel is Vegas based. However, I see you talk about Nevada as whole sometimes so I thought I'd ask.
I have been to Vegas 41 times since 72. Most I ever paid was at the Bellagio that was $225 for a fountain view on the 7th floor. In my opinion the reason for everything being so high? There are 10 times the people on weekends, compared to the past 😮
Hey Jacob. I have a tour book in Las Vegas, and I am interested in the Golden Nugget downtown. I was wondering if you could give a tour of your video on the fire pit and waterslide.
I don’t necessary have a problem with resort fees, if they actually had some benefit, or you could easily opt out. A lot of places require a room key to get into the gym and pool. If you opt out, your room key doesn't work. It could even be tied in with the wifi or house keeping. If you opt in to the resort fee they come in every day. If you opt out, maybe it's every other or every 3rd day.
Jacob. Travel Ruby just put out a video that said only Gold members and above get free parking at MGM properties. Or if they have the MGM credit card. Do you know if Pearl members no longer get free parking? We arrive in Vegas 1/18 and if our Pearl card no longer gets free MGM parking I’ll soon apply for their credit card. Thx.
What the hell is a resort fee, anyway? Shouldn't the entire cost of your stay be the cost of the room? They never used to have a silly resort fee. Everything was included. What happened?
