"There is only one record of a zero star rating to date. It is the Null Stern Hotel in Sevelen, Switzerland. It is a converted nuclear bunker. The Null Stern Hotel was the artistic brain child of Frank and Patrik Riklin, which was then turned into a business."
In the case of Golden Gate, I made the 0* rating up myself. Why? Someone expecting "Motel 6" 1* quality rooms might be disappointed.
sub-1* might be more accurate. No health issues I know of...but (1) the headboard of my bed fell off & had to be reattached (2) some of the electrical outlets didn't work (3) some lights didn't work (4) the window was completely boarded up.
Why did I book Gold Spike before? (1) Curiosity. (2) $1.54/day on weekends (using a coupon) (3) Convenient location for downtown casinos.
Las Vegas is renovations.
There was a 0* place I used to stay in Las Vegas many years ago - Ogden house - smelly flophouse, but it was $19/day & felt safer than the fleabag motels around town. After renovations last year, it's now a suite-only hotel - El Cortez's Cabana Suites. Quite nice - 3* I'd say. The rooms might be better than many 4* rooms (not quite 4.5 *).
Home of the $1 cheese sandwich. It's a dive, however somewhere I've got photos of us playing the cheapovegas annual 1c slot tourny
I wouldn't necesssarily call the "New" Gold Spike a dive, at least the casino. The casino is completely rennovated. The copper corner of penny slots is gone. It's all ticket in ticket out.
When I was there in May, they were rennovating one of the floors in the hotel.
Check some of the latest Tripadvisor reports.
I am very curious on the status of the hotel renos
"There is only one record of a zero star rating to date. It is the Null Stern Hotel in Sevelen, Switzerland. It is a converted nuclear bunker. The Null Stern Hotel was the artistic brain child of Frank and Patrik Riklin, which was then turned into a business."
In the case of Golden Gate, I made the 0* rating up myself. Why? Someone expecting "Motel 6" 1* quality rooms might be disappointed.
sub-1* might be more accurate. No health issues I know of...but (1) the headboard of my bed fell off & had to be reattached (2) some of the electrical outlets didn't work (3) some lights didn't work (4) the window was completely boarded up.
Why did I book Gold Spike before? (1) Curiosity. (2) $1.54/day on weekends (using a coupon) (3) Convenient location for downtown casinos.
Las Vegas is renovations.
There was a 0* place I used to stay in Las Vegas many years ago - Ogden house - smelly flophouse, but it was $19/day & felt safer than the fleabag motels around town. After renovations last year, it's now a suite-only hotel - El Cortez's Cabana Suites. Quite nice - 3* I'd say. The rooms might be better than many 4* rooms (not quite 4.5 *).
Check out El Cortez, downtown on Fremont, at Expedia.
The daily rate a a couple weeks ago - during the week was $10.90 a day, all in!
Book a two-night stay, get a $300 free roundtrip airfare voucher
Anyone who has had experience booking this, please let us know what kind of restrictions come on the voucher.
e.g.
8. Your return trip must include a minimum stay of two nights at the Las Vegas Hilton in Las Vegas, NV. The return trip (hotel and air) must be booked through ATG (CST# 2001330-10, Florida Seller of Travel Registration #35395 and Nevada Seller of Travel Registration No. 240000054) Hotel reservations will be booked at the normal, non-promotional rates displayed on the Las Vegas Hilton website at the time of booking.
Not sure of dates. I was looking January 21 or 22-24 or 25... pending my success ate getting GARTH BROOKS tickets on sat morn.
As long as you don't run into MLK holiday, you should be able to get great prices for that time. You are getting a deal with the Wynn offer, but you should check around other places. The Venetian has good prices and is comparable to Wynn. Also, try Bellagio and the Four seasons. If you can go down to 4*, you'll be amazed at the deals you'll find.
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