"When I go to Vegas I like a nice room with new, clean furnishings."

Fair enough. Just be prepared to pony up more than 26 bucks a night...

If you didn't know Downtown is a dump then you didn't do your homework. It's fun downtown but certainly not nice. What did you expect for $26 a night?

All the rooms we've stayed in downtown have been pretty basic and are small compared to strip hotels, but I wouldn't have put up with a hot room. I also would have had the front desk move me to another room rather than wait for them to send someone to the room to look at it.

Age doesn't make a difference in the types of rooms we like, our preferences determine what we like. You now know you are probably not a downtown peron, or the next time try the Golden Nugget since you would be happier with their rooms I'm sure :)

"When I go to Vegas I like a nice room with new, clean furnishings." Then why book 4Q?

Sorry you had a bad experience - at least now you know what you don't like, always good.

As far as the reviews here - you have to take them with a grain of salt, and in context.

Also, maybe next time don't book using a third party - if you had booked with the hotel you could have moved the first night - and use a credit card if you can so you have them as a resource if the hotel won't let you cancel.

Glad it worked out in the end.

I will say that a hot room would have driven me crazy. I would have went downstairs to the check in desk and ask them to call maintenance and sat there until it was confirmed fixed or asked to be moved to another room.

I am glad you were able to move.

I stayed at the Mirage in July for the 1st time and was given a non-renovated room. I think it was the next floor to be renovated. Now I smoke, but when we exited the elevator my god the hallway smelled like a hundred ghosts were currently smoking in the hallway. The hallway was also hot and stuffy. I opened the room and it smelled so bad and so stuffy, there was no way I was staying there. I must say I like the old decor a lot. I called downstairs and asked to be moved and they were very accommodating and I was assigned a renovated room and I didn't have to return to the front desk because they reprogrammed our keys. So our stay was great and the renovated room was very nice.

BUT, if they did not move me I would have hated my trip and the Mirage. Vegas hotels seem to have bad and good rooms, renovated and dated rooms, bad views and great views, quiet and loud. I think that is why there as so many mixed reviews for the same hotel.

I don't think all hotels are for everyone. I enjoy staying at Bally's which is not fancy but there is just something about it that I love.

It is great that Expedia moved you.

and for $26 dollars I expect heat !!!!!

I agree with everyone else, $26 should get you clean and cool, nice is not included in that price. In the future make demands to the desk, if not cancel the remaining nights, get your bags and go elsewhere.

Sounds like you got what you paid for. Next time book a room that costs more than a tip to a bj dealer. I mean 26 bucks? Comeon.

It could have been a bad day.

Did you find the crowd at South Point a lot younger? If so I might have been there on the wrong day.

The crowd was younger at SP. To be fair the place is 3 times the size as 4Q's too.

It really shouldn't matter if I paid 26 or 96 a night, should it. The A/C should work and the room cleaned.

I did not create this post to bash the hotel and I DO NOT think it or downtown is a "dump". Just trying to figure out how the hotel can get so many good reviews on many different sites. It just wasn't Vegas to me. I think of myself as a person who does not need "fancy" things and I knew the 4Q's was not fancy when I booked it. Yes, we are all different and like different things but I just cant figure out who the peolpe are that rate it a 4.2 on Expedia and all the high marks here on TA. How are these folks so different than me?

Jason, I think you did the right thing by you and I wouldn't worry what people say here (me included). It's your vacation, you had some basic expectations and even those were not met and you made changes. Good for you!

It is good that you posted your experience, as it might help one future traveler from either getting a repeat experience, or at least they have a "warning" that this is a possible outcome at the said property. A/C in LV is basic service. When we were at NYNY and our room leaked during a freak rainstorm, no questions, we were moved to a suite in about a nano-second. I believe that's how those kind of challenges should be handled. 4Q dropped the ball. No matter how much or little you paid for your shelter, A/C is a basic service in LV.

Thanks for the input, just another bit of info to file for us for future LV stays.