We've been to Vegas so many times and stayed at different strip hotels but our last 2 winter visits were booked in this resort via Monarch Resorts. The place is about 3-5 miles to the strip which is a good thing as it limits your time in the casino (remember, you will lose 9 of 10 times you gamble) and enables you to explore the other Vegas and do other stuff, like shopping in the nearby Belz factory outlet or visiting Hoover Dam and Lake Mead.

The resort is well maintained. Our 1 bedroom 2 bath suite was clean and the king bed was comfortable The living room had a sleeper sofa. The suite was located on the ground floor of the rear left building and there were ample outdoor parking. The wifi connection was really strong (Youtube loaded quick) and rate was about $10 a day or $19 for 3 days. If you have no laptop there were PCs available in the recreation room which also had 4 pool tables and 2 pingpong tables. Front desk was friendly and room service was prompt. Heating was OK. There were complimentary cookies and water at the reception area. Shuttles to and from the strip (Tropicana) ran past midnight. Since it was winter and the low temps were in the 30s, the swimming pools were closed but I saw kids in the heated jacuzzis. Housekeeping was very limited (once a week?) so re-use your towels (call room service to request fresh ones) and throw your garbage in the bins located in the basement parking. The self-service baggage trolleys were quite helpful.

The advantage of a timeshare suite versus the hotel is having the kitchen which allows you to wake up late and eat in (kitchen small but functional.) This is not only convenient but also economical. We loaded up on groceries at the Food 4 Less across the street for $50 and that took care of our breakfasts, snacks and brunches for 4 days. Next to Food 4 Less were restaurants and stores including Starbucks and Panda Express.

The only complaint we had have was the noise from the sliding door caused by howling wind one night that was really loud in the living room. But then we were too sleepy to care.

Two Vegas tips: traffic is always heavy on the strip so remember these two side streets: Koval and Paradise. If you are into buffet and gambling bargain deals, buy a coupon book (check out Las Vegas Advisor's $37 book that has plenty of 2 for 1 offerings.)

Have a winning Vegas trip, baby.

This is a great place to stay in Las Vegas. It has everything you need and would want in your room. Far enough from the strip to get a break, but only takes 3-5 min to be right back in the middle of the strip. Great pool for young and old.

We have stayed at this resort approximately five times now. It is one of our favorite resorts to visit for a getaway in Las Vegas. Every time we have been there, our room/villa was impeccably clean, the guest service was prompt with extra towels or whatever we requested. The pool, of course, is a great feature. But I really enjoy the on-site spa for relaxing. They have massage therapists that are really exceptional.
I will recommend this place to all who ask.

On our second night there I woke up at 2:30am to go to the bathroom. When I turned on the lights there were cockroaches everywhere in my bathroom and my bedroom. They were even crawling on my suitcase. I ran through the villa waking up everyone and turning on lights. The front desk told me to come down and get started on paperwork for a new room. No apology, no nothing. We got a new room, which was smelly, dirty, and faced the parking lot. My cockroach room at least had a nice poolside/courtyard view. Refused the room and was told there was nothing else he could do for me until the manager arrived at 9am. Mind you it was about 4am now and that meant sitting around for 5 hours. There were 5 of us girls who went away for a "girl’s weekend" and now in our pajamas with hardly any sleep we were stuck to wait in the lobby until 9am. I suppose we could have gone back to our cockroach room, or the dirty new room but considering the money we spent I felt we deserved better. We got kicked out of the lobby by security at 6:30am because the hotel didn't want people checking out or checking in to see us. We went to breakfast and Walmart to kill time and buy one of the girls some new clothes. I realize this was her choice, but she had a full blown anxiety / panic attack when she saw the roaches on her things. She left 75% of her belongings in the cockroach room because she could not even handle bringing them home with her. She spent $100 at Walmart to get through the last 2 days of our trip. When we got back we were given a long overdue apology, 1 free meal for all 5 of us at the cafe on the grounds (which served sandwiches and frys), no compensation to my friend who bought new clothes, and the best of all... another 3 hour wait out by the hotel pool in our pajamas while we waited for people to check out so we could get ANOTHER new room! I will never go back here, nor will any of my friends. For the price that we paid and the fact that our building was a time share I thought we would not have had any problems. I am extremely disappointed with how our situation was handled. The disrespect we were shown from the front desk, the nonchalant attitude the manager took with us, and the lack of compensation for our inconvenience and experience screams of poor management. Next time I will handle my own arrangements because when I phoned Expedia for assistance I spent most of 90 minutes on hold only to be told that they could not do anything until the manager arrived either. Of course they could have found us a new hotel, but we would have had to pay for it. In my experience a well run business should always have someone on duty who can make decisions to alleviate a problem, no matter what time of day it is. I guess we can all chalk it up to "live and learn". I will be following other travelers’ advice more closely and sticking with "big name" hotels in Vegas. I took pictures of the roaches as proof, and would be happy to email photos.