I'm torn as to how to review the Hilton Grand Vacations Club. I stayed here overnight in 2005 and loved it...so I booked for the second time during a recent visit and had a terrible visit.

Okay...the nitty gritty.
I guess the first thing I noticed both times is that staying here doesn't feel like you are in Las Vegas. This is a good and bad and really depends on what you want. It's great because you don't have the casino (since the lobby doesn't have the slot machines or any games) feel but then, it feels like any other average city. And if you're going to Vegas, you want to feel like you're there! Also, even though it is on the strip, it's at the far end of the strip so though you can walk to the actual center of town, it's a bit of a trek to. Both times, this was a bit of a hassle....

If you are staying at the HGVC, it's important to stay in the suite. This means, you spend a little but you have more room to relax in. Also, the suite has a jacuzzi, kitchen & sitting area (or a spare room for more guests) whereas the regular room is just a sleeping area and is connected to the other side of the suite with a single door.

In our most recent visit, my fiance booked the room without realizing that there were two types of room. They were completely booked so we stayed in the single room. What we noticed about the single room was that it was drastically louder. We heard the people to our left coming home from partying and continuing the party and to our right (if you can believe it!), we heard the couple having sex! Let's just say, when we wanted to sleep, we couldn't.

Also, as a "special deal", we had to go to a Hilton timeshare presentation. Don't get roped into this....it isn't THAT much of a saving and we wasted over 3 hours listening to a very, very persistant salesman.

Obviously, this is our experience but hope that you will have a much better one than we did on our second time at HGVC....

Have a good time in Vegas!

Stayed May 10th to May 11th, 2007. Just got back home so this review is late.
This is a great property, clean, spacious rooms and perfect customer service from everyone. Pool area was exceptional but the cocktails in this area where a rip, alcohol content was almost non-existent at $7 - $8 a pop. I mentioned this to our server and she could have cared less.
Our room was clean as could be and no shortage of things to do.
Good location, in the Circus Circus Hotel area of Las Vegas.
Thumbs up for this property…

We stayed in a 2 bedroom suite May 5-9 on the 3rd floor. Nice size full kitchen and family room, and 2 good size bedrooms with full baths. Beds were comfortable, and shower had plenty of pressure and hot water. Hotel was very quiet at night being on the North end of the strip. This was nice after a long day of activities. Pool was nice and well kept. Exercise room had plenty of things to choose from with nice flat screen tv's to watch while exercising. There was a nice store/small sandwich shop to buy milk, cereal, pop, beer, pre-made sandwiches etc. (there is also a starbucks) We had a rental car, so the location of the hotel was not a problem for us. We drove down to the middle of the strip and parked for free at the big hotels. The staff that we encountered at the hotel were all very friendly and helpful. Check-out was no problem, they do charge $1.00 for local calls, no big deal, we were just not aware of it.

The only down side:
We were contacted to do a time share promotion of the property. Reduced hotel rate, but had to attend the 1 1/2 hour presentation. They of course said no pressure when we first booked. In fairness to them, it was not high pressure, but I would say more pressure than we expected. I think that we heard the word(s) "WHY" or "WHY NOT" at least 30-40 times. (no joke) The sales lady was nice, but pretty pushy. We were not at all interested, but we tried to remain pleasant throughout the experience. For us, it lasted about 90 minutes, but if you give them any hope at all that you are interested in buying, it could easily last 3 hours. The experience was not horrible, but we will not attend something like this again. Overall, very nice hotel, just avoid booking a promotional time share presentation if you can. I am sure that for some people, this would not have been an inconvenience, but for us it was. You learn from your mistakes, no more timeshare presentations for us.

I stayed May3-8 in a 1 bedroom suite. We loved it. It is good an quiet, away from the drunks. We never had one problem here.and will definately be going back. Don't listen to much to the folks that complain about it being so far away from everything. It is not. The Sahara is probably the distance of 2 blocks away. If you were walking down to the heart of the strip everyday, sure it would be a little too much. You have to choose which is more important to you, being away from the madness with peace, quiet and safety or being withing close proximity of all the big casinos. You can't have both,