I wanted to stay at one hotel in Vegas with my mom between 03 Jan and 07 Jan.
Surfed around on the internet and someone has suggested that if you go to Priceline and bid only for 5-star hotels on the North side of the Strip, you'll be bidding for the Venetian, the Palazzo, or the Trump. I bid $75/nt and got a counteroffer of $99. I took it. Sure enough, it was the Venetian. After taxes and fees it came out to about $109/nt.
I went up to the front desk and did the "$20 trick" (google it or search for it on Flyertalk) except I used a $50 bill and I got upgraded from the standard 1-king luxury suite to the 2-queen bella suite (basically, the room has the same dimensions, but with 2 big beds instead of one.
Pros: Lobby was beautiful, that's a fact. Huge fountain, amazing ceiling artwork. "Shoppes at the Venetian" was a good mall experience, and the canal was cool. Room was great, 1 bedroom + 1 sunken living room. 3 plasma TV's in all, one in the bathroom. Soaking tub and separate shower. All marble bathroom. Very nice beds. A lot of space in a Bella Suite for 3-4 people.
Cons: Mattresses were a bit hard for my taste. And because I booked on Priceline, I think that gave the front desk the right to send me to the farthest room possible on the 14th floor (it was OK, I didn't mind). There was no smell in the hotel room, but the biggest con to the whole Venetian experience was the lavender smell in the lobby and casino areas.
I had read about 'the smell' here on tripadvisor and I thought people were exaggerating or had sensitive noses. In actuality, it smelled very strongly. So strong, in fact, that it was very difficult for me to take entire deep breaths of air in there.
The lobby and casino at the neighboring Palazzo, a short distance away in the same indoor complex, has no such smell.
There is a pretty good food court on the 2nd floor of the Venetian side. Wasabi Jane's had a pretty good beef noodle soup for $9.
Bottom line: Stay in the Palazzo to gamble, retire to your Venetian room to relax. That's what I'll likely do next time.
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