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1150 South Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas, NV 89104 (Formerly Econo Lodge)
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On The Vegas Boulevard Hotel
2.5 of 5 stars 51 Reviews
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“This Place is a Dump!”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 23 September 2009
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I booked this trip through Hotwire for 7 nights with my adult daughter. I'm a big fan of Hotwire and have always been pleased with my hotel stays in the past through them. This place, however, was a different story. Hotwire described this hotel as "North Strip". Well, it is not on the official strip. It is well north of the Stratosphere. It is actually between downtown and the strip in a very seedy area of Las Vegas. There is an Adult Bookstore across the street and many strip clubs within walking distant of this Econo Lodge. There were homeless and perverted looking people walking around. My daughter and I tried laying out by their tiny pool one afternoon and weird-looking men actually stopped and stared at us. One man (with his beer can in hand) even walked into the parking lot and stood and stared at us and another homeless man pushed his shopping cart onto the hotel property to stare at us. This made us very uncomfortable, so we left the pool area. The hotel is old and broken down. The room was old and dirty with mold in the tile. Our facet was broken. Two days in a row the maid failed to clean our room and we had to call and complain. The ice machine on our side of the hotel never worked. I had to walk across the parking lot to get ice. One night this ice machine would not turn off and ice poured out to the ground. I let the hotel clerk know this and she turned it off. The next night it was doing it again. There was a hugh pile of ice on the parking lot ground. So, they failed to have the ice machine fixed.

When I have booked through Hotwire In the past, when I have traveled with my daughter, the hotels we stayed at always let us have two beds at no extra charge. All we had to do was ask. This was not the case with this hotel. The rude hotel clerk stated "if you want two beds that will be an extra $20 a night." Well with this added cost I could of booked a room in Vegas direct at many hotels that were a lot nicer than this place, and with two beds. This would no longer have been a good deal, and isn't that what Hotwire is all about? It would have been different if the hotel was full, but I don't think this place was ever more than 25% full the whole week. It would of just been good business to have given us the room with two beds at no extra charge. Also, the one bed we did get creaked every time we moved and the mattress was old and sagging. They advertised this as a queen bed, but it was definately a double bed.

The weird thing about this place is that the hotel lobby was really nice. It was filled with nice furniture and two big flatscreen TV's. This certainly gives off the wrong image because the rooms are horrible. They have a AAA rating on their sign. I think AAA must have really lowered their standards lately. Hotwire rated this place as a two-star. Well it was not a two-star. I would not even consider this as a one-star. In my opinon it was a "minus one", and I am not a picky person, I even think Motel 6 is o.k.

There was one good thing at this place and that was the free use of their internet in the lobby. They also supplied a printer for guests to print off their information.

We did manage to have a good time on this trip since we only spent enough time to sleep and shower at this place. My advice to anyone considering booking a hotel through Hotwire to Las Vegas is "Don't do it". Hotwire is great for probably any other place on earth. But there are just too many other good hotel deals going on in Vegas right now and you can book direct and know what you are getting into. If you are considering booking direct at this Econo Lodge, please don't do it, there are many other places to stay that are a lot nicer and are still at a bargin rate in Las Vegas.

  • Stayed September 2009
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 1 of 5 stars Location
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
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“The room had an awful smell”
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 18 January 2009
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Ok hotel, but the carpeting needs to be cleaned or removed. I was in room 203 which allowed me to have a large porch with some sitting chairs. A good view of Las Vegas Blvd. It's in the area where the wedding chapels are. It's best to have a car, as I always do in Vegas

  • Liked — The Privacy
  • Disliked — The odor
  • Stayed January 2009, travelled on business
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Check-in / front desk
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 3 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
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“Typical Budget Motel”
2 of 5 stars Reviewed 16 January 2009
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Overall, this is an OK motel with decent rooms- but you get what you pay for.

I stayed at this motel for five nights during the annual CES trade show.

This budget chain is located in a shady-looking part of town, about a mile north of the strip, next to a few adult stores. It's definitely not a good area, but doesn't look too unsafe either.

I saw three different rooms during this trip. The rooms are sized acceptably, clean, and neat. However, the beds aren't the most comfortable; the air is dry, and the heater is loud.

Free continental breakfast and daily newspaper was a nice touch for a cheap motel. However, the advertised free wireless internet is located only near the office. Based on the three rooms I moved around in to find wireless, I estimate less than a third of the rooms will have wi-fi signal. However, the staff were always friendly and willing to help (in switching rooms), and internet is also available at the computers in the office.

For the price, I would stay there again. Still, this is not a hotel to vacation at.

  • Liked — Value and accessibility to downtown and strip
  • Disliked — Sketchy neighborhood and lacking internet
  • Stayed January 2009, travelled on business
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 2 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Check-in / front desk
    • 2 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 3 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
    • 2 of 5 stars Business service (e.g., internet access)
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3 of 5 stars Reviewed 18 November 2008
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This Econo Lodge is exactly what its name suggests - a budget motel that offers good value for an overnight stay. The room was clean and comfortable, there was plenty of hot water, free in-room wi-fi, no noise from neighbouring rooms or the parking lot and pleasant staff. A continental breakfast of bagels, packaged muffins, juice and coffee is available in the lobby - not great, but okay.

The location is described as the Strip, but in fact it's above the Strip proper and below Downtown. It's handy to know this if you're planning to take a shuttle bus to or from the airport. We had quite a hard time finding a service - and there are many at McCarran - to take us to the hotel. They invariably told us we weren't on their route (there are two: Strip and Downtown). We finally found someone smart enough to realize we were NEAR one of the stops on the Downtown route (Sin City Motel/Hostel, if you need to tell them; it's very close to the Econo Lodge), and they dropped us there.

The district around the Econo Lodge isn't the greatest, but we felt perfectly safe walking a block up the street to the Seven Eleven and across to Walgreen's, even around 11 p.m. The Deuce bus stops practically outside the motel door.

  • Liked — Good for the price.
  • Disliked — A bit off the beaten track for airport shuttle service.
  • Stayed November 2008, travelled as a couple
    • 3 of 5 stars Value
    • 2 of 5 stars Location
    • 3 of 5 stars Check-in / front desk
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 3 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Business service (e.g., internet access)
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“If You're On A Budget, And All Other Vegas Rooms Are Booked ...”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 6 October 2008
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... you might be more comfortable in a Clark County holding cell than the Las Vegas Econolodge. So go break a law and have three hots and a cot. You'll at least have Amnesty International on your side.

Was booked here for a quick business trip, three nights, Friday through Sunday, by someone in my office unfamiliar with the place.

It looked good online. $49 a night over a busy Vegas weekend, coffee in rooms, continental breakfast, central location. In fact, the central location was in the hellhole neighborhood between the north end of the Strip and downtown. Very scary and remote, wall-to-wall crackheads and tweakers. Nowhere to eat nearby, but all the adult bookstores and tattoo parlors you could wish for. There was no coffee, neither in the room nor in the lobby, and the continental breakfast advertised was closed pending a health inspection. Bed sloped down on the sides, only good if you're sleeping alone in the middle. The hot water wasn't, and... worst ... the air conditioners were broken so the night temperature hovered in the mid-90’s in the rooms. Best I can say is I didn't see any bugs.

Oh, the old guy at the counter on night duty was really sweet and did try to sort out the air conditioner. He couldn't, so he gave me the company-set maximum discount for the lack of cool air in the desert: 15%. That works out to, what, $7.50? Not his fault, though, any of it.

I checked out one night early after I found the Stratosphere down the street had a room for $30 (this was Sunday night, when casino rooms are much less expensive) with ample hot water, ice cold air, and all the other traditional casino hotel amenities.

So I didn't have to fight my way into a jail cell for better accommodations.

If you are a single college guy and can't get a room for less anywhere else, it's OK, but not for anyone with even remotely higher expectations, and DEFINITELY not for women traveling alone or anyone with kids.

  • Stayed September 2008
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 1 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Check-in / front desk
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Service
    • 1 of 5 stars Business service (e.g., internet access)
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  • Econolodge Las Vegas
  • Econo Lodge Las Vegas
  • Las Vegas Econo Lodge
Address: 1150 South Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas, NV 89104 (Formerly Econo Lodge)
Price range (per night):* INR1,454 - 3,355

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