now, we're thinking, Weasel.

"I can say without question that the Wynn Las Vegas was the worst hotel experience of my life. I have spent the days since my return relating that fact to anyone who will liste"

Sounds like rsav is really, really mad and has joined more than one travel forum just to vent. I can relate.

First I have to say that his experience was unfortunate (at best) if not down right crappy! I would also be upset if I paid $1500. dollars for 3 nights in a hotel and felt as though I was not appreciated as a guest. I just want to mention one thing that struck me as odd though. Yes, Vegas is known as a tipping town, the skycaps get tipped, the doormen get tipped, the bellman get tipped, the waiters...but when I go to NYC I tip all these same people, so I am a little sick of people suggesting it only happens in Vegas. The other thing I would like to mention is when Steve Wynn opened the Bellagio the talk amongst the front service people (bells, valet & door...I know this because I was one) was that he was a stickler on tips. If one even suggested or hinted that they wanted a tip they would be fired, so when the bellman stuck his hand out palm up, I find this type of behavior from an individual that got his job over about 1000 others (and that is not an exageration) is a little mind boggling. Anyway, it is a new hotel and many quirks obviously still need to be worked out, but I agree with other posters, can't let one bad review ruin it for others...if there were tons of them then I would consider staying elsewhere...personally I would have stayed elsewhere anyway at $500. a night!!!!!!

I thoroughly enjoyed his story - I can see how that could happen - anything can happen in Vegas. But, just as a note on the positive side, the best hotels I have stayed in Vegas are the Bellagio; very opulent and good service, and the Rio; not so opulent, but excellent service and top rate food. My husband and I did the room service thing almost all weekend. Best food out of all hotels on the west coast I've been to (so far)...

I stayed at the Wynn in June, and I have to say, I loved it. The staff was friendly, the room was beautiful-as well as the pool. I booked a resort room, and was upgraded to a tower suite. I can't wait to go back!

By the way, folks, it was $500.00 a night for a three day stay. Not $1500 as "vegasnative" typed above, it was one thousand dollars. Three days/Two nights. We've all read the fine print when booking a trip.

I'm realllllllly curious to know how "rsav" monitored quitting time and the time clock related to this claim of employees not staying one second past. How many people could "rsav" possibly have witnessed bolting from their job posts?

THIS is interesting:

"... I have spent the days since my return relating that fact to anyone who will liste "

Did the pants arrive at the door, and "rsav" couldn't finish his/her sentence? Did the anguish and trauma case "rsav" to collapse onto the floor, only to click the mouse one last time and post this message?

THE WORLD MAY NEVER KNOW

Ah. Three DAYS. I missed that part. Why do people ever quote the number of days rather than the number of nights since we pay by the night and stay by the night? I mean if you follow the allowed checkin and checkout times, there's no way you even can get three days without paying for three nights! Paying for two nights actually gets you one full day, a piece of an afternoon, and most or possibly all of a morning. That is NOT three days in my book. In fact it isn't even two full days.

I also wondered how rsav was aware of that "clockwatching" deal by the staff and what made him aware that they didn't stay one minute past work time.

But in all fairness he never said he had a room with an air conditioner that didn't work. He described a system that was inefficient. There are tons of hotels, including very fine ones, where that is true. If they have a poor system, what good does it do to change rooms?

In fairness to the poster,my brother and his friends rented a suite in the Bellagio and were so looking frorward to it.They were so disappointed by the standard fo the room,and the useless staff who wouldn't fix problems in the room they checked out early.Just because you pay a lot doesn't necessarily mean better service.

There is no reason to give any more credence to rsav than the posts on Trip Advisor. rsav has never posted to Fodor’s again.

This is one of the great things about Fodor's, I can click on the poster's name and see what they say about other places and gauge how much to credit their comments and if their tastes are similar to mine.

I swear that in many areas of Trip Advisor, half of the posts are by small business operators and their competitors.

Keith

"....Just because you pay a lot doesn't necessarily mean better service..."

Unfortunately there seem to be many who have not yet learned this basic fact of travel life and yet others who simply refuse to believe it..until it happens to them.

"....Just because you pay a lot doesn't necessarily mean better service..."

Unfortunately there seem to be many who have not yet learned this basic fact of travel life and yet others who simply refuse to believe it..until it happens to them."


That may all be true, but by the same token there are also people who actually believe that you aren't MORE LIKELY to get better service at a higher priced place.

You can put me in that group

sounds like you're the victim of a big-time pants theft ring. Or maybe just a disgruntled bellboy. Maybe he was told he'll be laid off at the end of the week, and decided to make off with 100 pairs of pants, leaving the hotel to foot the bill.

I surely don't think this story was made up! That would take quite an imagination.

And you DON'T always get what you pay for! Sometimes you are just dumb enough to get royally ripped off! $500 for a hotel room? Please!