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Earlier, I wrote on what a $20 tip got me in Vegas. Â Now, I’m going to show you what a $15 room looks like.
Not a $15Â tip. Â A $15 room rate.
When I saw a $15 room rate at the Excalibur, I had to jump on it. Â For science I guess. Â I didn’t actually stay there, but I really wanted to know what a $15 room looked like.
And here it is in all its glory!
(I apologize for the dingy lighting.  I could not get the lighting bright enough to take pictures and the blinds were pretty jammed open).
I was actually surprised that the bedspreads weren’t worse. Â It also smelled decently nice in there.
The bath products included shampoo, bath gel, lotion and a single bar soap.
The shower looked decently clean.
There was also an interesting view of the freeway behind the hotel.
And if I put my forehead up against the glass and tried to look straight down, I could see a pool.
The gentleman at the front desk seemed a bit confused as to why a Platinum Mlife was checking in there. Â He also wasn’t exactly sure how the Hyatt partnership worked. Â He said, I see you are earning credits with… Hyatt? Â Can I see your Hyatt card?
I realized he asked that because in Vegas you need to have a copy of your Mlife card.  It isn’t like other hotel property types where you just automatically get benefits from it being on your account.  You flash it pretty often.
I handed him my Hyatt credit card, which has my Hyatt number on it, and that was good enough for him.
The best part was the check-in packet included a $20 credit at a Luxor or Excalibur bar. Â If it weren’t for the resort fee, I’d be up!
That room you got was the updated ‘contemporary’ room at Excalibur. Surprised you received that on a $15 rate! I guess the mlife status had something to do with it? The older, non-updated rooms at Excalibur are um, kitchy, to put it nicely.
It had to have been the Platinum status then!
I checked into Excalibur for a Hyatt stay credit. My room was not as nice as yours, but not completely horrible. However for a small increase in price, you can stay at NYNY or MGM grand which alot nicer.
NYNY and Circus Circus are the only places I don’t have experience with now. Is NYNY worth checking out? (Not going to try CC. Scared of clowns. Seriously).
Heading to MGM next week with MLife Platinum (thanks to Marriott/Hyatt challenge). We were at Aria last week and didn’t realize until we got to the front of the taxi line we could’ve skipped the line. What else should I know to take full advantage of this status next week?
I’ve heard of people getting free tickets to Shark Reef in Mandalay & Dolphin area in Mirage. Whip out the card when making a reservation somewhere. They removed the official benefit of late check out, but they still gave it to me when I asked.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coulrophobia
“dinghy lighting”, “blinds pretty jammed open”, “single bar of soap”, “smelled decently nice”, “decently clean”…
So would it have been worth $15 or you couldn’t imagine staying at a place that low? I hope they turned the room around for somebody that would have been satisfied (especially at that price).
I wasn’t planning on from the start, but had I planned on staying one more night, I definitely would have been fine staying there. (The rate was still low, so I don’t they were booked much that day)
NYNY would not be my first choice of mlife hotels. I like the Mirage. It is however acceptable and I would actually sleep there if the price was right.
then there is the resort fee 20.00 if I remember right –