Nice upswing

Bally's
Flamingo
Rio
Gold Coast
Harrahs
El Cortez Once and checked out early.
Excalibur
The Orleans
Palace Station
Boulder Station
Sams Town
Eastside Cannery
Arizona Charlies Boulder
LVH
Riviera
Extended Stay Valley View
Westgate Flamingo Bay Resort on Hotwire Deal, was awesome.
Wild Wild West
Baymont Inn and suites many times on Hotwire Deal.
Hampton Inn by Airport, Never again, planes take off and landing every 5-10 minutes.
Extended Stay Midtown
Bills gambling saloon

ha ha. Well done!

Lol thanks. I remember being a broke college student, staying at the crappiest places and playing $1 blackjack and roulette at the Sahara. I still remember walking from Sahara to Excalibur to play in my first ever poker tournament (it was the cheapest tourney I could find on the strip) and busting in an hour and walking back because I was too cheap to use the bus.

How bad is Super 8/ Ellis Island?

Was El Cortez actually worse than Wild Wild West?

Westin
Bally's
MGM
Flamingo
Caesar's
Planet Hollywood
Rio
T.I.
Golden Nugget
Aria
Vdara
Paris
Bellagio
Quad (Imperial Palace)
Westgate (Las Vegas Hilton)

I stayed in so many hotels over a period of time that I was sort of obsessed with looking at the air filters since I have allergies and could always call and have them put a fresh one in at most hotels. El Cortez air filter had not been changed in probably a year. lol

In addition my room was right next to a bar across the street that left their door open at night and played super loud music all night. I actually got out of a 4 night stay that was booked thru hotwire after 1 night.

Stayed at WWW probably 11 years ago, so I think its a days inn now? Maybe its better but still its right next to a parking lot where there are dozens of running semi trucks all night long making a bunch of noise and also a lot of shady people around. Didn't feel safe at all. Probably the shadiest hotel I stayed at in Vegas.

Hmmmmm, in order:

Treasure Island
Aria
Harrah's
Planet Hollywood
Mandalay Bay

The room was like a regular motel so if you're just using the room to sleep in it shouldn't be too bad. From what I remember the room seemed clean but outdated and the bathroom was tiny.

Pros:
Cheap room, food, and gambling
Complimentary shuttle to and from airport, just call them when you land

Cons:
Far from the strip (about a 20-30 min walk to MGM)
Not a lot to see or do here

Only 3 minute walk to Bally's, Flamingo, etc.

Lincoln Town Car
Holiday Inn
Rainbow Vegas Hotel
Gold Spike
Golden Nugget
Bally's
Rio
Polo Towers
Aria
Platinum

Rats, missed my chance to say Riviera and Monte Carlo and reference Buick and Chevy.

pig4bill's post reminded me I forgot to add Monte Carlo to my list. Only stayed there 1 time on a fluke. I was playing poker there and went to leave, I had used valet and there was a big gas leak of some kind in the garage and could not get my car for unknown amount of hours and said to check with front desk to see what can be worked out.

At the time I was living in Vegas and lived about 15 minutes car ride away and they offered me a paid cab home, but I said what about my ride back? I will have to pay for cab back? and they said yes. So I said can you just comp me 1 night hotel for the night and they said yes, and my car was available in the morning.

This is a fun look back on my history in town actually...

In chronological order:

The Klondike (is now a dirt lot)
NYNY
Bally's (many many times...comps there were amazingly great for a non-gambler like me, for about 6 years)
Mandalay Bay
Rio
Aria
The Tuscany (secretly great in many ways)
Silver Sevens (not great in any way)

It's a short list, but I've stayed at Ballys maybe 10 times, Rio I think 4 times, and Aria and Tuscany twice. The Tuscany is 1.5 blocks behind Bally's on Flamingo, has a fantastic pool if your goal is a relaxing lounge time by the pool, and has a great feel of being away from the strip even though it's walking distance.

SLS recently, likeable spot.

I've had about 20 trips and have stayed in:
Venetian
NYNY
Planet Hollywood
IP/Quad/Linq
Flamingo
Gold Coast
Rio
And most recently SLS

SLS was pretty cool. Great casino and restaurants. I didn't mind how small the rooms were and it connects directly with the monorail. Would def. stay there again.

What do you think of the Gold Coast? Their basic rooms look nice on google images.

Paris
Bally's
Hacienda (Boulder City)
Imperial Palace (x2)
Vdara (x4)
Flamingo

An estimated 30 trips spread out between:

New Frontier (first trip after turning 21)
Luxor (stayed a couple weeks after grand opening)
Lady Luck (good comps)
Imperial Palace (cheap)
Caesars (stayed for a wedding)
Fremont (good comps)
Westward Ho (last minute mistake)
Flamingo (many times)
Harrah's (many times)
Paris (many times)
Downtown Grand (good comps....my current, preferred downtown spot)

I'm 24 and I've been about 20 times since turning 21:

Aria
Palazzo
Venetian
Monte Carlo
The Quad (Now the Linq)
Flamingo
Harrah's
Gold Coast (Perfect for during WSOP)
Excalibur

Favorite Hotel Room: Palazzo
Best Overall Value for Price: Flamingo (nice mini-suites for good price/prime location)
Worst Overall: The Quad/Linq
Best Pool: Monte Carlo
Favorite Poker Room: Aria

I liked staying there. It is off the strip but right across from the Rio so it was perfect for playing in the WSOP. The room was actually much nicer than I expected for a standard room. Decent sized flat screen TV with clean and modern furniture and a comfortable bed.

Like the aria venetian still my fav.

MGM
Excalibur
Luxor
Monte Carlo
Planet Hollywood
Imperial Palace
Ballys
Flamingo
Encore