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Scoping Out the WiFi Options at The Venetian and Planet Hollywood

August 19, 2010 at 6:37 PM | by eastcoastgambler | 3 Comments

Today, we have a special guest post from EastCoastGambler who details his harrowing WiFi experience on a recent trip to Vegas. Enjoy!

I usually don't mind paying for WiFi in my room if I plan on using it, but this trip to Vegas was for relaxing and that meant detaching from my computer as much as possible.

The $17.99 resort fee at The Venetian was optional, thanks to a slot tournament I was participating in, but that also meant I had to pay a la carte for WiFi service when I needed it. So I decided to scope out the free WiFi options at both The Venetian and Palazzo and further down the Strip at Planet Hollywood. Here's what I found:

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The Nosh is Good and WiFi Free at ZooZa Crackers

Where: 3131 Las Vegas Boulevard South [map], 89109
August 4, 2010 at 2:32 PM | by juliab | 5 Comments

Yeah, the clientele is Wynn-y

Not that we have trust issues or anything, but when we heard the Wynn Las Vegas was adding more free WiFi spots on Friday, we thought we’d better check it out for ourselves. And specifically, check out this Zooza Crackers place, which we’d never actually eaten up, to make sure the fodder was up to scratch.

The verdict? Good WiFi and good fodder. Our laptop immediately connected to the Wynn Guest network (no password needed) and the connection was strong and fast, just as we like our internet.

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Circus Circus Has Upped Its Resort Fee By $1 (But Hasn't Updated the Website)

Where: 2880 Las Vegas Blvd S [map], 89109
August 2, 2010 at 1:23 PM | by juliab | 0 Comments

Those reflections look like a smiley face, but we're actually pulling a sad one right now

Go here for VegasChatter's Resort Fee List.

Should we blame ourselves for this? Having spent the last couple of months fawning over our new BCFF (Best Casino Friend Forever), Circus Circus, even deciding it was the best cheap hotel room in Vegas last week, we’ve had a little setback.

The resort fee has gone up to $6. Including taxes, it comes to $6.72, and it went up on 1 July.

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Glorious! The Wynn Adds More Free WiFi Hot Spots

July 30, 2010 at 4:06 PM | by juliana | 3 Comments

The internet gods are smiling on VegasChatter Vegas today. Not only has The Trop added internet to their resort fee but Wynn Las Vegas has increased their number of totally free WiFi spots..

Previously, The Wynn had free WiFi at The Pizza Place and the Terrace Cafe. Now, you can log on without paying up at ZooZa Crackers Deli, The Race & Sports Book Lounge (next to ZooZa) and The Wynn Poker Room.

We're so giddy, we're about to head down to ZooZa and order a soup and sammie right now! Of course, these new WiFi additions won't matter much to guests. Thanks (?) to the $20 resort fee Wynn and Encore have added, guests can get internet in their rooms.

Know of any more places in Vegas with free WiFi? Let us know so we can add it to our list!

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Confirmed: Tropicana to Include Internet in Resort Fee on Aug 2.

Where: 3801 Las Vegas Blvd South [map], 89109
July 29, 2010 at 11:49 PM | by juliana | 1 Comment

Some great news this Friday! The Tropicana has made good on their promise to include internet access in the resort fee and the service will go into effect for stay from August 2nd and beyond. Woot! Previously, internet was an extra $12.99 a day.

Now, the other week we were keeping it cool about this news because typically when hotels roll internet into the resort fee, the fee jumps up quite a bit. But The Trop is only increasing the fee by $2 to $9.99 AND they are adding a few more perks. Here's exactly what the resort fee includes as listed on the The Trop's website:

High speed wireless internet, free access to the fitness center, pool & Jacuzzi areas, 2-for-1 signature cocktails in Bacio or Legends with your meal, 2-for-1 cocktails at our "Club Trop" Daily Happy Hour, free local calls, free faxes, free photo copies, free printing of boarding pass.

Awesome! We're still not in love with resort fees but we do love it when hotels make it easy for us. Best of all, the Trop has some of the nicest cheapest rooms on the Strip. Also of note? You can rent a refrigerator in your room for just $25 a day. Do with that what you will!

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Tropicana to Include WiFi in Resort Fee But Will The Price Go Up?

Where: 3801 Las Vegas Blvd South [map], 89109
July 23, 2010 at 3:14 PM | by juliana | 2 Comments

A few weeks ago we had our fingers crossed in hopes that The Tropicana would roll its internet access fee into its $7.99 resort fee. And it looks like The Trop is seriously going to do it.

Their latest Tweet about it yesterday teased:

It's looking like our WiFi incl. in Resort Fee dreams may be coming true sooner than I thought! Keep y'all posted as we get closer!

We've already pestered them for a more specific timeframe of when we can expect this--By Labor Day? Next week?--but we have to assume that the resort fee will increase ever so slightly if they roll in the internet fee.

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Fingers Crossed: Looks Like the Trop Will Ditch its WiFi Fee

Where: 3801 Las Vegas Blvd South [map], 89109
July 13, 2010 at 12:46 PM | by juliab | 0 Comments

If there’s one thing we loathe in Las Vegas, it’s resort fees - closely followed by charges for WiFi.

So although we heart the Tropicana’s new rooms, our adoration is slightly tempered by the $7.99 resort fee and the $12.99 charge for internet. Or at least, it is for now. Because it looks like pretty soon, WiFi will be included in the resort fee.

According to their Facebook page, the Trop has just done a deal with Cox to provide

free-to-guest cable television, video-on-demand services and wireless Internet connectivity to 1658 guest rooms.

Free WiFi? We’re waiting for the peeps at the Trop to confirm the good news officially, but from what we hear, that’s the plan. And given that it already has a solid Twitter and Facebook presence, it’d only be fitting that they recognized the importance of internet connection.

Now if they could only work on bringing down the resort fee (under a fiver would work for us), our love would grow a little bit more.

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Nice Decor, Free WiFi: This Room May Surprise You

Where: 2880 Las Vegas Blvd S [map], 89109
June 4, 2010 at 1:57 PM | by juliab | 0 Comments

This may look like a boring picture of a computer in a hotel room, but actually, friends, it is highly significant. Firstly, this is our computer, this morning, connected to the free wireless internet in our hotel room.

And secondly, that room looks pretty nice, doesn’t it? Marble desk, less fugly than normal curtains, a color scheme that, whatever you think of orange, definitely isn’t bland.

Where is this little slice of Eden? Circus Circus, people, Circus Circus, in a room which we booked for the princely sum of $27.16. We know – we too were so shocked when we got in the room yesterday that we thought maybe our $1 night at Sahara had induced cruel hallucinations. But no, it’s real, and this has shot to the top area of our Biggest Hotel Surprises Ever list.

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Want Free WiFi in Vegas? You're Gonna Have to Sacrifice the Glitz

Where: 305 Convention Center Drive [map], 89109
May 24, 2010 at 7:38 PM | by juliana | 0 Comments

Here at VegasChatter, we're dedicated to chronicling the best and the worst that Vegas has to offer and Free WiFi is one of our hottest topics.

Lately, hotels have been including WiFi access into their resort fees taking some of the sting off the frivolous per-day charge. But we're still keen on places where we can get it absolutely free. And so it goes in the hotel world, if you want it free you should try a budget place instead. (HotelChatter knows all about this WiFi conundrum.)

We've already sung the praises of Element Las Vegas out in Summerlin but we've found something a little closer to the Strip--the new Clarion Hotel.

Located near the Las Vegas Convention Center and smushed into between the back of the Encore and the start of the Riviera, the 202-room, full service hotel has an on-site casino, an outdoor pool, kitchenettes in some rooms, the glorious free WiFi we love so much AND it's pet-friendly.

If this place look familiar that's because it used to be the Greek Isles casino and hotel until Choice Hotels took it over last month. We've been assured that the bedding, the business center and the menu for Jon's Bistro have all been upgraded. (We really hope the rooms no longer look like this.)

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Second Hand "Smoke" and Free WiFi: Inside the Vegas Motel Scene

Where: 167 E Tropicana Ave [map], 89109
March 24, 2010 at 12:12 PM | by juliab | 0 Comments

Ever wondered what the motel scene is like in Vegas but been too scared to try it out? Us too. Which is why, in the interests of needing a drink on the Strip being as informative as possible, we tried it out on the weekend.

The cheapest rate we found for Saturday night was Americas Best Value Inn on Tropicana for $60. Considering even the lack of apostrophe in its name makes us wince, we thought we were in for a hard time.

And yet, it wasn’t so bad. True, with its ground in chewing gum blobs, the carpet wasn’t something we wanted to risk our naked feet on.

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Free WiFi, Ace Staff: We Heart NY-NY's ESPN Zone

Where: 3790 Las Vegas Blvd South [map], 89109
February 16, 2010 at 2:53 PM | by juliab | 0 Comments

Here’s something to put a spring in your Tuesday step: not just free WiFi, but free WiFi that comes with a smile and offers of help to get you on your way.

We were after some Stripside time on t’internet last week, and consulting our trusty VegasChatter free WiFi list, we plumped for the ESPN Zone at New York New York.

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Nice Lobby, M, Shame You’ve Nixed The WiFi

Where: 12300 Las Vegas Blvd S [map], 89124
January 14, 2010 at 3:00 PM | by juliab | 0 Comments

We had two places to be last night: on our laptop, working, and at the M Resort to watch a friend’s band. A good combo, we thought – seeing as the M has free WiFi in the lobby, we’d work and listen at the same time.

But when we got to the lobby (very pretty, FYI), we found no signal. And the lady at the check-in desk told us not to bother looking, as it was only available in-room now. “We’ve actually been working on sorting that out,” the lady told us. “Because people who weren’t staying at the resort were coming in and using our wifi, so we’ve had to lock it”. Digital Nomad fail!

She then said we could have a go but doubted we would find a signal, and she was right. In fact, we couldn’t pick up any signal in the lobby, password-protected or not.

We did pick up what looked like the resort’s network in the Ravello Bar but obviously it was locked. Which, we guess, is fair enough – it’s still there for residents, after all, and the M abolished its resort fee a while back. But we can’t help thinking that the off-Strip resorts should probably be a little more accommodating of visitors. ‘Cos we very much doubt they’d be flooded with WiFi chasers, what with being so far away, and even if it was, they could probably do with the custom. Not being rude or anything, but it wasn’t exactly slammin’ last night.