My sister, a friend and I stayed at the Hampton Inn in Las Vegas for the 4th of July weekend 2008. I chose the Hampton Inn because of its reputation and location. I was disappointed and left the second night to stay at another hotel - the Stratosphere. When I made the reservation I called and requested a renovated room with the flat screen tvs and double beds and was told as long as I typed it in the reservation and I called the day before that I would more than likely be accomodated with a room. After calling the dayt before arrival and then arriving I was told they only have 4 renovated rooms and they were King size only not doubles and they were already taken but to try early the following morning at which I did and was told they could not accomodate me as the rooms were already taken...even when someone just checked in and were given the room ahead of me. The bathroom was nice as well as the free breakfast and the pool was beautiful, however the hotel was older than I expected and the room was small. The beds were comfy but small, they said they were doubles but when I looked at the mattress and the frame they looked more like twins and were different sizes as the frame was larger than the mattress. The shuttle service was accomodating but not free as stated as the driver asked for $5.00. Our A/C in our room did not work properly and our room was really hot, when we called the front desk they asked us to wait a few hours for the room to cool down and mentioned that they do not keep the a/c on in the room before a customer arrives....they said they open the windows to let the air in which is really just the heat (which was over 110 that weekend) into the room? Hours later we came back and the room was just as hot but then the front desk mentioned they were sold out and we sweat all night until we were finally able to move to another room the next day. The location is across the freeway from the strip near the MGM, Mandolay Bay, and other attractions but not close enough to walk to. I travel alot for work and am very familiar with all the hotel brands, services, and accomodations each brand provides and I was very disappointed in my stay at this Hampton...overall I would not recommend it.








