My husband and I stayed here for 4 nights in the middle of October for very good room rates. I had never been to Las Vegas before, so had read a lot about the strip ahead of time and was not surprised to see how far the hotel was from the main activities on the strip. It is about 2 miles from the center strip, that area that interested us the most with the big resorts like the Bellagio, TI, Caesars Palace, the Venetian, etc.

The one bedroom suite we had, Tower 2, overlooked a desolate construction site and the Stratosphere and the Sahara were in view. it was still a very nice view at night from the 16th floor, despite the large nearly empty lot. The room was as others had described - be aware that not all one bedroom suites have jetted tubs or showers or DVD players, ours did not, but it did have all the other features mentioned and was very clean and well stocked with granite counter tops, plenty of towels, quality shampoo, Starbuck's coffee, etc. At first we could not get the phone to work (another guest had plugged it in wrong),, so a maintenance person came up right away and helped us out. For those who care about bedding, the bed was large and very comfortable, not too hard nor too soft..

Transportation was my biggest concern. I have trouble walking long distance on concrete, so I knew Vegas would be no picnic. There is really no FAST way to get to the center or south end of the strip except the monorail, ($5 a ride, one way) and it is quite a hike to get to it from the hotel. You have to cross a road that fortunately is not really very busy as there are no working pedestrian signals. You have to always go through a huge casino when you use the monorail, and up and down at least one set of escalators. The patter on the PA system of the monorail is hilarious - I guess they tried to make it funny and it is so corny, it is. .You end up making an even greater hike on the other end to get to the hotels.

The Deuce -( the double decker city buses) - stops in front of the hotel about every 15 minutes and is new and clean , but can be very crowded to the point of having to wait for another one, and in traffic on Friday and Saturday it was amazingly slow - about 45 minutes from the top of the center strip to the hotel on one trip. It can be faster at times.... It is $2 EXACT CHANGE! Please don't ask the driver to change a $20!! And don't sit in the stairwell, or you will be shooed out.

The shuttle to the Wynn- not well publicized at all, comes every half hour but ends quite early at night, about 8 PM, I would double check at the hotel - is free and is quite fast, about 10 minutes. The Wynn is at the very top of the center strip area. We did not try cabs, but we heard they are expensive and get caught in the same traffic. We contemplated walking from the Wynn to the hotel at night, but reconsidered when we saw blocks of very desolate areas we would have to walk by.

All in all, we felt this non-smoky, non-gambling hotel was great, but if we went back to Vegas again, I think we would try to find an affordable place in the center of the strip. I did not compare prices, so maybe this is not entirely truthful! Overall, The Hilton Grand Vacation Club on the Strip is a great place.

We visited Las Vegas for the first time October '08. Being new members of the Hilton Grand Vacations Club, I read a lot of reviews before choosing the Hilton Grand Vac. on the strip. We stayed 2 nights at the Hilton Grand Vac. Club on the other property and found it a little to far away from things. Glad we had our week stay on the strip. Found the room on the 7th floor to be very comfortable and satisfactory. However, a drawer front on the cabinet where the TV was sitting in the living room fell off twice on my husband's foot! Ouch!!

Staff at this place were very helpful & great to deal with.

The room was very quiet to sleep in. We had a one bedroom. The kitchen we equipped but to find groceries any where near by was a challenge. We walked & traveled by the Duce bus so there wasn't much available for grocery shopping. The market on the first floor was way over priced! What there were for groceries were priced ridiculously high. On that note, we ate out most of the time. The best meal we had was at the Wynn buffet. The selection was fantastic...make sure you save room for desert!

The only negative about the room was there was little closet space. No place to hang your jacket as you come in except the bedroom closet.

We got "sucked in" to a 2 hour session listening to a time share presentation...wanting us to purchase more points. There should be a limit to how many times a person has to say NO. It was a waste of 2.5 hours of precious vacation time. We were given $100 towards show tickets in exchange. Not worth it!

Shopping...well...go to the outlet mall - Las Vegas Premium Outlets. The best!

We did the Grand Canyon helicopter tour. It was amazing. Very expensive but well worth it. We landed in the canyon & had a picnic & champagne lunch. The company we used was Papillon. Dan was our pilot. Great trip! Would highly recommend it. What a memory!!!

Negative about Vegas: People standing on sidewalks flicking business cards at you advertising girls! Also, you couldn't walk anywhere without being harassed to go listen to a timeshare session & they didn't want to take NO!

Over all, our trip was a great one! Someday, I would go back.

My husband and three children stayed in this hotel for 5 nights just over a week ago. We booked two 1 bedroom apartments, which were perfect. We didnt have adjoining rooms but they were right next door. Hotel was exceptionally clean and apartments were a great size, with a full kitchen bathroom and spa bath in the bedroom. We chose to stay here as there was no casino attached which is rare in Vegas. Free shuttle to the Wynn and also the Deuce bus picks you up outside the Hotel and stops at all the Hotels, casinos and shops all the way down the Strip for $5.00 for 24hrs. You are a fair way down the strip so we used these buses every day. Would definately stay here again. Staff were very helpful and friendly also.

On north end of strip, right across from Sahara and monorail. If looking for non-casino hotel, this is a good choice. We stayed in tower 2; room was huge with separate sitting area with couch and TV/DVD. Full kitchen, very nice and large bathroom. Bed was very comfortable with excellent pillows. Stayed on 21st floor, no city noise at all.

Only stayed two nights and only negatives were morning we were leaving, the couple next door had the mother of all fights, throwing things, screaming. Could hear quite well. If we were staying would have either asked to move our or their room. We guessed not on their honeymoom-went on for couple hours while we were getting ready to leave. Other minor point-if enjoy watching DVD's from bed, can't here as there is a TV in bedroom but only DVD player is in sitting area.

We payed $134/night which was very reasonable for such a large well-appointed room. BTW, no pressure from staff re vacation presentation. Received a call a week or so before leaving for LV, said not interested and didn't come up again.