The Venetian

The Venetian is a premium place to stay on the strip. You pay more, but if the occasion warrants, it's worth it. We stayed in a 1BR luxury suite for about $700 per night. The suite had a sunken living room with a huge sofa. Both the LR and the BR had 70" TV's. There was a mini-fridge for us to use. The bathroom had a dressing table and chair. Everything was premium. The service and staff were pretty good. They do clean the room every day if they happen to be by when you are not in the unit. The Venetian (like Caesar's) has a mall level with tons of restaurants and shops, and the gondolas, of course. The location is fairly central to the strip. The Sphere is in the same complex, but beware that if there's a convention going on, you can't walk there from inside the resort. We had to walk out on the street and around. The resort fees and parking are fairly reasonable for LV. Beware that you will be asked if you want a room upgrade when you check in. We were told that our $700 room did not have a view, but we could pay extra for a view room--$50/night for Strip view, $80 per night for Sphere view. We chose the latter, and it was really nice since the Sphere has it's own outside light show that we watched from our room. After our booking we checked into adding a day, but declined the $1000 rate.

Stayed in room facing sphere. Great time and extremely friendly & accommodating staff.

Stayed here for work recently and was not impressed. I was told the rooms were renovated. Sure, parts of the room may be renovated, but the bathroom was not. Very old and dingy. ALSO the room absolutely REEKED of smoke. They did give me an industrial-size air filter to put in the room which was super loud but did help. I was in room 25-205 which is right by the elevators and I could hear people walking by all night. Didn't get a good nights sleep. Since the conference was in the buliding, it was very convinenent. And I love the canal shoppes and access to the VIP lounge. I just don't think I would stay here again.

Stayed there one night for the Chicago concert. It was one of the nicest rooms we have stayed in Vegas. Check in was easy via the kiosk. Room was spacious and clean. Parking was $20 for per night. We did have to ask for a wine opener and our toilet did not flush when we got to the room. These small problems were addressed right away.

Room was great. Hotel is nice and very convenient for a convention. Staff excellent and very helpful. However, departure by Uber was very upsetting with a long hike with luggage to 2nd floor garage where the ceilings are not even tall enough to open the hatch of an SUV to put in luggage. You could not have made it any more inconvenient. Minimally you should allow the premier Ubers to the front door. I will not stay at the Venetian on personal travel because of this.