So I booked the room straight from the hotels website, and I selected a renovated room. When we got to the hotel and checked into room it turns out we were booked into a non renovated room. I don't the room had been properly cleaned (there was a used q tip & a hair on the bathroom counter) but once we called & had maid service come up they cleaned it. We had a pretty decent view and although we were on a non smoking floor there were a few times when I could smell some ones smoke, and having an astry @ the elevators didn't really help. The walls of the room we were in were kind of raunchy looking (I will include pictures of the walls) and we had to have to someone come and repalce the shower head because when we go there it was broken. The comforters on the bed are kind of thin ( I had to ask for an additional blanket & took the other comforter from the second bed). Once we were checked in, everything went pretty well. House keeping came by daily to clean & she seemed a bit anxious on the days that we didn't let her make the beds. She even came in one day & made the bed with all my crap on it.\nBasically you get what you pay for, I spent 8 days and paid less than $450 for the whole experience. It's a little far from the actual stripe and the surrounding neighborhood looks a little shaddy, but you can catch the Duece right outside front to take to you just about anywhere. Cab fair to the Encore is gonna run you easily 10-15 each way (& traffic on the stip gets kind of heavy at night) but the Duece is only like $7 for an all ticket. The tower resturant is pretty awesome and the observation deck is cool (it's free if you are staying in the hotel but it's like 16 if you aren't). It wasn't the worse experience ever, but I'm pretty sure I won't be staying here again. \nIf you're just looking for a place to crash while you party, gamble & do whatever further down the strip and want to spend $40 a night getting to the partying, gambleing & whatever then go for it.