Maria: Hello. It is hotel room tour time. Camille and I are actually staying over at the Delano,
Delano. Not exactly sure how to say the hotel name. That's when you know it's fancy
and we're just excited because we're doing a little retreat here. We wanted to give you a room
tour, especially what are the safety precautions or cleanliness measures that they're taking.
And one thing that I want you to know ... I don't know if you want to pants my feet or not
but we are not wearing our shoes in the hotel room,
which is huge because usually, if we feel like things are disgusting or we're
in a hotel that we're like, "Ah, I don't know about the cleanliness of this place."
You will see us wearing shoes the entire time, double socking it, cleaning our feet.
If you see us immediately take off your shoes, you know that we trust the cleanliness of the
hotel. That's one indication. Second indication, is before we even came into the room, it was
taped off a little bit. And the door indicated that they had cleaned the room already for us.
Let's get into the hotel tour. We have a entranceway restroom. It's not a full bathroom,
it's a half bath but this is perfect since there's two of us. If one of us wants to get
ready in another room, this is amazing. Single vanity, yes. Okay, [bedpan] girl.
This is the living room area. Right here, you have a L shape couch. This is where we're going to be
doing a lot of planning. Camille and I actually got here a couple days before a bunch of our
friends are going to be coming through because we wanted to really focus in on business. This
is going to be our office. And what's awesome about that, is since our bed is not here, we can
separate in our minds relaxation as well as, "Hey, let's get down to business to defeat the Huns."
Last time we were in Vegas a few weeks ago, was the premiere weekend of Mulan. Vegas is
just seriously reminding me of the new Mulan movie right now. There's also a desk, as well
as a little mini amenities kit. We'll go through that later on. They left that for everybody. Let's
actually go into the bedroom. We open it up, coat rack or robe rack and you enter into the bedroom.
We have a queen, king size bed. I don't know, it's just going to fit both of us. We have this bed
available. This headboard is so cool. We really, really love it. And it just feels relaxing.
The whole theme about this hotel room in particular or this hotel in particular,
is they're going for a lot of natural. When you enter first into the hotel from the garage,
you see these huge natural rocks. When you go into the lobby, you see ... It was beautiful.
Linen from floor to ceiling, ceiling to floor, floor to ceiling. And it's just
really, really relaxing with touches of gold. You have a place, a little bed chair where you
can either sit ... I don't know why people have these benches. Camille, do you know?
Camille: Put on their shoes.
Maria: Put on their shoes but we don't put shoes on
because we are Asian. You're not going to be seeing us do that. And what's also great
about this, is of course the lamps. You have a little iHome. If you want to play some music,
you have the speakers but our favorite thing since this is a corner room,
is the fact that you have these views. Of course, the Delano, Delano, the placement of the hotel
isn't center strip. It's actually the beginning of the strip next to the welcome to Las Vegas sign.
It's going to be one of those hotels that are closer to the airport. This is great if you're
really just looking for a cheap taxi ride, it's going to be very, very close. The view over here
of the Mandalay Bay, the sister property, is right here. You can see the Mandalay Bay as well as ...
Ow, ow, ow. I stubbed my toe. That hurt so bad. Camille:
[inaudible 00:04:16]. Maria:
You beautiful luggage folder. That hurt. Camille:
Welcome to our life. Maria:
You can see the famous Mandalay Bay beach wave pool area. Right now, what they're doing is
first come first serve. You need to get in that hotel line or the pool line really,
really early because they're limiting capacity and the amount of people that they bring into the
Mandalay Bay beach area because it's awesome. It has a wave pool. It also has a lazy river,
my favorite part of it. And of course, we're going to go into
the bathroom. Are you a bathroom or are you a room kind of person? What is the most important to you?
For me, I personally really love of course the bedroom but the bathrooms,
how much effort are they putting into the restrooms says a lot about a hotel. We have
a shower right here. It's a standalone shower. It is not incorporated with the bathtub
but what's also awesome, is there is a bath tub included right behind me. It's a little waterfall.
If we turn on the water, it's going to look like a waterfall. I feel like I'm repeating myself.
And we also have a double vanity with my favorite kind of lighting. I feel like this lighting,
where it's bordering the ... I almost said window. When it's bordering the mirror,
that's where I feel like it has the best kind of lighting. You just feel like you're glowing. It's
complimenting your skin. You look like you have no blemishes, the most even skin in the world.
And when it comes to safety wise or cleanliness wise, they have individually good size,
good size individually wrapped body lotion, shampoos and conditioners. And with this,
there are also these blue seals to show that nobody has tampered or opened this.
That's big because sometimes you go into hotel rooms, you see the freebies, the free shampoos
and the free conditioners and you look like, "Hey, has anybody touched this? I'm not exactly sure."
We're going to put that back. And there is a TV here, a remote right here, hair blower,
dryer, that zoom mirror. And of course, bathtub, shower rack or bathtub rack and the other
bathroom or the other toilet. What I also like and what I think is awesome, is that there is a full
body mirror here, as well as a separate toilet. If somebody needs to go to the restroom real quick
and somebody is showering, they can do that and not be disturbing each other. Camille and I do
that a lot. If y'all didn't know, we used to live with each other. We are very comfortable with each
other but if you're in a group or you have some friends that you're staying with and y'all are a
little shy, you can go ahead and have these things separate. Is there anything else that I should ...
Camille: Upgrade. Maria: Oh, yeah.
I guess I should ... That'll be it, I don't think ...
Camille: Yeah. Maria: We're good.
Camille: That's it. Maria: Yeah.
Camille: Yeah. Maria: Okay, cool.
Camille: Oh, okay. Maria: Okay. It's the next day. And yes,
we only stayed here for one day but it was enough to really get a feel of how it is to stay at the
controversial Delano or Delano, controversial because locals call it Delano but the hotel
itself calls it Delano. We were talking to a server who is a local and he's like, "Nah,
you guys sound pretentious if you call it the Delano. All the locals just call it Delano."
We were like, "Okay." ... but anyways, it's enough to get a good wrap
up of how it is to stay here, especially since we booked with the Fine Hotels & Resorts program with
the American Express platinum. Last night, we actually decided that we wanted to eat at the
resort and for the Fine Hotels & Resorts program, if you're staying at an MGM property, you can eat
not just at the restaurants that are at your hotel but you can also eat at any of the MGM properties.
Just let them book it or pay with your hotel room. Also, we decided that we wanted to eat at Lupo ...
Camille: Lupo. Maria: Lupo at Mandalay Bay, maybe 20
minutes beforehand. And we understand that a lot of places are reservation only. We called platinum
concierge. They answered after one ring. Camille: Yeah.
Maria: Truly after one ring and they were able to get us a last minute reservation. We had such a
good meal. We had the lobster risotto. Camille: Yes.
Maria: Lobster and corn risotto. That was delicious. We also had fried zucchini with a
Parmesan cheese melt on the side, like a sauce. Camille: Bomb.
Maria: And another one of our appetizers was a rigatoni ...
Camille: That's not an appetizer girl. Maria: appetizer, our meal of course.
It was the bolognese, rigatoni bolognese. Camille: Yes.
Maria: Anyways. We had that and it was great. You just have it billed to your room. You put
down that you're staying at the ... I'm going to call it like the locals, so I don't get hate.
Camille: Yeah. Maria: The Delano.
Camille: Delano. Maria: Yeah, we just put it to our room
at the Delano and you get a hundred dollar credit if you're staying here with Fine Hotels & Resorts.
That does not include gratuities. Anything that you put forward to these,
will have to come out of your own pocket and you pay it when you check out from the hotel.
Camille: Yep. Maria: For today, what we
had is breakfast or brunch, at the Downtown Cafe 3490, I'm guessing. It's four numbers.
Camille: You can't miss it. It's at the entrance. Maria: Yes, it's at the entrance. And I'm
going to have Camille actually talk about that breakfast that was included,
as well as ... I'm trying to think of anything else because I was really on my laptop.
Camille: Yeah. Maria: I was prepping
for a 9:00 AM meeting. You can talk about that. Camille: Yeah. We went downstairs to the cafe.
Very, very convenient. What's nice is because it's with the program, it was included. Of course,
not tip but for the breakfast and stuff like that, it was pretty overpriced I feel.
Maria: Yes, totally. Camille: I felt guilty, even
though it was paid for because it was bacon and eggs for $13.
Maria: Yes. Camille: Ridiculous.
Maria: Yes. Camille:
Hotel prices but yeah, for there, we had the bacon and eggs. We gave in. We both had the bacon
and eggs. We had another thing that was off the menu. It was the apple pie crisp.
And that was delicious. I wish we could warm it up but there's no microwave here but that was bomb
but with the checkout though because we were in such a russ ... What? We were in such a rush.
Maria: And it was early. Camille: Yeah, it was very early.
Maria: It was early. Camille: We forgot ... We
just dropped everything and went. Maria: Yeah. we got up from the bed and we left.
Camille: Yeah. Maria: That's basically what happened to Camille.
I was able to shower the morning but continue. Camille: Yeah. We went downstairs and the lady,
when we were checking out, she was like, "Okay, let me see your ID since you're
going to charge it to the room." And we had nothing. We had to go
back upstairs but we forgot our key. Maria: And the digital key does not
work in the elevator. Camille: Yeah.
Maria: That's good note to know. Camille: Yeah, so you need the actual physical
key but thankfully, there's people there. Maria was able to get a new key printed out for us.
Maria: Yeah. Camille: And then I rushed upstairs,
got her stuff and then was able to pay. Oh and we had coffee too. That's why we have energy now.
Yeah. I think that was everything. Maria: Yes. Also, they give us an amenity
kit. And with that amenity kit, it basically is ... Not a COVID kit but sanitization safety.
Camille: It's COVID. Maria: It has a really good size hand sanitizer.
Camille: Yeah. Maria: Jelly hand sanitizer,
two cloth mask and then a little travel bag. Now I'm going to start using that for little
toiletries that I bring around. It's so convenient. What do you think about the
room itself? How did you join your stay ... How did you enjoy your stay here? Yes, go.
Camille: I loved it. I loved it. I don't know how it would be if we went into the regular room but
I'm sure the view would have been nicer because it was on the 36th floor but we did get upgraded
to a suite which was perfect for us, especially since we're doing a Founders Retreat right now.
Maria: Yes. Camille: We had a ... What? A dividing section
between the living room and the bedroom. Maria: Yes. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Camille: We could really focus in on what we needed to do and then separate the relaxation
time. I love this stay. It's very me. I love the gold tints. I love the extraness, The high quality
of ... Everything was amazing. The only two things that I didn't like
about the room, was the portrait. I don't know if you're going to show that.
Maria: Yeah, there was a portrait. Camille: It is a butt,
just staring at us in the living room and the ... Maria: It's Vegas, so we get it. We get it.
Camille: Yeah, yeah. And the toilet. I'm not sure what it was going through.
The toilet and the fridge. I don't know what they were doing. They were making noises.
When you flushed the toilet, it was making a bunch of noises. I'm sure it was green.
I'm going to give it to them for trying to be eco-friendly.
Maria: Yeah, green as in eco-friendly. Yeah. Camille: Yeah, eco-friendly. I'm all about that.
I think they could have gone about that a different way.
Maria: It was very interesting. Camille: Yeah.
Maria: There were sounds from that toilet ... Camille: Yes. Honestly, the first time
where you went to the bathroom, I thought she was having a bubble bath
in the bathroom because it's that sound.
Maria: It's like pulse cleaning.
Camille: Yeah.
Maria: Yeah.
Camille: Yeah, that was interesting but
honestly, overall, you can get past that. It was amazing. I love the spacious layout to everything.
Maria: Yeah, yeah.
Camille: And everything worked perfectly fine. And
we were greeted so nicely when we got here. Maria:
Yeah, the desk was amazing. Camille: Yeah, they
were very ... It just seemed very seamless. Maria: Precautions about the virus,
is right when we came in, of course we're required to wear a mask but they also have somebody that
does a temperature check for both of us. Camille: Yeah.
Maria: They don't do a temperature check every single time we go in
but there also are masks available that you can have if you didn't bring a mask or maybe
you only brought one and realize you're staying here for three days, they have some available
or maybe it got wet when you were at the pool or maybe you lost it, whatever. They have masks
available to you. And we even saw that at Caesar's Palace when you were here a couple of weeks ago.
Camille: Yeah.
Maria: One thing that this hotel is known for, as well as the Mandalay Bay, is the pool area. It is
beautiful because there's a wave pool and a ... Camille: Lazy.
Maria: Lazy river, yes. Camille: Yeah.
Maria:
And it runs around. You're in a floating doughnut thing. And I think I may have
mentioned this yesterday but if you are going to the pool, it is first come first serve.
Camille: Yes. Maria: Make sure you get there early
if you are so set on going to that pool because it is one of the more famous ones in Vegas
and make sure that your entire party is there because they're capping the amount of people
that are allowed to be at the pool but overall, just make sure if you really want to go to the
pool and that's a priority for you, at any hotel that you're staying at, make sure you
ask the front desk. Camille:
Yeah. Maria:
I want to say a special shout out. And I thank you Camille, for being my wonderful co-host and
my favorite travel partner. Camille:
Yes. Maria: I appreciate you
for coming on this trip with me and experimenting for the different hotels. Make sure to check her
out at Camille [Rao 00:00:16:29]. Make sure to link all her stuff down below. If you got
value from this video and you want more tips and tricks on how to be a pro traveler, make sure to
like and subscribe for more videos. And we'll see you in the next one, bye everyone.
Before I go ahead and close this off, I wanted to pop in here and let you know that if you
want access to the fine hotels, fine resorts and hotels collections, hotels and resorts ... FHR.
And want access to the American Express platinum card and want to apply,
I have my referral link down below and you can either check out American Express platinum
or you can check out the other cards that they have. Either way, if you get approved
and decide to really keep that card, you get a prize in the prize of points. And I get
rewarded in the prize of points as well, aka more travel. See you in the next blog you all. Bye.