Hey guys! So it's the 4th day here in Las Vegas and we decided to come stay at the Embassy Suites
and this is- there's two Embassy Suites in Las Vegas. One is by the convention center and one is
close to UNLV and the one close to UNLV is the one that I typically stay in. It's one of my favorite
places to stay when I come to Las Vegas. If you want to come and go to the strip they each have a
shuttle that takes you back and forth to the strip every 30 minutes or so. Now I don't know if those
shuttles are running right now with coronavirus but I'll have to find that out for you. The one
here takes you to the Planet Hollywood Miracle Mile shops essentially located close to Bellagio,
Planet Hollywood of course and Paris in that area and then the Embassy Suites convention center
their shuttle will take you to the fashion show mall that's closer to Treasure Island and the Wynn
several reasons one I'm not the biggest fan of the strip I know I shouldn't say that
but when you come here often and you need to come and go quickly you don't want to deal with
having to walk downstairs through the casino every time you want to get a cup of coffee
or go out to your car and you got to go across the casino and through the parking garage. So this is
a very convenient place to stay and then typical Embassy Suites usually has the manager reception
it has a wonderful hot breakfast in the morning and so this is one of the favorite places to
stay. Now because of coronavirus they have made some changes and they didn't really state those
changes in my reservation or on the website. So they no longer have the evening managers reception
which I didn't really think that they would have snacks sitting out but I thought maybe they'd
have a little little something waiting out for the guest or a little drink available that you
could go down and pick up. It's not available- and then they have the entire eating area
sealed off with caution tape. So they said they're not going to have the big breakfast buffet in the
morning, so I really don't know what to expect. We'll have to wait until the morning. They said
they're going to have some items wrapped and to go. I don't know if they're going to have yogurt
I hope it's more than just a continental I really want my eggs and so if they don't have a hot
breakfast I'm not going to be a happy camper in the morning but they did start the keyless entry
maybe they had that before but I had never used it so I downloaded the app
I was notified when the room was ready and I was able to get a check in online and get my key
on my cell phone so I walked in the front door didn't have to touch the doors did have to touch
the elevator they had one of the elevators shut and only one working but it seems super empty here
I don't think there's very many people staying and we came up into our room and then you just stand
near the door and you activate your key and it unlocks automatically without you having to touch
anything and I don't have to get keys and pass back and forth from the lady at the front desk
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okay we're gonna check out our room we're at the Embassy Suites by Hilton Las Vegas,
this is the one a couple blocks off the strip on Swenson that is right by UNLV-
very convenient for me getting my son set up for college
typical Embassy Suites it's a little dark in here the lighting's a little dark, but it's got a
nice couch sleeper with the television it's got a desk here I've got a bunch of my junk and yes I
brought my own clorox wipes just in case, however everything's showing sealed with a special clean
they also have this on the remote controls , that they have disinfected for my protection
so that's appreciated. Here is the bar area and the bathroom, definitely nice and clean.
The bathtub is a little dated, but it's clean not planning on taking any baths so that's okay
and then for this stay we've got a king bed suite
and you've got a second tv which is great when you're traveling with your kids and you both
want to watch something different although the kids don't really hardly watch tv anymore- and
this is our view so today we have a strict view of the stratosphere, it should be pretty tonight.
and then there's UNLV and all the field, sports fields on that side of UNLV.
So about those remote controls. Hilton put this protective cover over the remotes to let you know they've
been disinfected but when you remove that to actually use the remote it leaves the sticky
gunk all over it and then you don't want to touch it so Hilton if you're watching you guys should
probably rethink that. It's the moment of truth I woke up just because I was hungry and I wanted
to catch breakfast before they close breakfast and this is the Embassy Suites breakfast I really miss
my eggs I am a big breakfast person so a little disappointed but let me show you what we got today
It's been refrigerated there is a Chef Pierre blueberry muffin
which I'm not a big fan of blueberry muffins but that's what we got. Granola bar, yogurt
orange, doesn't look all that ripe,
and an OJ
so I understand this is a safe option but I'm disappointed I'm gonna go hungry-
they didn't really tell us that this was gonna be the case and you had to go to the front desk
to get it. They kept it behind the front desk
So, I guess I won't be catching Covid but I'm gonna be a little bit hungry
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We're gonna go outside and see what's going on with the pool. What?
Pool is closed? OK, there were people using the pool yesterday, so I'm gonna ask about that
what's going on?
okay it says the pool's closed, but there's people in the pool
so I don't understand what's up with that
okay there's actually two hot tubs although it's so freaking hot I don't
know who would want to be in the hot tub, but they've got one here
and I've got another one up there.
and it's our last night at the Embassy Suites we asked for an extended checkout so that we could
get some pool time. Last night we tried to come and get the pool and there were too many people
in here we were not comfortable with that so we waited till the morning- and look!
All to ourselves, and I just wanted to let you know that there is a lifeguard on duty although
I'm not sure how much he's really paying attention but we do have one here at the Embassy Suites if
you're interested in that.
I'll show you a little bit about the outside show you where the parking's at
it's very well lit at night, so I feel safe
coming around and right now all the side doors are locked for entry so wherever you park you
have to walk around to the front to get in in the morning or the night, whenever you come in
It's right next to the hard rock. That's the hard rock there in the distance.
OK, overall cleanliness at the Embassy Suites
I kind of see the elevators seem pretty dirty, the doors,
not that clean. I haven't seen anyone out cleaning the general space areas since I've
been here. What I did see is when the cleaning.. first cleaning lady, I saw her come in the front
desk and they did scan her temperature before she came into work, so that's good but the hand
sanitizer station by the elevator by the pool was empty and the elevators just seemed dirty to me.
So not too excited about that the hotels on the strip there were people out there cleaning it just
appeared to be much more clean, although there's a much higher volume of people in those areas