Bad reviews on the hotel page - Bellagio

I recognise that this forum is not intended for debate necessarily but it would be nice to have the opportunity to ask further questions of posters who complain about particular hotels.

Take a current post about Bellagio: The poster complains that the rooms are ';tiny'; and the service was ';terrible.'; I thought that the minimum sized room at B was 510 sq. ft. Maybe my measuring is off but that is quite large, especially by European standards. Size of the room is really an objective measurement so the ';tiny'; remark makes me question the credibility of the remainder of the review. ';Terrible'; service because the desk clerk and the manager didn%26#39;t offer a comp because children were running the halls at 4 am.

Is that seriously a requirement for ';good service.';

Is this just the golden toilet seat crowd from LA that is impossible to please?

Bad reviews on the hotel page - Bellagio

The Bellagio reviews are no different than those of the other hotels. At least in terms of having to wade through a few of them and get a consensus on how a place is.

There is always somebody nitpicking a property to death either because they had some minor problem, or didn%26#39;t get upgraded, someone looked at them the wrong way, they lost all their money gambling...hell, maybe even a former employee trying to get back at the place!

You just have to have reading comprehension skills to see what%26#39;s going on.

(And I%26#39;ve never even been to LA but stil think your comment about the ';golden toilet seat'; crowd was a bit much. Why single out one city? There are picky people EVERYWHERE...)

Bad reviews on the hotel page - Bellagio

I don%26#39;t think it takes much for people to complain these day%26#39;s. Not sure what%26#39;s up with that. We stayed at the Bellagio 4 nights in April (first time) and I count the days until our return. We are not the ';golden toilet seat'; crowd but we do expect decent service from a 5 star hotel. We had a very good experience and exemplary service. I think ';credibility'; is the key word. Different people have different expectations but I got several very nasty comments following my trip report. Every aspect of Trip Advisor was valuable to our trip. Some reviews I just take with a grain of salt. Cheers!

I too wish you could respond directly to a hotel review. Oftentimes, you can weed out the cry-babies from the people who have legitimate gripes.

I had actually addressed this awhile ago. It%26#39;s so frustrating not to be able to discuss the issues with the poster. Maybe he/she will get on the forum to continue it.

We are not high rollers but have always been treated with the utmost respect and courtesy. Whether it is an upgrade, printing out our boarding passes or making reservations, they couldn%26#39;t treat us any better than if we were spending thousands a day or staying in a large suite.

Perhaps I shouldn%26#39;t judge an entire city by a few but the poster of which I was critical was from LA and that city seems to have an abundance of overly critical people. When I read about the mega resorts catering to the new rich from LA, I suppose I blame them for the rapid disintegration of Old Vegas.

I read that review earlier today and I was amazed. I recently spent one night at the Bellagio, and am sure I had the cheapest room they had available, yet it was fantastic. It was not ';tiny'; in the least! And it just seems to me that too many people rush to demand ';compensation'; for things that are totally out of the hotel%26#39;s control. Some people just need to take along some common sense when they go on vacation.

DeclanMacManus, I know Vegas has changed but assuming you are not old enough to remember the 50s in Vegas, is it possible that there were the same type of people, demanding the same type of things back then? I imagine that the Rat Pack would be staying at The Wynn or Bellagio today and their kids at the Palms or Hard Rock.

If you look at the reviews of the Bellagio they are not So Cal but are from one specific area. Complaints range from:

1, long wait at check in = popular hotel ,lots of people,people who actually gamble are given late check out.I mean would you eat at a restaurant where there are no queues.

2. Kids running in hall =blame the parents not the hotel

3, hotel is expensive =HELLO it is the Bellagio ,what do they want motel 6 prices.

4. Room service is expensive = if you cant afford it dont f$%^$%g order it.

5. The fountains were cancelled because of the weather = hello get a life.

6.Long lines @buffet =because its good and they had not got the brains to do some research and get a line pass.

These people are trying to live a 5 star life on a 2 star budget and with a 1 star personality, all they want are freebies.

Firstimer, you hit it right on the head, especially your last line.

Damama: you make a very good point. The glitz and glamour of 50s and 60%26#39;s are just modernized on the Strip. I%26#39;m just getting old and crochety. I was fond of the pre-Mirage days when it seemed the focus was on inexpensive food, lodging and gambling. Today, I see escalating pricing for everything especially on the strip. Bargains still remain downtown but is it segregating into two classes by wealth. The princes on the Strip and the paupers downtown.

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