Aruba Hotel & Spa, Las Vegas

I saw the website a couple of years ago and booked a room based on the rate, pictures, and phony ratings. This is not a place to stay unless you are looking for a super cheap, super dirty motel with police activity and hourly rates. We weren't even able to get into the room as the keys didn't work, and stayed in another hotel.

This was a couple years back, but if I can warn one person..... We had booked it for the good value and a halfway point on our way back from Disneyland. It was in a bad part of town, with ladies out on the sidewalk across the street inviting people in to see the show. The lobby was ok, but the room was gross. We wouldn't even let our kids take their shoes off because everything was that gross and dirty - the carpet, the bathroom etc. (I'd never before had any worry in my life about being pricked by a drug needle, but I had that worry here. Whether there were any - I don't know, but I was actually concerned about it.) We were debating whether to stay or not, and my wife decided to check the mattress as her deciding factor. Our overall impression was that they were rooms usually rented by the hour. We didn't stay, and thankfully the front desk didn't give us any hassle about getting our money back. I don't even remember if we found another place or if we just drove another 6 hours to sleep in our own beds.

Rooms look nice. Staff is friendly. Now for the bad stuff. The facility looks like a motel. The lobby has been redone and is nice. Several guests had things wrong with the rooms: thermostat not working (no heat); light bulbs out, toilet out, room keys not working and one elevator went out. Nightlife can be loud and linger on into the morning in the parking lot. We missed our flight because a cab didn't come to the hotel for 1 1/2 hours. The night before cab didn't show up so we caught the bus to a show. The internet is only available if the owner "signs" in. Can't print boarding passes because the printer is not hooked up. Beware. You have to pay for your entire stay at check in. That's because you'd probably leave.

First the hotel is nowhere near the strip. There was Police tape on one of the rooms there. When we first got in our room, it was seriously around 120 degrees in our room. The wall AC did not work at all. I went for a swim and the pool was filthy. The shower fixtures were covered in dust and after I took a shower, there was a bug in my hair. Also there was a dead cockroach on the bathroom floor. Need I say more? We did not even stay that night, we went to another hotel on the strip. For the love of God, don't stay here!!!