Thanks Rastus! All the things I mentioned all could have been things that I let go, if only I was treated right.

Here you can see the 1st night we arrived from Utah. I wasn't being cheap, merely paying their advertised rate. The following day we left for California, and while we had some issue with the hotel there, it was a mom and pops hotel and they made us feel important even though they could not help us. The traffic was too much for us so we headed back to Las Vegas to spend the remainder of our vacation.

Then, upon arrival a few hours before 7am I made this reservation at the front desk in person.

The agreement was that I would get a 7am check in and a regular room. When I got back there two hours later at 7am I even looked the same guy in the eye who told me that unless I paid him an extra $200 I would have to live with a handicapped room for the duration of my stay. Clearly there were rooms available if $200 was the only issue, and what if someone who was handicapped visited the hotel and needed that room? It's just bad customer service all the way around that caused us to leave the entire state.

Worse part is Rastus, it's been two weeks... No call, no nothing... They really don't care... It took 24 hours to reach Las Vegas, by car, and the expense wasn't exactly pocket change. To be treated like that really is a let down! I've been let down before but never again by Trump International! 

Well, I got a call last week from the Trump Las Vegas.... 

They claim that I am not banned from the Hotel and the only person who can ban someone from their property is the security supervisor, not the hotel manager... They also apologized for the poor experience but no olive branch or show of good faith... Who really knows... but do I really want to drive 2000 miles to find out? 

 

Meanwhile, I am pretty sure OJ is still banned from the Cosmopolitan... lol!

Ok, since they at least called an apologized I can now feel somewhat good about talking about all the good things there at the Trump International Las Vegas...

For starters, when I had first arrived the valet looked and acted very professional... I had no issues turning over my keys to the valet at Trump International... I did however decline to allow the valet at the Flamingo to park my ride - so obviously you get an idea of just how grand the place is..

From there we entered the main lobby which is guided in crystal, marble floors and of course gold accents against a white base. It's very difficult to take it all in without looking like a complete tourist so I didn't get any photos of the lobby but I wished I had.. 

Checking in at 10pm seemed to be quite easy, but then again most of the day had passed. Getting into the least expensive room they offer (sans the handicapped room they wanted to put me in my 2nd stay lol) it's clear everything is pretty much high end... From the Trump brand bottled water, to the cool presidential colored pens they give you with a special rubber tip for use on iPhones and touch screens. 

Full kitchen, but you'll have to phone room service if you need silver and flatware. Overall the room was very nice with the exception of the bed which I found to be too stiff... but some might like that.. I felt it was stiff to the point I could feel the springs and I am more of a soft bed kind of fan. Still the linen was all clean, folded nicely and smelled good. I felt worse mattresses but I've felt much better.

Moving on into the bathroom... OMG, flipping telephone by the toilet even though now days most have cell phones it gives that touch of class incase you happen to fall off the toilet or have to take that important call while throwing up in the toilet. The floors can be slick, so put down some tiles because marble is slippery stuff when wet. The coolest thing in the bathroom by far is the jacuzzi tub... And not only that they have this really pretty color blue water that comes out of the spigot, almost like the color of a Bombay Sapphire bottle. You can't miss it, and amazing enough you don't get out of the tub looking like a pale Smurf. 

I also have to admit that the room service is really professional there too... Guy comes in your room and the whole nine yards. Good food too, as it was past 2am... Still no good steak options in Vegas past 11pm which I find odd... When I visit a Casino I am looking for good steak 24/7 whenever I feel like it... How expensive could it be for these hotels to keep a chef on staff that can cook a good steak? 

I'll also admit that the elevators in Trump International are the fastest I have ever been on with no G force going up or down! How they manage that is beyond me but it's something you can't help but notice.

Overall it really is a 5 star hotel, even if I did get shafted on our second visit. We happened to visit during a windstorm which was pretty strong. Perhaps the hotel is designed to channel and re-direct the wind since you could hear it, but in no way feel it... which is to say you would hear the howling but not feel the draft. Again, VERY high winds that night, so strong that some signs were blown down at other properties on the strip.

I take the time to mention this stuff because I didn't want people to think I was unable to notice the little things... Yes the hotel smelled great because there is no smoking, but to a smoker that's not a real big deal although every inch of the hotel was spotless. It is very odd that Trump International Las Vegas does not have some form of Casino - just because it's Las Vegas, but I guess it's more geared towards a "business" hotel than a entertainment hotel. 

I'd say that about sums it up. The good, bad and the ugly. I am most positive it was a Liberal that I was dealing with at the front desk during my second visit. Can't say I'd be back because of that because I'd be worried they weren't being straight with me, even if I had a reservation.  They would have to pay me to come back... LOL

Anyway, that's all that I am going to say about this... I'm over it... finally..

SELLC wrote:

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Is it wrong to allow this one MAJOR (to me anyway) issue to completely and totally change my opinion of Trump? 

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Nope, not wrong at all. I'm just surprised that you think a vacation is the only thing he has made worse for you. The truth is, he has made many, many more things worse for all of us.

I am sorry about your vacation though, that should have been the ultimate road trip. Princess Putz and I are planning something similar for later this year, we'll probably fly in to Vegas and rent a car to drive out to Hoover Dam, Grand Canyon, and Petrified Forest taking as much of Route 66 as possible. Based on your review of Trump's hotel, we'll probably stay at the Rio again instead.

PowerStroker wrote:

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SELLC wrote:

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Is it wrong to allow this one MAJOR (to me anyway) issue to completely and totally change my opinion of Trump? 

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Nope, not wrong at all. I'm just surprised that you think a vacation is the only thing he has made worse for you. The truth is, he has made many, many more things worse for all of us.

I am sorry about your vacation though, that should have been the ultimate road trip. Princess Putz and I are planning something similar for later this year, we'll probably fly in to Vegas and rent a car to drive out to Hoover Dam, Grand Canyon, and Petrified Forest taking as much of Route 66 as possible. Based on your review of Trump's hotel, we'll probably stay at the Rio again instead.

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What happened on the vacation when we were at Trump International was much more personal PowerStroker, sitting there in parking garages in the wee hours of the morning waiting, the embarrassment, the going back and fourth between Trump and Parking garages waiting until 7am only to be let down, then let down several more times before ultimately being told that my room wouldn't be ready until late afternoon (unless we agreed to take a handicapped room without the features we were promised) really upset me. Then after all that, having to drive up into Zion, Utah after being up well over 24 hours really-really upset me. The worse part? Getting home and finding out that Trump, nor any of his employees or sons could give a $hit was pretty much the last straw for me. It's been festering every since. Now whenever I hear Trump, or his kids talking I can not help but to think back at the time me and the wife were stranded in Vegas while Trump International jerked us around, they didn't care... they still don't care. It was to be the vacation of a lifetime, but I was caught off guard and let down by a company that I would have least expected.

And that's just it, PowerStroker, having had this very personal experience / let down - it's very-VERY hard for me not to think of it every time I hear Trump talk. It's like I hear him talking, and I just rewind back to when I almost thought I was going to fall asleep driving into Utah because I got stiffed at Trumps! I can't seem to let it pass because it's a constant reminder! I am going to try one last ditch effort to send a very heated letter to Trump International letting them know just how badly my experience was, not that I would ever trust them to drive 2,500 miles for ever again.

With regards to your upcoming vacation, I'd highly recommend it! Although you should know that Las Vegas as a whole has really gone down the tubes! The Rio is a Caesars propriety, they pretty much own one half of Las Vegas while MGM owns the other half. When we were staying at Trump International-LV they did not have a Casino but were offering free shuttle service to and from Caesars between certain hours.. It was a joke really, but was not much of an issue as I'm not a real big gambler. I more or less enjoy the good food and amazing views - especially at night! Driving into Las Vegas from Utah was a pretty amazing sight as well,

Amazing part about Las Vegas is that you can rent pretty much any car you want! You can also buy the 420 there without any issue. You'll want to stock up on liquor as they will rape you for a bottle of anything, so if you plan on tying one on best to pick it up before you get to the strip or you'll have to visit some pretty salty areas if you wander off the strip. 

To be honest, my entire trip out West was most pleasurable in Utah. Salt Lake City is beautiful, and Park City feels like you're living in a movie. You would be wasting your entire trip if you did not spend the $40 or so bucks to drive thru Zion! It's that amazing! They don't call it the garden of the Gods for nothing! It's only about a 5 hour trip North, maybe much less in fact since I drove from Salt Lake City to Las Vegas, then to California, then back to Vegas only to get stiffed and then back up to Zion Utah. We also hit Colorado, the grand Canyon in Arizona and most of the hot spots in LA.

I highly suggest going as soon as possible! Renting a car is a good idea too, since I had to cancel my reservations at the Flamingo because I did not care for their valet. Had I rented a car I wouldn't have give a $hit who parked it... but having my car on the trip was well worth being selective about who I let park it and where since it almost felt magical, except for the part where we got the shaft at Trump International. 

So I sent email correspondence out to both Caesars and Trump International back towards the end of May... 

Not a single response! 

I think I am done with Las Vegas.. I can get better service here at home!

I don't know if what I am about to say is a symptom of Stockholm Syndrome, but if I were to give advice to people visiting Trump hotels I would tell them not to mention the fact they are a big Trump fan! 

Seems to me once you let them know you back the President they just treat you like absolute $hit... I don't know why, but they do... and they don't even bother to make it right later! Best to tell the front desk guy

that you're an avid Hillary Supporter just dying to give them a negative report and then I think maybe you'll get the kind of service you would expect from a Trump Property. 

One thing is for sure, Trump International is showing me absolutely no favoritism for being a supporter of Trump! I should also mention that Trump International Las Vegas busses all their people to Caesars if they

want to gamble because there is no Casino in Trump International Las Vegas... So I would guess that explains why Caesars was giving me the cold shoulder. Funny think is Caesars in Windsor Ontario recently started

following me on Twitter! LOL, not a snowballs chance in hell that I would ever give them another chance!

No, for me it's MGM... Have to say I have been receiving "Stellar" service from them since my departure from Trump / Caesars... Just funny how it all works out I guess... Think I am just about over it, or maybe not... LOL

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Probably lucky that you're NOT an employee of his I'd guess....

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I'd have to agree with you Rastus! Seem's if you are an employee of Trump - either in the private or government sector, it makes you a target!

Like how Sarah Huckabee was recently kicked out of a Virginia restaurant!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2018/06/23/why-a-small-town-restaurant-owner-asked-sarah-huckabee-sanders-to-leave-and-would-do-it-again/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.3bfb9e41afab

It's quite clear that liberals are crossing the line, and it's going to lead to a great deal of hurt for them.

I can't help but to wonder if this same kind of thing happened to me at the hands of the liberal front desk people, who appeared to be gay, while I was trying to check into Trump International Las Vegas.

Sure seems to have the same kind of signature... and speaking of signatures, look at PowerStrokers most recent outburst with his signature, carpet bombing the entire forum with his liberal bull$hit propaganda.

Yes folks, it's quite clear the libs have reached a level of childish behavior that is the classic hallmark of the Democrat party! Hypocrisy at it's most obvious!

Makes me feel a little bit better about my experiences at Trump International, as now I can see it was a fringe group of liberal homosexuals, rather than Trump. 

This little incident with Sarah Huckabee at the Red Hen is what happens when the management of Trump International fails to act... While I may have been treated poorly by the liberal staff - it was no excuse

for the management of Trump International to dismiss it without any form of corrective action! As more and more liberals pull this stunt, more and more innocent Americans will be unfairly discriminated against 

because management (including Trump's) is trying to be PC at the expense of conservatives like me who are unfairly mistreated.

It's happening more and more... Just recently I got bumped from my excellent view hotel room at MGM, probably because I am a well known conservative... And things were going so well at MGM for me! But it's all been

flushed down the toilet by a liberal staff who have just cost MGM my business. I plan to write a strongly worded letter to MGM demanding an explanation. 

I'll also go so far as to say that in terms of actual "Value", Trump International has ALL the hotels I have visited (with the exception of the Zion Marriott) beat! The money I paid for a luxury room at Trump was well under $200

and for that I got luxury accommodations such as a marble bathroom with deep soaker whirlpool tub! I paid more than that for a room at the MGM during the Grand Prix and it didn't even have a whirlpool soaker tub!

It's high time that management of these companies start looking out for their conservative patrons rights or face the consequences!

No problem! Just hang a sign in any establishment that does not want the business of conservatives and I'll be sure to avoid them!

It's just when you are taken by surprise, swindled actually because once you have already made plans and reservations it's a little late in the game to turn back.

I am 100% positive that Huckabee could have cared less that she would have to go elsewhere to eat, but it was very important she shared this so others can be on the look-out.

It's wrong, and if a Private liberal business does not want my business - FINE! No problems, I'll move right along to the next business! But don't take my money and make 

promises and then use my political affiliation as an excuse to treat me poorly or waste my money because that is where it crosses the line!

This will extend way farther than just private business... it has existed in the courts since the dawn of time but it's almost certainly how the civil war started. 

Today is the 1 year anniversary where Brandee and I were treated like $hit at a Trump International Property...

I should be on vacation right now, but I am not... Why? Well partly because of this very situation I speak of in this thread and the problems I had at Dan Gilbert's Greektown Casino (who by the way is great pals with Kanye and Trump)-

https://autotrend.activeboard.com/t64816701/beware-greektown-casino-hotel-detroit-michigan-eviction-sche/

To be honest I dont really want to stay in any hotel anymore after my experiences! By and large they are all dirty and filthy habitats where just about everyone and their brother have stayed. I think I have been messed around by just about every single Hotel company out there with the exception of the Hilton and the Marriott. I suppose if we do decide to go anywhere this month, I should stick with them two hotels and that would be my recommendation to anyone else who is looking for no drama lodging where they treat you right and if there is an issue they make it right!

Starting to worry that Trump is running this country like his Hotels - with VERY LITTLE oversight or care of what his people are doing.

Thanks Rastus, I have been swamped with work lately so I doubt Ill have time to do any vacationing anytime soon. I could easily take a few days and fly to Las Vegas or something like that but honestly I think that would be an absolute waste of time and money, plus I do not feel like getting gate raped by TSA. That said you make some interesting suggestions however Baltimore is not exactly my cup of tea. Montana and the Rockies would be very cool, but they are already getting snow this time of year! I know because I been checking the Northern and Southern Doors to the West coast on almost a daily basis. I guess it is just not meant to be this year and honestly I been spending my time fixing up this old Ford pickup the last few weeks so I am somewhat happy that job turned out to be a nightmare and has kept me anchored here for the past few weeks. 

I have to take the insurance off the Corvette! I have literally wasted two weeks not driving it as the weather has gotten worse and the insurance is killer! It is not like a classic car policy that cost you a few hundred a year, I have full boat zero deductible every day insurance on it that cost around $150 a month. If a fly were to $hit on my Corvette the insurance company would send someone to come wipe it off for nothing! LOL, lucky for them I do not let anyone else rub my car! I think I am just going to stick around home until after the New Year and then maybe go for a little vacation towards the middle of winter when I will no doubt be in need for some Miami sunshine. 

Yes our one year Trump anniversary is almost over! It will be back to supporting Trump and my GOP friends tomorrow... Can not wait for next year as it has been a lot of fun showing Trump the kind of love his company gave us! Besides, all that Dragon Energy must have just been my mis-diagnosed bi-polar side exposing itself. LOL, Until next year, live long and prosper!

Eat your heart out Mic Jagger and the Rolling Stones! You cant always get what you want!

You put your right foot in
You take your right foot out
You put your right foot in
And you shake it all about
You do the hokey pokey
And you turn yourself around
That's what it's all about

You put your left foot in
You take your left foot out
You put your left foot in
And you shake it all about
You do the hokey pokey
And you turn yourself around
That's what it's all about

You put your right hand in
You take your right hand out
You put your right hand in
And you shake it all about
You do the hokey pokey
And you turn yourself around
That's what it's all about

You put your left hand in
You take your left hand out
You put your left hand in
And you shake it all about
You do the hokey pokey 
And you turn yourself around
That's what it's all about

You put your whole self in
You take your whole self out
You put your whole self in
And you shake it all about
You do the hokey pokey
And you turn yourself around
That's what it's all about

I would like to take a trip to Nashville Tennessee as it is only a 7.5 hour trip but the wife was not up for it.. Guess there will be no out of state Corvette vacation this year...

Although I should drive out to Las Vegas November 2nd 2020 and upon checkout on November 3rd hand them my unfilled absentee voter ballot.

I mean, after 4 years it would be painfully obvious they do not plan on doing anything... I am a patient man if it means getting what I want! lol

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 I should drive out to Las Vegas November 2nd, 2020, and upon checkout on November 3rd, hand them my unfilled absentee voter ballot....

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LOL ! Classic !

I keep getting emails to visit Trumps other hotels... but don't he know?

I like WINNERS... not losers!

Already seen how his administration treated me first hand... never again! GOP better find someone GOOD soon!

I can't help it... I like to watch him grovel... 

You see... Hillary would have fought much dirtier than Trump for us!

IIRC, Hillary was just coming up in politics during Nixon's Watergate. 

Trump and Putin did seem to have a certian "bromance" going there... 

I guess nobody is going to give a shit since Trump was such an asshole, but to Trump this will just be another stone to reach his goal of saying the election was stolen from him.

All I know is the "real feel" on the ground is that Democrats erased all the damage that Trump did by shutting down the country. 

I could let go of the Hotel problem with the front desk people, but allowing Fauci to shut down the country? That was ALL TRUMP.

How could we ever trust him again? Life has not been the same since! 

His little $5,100 scraps and denying us the EIDL loan back then because he was letting all his big banker buddies and credit reporting companies rape me with un-supported credit line cuts and an artifically manufatured credit score as a result. He let this go on! All the while blowing up my phone and email wanting money, selling hats (which I donated and purchased)... Dude is a piece of shit and I wish Hillary had won to be honest. Ironic Trump is a big germaphope and his legacy is that of a germ. 

If he's right I hope he gets justice, but the way he let small business just wither on the vine? The guy thinks he's big shit and small business to him is just a nuisance to his big brand image.

And did I mention he stiffed us in Vegas?

Rastus, I never knew you were such a big Trump fan!

Perhaps you should visit one of his Hotels someday? 

I never liked how Trump tried to informercial the campaign, and there can be no wonder he was so close to that Mike guy from MyPillow... that always put me off.

But you're right, he did inspire a lot of people (myself included) with his talk... but he doesn't walk the walk... He's greedy and shrewd and that is what everyone bought when they elected Trump.

His ignorance, or his germaphobia that allowed that fat infused brain of his to even consider shutting down the country is what cost him his re-election. In my eyes I doubt I'll ever be able to let that pass.

No doubt getting an SBA loan under Democrats after many years of denial under Republicans has given me pause. My ideals are the same, however I'm trying to practice being "flexable" to other peoples rights to carry on in a way that might seem unthinkable to me.

I think the only time Trump was ever humbled by the office was the first few weeks he won, probably still in shock that he won. I don't blame him for being so bitter about his cold reception into politics, however prior to becoming POTUS he was just another fat fuck billionaire who liked to grab pussies and was good with, and came from money. He shook politicians with his Twitter style roastings and swashbuckled with the media. He really had no political experence, he was just winging it. 

For anyone to faiult me for dissing on Trump for being a loser would be going against his own mantra... Because after all, "I like winners"... That is what he taught. If he's reading this I'd like to share a little tip for him too, "You're only as good as you're needed at the moment" and after having shut down the free world for two weeks I can honestly say that decision was even more retarded than Elon Musk is.

He may well run for re-election in 2024 but I doubt there is much that he could say anymore that wouldn't leave me feeling like he was selling me a line of bullshit. I was his biggest fan, still am to some degree... just not as POTUS. 

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Even though the official gov't "UFO" report was a load of crap ( as expected ), it made the news, & got peoples attention to the truth.

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