Visitors blast policy
Social media users have savaged a Caesars Entertainment-operated resort on the Vegas Strip for early check-in fees.
An X post by a Houston poker player and gamer revealing The Flamingo Las Vegas Hotel & Casino’s $60 (plus tax) fee at digital kiosks went viral over the weekend.
While X user @wonderousATX lit the fees fire, his original post tagging local influencer giant Vital Vegas fueled the angry flames:
The responses ranged from outrage to disbelief over the service fees for a resort considered mid-tier.
Vital Vegas’ response to the Texan influencer’s post that Flamingo “was trying to pull swindles early” was a no-nonsense rebuke of : “Awful. They’re doing this to themselves.”
Charges galore
An X user responded to the Vital Vegas’ retweet with: “This is nearing insanity.” @wonderousATX’s share with Las Vegas Locally also ramped up the viral impact. A user replied with heavy sarcasm:
Nice….charging 60 bucks for a room that’s just sitting empty til 3:30….way to go.”
According to reports, the advance check-in charges are commonplace in Vegas and run in the general region of $20 to $50. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported, however, that the “$60 charge by Flamingo is higher than expected for a hotel of its caliber.”
The LVR-J contrasted this to the high-end Wynn and Encore luxury resorts only charging $75 for early check-in.
Bad timing
The publication added Caesars had not responded to its request for comment following the widespread condemnation of the Flamingo. While Caesars might be in the spotlight, angry voices were raised about the general fleecing of Vegas visitors at a time Sin City doesn’t need the negative press.
Both visits to the US gambling capital and gaming revenue of the Strip casinos have been on the downturn over the past months.
