We certainly wish we had been made aware of this when we made our reservations because we definitely would have stayed elsewhere.

We learned while waiting in line that a football championship for middle school-age kids was occurring in Las Vegas that weekend and the Rio was one of the main host hotels.

We noticed there were hundreds of kids running around, which isn't something one expects to find in a Las Vegas casino. We stayed at the Rio over Thanksgiving weekend. If you don't care about any of the things I mentioned, feel free to check into a no resort fee property, but don't expect much of anything. You have to ask yourself, what are you really saving? I don't think you should have to compromise quality and value just because you don't like the name of a charge. MGM Mirage properties typically charge a resort fee of $16.95, but this fee includes wired and wireless internet access, daily newspapers, unlimited fitness center access as long as you're a guest, in room bottles of water, and more.In addition, I've compared rates between the two different hotels, resort fee and no resort fee, and the average nightly rates are typically more at the no resort fees hotels. Each item is a separate charge, and the charge for just one of these, Internet access wired, not wireless, is $14.95 daily and is as much as the resort fee at other non Caesars properties. The available amenities are the same as the resort fee hotels with one big difference. This is not a plus at all unless you just want a roof over your head and no amenities. This is one of the eight Caesar's Entertainment properties in the Las Vegas market that is marketed with no resort fees as a bonus.

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