Help me choose where to stay. I only care about room quality.

I'm going to use my free room offer at one of these three hotels. Please help me choose. I am only concerned with room quality.

I wish you had an "Other". I'd check and see if you could get Paris free for the same time frame. It's a much nicer quality room. I've stayed at Flamingo, and unless you get a "Go" room, they are terrible. Bally's is okay, but again, Paris is THAT much nicer.

Thanks, I wish I could get Paris free, but I am a low roller and Paris would cost me $87 a night with this coupon. My only other free options are Rio and Imperial Palace, but I want to stay on the strip, so Rio's out.

Even if you have a GO room at the Flamingo, its still a physically dirty place with a high number of skanky hookers.
From your list? Ballys.
Rio is not that far from the strip.

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Even if you have a GO room at the Flamingo, its still a physically dirty place with a high number of skanky hookers.
From your list? Ballys.
Rio is not that far from the strip.

And there are regular shuttles from Rio to Ballys and Harrahs. And there are lotsa non-skanky hookers across Flamingo at the Palms.

The last time that I saw the inside of a room at Bally's, it had some broken furniture hinges and burns in the rug and the hallway smelled like they were still trying to get rid of the smoke from the MGM fire.

I'd do Flamingo. They recently went through a renovation and the last few times i've stayed there, it's been nice. Harrah's is nicer than Bally's.

I would definitely pick Rio. The shuttles to the strip are very convenient, and the walk to Caesar's using Twain really isn't that bad. The rooms are quite large. The restaurants are pretty good and reasonably priced. The cocktail waitresses are hot and don't wear very many clothes.

That being said, I often recommend Bally's to people based on its affordability and convenient location. But there's no reason to be there unless you're in your room sleeping.

Ballys with the $20 trick should work out really nicely for you. I like that it's connected to the Paris.

Sorry, the $20 trick will get you from a crappy room to a nice suite overlooking the strip. I suggest using the $20 trick to upgrade your room at all three properties.

The trick: Wedge $20 between your credit card and ID. Ask the clerk if any upgrades are available. See what happens. Probably the best use of $20 if room quality is your only criteria. Since you're staying for free, $40 might need to be used. If they don't upgrade you, they generally know to return the trick. I'm 3-4 when using this trick (it didn't work at the bellagio).

I guess that its obviously Ballys if you stick strictly to the three options you gave us.
Rio is strongly advised if you can do a bit of shuttle use and being slightly off the strip.

Upgrades? Yeah, everyone says try the twenty dollars but I don't like that stuff and so try to avoid doing it since I think all they do is give you the room you were already going to get anyway.