Last week, I dove into the topic of whether or not you should walk the Las Vegas Strip.
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Here’s the short of it: While it’s walkable, and even has a few escalators to help you manage the stairs, you’re better off taking free cabs, rideshares, trams, or even a scooter down the Las Vegas Strip.
Now, I’m moving on to a new topic: How clean are the rooms in Las Vegas hotels? After all, it’s one of the busiest tourist hubs in the United States, with non-stop room overturns and a surprisingly solid list of discounted room rates. Should you trust the discounts? And do mega-sized casino-resorts actually clean their rooms thoroughly?
There’s no easy answer—I imagine hotel room cleanliness falls at least partly on the cleaner responsible for the room. In other words, even if hotels have fantastic room-cleaning systems, a single cleaner who’s having a bad day might compromise the whole operation.
Still, it’s fun to take a look at the unfiltered results of room tests. Are Las Vegas hotel rooms actually clean? Let’s offload to a local travel influencer, Jen G. She’s a Vegas pro who runs Vegas Star Fish—and she regularly posts her on-the-ground reviews of hotel room cleanliness.
Here’s a little peak behind the curtain from one of my favorite travel voices in Vegas.
Inside the methodology: how are hotel rooms ranked for cleanliness?
Jen posts about a long list of travel-related topics in Las Vegas, from cool new attractions to tips on how to visit EDC. Check her out—she’s a fantastic resource for both first-time and long-time visitors.
She has a series in which she books rooms at major casinos, then shows up to conduct a thorough cleanliness study. She takes a close look at how well the room and bathroom were dusted, scrubbed, and otherwise sanitized. That includes checking for bed bugs. From there, she tests water pressure and bad smells.
The final coup is the black light test. Jen takes the black light to the bed, the mattress, and any other spot that calls her attention. For those who don’t know, black lights show uncleaned stains that travelers should be worried about, including bodily fluids (from urine to blood to semen) to cleaning residues and chemical spills.
What I like about the hotel reviews is that they also incorporate value. Jen discusses what she paid for the room, then gives her final conclusion based on the cleanliness, amenities, and cost. In short, it’s a great way to glimpse how hotels in Vegas work, and which casino-resorts hit the mark when it comes to cleaning hotel rooms.
Are hotel rooms in Las Vegas actually clean? Here are the results
I’ve rounded up the most recent hotel reviews from Jen’s account, from heavy-hitters like Bellagio to family favorites like Excalibur.
