Room upgrade at Excalibur.

I just spoke with Excalibur and we are reserved a standard room from April 12-18. She told me to upgrade to Tower 2 is $20/night.

I have read about patrons being upgraded for no charge.

Has anyone stayed there recently that knows if this is still the case?

Is the upgrade worth $20/night?

We do understand this is not an upscale hotel, but I will have to ';work'; via my laptop in the mornings so I don%26#39;t want to be doing that in a complete dive.

TIA

Room upgrade at Excalibur.

Every time I%26#39;ve stayed there I%26#39;ve always had to pay the extra room charge, aka no bribes accepted. But that was just me. Give it a try and see what happens.

Why do you have the word ';work'; in parenthesis?

As far as the widescreen rooms, I haven%26#39;t stayed in the older rooms, so I don%26#39;t have anything to compare to, but for the price, you can%26#39;t beat the widescreen rooms. If you are paying about $650 for the 7 nights, I%26#39;d say you got a good deal.

Room upgrade at Excalibur.

Not sure if it%26#39;s worth the extra $100 dollars... depends on what you feel more comfortable with. The Tower 2 newer rooms are very nice, and Tower 2 also is right next to the pool/spa. The ';work';/desk area in the room might be nicer if you%26#39;ll be there for long periods of time, I don%26#39;t think you%26#39;ll have problems with your current reservation though. I%26#39;ve never stayed in the older rooms so maybe someone else can give a little more insight.

It seems that most people don%26#39;t spend a lot of time in their rooms in Vegas except to shower and sleep, so if you%26#39;re going to utilize the space more than most then you might want to have the upgrade.

Maybe you could try the free upgrade when you get to the hotel? When you check in you could always say you%26#39;re interested and they might help you out.

Oh, I can see how that could be mis-construed.

I well computer training for a company in Canada, so I have to look after the day-to-day stuff and sales in the mornings.......so I can go out and have fun after that :)

Actually, we got an amazing deal through WestJet vacations.....$1300 includes Airfare for 2, 6 nights at Excalibur, 2 tickets to Mystere. all taxes in (which we appreciate up here in Canada.....where we are taxed to death)

So, $1300 is everything but the upgraded room?

Yes, $1300 includes airfare, hotel, and 2 tickets to Mystere. We got a great deal!!!

Because I will be working in the mornings, internet access is $13.99/day.

I was actually quite surprised to see that extra charge. Everywhere else I travel, internet access in rooms is free.

But, it is Vegas, and I suppose the last thing the hotels want is peeps sitting in their rooms on the internet......LOL

This is an experiment of sorts for me.....to see if I can work from anywhere. My boss doesn%26#39;t really care where I am....as long as I hit my sales quota.

Hey, if I can work from Vegas or Mexico.....and then go out and have fun? Better than freezing my a$$ off in Saskatchewan.....

As a fellow Canadian I hear you about being taxed to death. You can certainly do much better than the Excalibur. Personally, I would not stay there even if it was totally free. I do however understand that it is a complete package deal. I would stay elsewhere. If the price you are paying is equivalent to $100. per night you can get a much much better hotel. In any event there are much worse hotels so enjoy your stay.

I have stayed in both the standard room and the widescreen room and I think it%26#39;s well worth the $20 a night extra for the widescreen room. They are much nicer and since you will be there for several days, I would go with the upgrade. Also, there is a safe in the widescreen rooms and there wasn%26#39;t one in our standard room. No, the Excalibur is not an ';upscale'; hotel but it is a good value and overall not a bad place to stay, especially if you get a widescreen room. We really like the casino and always play there even though not staying at that hotel. Have a wonderful trip!

BeachnutCanada,

Checkout your local available networks for wireless connections while in your room at Excalibur. I mention this because i did just that while on a comp%26#39;d stay about a month ago. Scroll through and I believe it was called ';guest'; something or other, It was one of the few that had the strongest signal rating. A screen will popup asking you to register, this service per day/multi day is cheaper then the in room net service and has pretty consistent signal strength. This company is Canadian Based. I paid like $17.00 or there abouts for 2 days total.

Thanks for the tips everyone!