How to get 9 dudes in 1 Vegas hotel suite?

August 9, 2007 11:07 PM

VegasFilter: For my bachelor party this weekend, we've got a suite at the Venetian on the Las Vegas strip. However, despite their "4 people per room" requirement, we'll be a group of 9. Will it be difficult to sneak everyone up there?

Obviously, I know we shouldn't all walk up as a group to check in. In fact, some of the party isn't arriving until a later time anyway. What I'm worried about is:
a) I think we might be checking in at a tower lobby, instead of the main. Will it be obvious if more than 4 dudes walk up to the elevator with luggage and 1 key?
b)Will there be security guards at the elevators checking keys (especially at night)? Will it be 1 per person?
c)What's the worst that could happen?

What's the best way to get all of us up there without getting noticed? Will it continue to be a pain in the ass the whole weekend?

posted by blastrid to travel & transportation (12 comments total)

I don't think you need to worry about this. I've never had a problem doing the same thing (albeit at Harrah's, not Venetian). First of all, you won't be spending very much time in the room anyway so it's unlikely that all 9 people will be in the room at once except between the hours of 6am and 11am.

No security guards ever came by, and none of the tower elevator people ever mentioned anything. We normally moved in group of three or four anyway, which avoided suspicion, but the bottom line is as long as you don't cause trouble by being loud, they won't trouble you.
posted by bangitliketmac at 11:56 PM on August 9, 2007

People come to visit guests in hotel rooms all the time. If anyone asks, which I can't see happening, just pretend your other five guys are staying at another hotel. Once you are in your room how are they going to tell? Obviously this requires the subversive 5 not show up with luggage (and probably not as a group) so you'd have to co-ordinate with the legal 4 to handle all the luggage.

PS: Now that practically everyone has gone to key cards I've always been able to get an extra key just by asking.
posted by Mitheral at 12:01 AM on August 10, 2007

I stayed at the Venetian a couple of months ago. There is a guard stationed by the elevators on the lower level, and you have to show your key-card to go through. But, you certainly don't need one card per person - guests are allowed. I think that as long as you don't all show up at the same time and try to go in with one card, you'll be fine. Since they are using key-cards, each of the four "official" occupants of the room should be able to get his own key.
posted by epimorph at 12:15 AM on August 10, 2007

No worries at all as long as you're not stupid about it. I've stayed in several Vegas hotel rooms (not suites, Monte Carlo adn MGM mostly) with the maximum of 9 people in a room. Like epimorph said, the only trick is to stagger the entries and make sure someone has a key.
posted by like_neon at 1:33 AM on August 10, 2007

The other thing you can do is have the official 4 carry most or all of the luggage for the group as long as that doesn't look like an unusually large amount of luggage for 4 guys. If you're putting 9 in a room, you're probably packing light enough to get 2 guy's stuff in one suitcase.
posted by Martin E. at 2:01 AM on August 10, 2007

Actually I think even the small amount of caution stated here is overdoing it. For my friend's bachelor party I had previously been comped a suite at a hotel on the strip. The two guys who got to vegas earlier than us were able to check in - FOR A ROOM IN MY NAME. I was a little annoyed by this, but it is true about the guards by the elevators. They're just checking for a room key from someone in the party. Get as many as the front desk will allow, and you may even want to try hitting them up for another a few hours after you've checked in. dont worry bout the luggage. as Long as you're not all arriving late at night. Normally the guards arent even there til 9 or so.

By the way, I'll go ahead and assume you're going to hit up some strip clubs in the city. If you're taking a cab around, they may try to offer you discount passes to various clubs. BE SURE to buy, and get the passes when you're at the door of the club, not on the way there. It's some odd Vegas thing, but if the door guy sees you getting the passes from the cabbie, then they're legit. If you get them from the cabbie on the way, he drops you all off, then you present them, most likely they'll deny the passes and you've blown a bunch of cash.

And always, always ask for a card if you plan on playing table games at a particular casino BEFORE YOU START PLAYING. Ask what the minimums are to be tracked, and stick to them. Do not start playing til they know you are abiding by their tracking minimums. Don't underestimate comps in Vegas. They want you to come back and drop money, but they do have rules.

Have fun.
posted by efalk at 2:38 AM on August 10, 2007 [1 favorite has favorites]

Everything efalk said. Except the strip club stuff, 'cuz I don't need to hit those.

DEFINITELY DEFINITELY get a club card for every casino you play, before you start playing. Put it into the machines you play before you play. Hand it to the dealers when you sit down. And if you sit somewhere a long time, rehand it to them and ask if they want to take it again. If you make friends with the dealers & are there for a while, you might even be able to get brunch or show passes handed to you by the pit boss depending on the hotel's policies. Work the free stuff, don't be shy about it. 'Cuz honey, it ain't really free. You're earning it.
posted by miss lynnster at 8:18 AM on August 10, 2007 [1 favorite has favorites]

Oh, no worries. Just send only four or fewer to pick up the room key and meet the other guys upstairs later by telling them the room number over cell phone. Put the Do Not Distub sign up. If I rememeber right, there's a card checker, who just does a visual on your group to make sure someone has a card, like upon entering Costco. The worst that could happen is that charge you an additional person fee, which I had happen once at the IP, when staying with my parents! That sucked, but I kinda doubt the V would do that. This is the way I do vegas most times I go. I loved the Venetian. All those fresh flowers!

One good rule is: the beds are won by some manner of bet each day you're there.
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 8:32 AM on August 10, 2007

re: free stuff. Last time I was there, my bold friend put on a pitiful face and asked the pit boss for meal vouchers and bingo there they were. I think the act was partially real since she had lost all her gambling money in about four seconds.
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 8:34 AM on August 10, 2007

I work at the front desk of a (fancy, though maybe not Venetian-fancy) hotel and I can't imagine it being a problem getting everyone in. When the original party of four checks in, just have each of them request two keys, that way you'll have eight, which you can distribute to almost everyone in your party. People staying by themselves usually ask for two keys anyway, in case you lose one, so it wouldn't be uncommon for all of you to want two keys. And make sure everyone knows what room number it is, because we are never allowed to tell people room numbers unless they have ID (and are the person in the room, or otherwise on the reservation).
posted by Oobidaius at 8:37 AM on August 10, 2007

24 hour desks usually have the following shifts -7 to 3 -> 3 to 11 -> 11 to 7. So, check in before 3, then when the shift changes, go ask for more keys.
posted by lilithim at 11:55 AM on August 10, 2007

Thanks for all the replies.

My report back:
Venetian didn't give a hoot... They gave me 4 keys, and I asked to leave 2 more for other roommates. They each got 2 when they showed up. Security was at the entrance to the suite area of the hotel. We had to flash a key card, but only one.

Easy as pie.
posted by blastrid at 8:56 PM on August 13, 2007