My husband and I are members of Hilton Club and stayed here for 4 nights in December to see shows and shop for Christmas presents. (We are not big gamblers). The club and units are decent -- we had a good sized 1 BR unit with a nice kitchen and large bathroom. It is relatively new and everything worked great in the unit.

The gym in the basement is pretty good - 3 steppers, 5 treadmills, 5 bikes. Smith Machine, dumbbells, about 7 weight machines. It's not like one of the big resort fitness clubs, but, it is free.

There is a small store/deli in the basement of the club. You are a captive audience here as there is nowhere else to shop. We wanted to buy breakfast food and some snacks... extremely expensive.

The main complaint I have is the location. It is diagonally across the street from the Sahara which is a very remote casino. While the club is technically on the strip it is not near anything (this includes restaurants). Otherwise, there is really nothing else here - mostly dirt lots and there are some private condos next door.

If you don't mind taking the bus, there is a bus stop for the shuttle right in front. However, we found that it was difficult to get on the bus (even at the north end of the strip) due to the bus being so crowded. With all the stops, it is about 15 minutes to get from this location down to Treasure Island. And, it is virtually impossible to get on the bus down at the real part of the strip in order to come back -- way too crowded. Didn't seem to matter what time we tried either (morning, night, late evening, all crowded).

So we either were resolved to take a cab (about a 20 minute wait for the cab since this hotel is remote and there aren't a lot of cabs), or, walk the 25 minutes to get down to the popular areas (Venetian, etc.).

If you want a "quiet" Vegas vacation this is a reasonable place to stay. We found that the inconvenient location really hampered our stay and we certainly didn't have any "Vegas" type of feel. Frankly we could have been in any hotel in any city of the world because you are so remote that you don't really know where you are anyway.

I will note that the absence of a casino was a real plus - no smoke, no confusion, no long wait for an elevator.

My husband and I stayed in early January 2008 during a very busy time in LV when the huge CES trade show was in town. The hotel was full.

We got a very good rate as a Southwest Airlines Vacations package. Our room was one of the smaller ones, not a suite, but decently appointed with fridge, micro, and coffeemaker. Lovely granite cabinet tops everywhere gave a feeling of luxury. Great big TV too.

My only complaint is the water may be too soft, as it was very difficult to get rid of the "soapy" feeling when showering and washing. I've never experienced this in any other LV properties.

The amenities, such as their food and snack cafe, The Marketplace, and their fitness center were top notch. I was rather glad there was not a high-priced restaurant on premises; we ate lightly during the day and saved the calories for a larger dinner later on.

We had a car, so travel around LV was great. Rental cars are cheap enough,but, OUCH...they get you on the taxes!

The outstanding thing about the property is the friendliness and willingness of the staff to help out. Everyone from valet to maid to front desk was extremely pleasant.

Overall this is a great stay, particularly for people who have been to Vegas many times and don't need or want the huge casino hotel experience.

I stayed at this propety with my wife and another couple in October 2007. Our stay was discounted, as we were asked to go through their timeshare presentation.

First the good part: The room. We had a 2 bedroom suite, and it was very nice. Well equiped kitchen, nice beds, large bathroom, plus free wireless internet. If you are going to vegas and your room is the most important part to you, I recommend this property.

Now the bad: The hotel is located on the far north part of the strip. And actually calling it on the "strip" I think is misleading. We spent a tremendous amount of our trip walking back and forth between this hotel and the Sahara where the monorail station was located. It's a 15 minutes walk, plus you are going through a pretty shady part of town. Not fun at night. We ended up taking more taxi's than we planned, and I would highly recommend you prepare for that, or rent a car. In any event, the location of this hotel is not good if you want to experience the las vegas strip

The other problem with the location was the lack of entertainment or food on the property, basically forcing you to go elsewhere to do anything other than sit in your room or lounge by the pool. I'm ok with this property not having a casino, but it really needs to have a decent restaurant. If you are not planning on taking advantage of the kitchen in the one and two bedroom suites, you will be doing a lot of traveling to eat.

Finally, be wary of the timeshare presentation. We spent well over four hours in the presentation plus the time they spent trying to close us (I was somewhat interested, but was not going to make a decision that day). They were professional, but it is a high pressure sale so be prepared if you decide to do it (or have to, as it was for us to get the deal on the room). Also be aware that the $25 food gift certificate they give you can only be used at a few Hilton affiliated restauants. We made the mistake of going to Quarks bar, assuming it was affiliated with Hilton (it is INSIDE the LV Hilton), and were told it wasn't good there.

We stayed at the HGVC for 5/19/07 & 5/20/07 and it was great. The hotel is beautiful and fairly new, which I loved. There’s nothing worse then paying a lot of money for a hotel room, just to have it out dated and dingy. We got one of the suites with a fridge and sink. We really didn’t use them but I could see how the suite would come in handy for a family staying for a week trying to save some money. There is a deli/eatery with a little market where you can buy some food. This Hilton is little bit further away from most of the action of the strip, but you can always take a cab, ride the bus, or do a lot of walking. It would have been great if we could have stayed further down the strip but we chose to stay at the Hilton because it was moderately priced for the quality and location. Any other place in the center of the strip or on the strip was either overly priced and nice or was more affordable but a dump. The other thing about this hotel that I loved was that it wasn’t a typical Vegas hotel with loud clubs and smoky casinos. The HGVC is just a very nice hotel…no bars, no clubs, not one casino. The next time I have to come to Vegas I will definitely stay here.