When you go to Las Vegas, you expect to lose your money gambling. What you don’t expect is to lose your money just trying to survive.
Vegas has gotten considerably more expensive over the years. While you still may be able to find a budget hotel room, pretty much everything else will have you emptying your wallet. In October 2025, MGM executive Bill Hornbuckle admitted that prices were getting out of control after a story about a $26 bottle of water went viral.
Still, one might think that they can splurge on a hotel and find a way to do “Vegas on a budget.” As TikTok user Aaron (@aarondoesthat) explains, those people are wrong.
Why Is This Hotel So Expensive?
In a video with over 259,000 views, Aaron shares his disastrous experience at Caesars Palace Las Vegas. According to him, one should “never, ever in your life, for any reason whatsoever, no matter the discount, no matter the reason, no matter the time of day—never stay at this place.”
Aaron’s problems with the hotel started right away. According to Aaron, upon entering the room, he was greeted by a packed mini-fridge and a Keurig coffee machine. When he looked closer, he discovered that the box of K-Cups provided with the machine cost $14.99.
“Didn’t use one, but then I read the reviews of this place. You get charged a 1999 restocking fee for even touching something in their inventory in this room, just moving it,” he says. “There’s sensors in the room that tell them when you’ve touched a box, so I’m gonna see what they bill me for that, ’cause I will set fire to the rain if they put that on my fees.”
The next problem is the resort fees. Specifically, they’re too high—over $50 per day. Plus, Aaron says that for those fees, you’re not getting much.
“There’s no pool, there’s no continental breakfast, there’s no coffee, there’s no water. The only thing that’s an amenity here is a 24-hour gym, which is great. I’m not using it,” he shares.
The rooms themselves aren’t much to write home about, either. Aaron says that there is “constant noise” and that his neighbor’s TV is audible through the wall.
Every Single Thing Costs Money
One of the main problems with this hotel, Aaron says, is just how much everything costs. For example, trying to pull money out of an ATM resulted in a $12 fee.
Aaron encountered this problem again when he tried to order room service on his first night. Not wanting to splurge, Aaron opted for the cheapest option—egg fried rice from the hotel’s Chinese restaurant.
However, when he looked at the price, he discovered that it cost $23—plus a $15 service charge for delivery to the room, plus a tip.
“I said, ‘Screw that. I’m gonna go pick it up,’” he recalls. “It’s still a $3 service fee to go pick up your own food from the lobby.”
After ordering the food, Aaron waited. An hour later, he still had not received an update on his meal, and so, he ventured down to pick it up himself. His food was, in fact, ready—though Aaron wasn’t prepared for just how bad it was.
“It was white rice and one egg broken into that white rice. No seasoning, no peas, no vegetables, no nothing. They give you three soy sauce packets and a giant bucket of white rice with one egg broken into it,” he details. “All right? That is $23, plus a $3 service charge—for a bucket of white rice.”
The Saga Continues
Aaron later posted a follow-up video detailing additional negative aspects of the hotel.
To start, he says it took him 20 minutes to find the check-in desk. After he checked in and went to his room, he began connecting his devices to the WiFi—only to discover that, if you use more than two devices, the WiFi costs $14.99 per day.
“Like this is a cruise ship in 1995,” Aaron sarcastically states.
There were also other issues, such as inconsistent pricing for the spa and the fact that his minifridge was unusable given that it was filled to the brim with expensive alcohol.
Over the course of the rest of the video, he shows evidence for just how expensive everything was. For example, looking at the true price of his Chinese food, the total actually came out to just under $30. A coffee at one of the restaurants was $7, while a muffin from that same restaurant was $10. Aaron notes after revealing the receipt from another restaurant visit that everything he ate cost “basically double what any of this costs in New York City at a standard restaurant.”
Not only that, but navigating from his hotel was near impossible. According to Aaron, he was unable to call an Uber to his hotel, as the area outside is reserved for valet parking. Consequently, he had to walk “literally a mile and a half” to call a car to his conference.
“I got 13,000 steps that day,” he shares.
Aaron further states that someone took a picture of him at the spa without his consent.
Finally, in another follow-up video, he shows the room that all of these extra costs got him. In short, it’s not great—there’s significant wear, the shower doesn’t drain, and many parts of the room simply appear unclean.
Is This True?
Shockingly, much of what Aaron is claiming has been reported by other guests.
For example, ResortFeeChecker notes that Caesars charges a nightly resort fee of $56.63. The site states that this is “considered to be on the higher end of fees.”
On the hotel’s TripAdvisor page, several users note the same nickel-and-diming practices observed by Aaron.
“Want WiFi? extra charge for 3rd device, can not remove a device once connected. Wanna check in early … extra charge. Want to use fridge in the room … well cannot. Accidentally removed bottle of water from the mini bar, extra charge,” reads one review. “All this on top of insanely high room rate.”
In July 2025, TheStreet noted a decline in tourism to Las Vegas. Among the possible reasons for this decline that were cited is growing cost. As noted in the piece, between 2015 and 2025, the average nightly rate at Las Vegas Strip hotels rose from around $124 to approximately $210, which is an increase of nearly 70%.
That said, some hotels are responding by lowering prices. Whether that will bring people like Aaron back to the city is an open question.
@aarondoesthat @Caesars Palace is a straight up scam that should be shut down. Read the reviews, and not the fake 5 star ones. #lasvegas #caesarspalace #travel #vegas #gay
Commenters Aren’t Happy
In the comments section, users shared their displeasure at the current state of Las Vegas.
“Vegas is a scam,” declared a user. “it was before 2020 but after … forget about it.”
“Vegas used to be fun and cheap,” added another. “Visitors would still lose at the casino but they could get a five dollar prime rib dinner and a cheap hotel room.”
“I’m born and raised here, it’s Getting worse by the minute! Sorry you have to deal with this. Just know, it never used to be like this!” offered a third. “Vegas dying.”
BroBible reached out to Caesars via email and Aaron via TikTok and Instagram direct message.