The catch at The Venetian Resort Las Vegas
Five things stand between the gondolas in the pictures and the stay. None of them is hidden, and none outweighs what the resort does well, but each one changes a booking: what the fee adds, how far everything is, what a suite here is and is not, and which weeks to avoid.
On our shortlists
- Best design hotels in Las VegasRenaissance Venice on the Strip, each suite remodelled in 2024 or 2025
- Best spa hotels in Las VegasCanyon Ranch: 134,000 sq ft, a thermal suite and a climbing wall
- Best central hotels in Las VegasThe fountains 17 minutes away, Sphere by a covered bridge
- Best hotels for food and drink in Las VegasBouchon's brunch, COTE's tabletop grills and 40-plus restaurants
A $55 resort fee is added to every night, and parking and extra guests cost more
Every rate carries a resort fee of $55 a night plus tax, about $62 in all, on top of the nightly price. It covers in-suite Wi-Fi, the Canyon Ranch fitness centre for two, unlimited local and toll-free calls, boarding-pass printing and the PressReader app, but not the spa itself, where a day pass costs hotel guests $100 from Monday to Thursday and $150 from Friday to Sunday. Self-parking is $20 a day for hotel guests and valet parking $40. Each suite rate includes two guests; a third and fourth aged 13 or over cost $50 a night each plus tax, so four adults in a Luxury Two Queen pay $100 a night more than two, plus tax. A $150 incidental deposit is taken at check-in.
What to do. Count the fee into the price when you compare hotels: on Tuesday 18 May 2027 the entry suite at $367 becomes about $479 for the night with tax and the fee. Leave the car at home if you can, since Sphere, the shops and the pools are all on foot.
It is vast, and the casino sits on the way to most things
The Venetian has about 4,000 suites in its two towers, and more than 7,000 with The Palazzo next door, and the distances inside are long. The casino floor sits in the middle of the resort, smoking is allowed in designated areas of it, and the hotel's own walking directions from The Palazzo to the North Tower's guest lifts run through both casinos. South Tower guests take the lifts beside the front desk to Level 10, then walk the hallways. Getting lost and long, tiring walks between lift, pool and restaurant are a steady complaint among guests. Outside, it is eight minutes on foot from the Rialto Bridge to the Forum Shops and 17 to the Bellagio fountains, and the covered bridge to Sphere opens for most shows, not all.
What to do. Ask at check-in for a suite near the lifts, and allow extra time to reach the street when you have a table or a show to make. Read the hotel's walking directions for your tower before you arrive.
A suite here is one open room, and the first bedroom with a door costs $805
Every room is sold as a suite, which at The Venetian means a living area beside the bed rather than a separate room. The Luxury suites have a full-size sofa bed, a dining table and a second 65-inch television in a living area that is open to the bedroom, sunken a few steps where the layout allows, though never in the accessible suites. Whoever sleeps on the sofa bed shares the room with whoever is in the bed. The 1,100 sq ft (102 m²) Premium Two Queen is still open plan, and the Grand King's bedroom closes off with drapes. A bedroom behind a door starts with the Grand One Bedroom, at $805 on Tuesday 18 May 2027. No suite has a coffee maker or a microwave.
What to do. For friends or a family who want a door between them, two Luxury King suites cost $734 that night before two resort fees, less than one Grand One Bedroom; connecting suites exist but are limited and must be requested. In-suite dining runs 24 hours, and Bouchon Bakery opens at 6am for coffee.
The same suite costs $127 on a quiet night and more than $1,000 in a busy week
Rates here swing hard with conventions and events. The entry Luxury King is $367 on Tuesday 18 May 2027, but $1,039 two weeks earlier on Tuesday 4 May, and $1,119 on Sunday 23 and Monday 24 May. Monday 30 November 2026 is $1,759 for the same suite. At the other end it falls to $127 on scattered quiet nights, among them Sunday 14 March, Monday 31 May and Monday 5 to Wednesday 7 July 2027. The suite does not change: it is the same 650 sq ft (60 m²), with the same Roman tub, whatever the night costs.
What to do. Price two or three nights either side of your dates before you commit; moving by a day or two can cut the bill by more than half. Sunday nights are often among the cheapest.
In Formula 1 week the roads around the resort close every evening
The Las Vegas Grand Prix runs from Thursday 19 to Saturday 21 November 2026, on a street circuit that uses the Strip. For the 2025 race the hotel told guests that Las Vegas Boulevard and Sands Avenue around the resort would start closing at 1pm on each of the three race days, be fully shut by 3pm and reopen between midnight and 3am, with overnight closures before that. Access to the resort by car was limited and The Palazzo's garage closed for entry and exit, though footbridges stayed open around the clock. The entry Luxury King costs $799 on Thursday 19 November 2026, $1,183 on the Friday and $1,383 on the Saturday, against $127 on the Wednesday before.
What to do. Unless you are coming for the race, avoid the week. If you are, arrive before the closures begin in the early afternoon, as the hotel advises, and plan to get about on foot.
Who should skip it
Anyone who wants a small, quiet hotel with the street outside the door, or a stay with no casino on the way to dinner. Anyone who needs a separate bedroom on an entry budget, since the first suite with a door costs $805 on a May Tuesday. And anyone whose dates fall in a convention week or race week and who would mind paying two or three times the usual rate for the same suite.
Who should book it anyway
Anyone who wants more room than a Strip hotel room usually gives: a first Las Vegas trip, a Sphere show, friends sharing or a family who need a sofa bed. The entry suite is 650 sq ft (60 m²), newly remodelled, with a Roman tub and a living area, and within the resort are the Grand Canal and its gondolas, a two-acre pool deck, more than 40 restaurants and, for most shows, a covered bridge to Sphere. Book the Sphere View, check the nights around yours, count the $55 fee in, and most of the trip happens without a taxi.
The catch elsewhere in Las Vegas
- BellagioCenter Strip
A $55 nightly resort fee plus tax is added to every stay, and parking is extra: hotel guests pay $20 a day to self-park and $40 for valet.
- Wynn Las VegasNorth Strip
A $55 nightly resort fee plus tax is added to every room, on top of rates that start around $400 before tax midweek and climb far higher in convention and event weeks.
- Caesars PalaceCenter Strip
A $54.95 nightly resort fee plus tax covers only Wi-Fi for two devices, local calls and the gym for two, and parking is extra: $20 a day to self-park and $50 for valet.
- Fontainebleau Las VegasNorth Strip
It stands at the north end of the Strip. The Bellagio fountains are about 45 minutes' walk (3.2 km) and the Venetian 34 minutes, and the Vegas Loop station downstairs runs to the Convention Center, Wynn and Encore, Resorts World and Westgate rather than the centre Strip, so the middle of the Strip means a taxi.
- Four Seasons Hotel Las VegasSouth Strip
It sits at the south end of the Strip. New York-New York is 21 minutes' walk and the Bellagio fountains 39, and the indoor way north runs through Mandalay Bay's busy casino, so most evenings out start with a taxi.
- The Cosmopolitan of Las VegasCenter Strip
A $55 nightly resort fee plus tax is added to every stay, and parking is extra: hotel guests pay $20 a day to self-park and $40 for valet.
- Circa Resort & CasinoDowntown, Fremont Street
A $50 nightly resort fee plus tax goes on every room, and weekends cost far more than midweek: in the week of 18 May 2027 a Single King was $169 on the Tuesday, $479 on the Friday and $579 on the Saturday, before tax and the fee.
- Red Rock Casino Resort & SpaSummerlin
The Strip is a drive away. The Bellagio fountains are 24 minutes by car and Fremont Street 21, there is no shuttle, and the bus from Downtown Summerlin takes about 45 minutes to reach even the Strip's north end.
- SAHARA Las VegasNorth Strip
It is the far north end of the Strip. From the Strip entrance the Bellagio fountains are about 50 minutes' walk and the LINQ Promenade about 46, so plan on the Monorail, whose station is at the back of the resort, or a car.
Questions people ask
Good questions about The Venetian Resort Las Vegas
What are the downsides of The Venetian Resort Las Vegas?
Five things stand between the gondolas in the pictures and the stay. None of them is hidden, and none outweighs what the resort does well, but each one changes a booking: what the fee adds, how far everything is, what a suite here is and is not, and which weeks to avoid. A $55 resort fee is added to every night, and parking and extra guests cost more It is vast, and the casino sits on the way to most things A suite here is one open room, and the first bedroom with a door costs $805 The same suite costs $127 on a quiet night and more than $1,000 in a busy week In Formula 1 week the roads around the resort close every evening
Who should not book The Venetian Resort Las Vegas?
Anyone who wants a small, quiet hotel with the street outside the door, or a stay with no casino on the way to dinner. Anyone who needs a separate bedroom on an entry budget, since the first suite with a door costs $805 on a May Tuesday. And anyone whose dates fall in a convention week or race week and who would mind paying two or three times the usual rate for the same suite.
Our verdict
Book The Venetian for a big remodelled suite with the pools, the canal, 40-plus restaurants and a covered bridge to Sphere, all without a taxi. Pay for the Sphere View, budget for the $55 nightly fee, and check your dates, since the same suite can cost nearly three times as much in a busy week.
Last checked: October 2026