Venetian Checks You Into Southwest

Where: 3355 Las Vegas Boulevard South [map], Las Vegas, nv, United States, 89109

7/18/2006 at 4:43 PM
Tags: Tips, Las Vegas Hotels

Note: This crappy picture of the Venetian was taken from a Southwest flight. We just like to keep our photos relevant to the story sometimes.

Taking advantage of the fact that Southwest consistently dumps airline travelers into Las Vegas each day, The Venetian now offers its guests the option of checking their bags for their flights through the hotel.

For a $20 fee, the hotel will check bags belonging to ticketless (e-ticket) passengers at the airport.  Here's one guest's take on the service:

The concierge also checked us in for our flight, printing out our boarding passes for us. We utilized the new Southwest baggage check-in on site and it was wonderful. No waiting, no bags to lug in and out of the rental car. In fact, next time we visit Vegas, we won't be renting a car because this was just so easy.

We think this is an especially good service if you can't finagle a late check-out and don't want to bother checking your bags at the front desk, then returning to the hotel to retrieve them before your flight.

In order to qualify for the service, you must be a guest (duh), you must hand over your bags three hours before departure time and you must not be wanted by the FBI and thus not on the TSA screening list.

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