This was my 3rd year in a row coming there.\nWhen I went to check in on Mon at noon, they told me it would be $20 for early check in....or I could wait til 3pm.   I had just flow 5 hrs from DC and didn't want to wait.   It left a bad taste in my mouth all week.\nAdd this to the fact that all during x-mas week, the hotel was empty.\nLove the fact they only play x-mas music on dec 25 and no other days.\nLove that the hotel isn't so big.\nDisappointed there are no frig in room.\nDon't mind that its not on the strip....I enjoy walking the 30 minutes to the strip.\nHotel seems like its not the in place anymore.\nBiggest complaint is the shuttle to the Strip:\nIt only goes to the fashion mall.\nWhy not just go up the street and drop off at planet hollywood or something?\nShuttle runs on the hour but it only takes 15 minutes to get to the mall.\nRest of the time it sits in the HRH garage.   If it ran more often and went to more places, I could cut down on cabs (Cabs from HRH to strip are about $20)\n\nCVS across the street is a god send.