Poll : 31 January - 13 February 2018

The reason I said I wouldn't consider a home-share is because I'm Diamond at CET and never pay resort fees.  If I most likely would look at alternatives. 

I have stayed with VRBO and AirBnB in the states as well as abroad. Never had a problem and found home sharing to be a good alternative to expensive hotels especially in Europe.  In Vegas I own a timeshare (15 yrs.)at the Polo Towers (on the strip) that I use twice a year and have had buyers remorse and regretted buying it.  In general, timeshare ownership is a lousy investment at best. At times, I wanted to just dump it (even though I bought it on Ebay for next to nothing). Until now.  I know what my annual expense is (maintenance fee does increase from time to time but not much), no parking fees, no resort fees, no surprises as far as accommodations goes(one bedroom with full kitchen and a balcony overlooking the strip for 7 nites twice a year). I don't think you can get that kind of accommodation at a strip hotel for $600 a week. So yes I am annoyed with hotel add on fees in general especially in Vegas which I have visited several times a year for over 40 years. Ah the good ole days

I get my rooms comped at strip resorts 

I can't even imagine staying in the home of someone I don't know if they are present.  Besides being such an awkward situation, who knows what danger lurks in that environment.  They might not even own the home.

Similarly, I would not stay in the home of someone who I didn't know, even if the owner was not present.  Too many unknowns and too many complications could arise.

I own and live in an apartment in a residential condo in Florida.  I don't like having transients in my building and I will not be a transient in another persons condo.  Transients expect owners of other apartments to also be their host, which I am not, and treat them as welcome guests, which they are not.

Concerning resort fees:  Years ago, even after vehemently complaining, I got stuck having to pay a hidden resort fee in advance, in full, or not be allowed to check-in.   Since then, I only stay in hotels that have no resort fee, or are up front with it, and the combined price is acceptable to me.

Only stay where they give us free room which is off the strip. Will not ever stay on the strip until the extas(parking, resort fees) etc.

Just like  atmosphere of staying at casinos

No plans to stay in a home-share.  There's no elevator to the casino or room service.

I have used VRBO and AirBnB, but not in Vegas.  I almost always stay downtown and not charged for parking or resort fees.

 It’s enough of a leap of faith to stay in a hotel where the staff are supposed to be bonded and/or have background checks.

No way am I going to stay in someone’s house, particularly while carrying a gambling bankroll! 

We don't rent a car so getting around would be a problem. Besides, we value our privacy too much and staying in someone else's home just doesn't appeal to us. 

We still get comped rooms at CET and paying the resort fee is ideal, but it is what it is.  It still is cheaper then paying to stay elsewhere.  

I've stayed in Airbnb houses and apartments in several countries and recently rented a house in Las Vegas and it was great. The total cost for the 3 bedroom house was about half what we would have spent on 3 hotel rooms on a busy weekend. Our host apparently was a Cirque du Soleil performer but we never met her. It's a good option for those looking for a place that has more space, a kitchen, or is 420 friendly. 

I often visit Las Vegas with my family and we will try to rent others' timeshare units on eBay. It's not always easy to find exactly what you want but it can be a great deal.

Las Vegas corporate greed has removed us from considering returning to LV. OK for those new to LV as they know  no better but we have ceased LV after more than 50 years of patronage. Since Las Vegas has become owned by a few corporations, fee's have now surpassed those charged by the a Air Lines

Resort and parking fees are killing my love of the Strip--FAST. Summerlin and Henderson are looking good these days.

I like big corporations because if you have any problems it is handled by accounting or customer service, private homes are cheap individuals and there is difficulty for recourse plus its just creepy staying at a persons home..give me 2 for 1 cabana suites at the El Cortez from the LVA..now thats a deal (I just did it for week of superbowl and saved over $135so airbnb and vrbo can go app somebody else plus I hate anything to do with apps that suck money out of the economy for virtually doing nothing so some neck beard in San Francisco can make 500K a year and steal money from property owners

I would never use an airbnb, etc, in Las Vegas because wehn I go there, I'm there to gamble, and I don't want to lose time in the commute or hassle factor, etc.  IF I was there for a full week and planned other activities, THEN it may make sense.  I used Airbnb in Chicago during one of their big confereces - rooms were going for $800/ night, myself and another guy got an airBNB for 4 days for about 2 grand - or saved the company about $5000.  So, if you had to pay for a room, AND rates were high, THEN Airbnb makes sense.
The one gotcha that I didn't think about: I'm allergic to dogs.  OUr airbnb guy had a dog.  He'd done a really good job making his place look nice, but I could tell what room the dog stayed in.
At any rate, theres nothign wrong with home shares, its just that Vegas is the once place that for me its totally unnecessary.