Do Vegas hotel pools open to non-residents?

Do Vegas hotel pools open to non-residents?

The short answer is generally not as the hotels either want to use their pool complex as a reason to get you to stay/gamble with them, or want to make sure that their residents have a good pool experience. Most of the hotels with great pools have staff scanning room keys at the entrance to the pool areas to prevent non-guests from entering.

However, there are a number of exceptions:

• Hotels such as the Tropicana do allow non-guests to use their pool as they offer swim-up blackjack tables. I’m sure you may already be considering how they can possibly police that distinction…
• Many hotels have pool parties through the Summer months and are happy to sell tickets to you. Just be aware that it won’t be a restful day at the pool that you’ll be experiencing, but rather a standing-room only experience with loud music, louder guests and liberal amounts of alcohol.
• Very rarely a hotel will promote and sell tickets to their pool. Paris recently offered pool tickets for August/September on the Groupon site that started at $15 which covered entry for 4 guests and $30 credit at the pool café. (They also offered cabana rental starting at $149 that included entrance for 8 people, a bottle of vodka and a fruit platter).

If you really want to spend time at the pools that most people want to get into – MGM, Mandalay Bay and the Hard Rock – then the safest way is to actually book a room at those hotels.