A woman traveling to Las Vegas thought she had found exactly what she wanted: an affordable hotel with attractive rooms close to the Strip. There was an added bonus. It wasn’t the OYO Hotel and Casino, a property she already knew about and had deliberately decided not to book.
Ariana Patino instead reserved a stay at a place called Palette Las Vegas through Booking.com for an August trip to see Karol G. The listing showed polished images of the property and gave its address as 117 East Tropicana Avenue.
There was just one substantial problem. When Patino arrived in Las Vegas and went looking for Palette, she couldn’t find it. After roughly 45 minutes of confusion, she discovered that the hotel she had booked was connected to the very property she had tried to avoid: OYO Hotel and Casino…