Las Vegas guide and MSE thread 2011

nvh

America's Best Idea – the national parks – gets even better with several fee-free days at more than 100 national parks that usually charge entrance fees.*
Mark your calendar for these fee-free days in 2011:

• January 15-17
  (Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday weekend)
• April 16-24
  (National Park Week)
• June 21
  (First day of summer)
• September 24
  (Public Lands Day)
• November 11-13
  (Veterans Day weekend)

Parks list is here:
http://www.nps.gov/findapark/feefreeparksbystate.htm

Includes:
Death Valley, Lake Mead, Grand Canyon, Yosemite, Muir Woods, Zion, Bryce etc etc

nvh

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I only got 100 miles

ferf1223

March

nvh wrote: »

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I only got 100 miles

I clicked like and nothing happened...going to have my hubby try in IE in case it's a Firefox thing...we can't see the LVA site in Firefox properly, so maybe...

Vikki_74

nvh wrote: »

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I only got 100 miles

I got 200 thanks - not 100,000 but better than nothing!!

baza52

September

Its Only open to US residents tho.

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residents over the age of 18 in the fifty (50) United States, the District of Columbia and

Puerto Rico

ferf1223

March

hubby got 100...looks like there is an issue with the site using Firefox.

sunshaeen

January / February

Hi all- got back from vegas this morning. It was our first time and it was great as expected. Stayed at the MGM got a free upgrade to celeb suite and 3 drinks vouchers as they knew it was our honeymoon- didnt expect that at all so we were over the moon. The check in manager had a little chat with us and said we were "good kids" which made me chuckle as we are both thirty something lol. Will try to do a TR when i can. x

fluff73

January / February

ok here we go for my first trip report - please excuse typos, spelling and bad English

Flew out of Heathrow to LA on Virgin Alantic (points and Cash) and had surprised Mrs Fluff by purchasing the exit seats which were an absolute blessing (£75 per person each way). I think these are better than Premium IMHO - loads of room to strech out and you are first in the line for food and drink so do not get whatever is left. Added Bonus is that you get to have a nice chat with the cabin crew when landing - its a nice start to the holiday.

Waited an age to get through immigration and then out of Terminal 2 at LAX (what a tiny terminal!) to go to get hire car from ALAMO.

Check in at ALAMO and get the usual speal about upgrading, but then get a new one - "Henry" the ALAMO man tells us that our cases wont fit in the car and we realy need to upgrade at just $150 dollars which I refuse saying we checked that car would accommodate us and the luggage before we went and if it didnt then that would be ALAMO's problem. He then said they definatly wont fit but he would upgrade us for $100. I was getting annoyed now so I said we would take our chances and just wanted our car. As we walked away "Henry" said we know where to find him when the cases dont fit.

Needless to say everything fits in the boot of the car with room to spare...........

By now it is pouring down with rain/sleet so we head off slightly nervously to the hollywood hills hotel. Despite hearing legend of the terrible traffic we get there no problem and check in.

Now I know I have said thanks before but to the person on this board who recommended this hotel I thank you again - I think it must be the freindliest place I have stayed. Free soft drinks/snacks on demand, Free DVD's to borrow, a welcome drink as you check-in. Also as a nice bonus we are told that we are upgraded to a magic castle room - which turns out to be one of their 1 bedroom suites. I could not recommend this place enough!

Pop out for a walk for the evening to have a look at the walk of fame, chinese theatre, Preperations for the Oscars and then Pizza in a local mall (all about 5 mins stroll)

Next Day 2 - the road trip to Vegas....

crow99

Were you able to book the exit seats before the flight or was it a at the airport upgrade?

fluff73

January / February

it was about 5 days before