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Las Vegas guide and MSE thread 2011
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SeptemberI've picked the car up straight off a flight. I wouldn't do it if I had a long drive but if you're staying on strip or even downtown the drive isn't that far. I was slightly tired coming off the flight but the excitement of being in Vegas soon woke me up!0
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MarchAdvice please, has anyone hired and colleced their car from McCarran, straight from the flight, I'm looking at doing this rather than collecting the day after from the hotel.
Just wondered about others experiences, re tiredness, jetlag, I've driven in Vegas before so it'll not be a new experience.
We always do and find it to be a nicer way to do it as we have then got it for the duration, even though we never use it except to get to the hotel that day...free shuttle to the rental car facility and all that, easy enough to get onto straight out of the terminal.
We always rent with Dollar and being a member of their Express programme makes it that much easier...just go down to the garage - skip the (sometimes hideous) queue at the desk upstairs...even renting through a UK 3rd party we have found we can add my Express number to the booking. Most times they have had my contract printed out already...if not, they will do it then and there.
I'm usually OK to drive after the flight, though yes, quite tired - excited to be in Vegas overtakes that.
Only other thing is route to your hotel - worth researching alternatives to straight up the strip...while it seems like a nice idea to drive the strip on the way in, in reality it can be annoyingly slow and after that long of a flight, you just want to get checked in.
Does remembering a time that a certain degree of personal responsibility was more or less standard means that I am officially old?0 -
Advice please, has anyone hired and colleced their car from McCarran, straight from the flight, I'm looking at doing this rather than collecting the day after from the hotel.
Just wondered about others experiences, re tiredness, jetlag, I've driven in Vegas before so it'll not be a new experience.
Yup I always do it. Was only a problem the first time as I didnt know the way!!! And last time I followed someone here's excellent instructions, only to end up heading out of Vegas on the 15!!! Im sure there is a good way though from the service centre to the strip.
Even when we flew UC, had fizzy etc at the start of the flight, and by the time we arrived and went thru immigration and got bus to the service center, was fine to drive.
On the way back, we check in dumping the bags, then go to Town Centre or the outlet mall for an hour or two, before heading back to the airport.illegitimi non carborundum0 -
Only other thing is route to your hotel - worth researching alternatives to straight up the strip...while it seems like a nice idea to drive the strip on the way in, in reality it can be annoyingly slow and after that long of a flight, you just want to get checked in.
From memory, the way to go is turn right at Mandalay Bay into Koval, and drive up parallel to the strip, going in the back door of MGM, PH, Paris, Venetian, Wynn etc if youre on that side of the road. My favourite road, Koval. Never any traffic. Couple of minutes from Signature to the FSM.illegitimi non carborundum0 -
OctoberSorry mate, you were replying while I was typing;)The common law of business balance prohibits paying a little and getting a lot. If you deal with the lowest bidder, it is well to add something for the risk you run, and if you do that you will have enough to pay for something better.0
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October
Really easy stinker. There are signs directing you as soon as you get to the exit of the facility. Right at the first set of lights then first right again at the next set and you are straight onto LVB South.Advice please, has anyone hired and colleced their car from McCarran, straight from the flight, I'm looking at doing this rather than collecting the day after from the hotel.
Just wondered about others experiences, re tiredness, jetlag, I've driven in Vegas before so it'll not be a new experience.
But we don't go that way:DThe common law of business balance prohibits paying a little and getting a lot. If you deal with the lowest bidder, it is well to add something for the risk you run, and if you do that you will have enough to pay for something better.0 -
October
OK I will give you 2 guesses, do you think they went up or down?;)NSS - what about the other 13 or so recognised DOC or IOC costs an airline face? Did they go up/down also over the last year?The common law of business balance prohibits paying a little and getting a lot. If you deal with the lowest bidder, it is well to add something for the risk you run, and if you do that you will have enough to pay for something better.0 -
From memory, the way to go is turn right at Mandalay Bay into Koval, and drive up parallel to the strip, going in the back door of MGM, PH, Paris, Venetian, Wynn etc if youre on that side of the road. My favourite road, Koval. Never any traffic. Couple of minutes from Signature to the FSM.
Also, IIRC Ellis Island is situated on this road too, which is another reason its such a good road :cool:0 -
Whats parking like around Vegas at hotels etc, never hired a car so have never really notice???0
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Every hotel has a huge multi-storey carpark behind it.illegitimi non carborundum0
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