Las Vegas guide and MSE thread 2013

pebblesmax

lesley74 wrote: »

I just looked up Dollar's fuel policy and it says you have the option of selecting to pay for the fuel at the desk or you can opt to return it full. I suspect this might be another of those 'up sells' where they might have you believe that you have to pay them for their fuel at an inflated price. I need to watch out for this.

Will hopefully get our car booked tomorrow, and need to call the travel insurance to arrange an amendment. Then get on with the minor planning.

When booking through a third party you will have to pre pay the fuel. I doubt that you will get out of it. They even went as far as to tell me that booking through dollar.co.uk was a third party booking and had to have the fuel pre paid. If we are doing a short rental, we ask for a half full car at TI. If they have one available, you may well get one.

vegasvisitor

I managed to get the car with the fuel Pebbles, thanks. Had to call them though because of the website changing to airport when you select to pay fuel. All sorted though. It's a full week's hire (£167.85 for a focus plus tank of fuel for anyone who is interested in price), so we will likely use the full tank.

As for the person asking about credit card's - why don't you call the dollar desk and double check. I asked about having to take my card with me when I booked, I booked on my Tesco c/card which I don't use abroad, and he said that no, I could use any credit card at the desk, doesn't have to be that one. Best bet is to check directly with Dollar TI their number is 702-737-1081. Their hours are listed on the dollar site as Mon-Sun 730-5pm, although I suspect they are closed at lunch time...maybe not any more.

vegasvisitor

Oh, and on the subject of car hire. Don't anyone get caught out parking facing the wrong way like I did in a park in LA last year. Apparently it is a sign you have been driving on the wrong side of the road and that you're intending on doing it again soon. haha. Not nice paying the fine though, shame I just didn't know about it. Also surprising that no-one told me and plenty of people must have saw me doing it.

secretmachines

Froggitt wrote: »

You can turn right at a red light unless it says otherwise.

bit cheesy, but here's a good video to explain (well it helped me )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TW0Eq2Q-9Ac

ferf1223

lesley74 wrote: »

Oh, and on the subject of car hire. Don't anyone get caught out parking facing the wrong way like I did in a park in LA last year. Apparently it is a sign you have been driving on the wrong side of the road and that you're intending on doing it again soon. haha. Not nice paying the fine though, shame I just didn't know about it. Also surprising that no-one told me and plenty of people must have saw me doing it.

Not recently but as a teenager in the US I got a ticket parking facing the wrong way outside my parent's house on a residential street - they lived on the east side of the street, I arrived from the south and just veered over to park on ''our side' as I was leaving again shortly and my sister was parked on the drive...at that point I had no idea that this was a thing you weren't supposed to do and I hadn't thought about it in years but you're right, since most places in the UK it's more or less a free-for-all parking facing either way on either side, I can see how Brits would get caught out by it.

bubble113

Tried to get Aria dinner buffet reward from Myvegas, had both mine and OH account to do at same time, managed to get one on one account but put wrong name in and lost it!:mad:

I need 2 x 2 buffets as four of us going....oh well will try again tomorrow.

ferf1223

secretmachines wrote: »

*dumb question alert* how will it say otherwise?

as you know there will normally be a sign saying if you cannot turn right on red (or a red arrow for right turn)...plus you'll have the people behind you honking to remind you if you can turn on red.

daisiegg

lesley74 wrote: »

I managed to get the car with the fuel Pebbles, thanks. Had to call them though because of the website changing to airport when you select to pay fuel. All sorted though. It's a full week's hire (£167.85 for a focus plus tank of fuel for anyone who is interested in price), so we will likely use the full tank.

As for the person asking about credit card's - why don't you call the dollar desk and double check. I asked about having to take my card with me when I booked, I booked on my Tesco c/card which I don't use abroad, and he said that no, I could use any credit card at the desk, doesn't have to be that one. Best bet is to check directly with Dollar TI their number is 702-737-1081. Their hours are listed on the dollar site as Mon-Sun 730-5pm, although I suspect they are closed at lunch time...maybe not any more.

Yes - any credit card. Duchy was asking about using a debit card...

dcockerton

Has anyone brought credits for myVegas? I was thinking it may be worth it when they have a double points offer .I'm going to Las Vegas in a months time, so limited time to collect points. Any last minute tips are very welcome.
:beer:

stoneman

ferf1223 wrote: »

as you know there will normally be a sign saying if you cannot turn right on red (or a red arrow for right turn)...plus you'll have the people behind you honking to remind you if you can turn on red.

And that is where that system falls down. You are able to turn right on a red but you don't have to! (unless of course it is right turn only) Try sitting in the far right lane on a red but wanting to go straight on, you will know about it for sure. A nation that loves to honk horns will be like an orchestra in your ears. So if you don't want to turn right its best to stay in the middle lane so in effect making the right lane right turn only.
Anyway I don't bother with lights, I just cut through the gas station forecourts :D