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  • joaniemerc
    joaniemerc Posts: 615 Forumite
    Dirk_Gently wrote: »
    - 2 shows at Vegas - Donny & Marie Osmond (Don't ask!) & Absinthe
    .

    We saw Absinthe when we were in Vegas for New Year the year before last. Make sure you get there early as there isn't numbered seating, so you sit where you like. All the seating is ok - we were on the side and saw most;) but front/centre would have been better.

    We must have similar tastes, we, "ahem", that's the royal "we" wanted to see Donny and Marie but they were blacked out for Chistmas and New Year :-(
  • northwest1965
    northwest1965 Posts: 2,098 Forumite
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    Dirk_Gently wrote: »


    - Cowboy Dinner at Bryce

    Tell me more please, where is this? Ruby's?
    Loved our trip to the West Coast USA. Death Valley is the place to go!
  • ILOVEHOLIDAYS
    ILOVEHOLIDAYS Posts: 54 Forumite
    ~Chameleon~ wrote: »
    I'm hankering after a road trip from reading this thread :D

    Can anyone tell me the rough cost per week of hiring a car over there please?

    our car hire has cost £330 for 17 days in a ford escape if that helps. you have go onto any car hire website and input details and they will give you ideas of which cars you can hire
  • Gloomendoom
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    ~Chameleon~ wrote: »
    I'm hankering after a road trip from reading this thread :D

    Can anyone tell me the rough cost per week of hiring a car over there please?

    Sod the cost. You don't want a Ford Kuga, get a convertible. :p

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  • ~Chameleon~
    ~Chameleon~ Posts: 11,956 Forumite
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    This appears to be quite a handy guide...

    http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2013/apr/27/us-road-trips-car-hire-essentials
    “You can please some of the people some of the time, all of the people some of the time, some of the people all of the time, but you can never please all of the people all of the time.”
  • Gloomendoom
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    One thing to remember is that is it is usually a good idea to book car through a UK website. That way all the necessary insurance is included in the price.
  • mgdavid
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    Gloomendoom wrote: »
    One thing to remember is that is it is usually a good idea to book car through a UK website. That way all the necessary insurance is included in the price.

    No; there are zillions of cases all over the net and press where *FULL* CDW has to be purchased locally as a top-up unless you have already taken out a separate annual insurance product.
    The questions that get the best answers are the questions that give most detail....
  • northwest1965
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    mgdavid wrote: »
    No; there are zillions of cases all over the net and press where *FULL* CDW has to be purchased locally as a top-up unless you have already taken out a separate annual insurance product.

    Isn't that Europe, that has been in the press.

    I have been using Dollar.co.uk for over 20 years now. Always pay beforehand, never have to upgrade. We upgrade before to pay for extra driver.
    Loved our trip to the West Coast USA. Death Valley is the place to go!
  • Gloomendoom
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    northwest1965 wrote: »
    Isn't that Europe, that has been in the press.

    I have been using Dollar.co.uk for over 20 years now. Always pay beforehand, never have to upgrade. We upgrade before to pay for extra driver.

    Those were my thoughts too. Although I have found that husbands and wives are included as additional drivers at no extra cost.
  • silvercar
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    Gloomendoom wrote: »
    Those were my thoughts too. Although I have found that husbands and wives are included as additional drivers at no extra cost.

    It is actually illegal to charge for adding spouse as extra driver in California.
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