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davidmcg2u

Entertainer wrote: »

It's strange, it says this:

our total quote £254.00
Amount due today £254.00

Full price breakdown

Las Vegas Fly Drive Airtours
Las Vegas Fly Drive,
Las Vegas, Uk0

Operator: Airtours Late Holidays
Hotel rating:
Board basis: Fly Drive
Room type: 1 x
Arrival: 25-May-2008
Departure: 08-Jun-2008


Thomas Cook Airlines

And if you confirm a room option it comes up with the same.

I booked a late flydrive with TC in April - it said exactly the same but no room was included.

brummiekid

September

Entertainer wrote: »

It's strange, it says this:

our total quote £254.00
Amount due today £254.00

Full price breakdown

Las Vegas Fly Drive Airtours
Las Vegas Fly Drive,
Las Vegas, Uk0

Operator: Airtours Late Holidays
Hotel rating:
Board basis: Fly Drive
Room type: 1 x
Arrival: 25-May-2008
Departure: 08-Jun-2008


Thomas Cook Airlines

And if you confirm a room option it comes up with the same.

Be sure to check the level of car insurance cover when booking a "fly-drive" option.

Some years ago I booked such a package and found out that the car had the minimum amount of insurance and to "upgrade" to the level which made me happy was a fair few dollars on top - about £60.00 in those days if I recall.

Thesedays I book a car myself but ensure the level of insurance included is up to par! They always try and cream a little extra off you when you arrive anyway "would you like tire insurance Sir?"

Always remember the small print is small for a reason!

Have a good trip!

(Sept 30th when I travel - yipee!):j

Froggitt

From memory, its about £20 a day for "proper" insurance in USA these days......excluding Tyre Insurance and Breakdown Insurance was another one they tried on us.

ThomasNo10

Guys are there any rooms at the wynn that have 2 doubles? all the photos on there website have kings only?

ruthy14

April

brummiekid

sept 30th for me 2 where you flying from and where you staying.
bmi from manchester for us direct and at the moment I got flamingo, nyny and the plaza booked but aint decided yet, maybe all 3, but still waiting for some more cheap hotel deals to come out

brummiekid

September

ruthy14 wrote: »

brummiekid

sept 30th for me 2 where you flying from and where you staying.
bmi from manchester for us direct and at the moment I got flamingo, nyny and the plaza booked but aint decided yet, maybe all 3, but still waiting for some more cheap hotel deals to come out

Hi
Flying from Heathrow to San Diego, 1 night in SD then onto LV. Looks like Excalibur at the moment. Back to SD for the airshow at Miramar (Top Gun base) for the final 2 nights. Got the Wife a ticket to see Manilow at the Hilton on the 1st Oct.
Gotta get to the Gun Store again though!
Can hardly wait!
:j

ferf1223

March

ThomasNo10 wrote: »

Guys are there any rooms at the wynn that have 2 doubles? all the photos on there website have kings only?

I've read that the rooms with doubles have a golf course view - the strip view rooms are king rooms. I think they have almost 3000 rooms - they would be crazy not to have rooms with both types of beds.

They normally won't guarantee a particular bed type, but you can put it as a preference.

Edited to add I found a photo of a 2-bed room on tripadvisor.

http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/01/0e/a6/36/las-vegas.jpg

ITRUK

Hey guys,
Not long till me and my partner go now (5th June), while we're there we want to go on a helicopter trip to the canyon and watch a show.
For the show im going to go to one of the half price outlets early morning but im not too sure what to do with the trip to the grand canyon.
As we're on a budget we'd just like to fly there, sink into the canyon and fly back. Hows best to book this? in advance or when i get there at a ticket outlet?

wdyw

ITRUK wrote: »

Hey guys,
For the show im going to go to one of the half price outlets early morning

don't get up too early - most (if not all) of the half price ticket boothes don't open until 11:30 - 12:00

...and from an earlier post on car insurance costs. A bog standard economy booked through dollar with their all singing dancing USA package cost us £105 last week for 7 days (booked in the UK on the UK website)..... so basically £15 a day

trets77

April

i forget that people will have missed the discussions we had on the My Travel "Fly Drive" deals. last year , so i think it is about time for a recap.

the most basic package that i price check each week only include flight and car hire. you can of course book a room with My travel ,but why would you want to when you will almost certainly find it cheaper on the links on post #1 ?

As for the Car hire you should be prepared to look elsewhere as you aren't really paying for it , they are waiting to sting you when you land for that.

*Rental free car hire is included in all of our holidays, which includes basic third party/public liability insurance (supplementary insurance cover is strongly recommended)

here is the list of whats not included

State environment surcharge ($2.05 per car per day)
- Airport Handling Fee and Airport Operating Fee ($6.00 per car per day). The Airport Operating Fee also requires payment of an additional 10% on all options purchased
- Vehicle License fee of 3.5% and Rental tax of 6% applicable to West Coast USA.
- State Sales Tax of 6-7% on other taxable items of rental (excluding LDC)
- UMP - Under insured Motorist Protection ($5.99 per car per day). This provides up to $1,000,000 cover for bodily injury sustained whilst driving the rental car caused by an under insured/uninsured driver
- Optional LDC - Loss Damage Waiver ($19.99 per car per day). This covers all rental vehicle damage, regardless of fault. NB: without LDC cover, Dollar will require you to produce a credit card with at least $1,500 available credit. My Travel strongly recommends Prue-purchasing one of its insurance packages or taking this
- Fuel (approx $2.10 per gallon when purchased from a local gas station)
- Additional driver surcharge (from $6.49 per driver per day). Not applicable to West Coast USA.
- Under 25 years of age driver surcharge for drivers aged 21 to 24 inclusive (from $20 per driver per day)
- Child seats - a legal requirement for under W's (from $3.50 per seat per day)
- Toll charges (best keep loose change handy)
- Parking, hotel car parking charges and traffic fines

add that little lot up and compare against a all in quote from a Broker which can be searched at www.travelsupermarket.com which does not have nasty surprises when you come to collect the car. also don't forget most of the big casinos have a rental desk inside them ( usualy near check in) . so if you don't plan on using the car 1st night after a long flight you can collect it next day from your hotel , if you sort your own hire out . (also note above does not mention if there is any excess ? )

also buying your own insurance from somewhere like Insurance4Carhire won't work because they ( like Virgin holidays) have this nasty little clause buried in the small print

Dollar only recognizes its own insurance on Dollar Car Rental. Although you car hire agreement includes $1 million Third Party Liability coverage, it is vital you have adequate cover to protect yourself against severe financial risk in the event of total loss of the vehicle, damage or accidents, especially as some US drivers carry little or no insurance.

in short , we force you to buy our own overpriced insurance :mad: