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ferf1223

March

trets77 wrote: »

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:

I don't understand that...Dollar doesn't ask for you to provide details of your insurance coverage at the time of rental (I know as I do not take any of the insurance coverage/waivers when I rent with them as I have coverage on my credit card)...if you opt not to take their additional coverage you don't have to show them that you have coverage elsewhere...and if you do have coverage elsewhere and you get into a situation where you need to use it, I don't think it's down to Dollar to say that they won't accept it - if another insurer agrees to pay out a claim to Dollar I don't think that they can decline...I don't work in the insurance industry, but I can't see how Dollar could come after the renter for not taking their own insurance when the renter has insurance coverage elsewhere.

I agree that it sounds like a better deal to go direct with dollar.co.uk or another rental company rather than taking the car as part of a package, but I don't get the bit where MyTravel claims that you can't get insurance elsewhere...that just doesn't ring true to me.

ferf1223

March

ITRUK wrote: »

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

wdyw pointed out that you don't have to get up too early...we've always gone at 10:30 for 11:00 opening, but at least tix4tonight's website says that they post shows at 9:30 for a 10:00 opening now - that's definately changed.

print the VIP line pass out to save time in the queue as well.

http://www.lasvegas-nv.com/tix-4-tonight-coupon.htm

trets77

April

MGM Grand from $68
from Fatwallet. stays until june 12th . expires june 10th .

Additional discount on top of our already low online rates.
*$10 upgrade to the West Wing
*$20 upgrade to Bungalow suite
*$30 upgrade to Celebrity Spa or Hollywood suite(based upon availibilty at check in)

http://www.mgmgrand.com/?CMP=KNC-Kowabunga&sub=FW6puoxs&kbid=27920

it is apparent that the mgm grand has rooms a plenty to get rid of . a great time to use the $20 trick.

trets77

April

ferf1223 wrote: »

wdyw pointed out that you don't have to get up too early...we've always gone at 10:30 for 11:00 opening, but at least tix4tonight's website says that they post shows at 9:30 for a 10:00 opening now - that's definately changed.

print the VIP line pass out to save time in the queue as well.

http://www.lasvegas-nv.com/tix-4-tonight-coupon.htm

we found the booth next to the Peppermill did not have the queues of the others , plus you can then nip into the Peppermill for a great Breakfast ( and use their carpark ) .

ferf1223

March

trets77 wrote: »

we found the booth next to the Peppermill did not have the queues of the others , plus you can then nip into the Peppermill for a great Breakfast ( and use their carpark ) .

That's exactly what we do! Though we go for breakfast first and (of course) use their car park. We have seen some massive queues by the time they open though...normally at 10:30 it's not too bad - we're normally in the first few in the VIP queue but the regular queue has been 20 deep or so and more than double that by the time they open.

luci

May

There were huge queues at Tix4Tonight at the Hawaiian Marketplace, yet there was no queue at all at Tickets2Nite just a wee bit further south on the strip. Also the latter had tickets for Carrot Top while the former were sold out.

ITRUK

At which end of the strip is the Pepermill? Would be ideal as mentioned to grab breakfast before haggling with the ticket office!

stoneman

May

ITRUK wrote: »

At which end of the strip is the Pepermill? Would be ideal as mentioned to grab breakfast before haggling with the ticket office!

It's on the North side, between the Riveria and the Sahara hotels. Breakfasts are huge but not the cheapest around. We find it too much food for us, even ordering half portions.

trets77

April

ITRUK wrote: »

At which end of the strip is the Pepermill? Would be ideal as mentioned to grab breakfast before haggling with the ticket office!

up near Rivera and just over the road from Circus Circus.

it also has the Fireside Lounge attached which is nice place to chill out with a drink

Alastair_2

I'm in Vegas now, just arrived at the hilton

Wish me luck !!!