LAX Hotels

I have a couple of questions re lax hotels:

1. Will someone please recommend a hotel at lax (no more than $100).

2. What is best way to get from airport to hotel? Should I phone hotel and request shuttle pick-up, or take taxi. Since hotels are near airport is there a set fee for taxis, if so, how much?

If you're looking for a cheaper place, try the Hacienda Hotel, which is a basic but perfectly adequate place that runs below $100. They have a good restaurant, and a large grocery store right across the street. It's on Sepulveda, about 3 minutes from LAX, and they have a shuttle.

One nice feature of the Four Points is that it offers 24 hour checkin ... this means you can checkin at any time and keep the room for 24 hours -- and not the "checkin at 3 pm and checkout at noon" schedule most hotels have. Very useful at LAX if you have early arrival or late departure. Plus free wifi. Several other hotels at LAX also have this 24 hour checkin feature. Finally 4Pts is directly across the street to the car rental agencies, making it quite convenient if renting a car later or dropping it off (in lieu of paying for parking).

I second the nomination of the Hampton LAX.

I often fly out of LAX early in the morning. When I do so, I return my rental car the night before, sometimes saving a day's rental and always minimizing what I have to do in the morning. While you can get from any car rental company to the Hampton by taking the car rental company's shuttle into LAX and the Hampton's shuttle back out, some car rental companies (in particular Avis) will also just drop you at the Hampton. With Avis they drop you in a separate courtesy car, not the big bus, so you have to ask for this at the check-in counter--don't just get on the bus and ask to be dropped at the hotel.

Thanks to everyone who replied to my post concerning lax hotels, I do appreciate the information. Good to know what a dump Furma is, or was. After reading post from mbstone, I will try priceline. Thanks agin.

Dean