Vegas Strategy?
Jan 27, 2005 | 5:17 pm
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Originally Posted by hnechets
If staying strictly in town, I have found the taxi fares to be decent, and the public transportation along the strip to be inexpensive and "user-friendly" --although, of course, YMMV.
Oh, I forgot to add, that many of the hotels have service to and from the airport, so you can probably forget the taxi fares. Again, it all depends on what your needs are while in the area.
Oh, I forgot to add, that many of the hotels have service to and from the airport, so you can probably forget the taxi fares. Again, it all depends on what your needs are while in the area.
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Jan 27, 2005 | 5:30 pm
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I think I saw a HLE desk listed for the JW Marriott in Summerlin; I hope this means you would not need to drive all the way to LAS t exchange cars.
Jan 30, 2005 | 10:52 pm
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I was in Vegas earlier this month and got a great deal on a Mid Size from Dollar. It was $19.99 a day - I had the car for two days, picking up on Wednesday and returning on Friday. The special was on their promotions page, specifically for a midsize in Vegas.
When I got there they offered me a $10 upgrade to their luxury cars which I took, and got a SUV, as I was driving up to Utah so wanted something larger. On the lot the premium cars were very nice, they had a number of Crossfires which would have been fun had I not been driving so far.
I usually stay with National as like you I like staying with a larger company, but I rented twice from Dollar this month and was very pleased with the cars, the service and the lack of problems with both rentals.
$20 a day for a midweek rental is hard to beat.
When I got there they offered me a $10 upgrade to their luxury cars which I took, and got a SUV, as I was driving up to Utah so wanted something larger. On the lot the premium cars were very nice, they had a number of Crossfires which would have been fun had I not been driving so far.
I usually stay with National as like you I like staying with a larger company, but I rented twice from Dollar this month and was very pleased with the cars, the service and the lack of problems with both rentals.
$20 a day for a midweek rental is hard to beat.
Jan 31, 2005 | 9:39 am
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Originally Posted by ctuttle
I was in Vegas earlier this month and got a great deal on a Mid Size from Dollar. It was $19.99 a day - I had the car for two days, picking up on Wednesday and returning on Friday. The special was on their promotions page, specifically for a midsize in Vegas.
When I got there they offered me a $10 upgrade to their luxury cars which I took, and got a SUV, as I was driving up to Utah so wanted something larger. On the lot the premium cars were very nice, they had a number of Crossfires which would have been fun had I not been driving so far.
I usually stay with National as like you I like staying with a larger company, but I rented twice from Dollar this month and was very pleased with the cars, the service and the lack of problems with both rentals.
$20 a day for a midweek rental is hard to beat.
When I got there they offered me a $10 upgrade to their luxury cars which I took, and got a SUV, as I was driving up to Utah so wanted something larger. On the lot the premium cars were very nice, they had a number of Crossfires which would have been fun had I not been driving so far.
I usually stay with National as like you I like staying with a larger company, but I rented twice from Dollar this month and was very pleased with the cars, the service and the lack of problems with both rentals.
$20 a day for a midweek rental is hard to beat.
If you've ruled out $44 as too expensive, I would certainly take a Dollar rental over an unnecessary car-swap to achieve the good rates from Hertz.