Originally Posted by Loren Pechtel

He told you the truth that it would be faster. That doesn't mean cheaper.

Originally Posted by Loren Pechtel

The cabbies like to take it without telling you despite the fact that doing so is illegal. It's generally fast but runs up the bill.

Originally Posted by Governator

Last time I was in Vegas I saw some sweet young things offering to show me their "tunnel", but I declined. :D

Originally Posted by JS

It's too bad they didn't build the train all the way to the airport. Then those scam artists known as taxi drivers could take a hike.

Originally Posted by civicmon

I took a taxi from LAS to the Mandalay Bay.. cost about that much (18 or so).

I hadn't been to vegas for years. I know as the crow flies they're close but didn't know if there was a fast/easy way to get there. He took the freeway but I don't think any sort of tunnel thing was used.

In all fairness, I didn't have a lot of time (layover) and whatever was faster = better.

Originally Posted by suranyi

I guess it depends what your priorities are, then. In most cases, I would WANT the taxi driver to take the fastest route, even if it wasn't the cheapest. I don't see why that should be illegal. If I was so concerned about saving money, I would take public transportation.

Ed

Originally Posted by Doppy

This is already planned out, but that phase of the LV Monorail is a few years down the road. Given how far behind schedule the first phase of the monorail opened, I wouldn't hold my breath, however.

Originally Posted by RoyalFlush

There was a big expose in the Las Vegas Review-Journal last year about long-hauling. I’d post a link, but I cant seem to get my user ID on their site to work.

Originally Posted by SJCFlyerLG

Originally Posted by philipperv

Did you pay for that archive search? They don't let you search for free anymore.

Originally Posted by SJCFlyerLG

No, I just entered "long hauling" in Google, and it was on the first page result.