Driving in Vegas

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djc206

12,350 posts

125 months

Monday 6th March 2017
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Leemcd said:
Any recommendations on which company to use?? the amount of companies at the airport is overwhelming.

Thanks
The cheapest! All much of a muchness. You get the bus to the rental car centre where all the major companies are based so none is more convenient than any other.

sidekickdmr

5,075 posts

206 months

Monday 6th March 2017
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This website has never failed me for an amazingly cheap deal, you can select the type of car and 90% of the companies are the big players so you know you are safe.

https://www.holidayautos.co.uk/

djc206

12,350 posts

125 months

Monday 6th March 2017
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sidekickdmr said:
This website has never failed me for an amazingly cheap deal, you can select the type of car and 90% of the companies are the big players so you know you are safe.

https://www.holidayautos.co.uk/
As a bonus Quidco are doing 8% cashback on purchases through holidayautos

Leemcd

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238 posts

132 months

Monday 6th March 2017
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Thanks guys, holiday autos has come out really well priced.

Dave Brand

928 posts

268 months

Tuesday 7th March 2017
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I've never found brokers to be any cheaper than booking direct. For the rentals I've wanted I've usually found that the prices they quote are the same as you'll see on the rental companies' websites.

Go to Avis UK's website, click on offers & get the 15% discount they're offering for US rentals; that will probably beat anything Holidayautos can offer & you avoid having a third party between you & the rental company. Other companies may have similar offers.

Another problem with Holidayautos is that they don't offer the full range of vehicles available from each company.

I'm not saying don't use Holidayautos, but before you commit to a deal with them check the price for booking direct.

Leemcd

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238 posts

132 months

Tuesday 7th March 2017
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Thanks for all your help guys, booked with Avis Mustang (or similar), collect from the airport and drop off at Aria, which is ideal as we are staying at Vdara.

hoping for a mustang and not a chrysler 200!!

djc206

12,350 posts

125 months

Tuesday 7th March 2017
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Leemcd said:
Thanks for all your help guys, booked with Avis Mustang (or similar), collect from the airport and drop off at Aria, which is ideal as we are staying at Vdara.

hoping for a mustang and not a chrysler 200!!
Most of the rental companies have thousands of mustangs based there as everyone wants one so you're pretty safe I reckon. Enjoy the Vdara I really like it there. If going with others the cabanas at the pool are cheap and the service very good.

Trustmeimadoctor

12,601 posts

155 months

Tuesday 7th March 2017
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Leemcd said:
Thanks for all your help guys, booked with Avis Mustang (or similar), collect from the airport and drop off at Aria, which is ideal as we are staying at Vdara.

hoping for a mustang and not a chrysler 200!!
Vdara rooms are great and nice and fast to get down from room unlike the aria

Dave Brand

928 posts

268 months

Tuesday 7th March 2017
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Leemcd said:
hoping for a mustang and not a chrysler 200!!
A 200's very unlikely - they haven't done a convertible since 2014! Could be a mini, though!

Something I'd recommend, if you haven't already done so, is to join Avis Preferred to speed up collection of the car. Avis Preferred has its own dedicated pickup point which very few people will be using. For example, last year at ORD we were the only ones on a crowded shuttle bus who got off at the Preferred stop - just walked up to the counter, gave them the required documentation & drove away within five minutes of arrival.

Leemcd

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238 posts

132 months

Wednesday 8th March 2017
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Trustmeimadoctor said:
Vdara rooms are great and nice and fast to get down from room unlike the aria
Vdara is great, no smoking / non-gaming, it's my favourite vegas hotel we have stayed at. Signature was ok but a long walk.

we are going back in August but to the cosmopolitan - partly as we got offered a rate we could not refuse!

Leemcd

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238 posts

132 months

Wednesday 8th March 2017
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djc206 said:
Most of the rental companies have thousands of mustangs based there as everyone wants one so you're pretty safe I reckon. Enjoy the Vdara I really like it there. If going with others the cabanas at the pool are cheap and the service very good.
that's what i'm counting on!

the Vdara pool is great, not too busy / filled with too many drunk people, quite chilled for Vegas (well this was the case 2 yeasr ago!).

AXlawrence

532 posts

124 months

Wednesday 8th March 2017
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I just rented a mustang convertible in florida with avis, bloody loved it. Sign up for a preferred account if you haven't already, makes the process of picking it up a lot quicker.

Walking up to the parking space without knowing for sure what car to expect and seeing this was the best moment of my life, wanted to drive one since I went to florida as a kid! Giving the keys back was really really hard.



Have fun out there!

Edited by AXlawrence on Thursday 9th March 13:40

Leemcd

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238 posts

132 months

Thursday 9th March 2017
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AXlawrence said:
I just rented a mustang convertible in florida with avis, bloody loved it. Sign up for a preferred account if you haven't already, makes the process of picking it up a lot quicker.

Walking up to the parking space without knowing for sure what car to expect and seeing this was the best moment of my life, wanted to drive one since I went to florida as a kid! Giving the keys back was really really hard.



Have fun out there!
wow that looks awesome!..i would be happy with something similar! smile

HotJambalaya

2,026 posts

180 months

Thursday 9th March 2017
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Just got back from vegas today.

Looked into the ferrari rental but have a major issue, no way to get to my house because the speed bumps are too big!

Friend had a new mustang convertible too, very nice, beautiful metallic blue also, great noise from it too, almost as good as my C63.