Las Vegas Car Hire
Discussion
Morning, all
I've just returned to this forum after being dormant for a while, so your help/advice is v much appreciated....
Family car hire in Las Vegas next month....any thoughts/tips/advice?
We're only staying there for a couple of days and then going on a road trip...
3 kids, so can't seem to find anything exciting to drive
Dont fancy an SUV/camper - got some v nice Air B n Bs to stay in.
Always seems v expensive in the US compared to Europe...any thoughts on where/how i can get a good deal...or better stil, secure myself a v nice car not costing the earth but can fit 3 nippers in the back.....would love a classic Oldsmobile 70s/80s convertible ....something classically American of any sort would be ace, obv.
Bll contributions welcomed....and thanks again...hope i can contribute soon
Best
I've just returned to this forum after being dormant for a while, so your help/advice is v much appreciated....
Family car hire in Las Vegas next month....any thoughts/tips/advice?
We're only staying there for a couple of days and then going on a road trip...
3 kids, so can't seem to find anything exciting to drive
Dont fancy an SUV/camper - got some v nice Air B n Bs to stay in.
Always seems v expensive in the US compared to Europe...any thoughts on where/how i can get a good deal...or better stil, secure myself a v nice car not costing the earth but can fit 3 nippers in the back.....would love a classic Oldsmobile 70s/80s convertible ....something classically American of any sort would be ace, obv.
Bll contributions welcomed....and thanks again...hope i can contribute soon
Best
Hey, thanks for the info...v much appreciated.
Yeah, all the usual car hire sites are just for boring cars though, really, aren't they? Expensive too, I think.
I was hoping someone might know somewhere i haven't seen...with mega cars for cheap!
Ha...no hope of that, but all thoughts and experiences welcomed...
We're going on a two week raod trip away from Vegas after we've stayed there, so will need the car - whatever we choose for all that time.
Thanks, again :-)
Yeah, all the usual car hire sites are just for boring cars though, really, aren't they? Expensive too, I think.
I was hoping someone might know somewhere i haven't seen...with mega cars for cheap!
Ha...no hope of that, but all thoughts and experiences welcomed...
We're going on a two week raod trip away from Vegas after we've stayed there, so will need the car - whatever we choose for all that time.
Thanks, again :-)
Hey, thanks for all of these thoughts...v much appreciated.
After a price v chances of some good luck analysis, I've gone for a fairly standard suv in the hope of a free upgrade to something more suitably American....here's hoping 😊
Anyway, you're next task is to talk to me about SatNav.
They want 98 quid for 19 days, I'm too tight to pay that 😁, so what do u all think? This is desert and remote driving, miles away from phone signal.....has anyone any experience of HERE mapping which is on my android windows phone?
Its too expensive to down load maps onto my knackered old Tom Tom , I believe I can hire sat navs...on ebay....any experience?
All thoughts appreciated as always...this trip begins this coming Thursday, so the sooner the better if at all possible.
Many thanks once again. 👍
After a price v chances of some good luck analysis, I've gone for a fairly standard suv in the hope of a free upgrade to something more suitably American....here's hoping 😊
Anyway, you're next task is to talk to me about SatNav.
They want 98 quid for 19 days, I'm too tight to pay that 😁, so what do u all think? This is desert and remote driving, miles away from phone signal.....has anyone any experience of HERE mapping which is on my android windows phone?
Its too expensive to down load maps onto my knackered old Tom Tom , I believe I can hire sat navs...on ebay....any experience?
All thoughts appreciated as always...this trip begins this coming Thursday, so the sooner the better if at all possible.
Many thanks once again. 👍
Thanks, all for your previous help on this....great stuff.
Some observations and experience from our trip if anyone's interested or it can help ppl out.
Great trip...proper Wild West at times...desert, snakes, guns, the lot!
Was a family trip with 3 nippers (8, 11' 14), so itinerary suitable for them,
First, car hire...we hired from virgin holidays in conjunction with our flight....seemed worth it as we got a medium SUV for the price of a saloon car...a Nissan Rogue....not brill, but am not a massive Phead, 600 quid for 19 days......still don't understand why cars are so expensive in the US compared to, say, Spain, but there we go
Sat nav wise...was a bit worried about getting lost in th desert but someone here recommended downloading individual state maps on my phone and it worked a treat....I've got a Nokia lumina something or other...easy to down loads maps of Nevada, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona.
The trip itself...one night in vegas...not really interested, tbh, but was fun for a night...and found some great mid century retro modern antiques places in downtown vegas which we enjoyed before heading off.
Drive up to hurricane, Utah via a great introduction to the western desert and their rocks and landscape. Cracking nighttime thunderstorm there....
Then onto Zion national park...great hikes and views and landscape.
Page, Arizona next for lake, stunning canyons and mega bend in the river viewpoint.
Then monument valley.....just stunning....best day ever and those incredible drives across huge, vast swathes of land....straight line roads just like in the photos!
Moab...arches national park and canyon lands....all of these places you will have seen as screen savers or backgrounds on your computer....Mesa arch is the very best place there is.
Taos and Santa Fe....such a pleasure to drive relatively long distances on back roads, but you might only see 3/4/5 cars in an hour....Taos itself is an arty little fun town...a bigger version of Santa Fe which was fun too.
Alberquerque...only went cos we like prefab sprout....seemed like a cool city with a great old town which had a brill rattlesnake museum. Couple of good vinyl shops for my son.
Grants to Gallup on Route 66 was fun...stayed in a great, kitschy, old western hotel there...el ranch...ace.
Across properly amazing Hopi mesa and down to Winslow Arizona.....La Posada has got to be one of the worlds greatst hotels....absolutely amazing and a real treasure....especially among all those glories of the natural world to stay in 2 great man made places...brill, v classy restaurant there as well...run by a fella from Hartlepool apparently.
Across unexpected pine forests for a couple of days chilling in Phoenix as there were loads of cheap, nice airbnbs there...hot, hot, hot in Phoenix...great pool. Again, a couple of nice vinyl shops and a great Honkytonk which let the kids eat dinner there until 10, and gave em a little taste of live country music.
Up to Williams via Prescott for a night prior to Grand Canyon...had to be done even though we've been there before and I thought other places were more wow, but take the Shoshone trail there......a great short hike to a v v quiet part of the south rim....no one there and a real trip highlight in the end
Route 66 action again between seigelmann and kingsman...which was a good small town for lunch and they have a classic car meet on their Main Street most Saturdays in the summer, I think...some nice only cars there and people happy to chat and show you around.
Back to vegas via some super hot place in California...needles...mentioned in The grapes of wrath....ridiculously warm, but nice Route 66 diner last breakfast before heading up to Vegas on a great desert drive featuring mini whirled wind.
All, in all, a fantastic trip...such an easy drive..over 2200 miles, but no hassle....
Cost a fortune even mostly in cheap motels, but there you go....
Hope this account can help or inform someone...would have, should have gone to Bryce if I could plan again....but you can't do everything...Utah is just amazing...who knew?!
Some observations and experience from our trip if anyone's interested or it can help ppl out.
Great trip...proper Wild West at times...desert, snakes, guns, the lot!
Was a family trip with 3 nippers (8, 11' 14), so itinerary suitable for them,
First, car hire...we hired from virgin holidays in conjunction with our flight....seemed worth it as we got a medium SUV for the price of a saloon car...a Nissan Rogue....not brill, but am not a massive Phead, 600 quid for 19 days......still don't understand why cars are so expensive in the US compared to, say, Spain, but there we go
Sat nav wise...was a bit worried about getting lost in th desert but someone here recommended downloading individual state maps on my phone and it worked a treat....I've got a Nokia lumina something or other...easy to down loads maps of Nevada, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona.
The trip itself...one night in vegas...not really interested, tbh, but was fun for a night...and found some great mid century retro modern antiques places in downtown vegas which we enjoyed before heading off.
Drive up to hurricane, Utah via a great introduction to the western desert and their rocks and landscape. Cracking nighttime thunderstorm there....
Then onto Zion national park...great hikes and views and landscape.
Page, Arizona next for lake, stunning canyons and mega bend in the river viewpoint.
Then monument valley.....just stunning....best day ever and those incredible drives across huge, vast swathes of land....straight line roads just like in the photos!
Moab...arches national park and canyon lands....all of these places you will have seen as screen savers or backgrounds on your computer....Mesa arch is the very best place there is.
Taos and Santa Fe....such a pleasure to drive relatively long distances on back roads, but you might only see 3/4/5 cars in an hour....Taos itself is an arty little fun town...a bigger version of Santa Fe which was fun too.
Alberquerque...only went cos we like prefab sprout....seemed like a cool city with a great old town which had a brill rattlesnake museum. Couple of good vinyl shops for my son.
Grants to Gallup on Route 66 was fun...stayed in a great, kitschy, old western hotel there...el ranch...ace.
Across properly amazing Hopi mesa and down to Winslow Arizona.....La Posada has got to be one of the worlds greatst hotels....absolutely amazing and a real treasure....especially among all those glories of the natural world to stay in 2 great man made places...brill, v classy restaurant there as well...run by a fella from Hartlepool apparently.
Across unexpected pine forests for a couple of days chilling in Phoenix as there were loads of cheap, nice airbnbs there...hot, hot, hot in Phoenix...great pool. Again, a couple of nice vinyl shops and a great Honkytonk which let the kids eat dinner there until 10, and gave em a little taste of live country music.
Up to Williams via Prescott for a night prior to Grand Canyon...had to be done even though we've been there before and I thought other places were more wow, but take the Shoshone trail there......a great short hike to a v v quiet part of the south rim....no one there and a real trip highlight in the end
Route 66 action again between seigelmann and kingsman...which was a good small town for lunch and they have a classic car meet on their Main Street most Saturdays in the summer, I think...some nice only cars there and people happy to chat and show you around.
Back to vegas via some super hot place in California...needles...mentioned in The grapes of wrath....ridiculously warm, but nice Route 66 diner last breakfast before heading up to Vegas on a great desert drive featuring mini whirled wind.
All, in all, a fantastic trip...such an easy drive..over 2200 miles, but no hassle....
Cost a fortune even mostly in cheap motels, but there you go....
Hope this account can help or inform someone...would have, should have gone to Bryce if I could plan again....but you can't do everything...Utah is just amazing...who knew?!
Interestting responses...thanks....i looked at airport hire, downtown hire, even Henderson hire...all still collosally expensive...600 quid for a rubbish semi-suv was the best i could find via the discount on virgin holidays...hey, ho.
Anyway, v interesting comment re Spanish car hire and it being cheaper to rent them out than find a place to park them all.....and as it happens, i've just booked a small car in Spain for next week out of Malaga...the cost? A whole £12.65 for 5 days.
Sure beats Vegas prices!
HAppy hiring and travelling everyone!
Anyway, v interesting comment re Spanish car hire and it being cheaper to rent them out than find a place to park them all.....and as it happens, i've just booked a small car in Spain for next week out of Malaga...the cost? A whole £12.65 for 5 days.
Sure beats Vegas prices!
HAppy hiring and travelling everyone!
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