Driving/parking in Vegas

[daytonababe]

Originally Posted by TracyW

It's one of those "once in a lifetime" trips we have 5 nights in Las Vegas, 7 nights in Hawaii, and 4 in Anaheim. We are toying with the idea of a trip to the Grand Canyon, West rim, just so we can see a little bit of it! Also valley of fire.
Parking at Caesar's is $10, they have just introduced it! Only have the car for three days though, so not too bad.

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Self park is $10 but its a flipping long walk... We used it once and never again..

Valet is $18 per night/24 hrs and believe me it will be well worth the extra $8 per night..


However once you've paid for parking at a Caesars group property , parking at all their other hotels is free.. Its linked to your room key, so I assume you put this into the pay machines. So the parking charges aren't that bad really.


I've been to the West Rim albeit via helicopter but we did land for 3/4 hr and its fine.. Its still a spectacular sight I'm sure it won't disappoint.

[JoS]

Originally Posted by TracyW

It's one of those "once in a lifetime" trips we have 5 nights in Las Vegas, 7 nights in Hawaii, and 4 in Anaheim. We are toying with the idea of a trip to the Grand Canyon, West rim, just so we can see a little bit of it! Also valley of fire.
Parking at Caesar's is $10, they have just introduced it! Only have the car for three days though, so not too bad.

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Sounds great. We are wondering about valley of fire. Yes Caesars introduced parking fees for all their properties in March which was expected after MGM group did. I expect you have read all about it. We are thinking a car for maybe 2 days. Would love to go to Hawaii.

[Jane35]

Originally Posted by JoS

Hiya Jane,
What a coincidence. That is when we go. We are there 10 nights. You have chosen 2 gorgeous hotels. Would be very interested to hear your thoughts on Elara. I have had a look around a suite but not stayed there. Thinking of there for Jan/Feb.
Yes you can get wifi at the airport and most strip hotels, free. You can download the apps in the UK. You obviously then have to sign up. If you dont know anything about Uber do a search on here. If not let me know and I will tell you. I was a bit scared at first but it worked great. Then if you search on google for "Uber codes Vegas" you will get various ones to try. We got a $50... but only $5 off each ride for 10 rides which worked best for us as we did a few rides between us. Dont add this to your account until maybe a week before you go as you only have so long to use it. On the strip there are loads of Lyft guys handing out codes which you can enter in Vegas, or do a google search. You may find a code that suits you better but bear in mind a journey is only about $10 from the airport and you cant bank any extra credit you dont use on a single code deal. Does that make sense? We used both, and both were great. Let me know if you want any more info

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Hi Jos
Yes that make sense, Thank you.
We are using my husbands air miles to pay for flights and hotel
I will probably prefer the Elara because of the kitchen and washing machine ( I will be able to get up and make a nice pot of tea )
Can i just ask once you get a price for the taxis do you pay online or cash? Also do you tip ?

Thanks again and have a great time
Jane x

[Jane35]

Originally Posted by tracie

Hello Jane, Tracy & Jo 👋 I did a search as I'm wondering exactly the same and up popped this thread! We are too staying at the Elara flying out on the 11th!
Want to do hoover dam and the Grand Canyon (which is proving a difficult choice as I'm not interested in the skywalk but hubby doesn't fancy the long drive to the south rim :/)
Can't decide whether to book a tour or have a car for a couple of days so we can do the outlets and maybe other places too.
Jane - what tours were you looking at?

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Hi Tracie
I haven't booked any tours yet. We are looking at doing the south rim luxury bus tour. We are not really looking forward to the journey but want to see the south.
We are going to see Brittany Spears ( daughters choice)
We also want to go to Fremont St and see a Cirque show.
Keep us updated on what you decide and have a great holiday

Jane x

[JoS]

Originally Posted by Jane35

Hi Jos
Yes that make sense, Thank you.
We are using my husbands air miles to pay for flights and hotel
I will probably prefer the Elara because of the kitchen and washing machine ( I will be able to get up and make a nice pot of tea )
Can i just ask once you get a price for the taxis do you pay online or cash? Also do you tip ?

Thanks again and have a great time
Jane x

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It would be great to have a washer...its fitted into the bathroom unit isnt it. Pretty good. Dont forget to take some pods or something as they will be expensive on the strip. Yes that would be good for me as well A nice cuppa and my weetabix. I struggle with my weight so dont like to eat out for bekkie, or lunch.
By taxi are we talking Uber? If we are its a cashless system . There is no need to tip. You have to add a credit card on line all very secure, and once ride is over the money comes from your card. It all sounds a bit scary but a lot of dibbers have used it and it works really well. We have used it in Vegas,San Fran and daughter in San Diego. There was a good post about it on here . I will see if I can find it. With actual taxis you can pay cash or cc I think but we only ever used cash before being converted to Uber. This might help:

uberinlasvegas/

[TracyW]

Originally Posted by daytonababe

Self park is $10 but its a flipping long walk... We used it once and never again..

Valet is $18 per night/24 hrs and believe me it will be well worth the extra $8 per night..


However once you've paid for parking at a Caesars group property , parking at all their other hotels is free.. Its linked to your room key, so I assume you put this into the pay machines. So the parking charges aren't that bad really.


I've been to the West Rim albeit via helicopter but we did land for 3/4 hr and its fine.. Its still a spectacular sight I'm sure it won't disappoint.

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Oops, I suppose we just assumed it would be close, but then again, everyone keeps telling me how huge and far apart things are!

We would have loved to visit the South Rim, but just not prepared to give up two days this time. Already planning a return trip anyway!

[daytonababe]

Originally Posted by TracyW

Oops, I suppose we just assumed it would be close, but then again, everyone keeps telling me how huge and far apart things are!

We would have loved to visit the South Rim, but just not prepared to give up two days this time. Already planning a return trip anyway!

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Caesars is huge .

The self parking is actually the same place as the valet , a huge multi story on the west side of the hotel.. 3 or 4 levels are self park the rest valet.

I think there are two drop offs for valet.

[Joosebug1987]

I'm very jealous of those of you planning a Vegas trip as we have just got back a couple of weeks ago and I'm already wanting to go back!

We personally didn't hire a car on either trip as I thought the roads seemed crazy - soooo many lanes of traffic and I am not very good with directions even with a sat nav I can get myself lost lol!

We also quite liked the option of having a drink on the strip or when gambling and offered freebies (when in Vegas!)... I think we probably spent about $100 between us over the week on transport and that included airport and trip to fremont street and got a couple of taxi's back late at night when at the far end from where we stayed etc.

That said if I went again with someone happy to drive over there would be cool to check out some of the things off strip although so much to do on the strip if a first visit would have plenty to do without the need x

[daytonababe]

Sometimes we use the strip but more often than not we use the roads that run parellel , these are usually free flowing

[tracie]

Originally Posted by JoS

Hi Tracie, another dibber going at the same time, that's great. Will answer this first. The share you share with other passengers. Über X is a regular saloon type car and is it XL next I think..Thats a SUV type of thing. How many in your party? When we came from airport we had to have XL as we were 4 adults with our luggage. For regular journeys for 4 of us über X was fine. Hope this helps.

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Hi
Thanks for answering- there's just the two of us, celebrating hubbys 50th birthday!🎉