Regarding my July Trip.

Shady89 · **Joined:** Mon Jun 18, 2012 1:18 pm **Posts:** 175

Wondering what my best bets transportation wise are to get around in certain situations. I am staying at the cortez only because I got a week stay in their tower room for a week for like 80 bucks haha flying with southwest. Ive never been to Vegas so the first thing I am wondering is whats the best way for me to get to my room when I land around 10 am. I know they offer a shuttle from the airport to the cortez but I wanna make sure thats my best bet without renting a car. Ill also wanna hit the strip for a lot of cash game action (and the aria for tourneys) and I have no gameplan as to how im going to get down there. Ive heard it might get a little rough at night if I were to wanna venture back and forth from downtown and the strip. Any advice that yall could throw my way would definitely benefit me. Feel free to throw out any other thoughts or suggestions.

greenslime1951 · **Joined:** Wed Apr 27, 2011 3:14 pm **Posts:** 313

I strongly suggest you rent a car. It isn't expensive at all, especially if you get a midsize or compact and rent by the week. The El C is relatively convenient to catch the Deuce to go up the Strip, but it still takes an hour to get to the corner of Flamingo & LV Blvd. And the bus ain't free--it's $7 for a 24-hour pass.

On Friday and Saturday nights, the Strip is hopeless, and the buses slow to an absolute crawl as dozens of passengers get on and off at each stop. You'll get sick of it very quickly. If you have your own car, you can take the back ways in--Koval/Paradise, Frank Sinatra, etc. You also may want to go somewhere that the buses don't serve.

By the way, the steak house (the Flame) at the Cortez is much better than you might expect, and it's inexpensive. You'll probably also be surprised by how nice the Tower rooms are, especially given the price. I stay at the EC every time I'm in town, especially since the rooms are free for me--I play enough video poker that they send me room offers.

If you get the American Casino Guide, there's enough food and free play coupons--some usable at the EC--to recoup the cost of the book many times over. There's also things like $25 free slot play at the Palazzo.

Shady89 · **Joined:** Mon Jun 18, 2012 1:18 pm **Posts:** 175

definitely going to be eating some steak at the flame. where can I acquire the american casino guide. i never play much video poker but I plan on playing some when im there. max bet always right??

billycanuck · **Posted:** Thu Jun 21, 2012 11:57 pm

Renting a car sounds like the right option for you if you want to get to the strip from downtown. What greenslime said +1. You would need to ask TBC about the video poker ......

Dap Poker · **Posted:** Fri Jun 22, 2012 8:48 pm

Shady,

I'm a big fan of the car rental, especially since you'll be staying downtown -- 2 back and forth taxi rides and the airport shuttle will probably cost you more than the rental car. This site has all the rental places at the airport www.mccarran.com/03_CarRentals.aspx
You can check the individual company site links there as well as your favorite online booking places for the best rates.

You can pick up the American Casino Guide at Amazon or on their own website (www.americancasinoguide.com) for about the same price, $12+S&H.

Dave

Tatude · **Posted:** Sat Jun 23, 2012 6:37 am

You can check out carrentals.com to price out cars. If you don't add all the extras it's usually pretty cheap. Like the above post mentioned if u add up trips to and from the airport and a couple of taxi rides it can be cheaper. If you are going in the strip use the side roads especially on the weekends.

jkinsey435 · **Posted:** Sat Jun 23, 2012 7:42 am

priceline.com "name your own price". They only offer the top five or six rental car companies and you can save up to 40% off a rental car. If you get a compact, you can probably get one for $10/day.

I'll have to check out the American Casino Guide next time I go to Vegas.

wisak7 · **Joined:** Mon Sep 07, 2009 6:52 pm **Posts:** 65

I have made many posts regarding renting a car and I am a big proponent of renting a car. I'll be in Vegas from July 23rd through the 27th and for a four day mid-size rental directly through Dollar Car Rental's web site I got a price including taxes of $112.00. Plus, since I accessed their site through Harrah's Total Rewards web site, I got 1 reward point for every dollar spent.

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