Las Vegas & San Francisco

[hopalong]

aslo wondering where the best deals are for car rental and extra charges for same, e.g which add ons are essential.are there vouchers or discounts.

 

[knealecat]

went a couple of years ago, dont miss the grand canyon skywalk.

http://www.grandcanyonskywalk.com/

 

[monagt]

First Las Vegas is great - spent 4 nights Caesars and will return. Need to do Heli to GC and shows. Takes days just to go to different hotels, 150+ shops in Caesars alone. Did small bit gamblings as not a gambler.
SF great - do Alcatraz at Night, Golden Gate on open Trolley Bus, get Tram tkt for 5/7 days and hop on/off (expensive to do it other way)
Los Angeles is a great city, so big, so much to do, so different in so many parts, _ daunting to get around (27 separate cities) so most ppl dont and say its crap. U need a good car and sat nav.
I did LA, Palm Springs, Phoenix, Flagstaff, LV and LA on 1 trip.
LA, Santa Barbara, Monterey (jazz festival), SF in 2nd trip.

Including all atttractions/sights on way, for example, Hollywood, Venice Beach, Malibu, Warner Brother Studios, Sedona, Grand Canyon, Palm S, Phoenix Scottsdale, Meteor Crater, Route 66 and the list goes on.

 

[PMU]

Hi everyone,
Fly into San Fran for 3 nights, staying in Adagio Hotel (Geary St beside Union Sq)
Drive to Sonoma Valley for 1 night, wine tasting there, staying in Doubletree Sonoma hotel
On to Yosemite for a night staying in Yosemite View Lodge
Finally 3 nights in Las Vegas staying in Planet Hollwood Resort and Casino.

I hired June this year, as I have in the past, from Avis at their Post St depot in San Francisco. No problems but you should bring your own satnav rather than rent one.

I would suggest more than one night (ideally 3 minimum) in Yosemite. It’s not really worth it for 1 night. Note there’s no petrol in the Yosemite Valley so you must fill up at El Portal 15 miles before the (West) park entrance, which itself about 30 (?) miles from Yosemite Valley. Also where is the Yosemite View Lodge? The hotels in the Yosemite Valley are Yosemite Lodge or the Ahwahnee. ( I was in the tents in Curry Village.) It’s about 400 miles from Yosemite to Las Vegas, so you night consider stopping in Death Valley en route.

 

[fizzelina]

I hired June this year, as I have in the past, from Avis at their Post St depot in San Francisco. No problems but you should bring your own satnav rather than rent one.

I would suggest more than one night (ideally 3 minimum) in Yosemite. It’s not really worth it for 1 night. Note there’s no petrol in the Yosemite Valley so you must fill up at El Portal 15 miles before the (West) park entrance, which itself about 30 (?) miles from Yosemite Valley. Also where is the Yosemite View Lodge? The hotels in the Yosemite Valley are Yosemite Lodge or the Ahwahnee. ( I was in the tents in Curry Village.) It’s about 400 miles from Yosemite to Las Vegas, so you night consider stopping in Death Valley en route.

Thanks for the tips PMU. In the end we are only 1 night in Yosemite but now staying in Bellagio for the 3 nights in LV so very excited about that. It says Yosemite View Lodge address is 11136 Highway 140 so I presume that is near the park but who knows....We're staying in Hilton Sonoma in Santa Rosa now. I booked Alcatraz. I didn't book heli trip to Grand Canyon yet, just wondering do people generally book that in advance as well? Also any tips on Sonoma wine tours, nothing organised for that but presume can sort out on the day when we arrive....

 

[duchalla]

Hi Fizzelina,

Mrs Duchalla and I stayed in the Bellagio last year for 4 nights, We booked the heli trip to the sky walk in the Grand Canyon day after we arrived, amazing...