[vpFREE] Re: Taxis and tipping

Your response "The route that you now take through the Cal is as safe
as it can get while walking." leads me to think you don't feel it's
very safe. We really wanted to enjoy Fremont Street on the 4th, but
want to be safe also. Hence the curfew question. Not that that's a
guarantee, but it can't hurt. Any thoughts/suggestions??

Thanks for the responses about the trip from the airport - think
these two cheap gals from the Midwest will be taking the shuttle
downtown! We'll save the difference in fares for something else!!

Linda in Indy

--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, Albert Pearson <ehpee@...> wrote:

>
> The absolute most direct route would be down Swenson to Paradise and down Paradise to where it meets Main Street and then it is
straight to the hotel.
>  
>  The route that you now take through the Cal is as safe as it can
get while walking.
>  
>  Cab fare should be $35 using the following web site and using  Union Plaza as destination.
> This route uses I-15 which is quicker but longer .
>  
> http://www.taxifarefinder.com/main.php?city=LV
>  
> Here is the web site for shuttles
> http://www.mccarran.com/03_Shuttles_01.asp
>  
>  
>
> Regards
>
> A.P.
>
> --- On Tue, 6/30/09, linda reynolds <ritas45@...> wrote:
>
>
> From: linda reynolds <ritas45@...>
> Subject: [vpFREE] Taxis and tipping
> To: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com
> Received: Tuesday, June 30, 2009, 4:05 PM
>
>
> Hi, I have been lurking - reading, learning, going to suggested
websites, etc.  I must say this is a great group!!  I wish I had
found this group months ago!
>  
> I do have a question on the taxi topic.  I will be coming in this
Saturday to Las Vegas with a friend and we will be staying downtown 2
nights and then on the strip 2 nights.  I have never gone from the
airport to downtown before,  Does anyone know, approximately,
what should I expect the fee to be?  That being said, is there a
definite route to tell the driver we would like him to take?  Also,
is there one of the shuttles that go downtown and would that be less
expensive.  I know they can take longer, but that doesn't bother me
if the savings is substantial.

> Thanks for your input/suggestions.
>  
> We are staying at Main Street Station.  Should we give ourselves
a "curfew" to safely return back to MSS after Fremont Street on
Sat/Sun nights? Or are we a little nervous for nothing?  I have cut
through the Vegas Club through their garage and then across the
street to the Cal and on to MSS, but have never stayed downtown
overnight, making "that" trip late at night.  I've read things both
ways - I don't want our trip to have an incident!

>  
> Linda in Indy
>  
>
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