I was looking at the pop up tips today.
One of the topics was rookie mistakes & it mentioned "don't underestimate travel to the airport "
Not sure what they meant. Maybe because I live in NYC where a trip to the airport can take over an hour, I find McCarren pretty accessible.
I grew up in mid-town Manhattan. Back in the 70's, the quickest and easiest airport to get to was Newark. Cab it to the bus terminal around 42nd street and there were direct buses to EWR.
Don, at one point that was a good option. I worked on w55th st & Newark did work.
However, now unless you leave at 6am, Newark is as bad as the other 2.
Originally posted by: tom
I was looking at the pop up tips today.
One of the topics was rookie mistakes & it mentioned "don't underestimate travel to the airport "
Not sure what they meant. Maybe because I live in NYC where a trip to the airport can take over an hour, I find McCarren pretty accessible.
Tom, I'd say since it was a list of rookie mistakes, this can happen. The first time (long time ago) we took one of those airport shuttles, paid for the round trip. Airport TO hotel, not a problem. Waiting for the return ride, I don't know if the shuttle ever got to the hotel to pick us up (and calling the number didn't help). At least 45 minutes later than expected time we freaked out and got a taxi. Never again.
Also, though it isn't so much now, at one time it could be a longer wait for the taxi, traffic back up, or to gas up the rental, get the rental turned in, lines long at the airport, etc.
Or be so engrossed in gambling and cut it so short that any of the above could run one short on time.
Yeah. Never take the airport shuttle.
If you can't afford cabfare to McCarren for your flight home, then you shouldn't be in Vegas in the 1st place.
Sunday mornings are bad - cabs everywhere, check-in lines insanely long, TSA scanning, etc. It can take you much longer than you ever expected.
Well, that's a normal Sunday morning. Right now, not so much.
