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The city is laid out as follows: Main Street as well as the numbered streets run north-south, starting with Main Street in the west. The bus station is on Main Street. Downtown has several hotel-casinos, as well as the "Fremont Street Experience", a pedestrian mall lined with casinos, near the western end of Fremont Street. A couple miles south of downtown starts the "Strip" (Las Vegas Boulevard South), a north-south street lined with large casino-hotels, shopping malls, and other attractions.
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McCarran International Airport ( IATA : LAS ) [7] is served by many domestic and international air carriers. myrtle beach airport rental car Southwest Airlines [8] has a hub at LAS. The cost at the airport to rent a luggage trolley/cart is $3.
Henderson Executive Airport ( ICAO : KHND ) is the corporate choice for aviation in Las Vegas. Located just minutes myrtle beach airport rental car from the world famous Vegas strip, Henderson Airport is the ideal alternative to McCarran International Airport. Air taxi and air charter myrtle beach airport rental car companies such as The Early Air Way [9] and Jetset Charter [10] fly a variety of private charter aircraft and jets, from charter luxury Gulfstream's down to economical piston twins for small groups and individuals.
Hotels owned by MGM Grand (MGM Grand, and New York New York) and Harrah's Entertainment (Rio, Harrah's, Bally's, Paris, Caesars Palace, and Flamingo) allow you to check in at the hotel and transfer luggage between the hotel and the airport.
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Taxis cost $10-$20 from the airport to a Strip location. The taxi line is well organized and the city taxi dispatcher will direct you to a numbered space along the curb. You need not tip the taxi dispatcher. There is some debate on whether the taxi driver should or should not be taking any Strip-destination passengers through the tunnel when exiting the airport. myrtle beach airport rental car Most taxi drivers prefer to take the tunnel because (surprise, surprise) it produces a higher bill. The general consensus seems to be that taking the tunnel is 5-10 minutes shorter , but will cost you $5-$10 more; and not taking the tunnel is 5-10 minutes longer , but will cost $5-$10 less. Some people prefer to save the money as the time savings isn't that huge. You have the right to tell the driver if you do not want to take the tunnel. And do not let them tell you they need to take the tunnel to avoid the "big accident" if that is not your preference. myrtle beach airport rental car If you feel you have been taken advantage of by the taxi driver, take down the driver's license number and call the Nevada Taxi Cab Authority.
myrtle beach airport rental car RTC Express Bus WAX [11] costs $2.00 each way and departs at least every hour from Ground Level Zero(Terminal 1). The WAX travels down Tropicana Avenue and stops at the MGM and also just outside of the New York New York just past the overhead walking bridge. The total travel time to the New York New York stop is about 10-15 minutes.
RTC Bus Route 108 [12] costs $2.00 each way and departs every 20-30 minutes from Ground Level Zero. Take the escalator myrtle beach airport rental car down from the baggage claim(Terminal 1) to "Public Transportation" and walk towards the parking garage. Before you get to the parking garage, turn right and walk between the parking spaces marked out for large vehicles towards myrtle beach airport rental car the covered bus stop with the large sign on the roof saying "The Bus Stops Here". The bus travels along Paradise Road to the Convention Center and the LV Hilton, taking myrtle beach airport rental car about 20-25 minutes. At the intersection of Paradise Road and the Strip (Las Vegas Boulevard), you can transfer to the Deuce bus, traveling north to downtown or south to other hotel casinos.
RTC Bus Route 109 [13] also costs $2.00 each way and departs every 20-30 minutes from Ground Level Zero(Terminal 1). Route 109 runs north to Downtown along Maryland Parkway, bypassing the entire Strip. And it runs south from the airport to the South Strip Transfer Center, where you can transfer to the Deuce or RDX buses.
Amtrak's Southwest Chief [14] operates daily service from Los Angeles , California and Albuquerque , New Mexico to Needles , California , 113 miles south of Las Vegas. From Needles, there is bus service to Las Vegas, with a stop in Laughlin.
If traveling along the Strip, walking is a reasonable option as the hotel-casinos