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  #11  
Old March 17th, 2011, 05:55 PM posted to rec.travel.usa-canada
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"VOLTS" wrote in message
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ok sir. our entire stay in the US will not be in budget hotels or cheap
inns. we have some friends who offered a few day stay with them in new
york and los angeles. to some up for 2 weeks our stay in a budget hotel
will be only 8 to 9 days.

in los angeles, new york and washington sir. what budget hotels outside
the city proper can you suggest? $100 a day for 2 will be ok.


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Can't speak for all parts of the country but here in the East (all the way
down the coast--Maine to Florida)--as you enter each State (driving) there
is always a Welcome Center and Rest Area. At each Center and at most other
Rest Areas you will find Discount Motel/Hotel Booklets with coupons for a
large number of places to stay within the State. I use these all the time
and they give significant room discounts.
MLD

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Old March 18th, 2011, 02:42 AM posted to rec.travel.usa-canada
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On Thu, 17 Mar 2011 09:13:44 -0500, Doug McDonald
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Except when it matters, in late January-February!

Doug McDonald


Which is an important factor in many places. Room rates will vary
greatly by season and even by day of the week in most areas.

Hotels that cater to business travelers may well be much less
expensive on the weekends.
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Old June 11th, 2011, 02:15 AM posted to rec.travel.usa-canada
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hi sir, thanks for the comment. well i considered the car rental but
here in the philippines sir everyday i'm driving to and from work. we
just want to relax a bit from driving when we go out of the country at
least once in a year. greyhound prices are ok as i see it sir, it won't
cost us $130 for both one way. as our first time hopefully in the US, we
can study the transport system and how to avail them (car rentals, city
pass). how about city transport sir, is taking the cab ok from place to
place or we are used to walk just what we usually do in cities like,
tokyo, hong kong, singapore, bangkok etc.


thankyou
steve


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Old June 11th, 2011, 03:29 PM posted to rec.travel.usa-canada
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"VOLTS" wrote in message
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hi sir, thanks for the comment. well i considered the car rental but
here in the philippines sir everyday i'm driving to and from work. we
just want to relax a bit from driving when we go out of the country at
least once in a year. greyhound prices are ok as i see it sir, it won't
cost us $130 for both one way. as our first time hopefully in the US, we
can study the transport system and how to avail them (car rentals, city
pass). how about city transport sir, is taking the cab ok from place to
place or we are used to walk just what we usually do in cities like,
tokyo, hong kong, singapore, bangkok etc.


San Francisco excepted, no, walking around everywhere will not get you
between sights of interest, and with some exception neither will public
transport. You will be taking taxis everywhere, probably at considerable
cost.

How are you intending on getting to/from Grand Canyon. That's not exactly
walkable either.

tim



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Old June 11th, 2011, 03:41 PM posted to rec.travel.usa-canada
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There is a lot to be said about getting from one place to another via the
bus. In cities like NY and LA you don't need the hassle of a car and you
certainly will be able to get around using public transportation. Once
there, if you want to see something special--in LA, for example, wine
country and even a side trip to Las Vegas, you can get a rental car for
several days or two. The advantage to driving on a side trip like that is
that there are a lot of interesting places on the way to stop and look
around. Also, you can stay a bit further out of town in less expensive
places. If driving from one state into another, stop at the "Welcome
Center"----Pick up the Discount books which contains lots of coupons for all
kinds of hotels/motels where you can stay at a much reduced cost--well worth
it.
If you have no problem with walking, get in shape because you will do a lot
of that too. Before you get to a place like NY, go on-line and get a bit
familiar with the subway/bus system and kind of plan how you would get from
one place to the other. It helps quite a bit.
MLD

"VOLTS" wrote in message
...

hi sir, thanks for the comment. well i considered the car rental but
here in the philippines sir everyday i'm driving to and from work. we
just want to relax a bit from driving when we go out of the country at
least once in a year. greyhound prices are ok as i see it sir, it won't
cost us $130 for both one way. as our first time hopefully in the US, we
can study the transport system and how to avail them (car rentals, city
pass). how about city transport sir, is taking the cab ok from place to
place or we are used to walk just what we usually do in cities like,
tokyo, hong kong, singapore, bangkok etc.


thankyou
steve


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VOLTS
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Old June 11th, 2011, 04:03 PM posted to rec.travel.usa-canada
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On 6/11/2011 7:41 AM, MLD wrote:
There is a lot to be said about getting from one place to another via
the bus. In cities like NY and LA you don't need the hassle of a car and
you certainly will be able to get around using public transportation.


NY & SF yes, LA no.

And I would NEVER be carrying around $7000 in cash, and especially not
in the places that a Greyhound bus station is likely to be located.

There are other bus options for SF-LA-Las Vegas besides Greyhound:

Xe Do Hoang:
http://www.lowfarebus.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2&Itemid =2

USAsia: http://gotobus.com/usasia/
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Old June 11th, 2011, 04:31 PM posted to rec.travel.usa-canada
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oh ok sir, at these cities like LA, SF and VEGAS walking will not be
advisable. sir what mode of public transport can we take from point of
interest to the other? will taking a cab be ok or bus? as part of our
plan we will be taking hotels that also offer city tours or can assist
us, that will be in LA, SF and LV. as part of our las vegas trip will be
a tour of the grand canyon.

as always sir when we are new to one country, asking is our secret on
how to get from place to place. if we can walk we take it a chance
because its exciting specially when we are new to one place specially
the United States. now sir while we are still planning for the US, we
can already immagine and see that each day will be an exciting long one.


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Old June 11th, 2011, 10:06 PM posted to rec.travel.usa-canada
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On Sat, 11 Jun 2011 10:31:26 -0500, VOLTS
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oh ok sir, at these cities like LA, SF and VEGAS walking will not be
advisable.



The tourist part of Las Vegas (the "strip") is very small and you can
easily walk from one to the other in just a few minutes.

San Francisco is much larger, but again the downtown area is much
smaller, and can cover a lot of it on foot. However it's very hilly,
so you may prefer to get around, at least some of the time, by cable
car, bus, or metro.

Los Angeles is much more spread out, and there, you may need to take
taxis more often.


sir what mode of public transport can we take from point of
interest to the other? will taking a cab be ok or bus?



Yes and yes. Sure.


as part of our
plan we will be taking hotels that also offer city tours



Your choice, of course, but personally I almost always prefer doing my
own tours rather than taking organized ones. That way I get to the
places *I* want to go to, rather than those the tour company wants to
take me to, and *I* get to decide how long I spend in each place.
There are numbers of guide books available to help you decide where
you want to go

And in Las Vegas, a tour would be almost meaningless. There's nothing
to see outdoors except the "strip" and that's of interest only if you
like neon lights (I don't). To most people, the appeal of Las Vegas is
in the gambling casinos and in the shows they put on there in the
evenings (but personally I'm interested in neither, and never want to
go to Las Vegas).


or can assist
us, that will be in LA, SF and LV. as part of our las vegas trip will be
a tour of the grand canyon.



The Grand Canyon is not right next door to Las Vegas, and you
certainly can't walk there (by road it's about 280 miles--a six hour
drive). So if you are staying in Las Vegas, you'll need to take a tour
from there, or at least a bus ride from there.

If it were me, I wouldn't try to take a tour from Las Vegas from the
Grand Canyon, but would include a day or two stay at a hotel near the
Grand Canyon, and perhaps rent a car to get back and forth from the
hotel to the canyon.


as always sir when we are new to one country, asking is our secret on
how to get from place to place. if we can walk we take it a chance
because its exciting specially when we are new to one place specially
the United States. now sir while we are still planning for the US, we
can already immagine and see that each day will be an exciting long one.


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VOLTS
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Old June 11th, 2011, 11:39 PM posted to rec.travel.usa-canada
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On Sat, 11 Jun 2011 10:41:54 -0400, MLD wrote:

There is a lot to be said about getting from one place to another via
the bus. In cities like NY and LA you don't need the hassle of a car
and you certainly will be able to get around using public
transportation.


For various interpretations of "get around". New York has very good
pyublic transit and horrible surface traffic (th cost of a cab ride can
rise quite a bit just from the cab having to sit in traffic).

But LA (by which I assume we mean the broader sense of the entire metro
area, most of which is not actually in the city of Los Angeles nor, in
many cases, in the county of Los Angeles) only has good transit if your
departure and destination points happen to lie along one of the Metro or
tram lines. The typical tourist points are very far apart and up to forty
miles might lie between two that you want to visit on a given day.

A lot of foreign visitors simply have no concept of the distances here in
The USA and Canada, even within metro areas.

Once there, if you want to see something special--in LA,
for example, wine country and even a side trip to Las Vegas,


LA? Wine country? Are you sure you're not thinking of San Francisco? San
Francisco proper is much smaller than most would imagine, only 49 square
miles, about seven miles by seven miles. Although the locals have chronic
complaints about local transit, it's actually pretty good. And quite a
bit of fun what with the cable cars, old street cars/trams and the Metro.
You can gt almost anywhere within San Francisco on foot or transit.

We lived in Daly City (aka "Little Manila") on the south edge of San
Francisco from 1987 to 2001 and almost always used transit in The City;
parking can be a real bear. Just trying to figure out whether you can
legally park in a certain spot can be difficult. And parking garages can
be pricey unless you only want to park for a few hours.

A lot in the rest of the Bay Area can also be reached by transit,
including CalTrain and Bart, but it's not very well coordinated. Tours
can be taken to some nearby places, like Muir Woods, but a temporary car
rental would be advisable for some of that.

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Old June 12th, 2011, 08:37 AM posted to rec.travel.usa-canada
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On Sat, 11 Jun 2011 14:06:26 -0700 Ken Blake wrote:

:On Sat, 11 Jun 2011 10:31:26 -0500, VOLTS
wrote:

: oh ok sir, at these cities like LA, SF and VEGAS walking will not be
: advisable.

:The tourist part of Las Vegas (the "strip") is very small and you can
:easily walk from one to the other in just a few minutes.

Yeah?

In most casinos, it will take a few minutes just to walk from the door to your
room.

It takes quite a while to walk between casinos.

What do you call "the tourist part of Las Vegas (the strip)"?

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