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"VOLTS" wrote in message ... 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. -- VOLTS Message origin: TRAVEL.com 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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On Thu, 17 Mar 2011 09:13:44 -0500, Doug McDonald
wrote: 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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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 -- VOLTS Message origin: TRAVEL.com |
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"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. 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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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 -- VOLTS Message origin: TRAVEL.com |
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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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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. -- VOLTS Message origin: TRAVEL.com |
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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. 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. -- VOLTS Message origin: TRAVEL.com -- Ken Blake |
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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. -- Dave Hatunen, Tucson, Baja Arizona, out where the cacti grow |
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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)"? -- Binyamin Dissen http://www.dissensoftware.com Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a response from me, you should preauthorize the dissensoftware.com domain. I very rarely bother responding to challenge/response systems, especially those from irresponsible companies. |
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