Im staying at the Flamingo hotel on the strip. Im planning on taking a cab from the airport to the hotel. Ive looked up directions on yahoo and it says its only about 3.5 miles in distance. I looked at the taxi cab authority website and it says by law the driver has to follow the directions you tell them. Should I print out a map with directions and hand it to the cab driver so he doesnt try and take me some long way? Will handing the cab driver directions offend him?|||http://www.TaxiFareFinder.com has a page for Las Vegas. It is useful when planning a trip.|||no he should not get offended...you might want to check with the hotel to see if they have a shuttle to the hotel from the airport...some of them do and generally free for guests staying there...not sure about that one but even if not the easiest and quickest way is to take paradise rd from the airport to flamingo rd to the strip for the front entance or koval ln for the back entrance.|||for $ 5-10 per person go out door #13 after you've picked up your bags at baggage claim and purchase a ticket for a bus that will take you from the airport to the flamingo. it's cheaper than a cab and just as fast, probably safer to if you've ever had the vegas cab ride experience.....lol|||Tell them not to "Long Haul" you and you should be okay. When you say "Long Haul" you are using the common lingo which indicates that you know what he or she may be up to.
You need to watch out for cabbies who are really friendly or foreign. They may try to use friendliness or language as an excuse.|||Tell him to go the cheapest way (I do it all the time). They can take a highway which may be a little bit quicker, but it is more expensive. Its no big deal to tell the guy to go the cheap way.|||I think I'd be insulted to be handed a map if I were a taxi driver.. Just tell him to take Swenson %26amp; Paradise to Flamingo Rd..|||I doubt they'd be offended but . . . I've been to Vegas a number of times and I've never had a problem. The taxi shouldn't take more than 15-20 minutes and be about $15 bucks maybe.|||Tell the driver to go behind the strip, that will save lots of time. Take Paradise Rd to Flamingo.|||There are shuttles from the airport to the strip that make stops all along $6. Skip the cab. The Deuce may even go there. The Deuce is the city bus that you ride for $2. As for the route. The airport is on the strip (Las Vegas BLVD) Go in style and hop a limo $57 per hour. That was $20 about 20 years ago.
The Vegas taxis suck. I rode 2 of them last year and they do not know much about brakes and the vehicles themselves are filthy junk. Glass and plastic litter the corners from collisions. I rode from the Riviera to the Sahara ( you can see one from the other) and it was six bucks. Take the shuttle. It goes straight down the strip and you just say let me off and the driver will. And the taxi will not ake over 4 minutes because he will not stop for anybody. I doubt they will long haul you because they are in a giant hurry to dump you and get the next fair. I think the dude that drove us was from Mogadishu.
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