pkphilip

I bidded my car at Priceline and got a compact rental for $13/day. Eventually I got my rental at Budget. You could also have a look at Hotwire Hot-Rate, those are limited time offer. You just have to check around for best rate.

In Vegas, their car rental is at another seperate building. There will be shuttle bus that will drive you there for free from the airport. Once you are there, you will be walking into a very big facility in front of a huge parkade. Simply follow the sign to find your rental company and the lot attendent will show you your car after all the paperwork.

Generally avoid the cheap ones like Fox, Payless, Advantage because I've heard bad stories with them. If you go on Priceline or hotwire, they only give you the big ones like Hertz, National, Budget, Dollar and Enterprise.

Before you leave the lot, please inspect the car carefully for dents and obvious scratches, bring a flash light with you as the parkade could be dark to show the scratches. You will need to give the paperwork to the parkade exit attendent and you will leave the facility.

Mini-van obviously will be more... you plan to go to Grand Canyon?

Since GPS is a $10 option for most, if you have one that is updated, bring one with you as you will probably want to know where is Walmart to make your first "beverage/snack" stock up.

Philip

pkphilip

I did some research last time to Grand Canyon, and found that Vegas just have too much stuff to do, the quickest is to take a air-tour from Boulder City. There will be shuttle bus from LV to Boulder City and you take the air flight from there.

That will cut down the trip time to about 5-8 hours :-) Tripadvisor is a good place to look for tour company reviews.

Also, driving to Grand Canyon is very un-interesting, not to mention there are parts of the Canyon are not car accessible.

Check with your autoplan agent, as you might have LDW or CDW coverage on rental vehicles. You just need to present the proof of coverage to the rental clerk, sign the waiver and that's it.

Philip