Originally Posted By: Patman
I usually book my rental cars through
www.holidaycars.com They even show you the price in Canadian dollars too. I just got back from a quick trip to Las Vegas yesterday actually! My wife booked the rental car this time though, not sure what site she used but we rented from Thrifty and ended up just renting for half a day (to drive to Red Rock Canyon) and it cost us only $30 (we could have kept the car for 24 hours for that price if we wanted) We ended up going with the cheapest car though, and when we got to the parking garage we could choose from a Hyundai Accent, Ford Focus, Toyota Yaris or Chevy Spark. We chose the Toyota because it was in a nice bright blue color and all the others were boring colors
It was a fun little car for our journey and it only used $5 worth of gas even though we put close to 80 miles on it. (since gas was $2.50 a gallon, it got us roughly 40 MPG)
I highly suggest taking time during your trip to go to Red Rock Canyon Conservation Area too! It's only about 20 minutes away from Vegas, and has a nice freshly paved road you can drive along in the conservation area with parking areas along the way to get out and see the different areas up close and it has hiking trails if you want to do that too. The drive itself through the park is a lot of fun, it's almost like a little race track
You can do the entire drive, with quick stops, in about 2-3 hours also if you don't do any of the hikes. We went first thing in the morning on Saturday before the heat set in and before the crowds came (the park opens at 8am, they say it gets very busy between 10-2)
this +1. while g.c. is worth seeing once, there is much great scenery within 1 hour of vegas. i respectfully disagree with renting cars from off-site/low-budget agencies. i prefer spending a few bucks more to ensure better support in case of an emergency, same reason i dont fly low-budget airlines. for fast, comfy trip to g.c. i suggest bigger with frosty aircon, a buick lacrosse would be perfect if one could found for rent. today l.v. hit 106f, thank god it is dry heat.