It looks like PH is not offering $45/night any more. I saw people got $60/night for PH. You have to take the chance if bid on Priceline, which hotel won't be guranteed.
-axid(axid);
2008-3-6(#4312525@0)
We went for 6 days, 2 days trip to Grand Canyon, stayed in LV for 5 nights, Grand Canyon one night. Total cost around $2500 (air tickets--children paid same fare as adults, hotel, car rental, meals, child care, gamble lost etc).
-axid(axid);
2008-2-21(#4277044@0)
Thank you for sharing. Did you go with tour to Grand Canyon? If so, how much did it cost? Thanks,
-cljlj(FlyingPC);
2008-2-28(#4297240@0)
No, we drove to Grand Canyon by ourselves, and stayed there for one night. Very easy drive, less than 5 hours from LV. The speed limit of Hwy 40 in Arizona is 75 mile/hour--so you can drive very fast (we drove 130-140km/hour).
-axid(axid);
2008-2-29(#4298215@0)
Thanks for the detail. We are planning to stay 6 nights in LV and 1 night in Grand Canyon(like what you did), can we bid a hotel for 6 unconnected days? By the way, how much did you spend on renting the car? Thanks,
-cljlj(FlyingPC);
2008-2-29(#4298542@0)
Car rental we bid from Priceline as well, full sized car one week for a total of $124(tax incl.). The hotel you can bid for separate days. We did it that way. The chance of get a low price for weekend(Fri & Sat) is very slim.
-axid(axid);
2008-2-29{350}(#4298961@0)
For example, Sun-Thurs, you can get Planet Hollywood for $45+tax/night, but weekend, will be much higher. We choose to stay in Grand Canyon on Saturday night to avoid pay high price in LV. Grand Canyon, we stayed in Holiday Inn Express Grand Canyon, $66+tax--booked directly from holiday inn website--priceline doesn't have any deal in Grand Canyon.
Thank you a lot, Axid. Do I have to buy insurance for rental car? I do have Gold VISA card which convers part of insurance. Many thanks,
-cljlj(FlyingPC);
2008-3-1(#4300390@0)
Our credit card covers CDW & LDW, but driving in US seems need to buy liability coverage. We took the chance and didn't buy it. You need to consider your own situation on deciding buy or not.
-axid(axid);
2008-3-2(#4302087@0)
花了一万多刀是因为我LG "CRAZY"了一把,花了1万刀买了个TIMESHARE。这玩意儿我们以前听过但是没接触过,好象是很划得来的样子,主要是有个GETAWAY DEAL。成为会员后8天7晚的5星级酒店只要300-500左右(平均就是40-70元一天),世界各地,而且是UNLIMITED,就是说可以帮朋友同事三姑六婆定酒店。WEBSITE是intervalworld.com,有兴趣出去晒太阳滑雪Cruise Disney World的朋友可以上去看看,如有需要可以给我PM,反正我钱都交了,用得越多越划得来。进入网站后往下拉可以看到SEARCH THE RESORT DIRECTORY,点进去就有地图,想去哪就点哪。我有个同事下周去墨西哥MAYAN RIVIERA,我们看了那里LIST出的RESORT后她说你咋不早买这TIMESHARE涅(她下周去老早就定好酒店了)。。。
Hi, Jessie, welcome back! I am glad to hear you enjoyed the trip as well! I won't be able to input Chinese at work, and dare not to try--company is quite strict on internet access. For the upgrade to fountain view room
-axid(axid);
2008-2-21{232}(#4277314@0)
You need to ask the staff at check in counter, and tip him or her $20 if he or she upgrade you. What I did is bring out a $20 bill, and ask the check in person, and then give him the money after he confirmed that we will be updated.
Smart! See I don't know that... But tip is a "killer". We gave away tips everywhere: for parking, pick up, housekeeping, lunch, dinner... I didn't know $20 will do such a good use...
-dqs(Jessie);
2008-2-21(#4277332@0)
我们去之前在老外的论坛上看到的,有几个中文游记里也提到这个TIP,我们一试,还真灵。没关系,下次你们可以一试。dict.cn is great, see I can type in chinese. haha! Thanks!
-axid(axid);
2008-2-21(#4277354@0)
其实她只是有些擦伤,但这个航班却决定在DENVOR临时降落,好安排她就医(加航工会的力量体现在了这里)。当飞机准备从DENVOR再起飞时,我们被告知引擎有故障,让全体下飞机,在机场等了3个小时后,被告知今天不能飞了,安排酒店,第二天一早再飞。我们带着两个小孩子这么折腾,再加上第二天应该上班,孩子也要上学,真是糟糕透了。给我们安排的酒店离机场30公里远,第二天一早6点就把孩子们折腾起来,坐SHUTTLE到机场再CHECK IN,愚蠢的加航竟然把我们一家四口安排在了四个毫不相邻的座位上,然后告诉我们只能到登机口再看有没有办法换。这班飞机是全满的,我们做好了要大闹一场的准备,还好,到了登机口,服务员很主动的帮我们调换了座位。经过三个小时的飞行,终于回到了多伦多。what a long journey!