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Hi,

I am looking at going to Vegas at the end of May, I'd like to go from or to San Francisco.

Has anyone done this route (fly from uk, to San Francisco then onto vegas) and knows a cheap and easy way to do it. I've seen various tours that do that for around $300 but the operators i've never heard or or review quite badly.

I was thinking maybe just fly between the two, but it would be quite nice to see abit more on the way to Vegas.

Looking at only a couple of days or so (not a week tour etc). Cheaper the better.

Any suggestions or good websites to check out?

Cheers
 
Hire a car and drive. It's about 600 miles and if you wish you can go through Yosemite National Park and Death Valley on the way. Both are awesome.
 
It is quite a drive from SF to Vegas and a return flight is only about £100, for me there isn't enough to see on the way if you want to do each way in a day

If you have more time it's a different matter
 
[TW]Fox;23301322 said:
Hire a car and drive. It's about 600 miles and if you wish you can go through Yosemite National Park and Death Valley on the way. Both are awesome.
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That's the way me and mrs deej did it. Nice and slowly too. Stayed overnight just outside Yosemite and again in Death Valley.

Fantastic drive, especially in the convertible.
 
[TW]Fox;23301322 said:
Hire a car and drive. It's about 600 miles and if you wish you can go through Yosemite National Park and Death Valley on the way. Both are awesome.
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This. If you're flying all the way over there you should/must go and see one or both of these, your life will be better for it. Plus an american road trip is just cool :D
 
[TW]Fox;23301322 said:
Hire a car and drive. It's about 600 miles and if you wish you can go through Yosemite National Park and Death Valley on the way. Both are awesome.
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Did you take plenty of pictures when you did this Fox?
 
i drove this route.

did 3 weeks in the US for my wedding/honeymoon.

Wedding at MGM Grand in Vegas (week in Vegas)

Drove to LA for 3 days, San Diego aka "The Whale's Vagina" (hopefully someone gets this) for one of those though, Then drove to San Fran for 4 days. and back to Vegas for another week.

the San Fran - Vegas route through Yosemite/Death Valley would have been lovely but we opted to the Interstate all the way. think it took around 10 hours with a few pee/fuel stops.
 
At the moment, flying from San Francisco to Las Vegas is slightly edging it. I'd love to do a road trip but money and time might be an issue this time.

Thinking time and money at the moment. I do intend to go to the US and do a proper sight seeing trip, this one is more about vegas for a 30th birthday.

Guessing hotels etc will offer tours of hoover dam, helicopter rides over grand canyon etc. Or best to book in advance?
 
funguST said:
At the moment, flying from San Francisco to Las Vegas is slightly edging it. I'd love to do a road trip but money and time might be an issue this time.

Thinking time and money at the moment. I do intend to go to the US and do a proper sight seeing trip, this one is more about vegas for a 30th birthday.
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To be honest unless you are one of these who thinks Casinos and getting totally hammered is all there is to a holiday you can box tick Vegas in a few days leaving you with loads of time to see genuinelly awesome things in the surrounding area. Vegas is cool, I glad I went, but there is no way I'd do something like spend an entire week there whilst missing out on some of the fantastic landscapes in the surrounding area.

Guessing hotels etc will offer tours of hoover dam, helicopter rides over grand canyon etc. Or best to book in advance?
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You don't need to book a tour of Hoover dam. Just rent a car and drive out there yourself! Grand Canyon wise anyone offering a helicopter into the Canyon isn't taking you to the proper Grand Canyon. Helicopters are not permitted inside the Canyon proper.

Make sure you go to the SOUTH RIM and not the 'West Rim'. You can get a 40 minute flight from North Las Vegas airport to Grand Canyon where a coach takes you to some of the viewing areas. Much better.
 
joelk2 said:
i drove this route.

did 3 weeks in the US for my wedding/honeymoon.

Wedding at MGM Grand in Vegas (week in Vegas)

Drove to LA for 3 days, San Diego aka "The Whale's Vagina" (hopefully someone gets this) for one of those though, Then drove to San Fran for 4 days. and back to Vegas for another week.

the San Fran - Vegas route through Yosemite/Death Valley would have been lovely but we opted to the Interstate all the way. think it took around 10 hours with a few pee/fuel stops.
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Anchorman, where's my e-cookie?! :D
 
Planning on 2 nights or so in San Francisco and 4 nights in vegas. 2 days enough to San Francisco. I dont really know whats about there, not looked in any detail yet, other than alcatraz
 
I went in September. Flew to San Fran via Atlanta, then hired a car and drove to L.A then San Diago, then onto Vegas with some stops on the way.
Would definitely recommend driving, the coast from San Fran to Santa Monica was amazing especially at the start but i don't know if you could go that way if your heading straight to Vegas.
Also out of all the stops we made my favorite was San Fran really nice place and there was more there to do than i thought before we went i was expecting it to be one of the more boring locations.
 
hilly said:
Anchorman, where's my e-cookie?! :D
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Glad I'm not alone.

I wasn't a fan of San Fran to be honest. So much so me and the wife went to the gym in our hotel one night.

Windy road, bridge, Alcatraz, sea lions on the pier.

Get on the open top bus and it takes you around the sights. Less time here and more in Vegas I say. I've spent 3 weeks in Vegas now and still not been around all the hotels.
 
Rotty said:
amateur :p
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haha, yes i am, But i got married their so its all good. We flew to New York to buy the wedding dress too.

i have a little one now too so will be a while before i can go back. (She's a budding traveller - Norway & Florida before 1yrs old)
 
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