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Airport Transportation Option for PPFA Attendees

  • Thread starter Thread starter Suzi Barger
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I just wanted to say thank you to the folks responsible to making this offer available. As a female traveler, traveling alone this time, this was extremely helpful and very useful. Not only affordable, but really took out the stress of having to figure out and/or find safe transportation to and from the airport . Airport attendee and hotel staff were very helpful and confirmed where we needed to wait for the transportation. Hope others had the same positive experience and it will be offered again in 2015.
 
Absolutely agree. My flight in arrived at midnight and having this arranged ahead of time made the trip easy. Having the return trip booked ahead was a relief.
 
I hope we have this option again next year. It was a relief to not worry and have to look for a taxi then wonder if they were going to take you the long way around.

Thanks for arranging this option.
 
Oh and...On my ride from the hotel to the airport there was a man going home to Washington from the Concrete show. I talked with him about framing (and a little about concrete). Identified a bunch of stuff he has that could be framed (showed him some photos of object frames I have on my phone), and told him how to use Find A Framer to find someone local.
 
It seems there have been some price reductions in general taxi fares. Maybe the monorail system installed a few years ago has something to do with that. We used to take the shuttles, but we realized that taxi fare is only about $12 to $14 from the airport to Paris and nearby destinations. Limousines cost at least $25 to $35, but may be advantageous if several passengers share the cost.

Caution: A popular tactic among Las Vegas taxi drivers is to "long haul" unwary passengers by taking them down the freeway, boosting the fare to $25 or more. Of course it's illegal and the penalties are stiff, but a lot of drivers figure the added profit is worth the risk of losing their jobs, unfortunately. If you suspect you have been "long hauled", report the origin, the destination, the time of day, the taxi number, the driver's name, and the fare. If you are mistaken and he has taken the most direct route, he has nothing to fear.
 
Caution: A popular tactic among Las Vegas taxi drivers is to "long haul" unwary passengers by taking them down the freeway, boosting the fare to $25 or more. Of course it's illegal and the penalties are stiff, but a lot of drivers figure the added profit is worth the risk of losing their jobs, unfortunately. If you suspect you have been "long hauled", report the origin, the destination, the time of day, the taxi number, the driver's name, and the fare. If you are mistaken and he has taken the most direct route, he has nothing to fear.

They did that to us last year and tried it again this year. I said NO -- go through town. Thanks for pointing that out.
 
Oh and...On my ride from the hotel to the airport there was a man going home to Washington from the Concrete show. I talked with him about framing (and a little about concrete). Identified a bunch of stuff he has that could be framed (showed him some photos of object frames I have on my phone), and told him how to use Find A Framer to find someone local.

Funny you should mention....... Went to Jersey Boys on last night with Mark, Ellen and Chris. Sitting directly behind us were people from Appleton, WI area (2 miles away from me) -- who just happen to need some repair work done. They have my card now. Small world, huh? Here's hoping what happened in Vegas doesn't stay there this time.
 
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Caution: A popular tactic among Las Vegas taxi drivers is to "long haul" unwary passengers by taking them down the freeway, boosting the fare to $25 or more. Of course it's illegal and the penalties are stiff, but a lot of drivers figure the added profit is worth the risk of losing their jobs, unfortunately. If you suspect you have been "long hauled", report the origin, the destination, the time of day, the taxi number, the driver's name, and the fare. If you are mistaken and he has taken the most direct route, he has nothing to fear.

Jim, as long as they ask, and they go the way you ask, it is not illegal. So if they ask "Would you like to go the freeway, or through the streets downtown", and you say "freeway", they have done nothing illegal, because you are going the way you specified. They don't have to tell you the freeway is longer, unless you ask.

Last year the driver asked me, and of course I replied the "short way through town," When I got to the hotel, I gave no tip, and explained "by asking, you take me for a fool, and I am not a fool, and I don't tip people that think I am".

This year, the driver did not ask, and went the short way. When I got to the hotel I gave an extra tip, and thanked him for not asking. He laughed, and said "I thought about asking, but after taking a look at you I figured you had been around and I thought I better not ask."
 
Strange habbit this tipping.
Aren't taxi-drivers and waiting staff etc. paid enough. If they present you with a bill with an x-amount on it, then that is the price you pay. Why pay an extra tip for an unspecified amount?

There must be some tourists to the US who are not used to tipping and pay a waitress the amount on the invoice without a tip.
 
Strange habbit this tipping.
Aren't taxi-drivers and waiting staff etc. paid enough. If they present you with a bill with an x-amount on it, then that is the price you pay. Why pay an extra tip for an unspecified amount?

There must be some tourists to the US who are not used to tipping and pay a waitress the amount on the invoice without a tip.

Different cultures and different geographic areas have different methods for different things.

I mean in some places they even drive on the wrong side of the road!

So it is always best to try to understand the differences.
 
Apparently driving on the left side of the road has its origins in jousting, where the nights try to dislodge their opponents from the horse with a lance held in the right hand, as most people back then and still are right handed.

Driving in the left used to be in Sweden, Iceland and The Netherlands. Still done in Britain, Ireland, Japan and former British colonies except Canada and the US.

Coming back to tipping, do you tip your doctor Russ? If not, why not?
 
Apparently driving on the left side of the road has its origins in jousting, where the nights try to dislodge their opponents from the horse with a lance held in the right hand, as most people back then and still are right handed.

Driving in the left used to be in Sweden, Iceland and The Netherlands. Still done in Britain, Ireland, Japan and former British colonies except Canada and the US.

Coming back to tipping, do you tip your doctor Russ? If not, why not?

All I'm saying Kai, is that different people / countries have different customs. So if you go somewhere and don't know the customs you might have problems.

For example if you come here, and you do not tip, if you go back to the same restaurant you might not get good service; probably not a big deal.

If I go to England and look to the Left (instead of the right) before crossing, I might get hit; which is to me, a very big deal.

So yes, it helps to know the customs, whether you agree or not, or you might be in for a big surprise.

As far as tipping doctors, that is not the custom here, so I don't do it. [But I do give them tips on where they can get great framing done, - from me - and some of them have taken me up on that. Yes, I do give them business cards]
 
I agree with Jim Miller's comment. We used to take the shuttle, but this year we took a taxi cab both from and to the airport. At the airport, the cabs were lined up and ready to go with no waiting, and at the hotel, the bell hop sent a cab over with no waiting, so it was all very quick and easy. The fare was about $16 each way, including a 20% tip, and we were able to just swipe our credit card -- again super easy.
 
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