Las Vegas Forum: Las Vegas / LA side trip

We did a road trip on our first trip and repeated with several tweaks for other trips.

All doable as we like scenery and sights too.

L.A for 5 days

Vegas 4 days

G.Canyon 2 days

Palm Springs 1 day

San Diego 2 days then drive back to L.A for flight

5 days in L.A will give a nice amount of time to see all sights, beaches, etc. Vegas with 4 days is good if first time to catch all sights, and part day trips to Red Rock Canyon and/or Valley of Fire. Easy drive to Grand Canyon. Long return leg broken by stay at Palm Springs. Catch a couple of days at S.Diego for Zoo, Wildlife Park or Sea World.

Worked for me!

Hi

If you go to San Diego you can go to Tijuana in Mexico for a day trip. A culture shock!!! Even though the place is geared towards visiting Americans.

Clive

Sounds like a great holiday! Have you done any research yet or have any ideas on hotels in Vegas where you might want to stay? If you need help, give us dates and what your budget would be per night for a room and we'll be happy to help you out with suggestions.

thanks for taking the time to give so much advice and help. Really appreciate it.

Returning via Palm Springs and San Diego sounds really cool

Gabby - re Las Vegas hotels - we have visited one time before 10 years ago and know it is a very different place now with lots new to see. Would like to be on the strip and somewhere with a great pool, good quality but not mega $$$$. Would be great to have some suggestions.

Another qn, do rental cars have satnav as standard?

Hi

Here is link for hotels

http://www.lvol.com/hotelnks.html

Hire cars do not come with sat nav unless you pay $10 a day, at that price it is cheaper to buy one and bring it with you if you are there for a while.

Clive

Sounds like a very nice trip. Don't spoil it with the suggested visit to Tijuana. Everything else is really enjoyable - no sense visiting a sleazy boarder town when there are so many great things to do in San Diego.

I agree with the above poster...don't spoil your trip with Tijuana. Everything else sounds great though!

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