If gas prices and parking fees worry you, wait until you see Uber fees as of late.Everyone has their own style, but when I'm on vacation I...will....not....drive. Too stressful. Also think about gas prices and any associated parking fees to factor into price. I think in a similar situation, I would just Uber.
If gas prices and parking fees worry you, wait until you see Uber fees as of late.
It cost my husband $35 to go 2 miles from the San Diego Airport to where his car was parked, not too long ago.
Look at Google Maps in any urban area in the United States. At some point in the day, there's red in all of them. The LA Basin is just larger than most. In the last 2 years, we've driven from Santa Monica to Key West, to the Puget Sound, to Baltimore - probably 50 thousand miles. The key is picking your time to traverse the urban areas.I was very worried about the traffic and the gas for our trip that we just got home from. Now I wish I had not listened to anyone saying it was crazy! Sure, there's traffic, sure gas is high (isn't it everywhere?), but it's way overblown. We had no problems.
Ha! The 405 is nightmare.Driving in LA is easy. They have the best freeway system in the world by far.
That is definitely true! They have been crazy since before the recent gas price rise too. We have seen the same kind of prices you did for about a 2 mile drive also- last summer in San Francisco and last winter in Atlanta. In Atlanta, one time the app told me it was going to be $67 for about a 10 minute drive and it wasn't even a busy time of day--- I got out of UBER and tried lyft and got it for $25 (this is a route we typically had paid $13-15 for in the past).If gas prices and parking fees worry you, wait until you see Uber fees as of late.
It cost my husband $35 to go 2 miles from the San Diego Airport to where his car was parked, not too long ago.
So I did a thread a while back with DIRE traffic predictions from the people answering….Traffic can be stop & go for like an hour during certain times of day but I don't think it's really that much worse than other big cities in the US. In some parts of LA, some of the freeway on-ramps are short and when freeways merge, you may often have to switch multiple lanes in traffic which can confuse some first time visitors. Additionally, it may take you longer than you expect to pick up a rental car at LAX because you have to wait for the shuttle of the specific company that you rented from.
I sometimes rent a car at LAX, do something for a day and then drive down to Disneyland area where I return the car. I recommend eating dinner in LA and then driving down after traffic has died down if you plan to visit the Academy of Motion Pictures Museum.
That’s how I amEveryone has their own style, but when I'm on vacation I...will....not....drive. Too stressful. Also think about gas prices and any associated parking fees to factor into price. I think in a similar situation, I would just Uber.
If you need to collect luggage from baggage claim, I'd say a solid hour from wheels down to arrival at the rental car counter (longer if your flight lands in Terminals 1-3, since your rental shuttle will have to go all the way around the horseshoe and stop at every terminal to pick people up...cam take 30-45 minutes JUST to get out of LAX on a very busy day).So I did a thread a while back with DIRE traffic predictions from the people answering….
Being a former NY driver, I know traffic….
How long would you say it would take to hit the road from landing , through the rental process in LAX, on Saturday afternoon?
We land at 11:00am.
What would you plan for traffic from Anaheim BACK the LAX on a Friday morning?
We ubered last time we went. Renting a car can be such a hassle at lax. If it’s the same price, why not save yourself the headache of renting and the headache of driving?A rental car will cost as much as a hired car. How bad is the traffic really and are we nuts to do this? We don't have park tickets the day we arrive so we thought we'd go to the academy of motion pictures museum.
In our case, we are visiting LA , Malibu and Laguna before DL , so a car is required for us.We ubered last time we went. Renting a car can be such a hassle at lax. If it’s the same price, why not save yourself the headache of renting and the headache of driving?