Pls advice!!!

Hi, we will be going on our own to USA on the 28th Dec 2008, for 10 to 12 nites. We are a family of 3 pax with a 3 yr old boy, and it will be our first trip to US. We will be flying in to San Francisco and out from Los Angeles airport. Can anyone help me to plan our itinerary? We thought of staying SF for 3 nites, Las Vegas for 3 nites, n 2 nites in Anaheim and 2 nites in Los Angeles. Will it be too rush for us? What abt the travel time? I understand SF to Las Vegas takes abt 10 hrs by bus. Maybe we should stop one place for 1 nite. Any good travel agency or bus company which we can use? ie. Greyhound. And any reccommendations on hotels? Thanks alot..

Pls advice!!!

It makes more sense to fly from SF to LV. The flights are in a very similar price range if purchased in advance. The bus ride is 14- 15 hours. It appears you plan to fly to vegas on new years eve or new years day. That will be very busy. YOu may want to think about that departure or plan on purchasing tickets as soon as they become available.

Pls advice!!!

I was just looking at bus schedules, and it looks like it takes 14-15 hours to go from SF to Las Vegas by Greyhound bus. Ouch. The other bus companies go through Los Angeles, which would make the total time even longer.

You might want to look into flying. To give you an idea of the price difference, tickets for Greyhound between SF and LV are listed at $51 per person for Jan. 1, while tickets on Southwest Airlines are currently $73 per person for the end of October. (Southwest doesn%26#39;t let you check prices more than six months out.)

Or you could hire a car and drive yourself. I usually don%26#39;t like telling people to fly to Las Vegas, because I%26#39;ve heard so many people from outside the US say driving through the desert was one of the highlights of their trip. Driving yourself would probably be 10 hours.

Other than that, given the number of days you have available in the USA, I%26#39;d say your schedule looks good.

I definitely agree- rent a car for the trip to Vegas. Greyhound/bus system on the west coast is not very efficient.

driving? coming from a right hand drive country, we have doubts driving in the US.. but we might look into it as an alternative. Can we rent a car fr SF and return the car at Las Vegas? Maybe we should jus fly there instead..:)

szun worried 芦coming from a right hand drive country, we have doubts driving in the US.禄

As well you should but with an alert passenger you should be OK. Don%26#39;t even think of going a block without that passenger!

芦Can we rent a car fr SF and return the car at Las Vegas?禄

Yes.

芦Maybe we should jus fly there instead..:)禄

Yes, but if you decide to drive, please visit the DRIVING DIRECTIONS page geocities.com/touringsfo/鈥riveDir.html where some of your questions are answered. It%26#39;s augmented by a report linked to the TouringSFO site at http://geocities.com/touringsfo/ entitled ';A Trip to Las Vegas鈥?quot;

You should also take a look at A BIT OF NON-GAMBLING LAS VEGAS also linked to the TouringSFO site.

The drive between SF and Las Vegas is mostly freeway, so it wouldn%26#39;t be that complicated or difficult. I don%26#39;t personally have any trouble driving on highways or motorways when driving in places like Britain, New Zealand or Australia. Big cities are a different matter though. If you do drive, you might want to get a car at the airport, so you don%26#39;t have to deal with the streets of San Francisco. Las Vegas is a pretty easy city to drive in.

The more I think about it, maybe flying between SF and Las Vegas is the way to go. If you%26#39;re going by bus or car between Las Vegas and LA, you%26#39;ll experience driving through the desert, so there%26#39;s probably no reason to drive between SF and Las Vegas.

The idea of taking a bus between SF and Las Vegas is too terrible to comprehend.

i%26#39;m the very BEST passenger alert......stil doing it back here in the UK with mrs. Tom haha.... (bloody women drivers LOL)

thanks alot.. after much discussion wif my hubby, we decided to take the plane.. coz i m a terrible passenger! anyway, how is the weather during that time? and how many nites should i stay in San Francisco? Is 3 nites sufficient to c the city?

3 nights in SF in fine...really depends on what you like to do activity wise.

Weather during this time of year is generally highs in the 50s and 40%ish chance of rain.

I just have a friend from Malaysia do a similar West Coast trip last year.

Have fun!

szun said 芦we decided to take the plane禄

Not a bad idea.

芦how is the weather during that time?禄

There%26#39;s a temperature chart at the bottom of the DON%26#39;T-MISS SIGHTS page at geocities.com/touringsfo/Articles/Sights.html 芦and how many nites should i stay in San Francisco?禄

You need nine 12.7-hour days for a proper visit.

芦Is 3 nites sufficient to c the city?禄

No.