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 I Prefer to Live in Fantasy Land
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | Forget the Taxis and download this app and use them. Fast and cheap.
https://www.lyft.com/
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Location: In The Land of Cotton | My son is a driver. Makes good money doing it and one with groceries. Doesn't make much as an EMT - so he does these on the side when he is off. |
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Location: North Dakota | UBER is another great app to download. We got a ride from the Mirage to the other end of the strip for around $8 last year. |
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Location: Oklahoma City OK | LYFT is a fantastic service! A friend signed me up for it during our stay in Vegas - we both got "credits" and it cost us less than 1/2 including a generous tip to go from hotel to airport for two people as it cost for 1 person to shuttle to hotel upon arrival. AND timely. I checked out of the hotel, looked up the LYFT app on my phone, ordered the ride and by the time I got to the street for shuttle service, he was there. EXTREMELY nice, professional, and the service is fast and slick. So easy to use. Bye bye airport to hotel shuttles or taxis ANYWHERE.
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Location: East Texas | Most hotels will take you to and from the airport. Just call ahead of time. Also, look at taking the monorail. |
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| Also they have free shuttles to the Thomas and Mack and then back to the hotels after everynight from most of the hotels. This link should bring up the schedule http://www.nfrexperience.com/home/shuttle_faq My mom and I do this for the rodeo, and its super convenient |
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Location: Running barrels or watching nascar | 3canstorun - 2016-12-05 11:27 AM
My son is a driver. Makes good money doing it and one with groceries. Doesn't make much as an EMT - so he does these on the side when he is off.
I wish this was my area, I'd do it. |
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| If you've never used Lyft before, they apparently have a promotion going for the NFR. Code RODEO16 gets you a $50 credit! |
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Location: Not Where I Want to Be | No taxi's?
What's next,,,,,,,,,,no pay phones?
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Location: Kansas | I thought about being an Uber driver, but would be afraid to pick up random people for fear they would beat me up and steal my truck lol lol |
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Location: Oregon | My sister and I used Lyft while we were down there and it was awesome!! With all the discount codes we were able to use we usually paid around 2.00 - 3.00 (plus tip) for a ride and we used it every time we didn't feel like hoofin it. It was excellent!!
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I Prefer to Live in Fantasy Land
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | CrossDRanch - 2016-12-05 2:16 PM Most hotels will take you to and from the airport. Just call ahead of time. Also, look at taking the monorail.
I did that one year and never again. I missed the shuttle by about 5 minutes and I would have had to wait for over an hour for another. |
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I Prefer to Live in Fantasy Land
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | katie1023 - 2016-12-05 4:52 PM Also they have free shuttles to the Thomas and Mack and then back to the hotels after everynight from most of the hotels. This link should bring up the schedule http://www.nfrexperience.com/home/shuttle_faq My mom and I do this for the rodeo, and its super convenient
Our daughter and her friends did the shuttle to the NFR and then instead of going back to their hotel they went to Gilley's and then took the Lyft back to South Point. Great option over a taxi. |
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Location: Not Where I Want to Be | Shuttles and buses force you to be amongst the unwashed masses.
Limo or taxi is the only way to go
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I Prefer to Live in Fantasy Land
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | 1DSoon - 2016-12-06 12:04 PM Shuttles and buses force you to be amongst the unwashed masses.
Limo or taxi is the only way to go
Every Vegas Taxi has been totally disgusting and I felt I needed a shower after getting out of them. The Shuttles back and forth are in luxury coaches..not a Greyhound bus..LOL |
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Location: Oregon | Nevertooold - 2016-12-06 9:57 AM CrossDRanch - 2016-12-05 2:16 PM Most hotels will take you to and from the airport. Just call ahead of time. Also, look at taking the monorail. I did that one year and never again. I missed the shuttle by about 5 minutes and I would have had to wait for over an hour for another.
Exactly. Lyft was awesome because they were newer CLEAN cars and the wait time before a car was in front of us was 4 minutes at the most. |
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Location: Not Where I Want to Be | Nevertooold - 2016-12-06 3:15 PM 1DSoon - 2016-12-06 12:04 PM Shuttles and buses force you to be amongst the unwashed masses.
Limo or taxi is the only way to go
Every Vegas Taxi has been totally disgusting and I felt I needed a shower after getting out of them. The Shuttles back and forth are in luxury coaches..not a Greyhound bus..LOL
I've never been so I didn't know
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Location: East Texas | Katie's - 2016-12-06 3:14 PM
Nevertooold - 2016-12-06 9:57 AM CrossDRanch - 2016-12-05 2:16 PM Most hotels will take you to and from the airport. Just call ahead of time. Also, look at taking the monorail. I did that one year and never again. I missed the shuttle by about 5 minutes and I would have had to wait for over an hour for another.
I have done just about everything for a ride. I have taken the shuttle, monorail, taxi, rented a car, split a limo ride with some folks going to the rodeo, app on the phone, had a hotel employee take us, and even hitched rides with contestants. Bottom line is that there are plenty of rides and people going the same direction as you are.
The biggest PITA out there is security at the airport for the next couple of days after the rodeo is over and trying to get home. |
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Location: Phoenix | We did Uber because the $50 credit for Lyft was for new users only.
We took a Taxi TO the T&M (boyfriend's idea) and it was $18. Took an Uber back to the Mirage (my idea) and it was $3. I win. Took $8 to get to the Convention Center. |
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| hoofs_in_motion - 2016-12-06 8:10 AM I thought about being an Uber driver, but would be afraid to pick up random people for fear they would beat me up and steal my truck lol lol
Me too! I think it would be scary to be any kind of driver taxi, Lyft, Uber, or whatever. Most everyone would be just fine. I just remember that one either Uber or Lyft driver who was beat up by some crazy drunk. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | All the Taxi's I have ever been in were gross. |
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I Prefer to Live in Fantasy Land
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | 1DSoon - 2016-12-06 4:02 PM Nevertooold - 2016-12-06 3:15 PM 1DSoon - 2016-12-06 12:04 PM Shuttles and buses force you to be amongst the unwashed masses.
Limo or taxi is the only way to go
Every Vegas Taxi has been totally disgusting and I felt I needed a shower after getting out of them. The Shuttles back and forth are in luxury coaches..not a Greyhound bus..LOL
I doubt you have been in a Taxi since Limo's are more your speed..LOL |
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Location: Nebraska | I went with 3 other people and we were all new Lyft users so hardly paid anything for our rides! They convinced me to take a taxi the first day and I swear we spent $80 in taxis that day and all we really did was go to George Strait. At cowboy Christmas, the lyft people were giving out other codes for users like 50% off 2 rides! |
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