Near Default: extend monorail to McCarran?

Las Vegas wrote:
> Extending it downtown (DT) would give DT access to the flow from the airport
> and DT's present customers greater service. It would benefit Las Vegas
> proper and give the Strip folks greater options.
>
> If it were to hook into the LA/LV monorail that will come about, well, man,
> get outta the way!! Breakfast in Los Angeles and lunch in DT Vegas would be
> a reality with comfort and ease. I look forward to seeing it become a
> reality.
>
> Don
>

You and Big Mikey will both own houses in
Vegas before there is a monorail from
LA to Vegas.
On second thought, there is more chance
of the monorail.

QX wrote:
> I can't see it being a success unless they figure out a way to check
> baggage at the airport. Work it out so that you can drop off your
> bags, and have them delivered to your hotel within 30 minutes.
> Who wants to come to LV on vacation, then have to schlepp your bags to
> the airport station, then from the back of the property all the way up
> to hotel checkin?
>
> I still see this thing turning into a liability (fiscal black hole)
> for Clark County &/or the City of Las Vegas.
>
>
/snip/

for short trips of 2 or 3 nights, I usually only bring a duffel bag with
a shoulder strap. I would not mind schlepping a block or so.

On Sep 12, 2:21 pm, coorslte <coors...@> wrote:
> salmone...@ wrote:
> > Go to Atlanta, go to Chicago, go to any airport serviced by a rail
> > system and do you know what you will see? Long cab lines and few
> > people talking the train. And these are in places with expensive cab
> > rides from the airport to the main hotel districts. Whether it is the
> > luggage or some other reason, people simple aren't big fans of taking
> > trains to/from airports.
>
> In Chicago and Atlanta, I usually do take the train. Yes the cars are
> not really designed for luggage but I usually see a few people on the
> train doing the same.

I took the Blue Line to my Loop hotel, after flying into O'Hare. The
nice thing about it is that you aren't stuck in traffic like you would
be in a cab.

Rob "Fancypants" Taylor

In article <Coyyk.2113$rV4.1096@newsfe03.iad>,
Nonnymus <nobody@cox.net> wrote:

> QX wrote:
> > I can't see it being a success unless they figure out a way to check
> > baggage at the airport. Work it out so that you can drop off your
> > bags, and have them delivered to your hotel within 30 minutes.
> > Who wants to come to LV on vacation, then have to schlepp your bags to
> > the airport station, then from the back of the property all the way up
> > to hotel checkin?
>
> FWIW, I wonder how the airline clamping down on baggage affects your
> thought. Do you think that in the future, we'll be traveling lighter?

I can only speak for me. I have to travel with two bags. Period. I
travel with a medium size rolling suitcase for my clothes which I put
into checked luggage. I also carry a small backpack with my laptop, and
camera gear, and my prescription drugs, which I carry with me on board.
That's as minimal as I want to get. I am going to Las Vegas in one month
and I see no reason to pack differently because USAirways will charge me
a few extra dollars for my checked bag.