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Thanks so much everyone for some fab ideas and advice re the last long day in LA. And LAX does look much better than i recall from the various trips transiting a few years ago RooFlyer...thanks for the link to the pics....Husband and i have been back to Europe the last few years and this is...

Thanks opusman. Cant extend rental as they have new people booking in later that day... I think finding a cheap hotel will probably be the way to go...i will continue my exploration. Want to avoid having 2 really tired and grumpy kiddies b4 boarding....cheers

Hi AFF wisdomers...traveling late October to LA with the g'kids 11 & 9 for nearly 3 weeks of theme parks and other such nonsense. Renting a house in Anaheim but was not able to get late late checkout. So Last day will be super long with virgin flight not departing LAX till about 11pm...

Hmmm! Don't ya just hate that!!!....sorry but my opinion is "suck it up princess". ;).... I have recently purchased 5 tickets to LA for travel later in Oct 2015 and I trawled airline prices for months before I decided to bite the bullet and buy at a price I was happy with. I am pleased the the...

No car hire horror stories from me, we seem to have been fortunate so far here in Oz and in UK and USA! Usually book with Europcar and so far no probs. Alamo in the states from rapid city. South Dakota. Excellent customer service. And the Europa staff t the airport in my home town are also...

Have had a few interesting GPS moments in the UK. Asking us to make turn at non existent intersections amd blocked exits on roundabouts, (but i am sure road works cant be authomatically known by gps programs) Plus sending us down windy little roads that only a goat should walk on. We lived to...

So many great tips and advice. Will do our best to not believe the GPS!!! And try to avoid east LA and South Compton where ever that is. Will check out the car hire site Caversham04. Thanks guys. Really appreciate all your comments. Cheers Jo

Thanks Cove and Deewhy...plus everyone else who has taken the time to reply. Lots of good tips and things to investigate. We were told by a friend once to say out loud when approaching intersections "tight rights" & "lose lefts" when we were planning on driving stateside. It really helped...

It is sounding like. Driving may. Be the way to go. however, It won't be me behind the wheel. That will grandad's job ha ha. I'm not crazy and I am a fabulous navigator anyway. And you're right the kids will think its fun. But I will investigate a limo for at least a day. That also sounds...

RooFlyer, thanks so much for those great tips! Testing the waters initially is a good idea. I had read some blogs that implied the public transport system was rubbish and took forever and therefore would waste time. I suppose a reliable GPS should help stack as well. Although have had some...

Thanks Homer. Thanks for the point about staying in Anaheim. I suppose I was figuring to do that because of taking 3-4 days at Disney, so thereby being closer. And seeing the other spots are a day here and a day there...so to speak. It's a long time since I have driven in Sydney, but have...

Hello collective wisdom...am planning to take the grandkids 11& 9 to Disney etc and for about 15 days. Planning on hiring a holiday house close to Disney. There are several for rent within walking distance. But will need to get to other places such as Universal Studios, La Brea Tar Pits...

That is unbelievable. I would have been super super P**** if that had happened to me. Glad you got to your destination anyway, albeit a little worse for wear (grin).

Hey everyone. Have read the forums and discussions for a long time now, and have been a FF fro sometime, but only recently joined the forum. I look fwd to reading lots of interesting stuff. Thanks JoKe