{"id":122,"date":"2018-04-25T17:10:04","date_gmt":"2018-04-25T17:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelfrances.com\/?p=122"},"modified":"2021-02-23T03:34:22","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T03:34:22","slug":"getting-ready-getting-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travelfrances.com\/?p=122","title":{"rendered":"Las Vegas, NV: Getting Ready &#038; Getting There"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><b>Books<\/b><\/span> &#8211; Every time I turn around, I find ANOTHER great book about the city&#8217;s history and what&#8217;s still around:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Chronicles-Old-Las-Vegas-High-Stakes\/dp\/0984633413\/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1592277859&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chronicles of Old Las Vegas<\/a>&#8221; by James Roman<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Cult-Vegas-Weirdest-Wildest-Swinginest\/dp\/0929712714\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1524762208&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=cult+vegas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cult Vegas: The Weirdest! The Wildest<\/a>&#8221; by Mike Weatherford<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Discovering-Vintage-Las-Vegas-Restaurants\/dp\/1493006452\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1538458366&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=discovering+vintage+las+vegas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Discovering Vintage Las Vegas<\/a>&#8221; by Paul W. Papa<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0932653987\/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&amp;psc=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Las Vegas Legends<\/a>&#8221; by Greg Niemann<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Rat-Pack-Confidential-Showbiz-Paperback\/dp\/B00FFBHCK0\/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2ZCXR62WIQK62&amp;dchild=1&amp;keywords=rat+pack+confidential&amp;qid=1606765399&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=rat+pack+conf%2Caps%2C206&amp;sr=1-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rat Pack Confidential<\/a>&#8221; by Shawn Levy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><b>Getting There <\/b><\/span>\u2013\u00a0Drive, take a bus or fly.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Drive<\/strong>: It&#8217;s not far from Los Angeles. Just know that if you come back on Sunday, you WILL hit traffic.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bus<\/strong>: Now a very hip and cool way to travel with free Wi-Fi, streamed entertainment, in-seat power outlets, comfortable seats, restrooms:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greyhound.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Greyhound<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/us.megabus.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MegaBus<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flixbus.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FlixBus<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fly<\/strong>: Either\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsx.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">JSX<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.southwest.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Southwest<\/a> seem to be the most frequent and reasonably priced. I&#8217;m particular to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsx.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">JSX<\/a> as you fly to and from a private hanger at the various airports and avoid the hassle of TSA.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Books &#8211; Every time I turn around, I find ANOTHER great book about the city&#8217;s history and what&#8217;s still around: &#8220;Chronicles of Old Las Vegas&#8221; by James Roman &#8220;Cult Vegas: The Weirdest! The Wildest&#8221; by Mike Weatherford &#8220;Discovering Vintage Las Vegas&#8221; by Paul W. Papa &#8220;Las Vegas Legends&#8221; by Greg Niemann &#8220;Rat Pack Confidential&#8221; by &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/travelfrances.com\/?p=122\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Las Vegas, NV: Getting Ready &#038; Getting There&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,3,4,30,56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-getting-ready","category-getting-there","category-las-vegas","category-nevada"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Las Vegas, NV: Getting Ready &amp; Getting There - Travel Frances<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/travelfrances.com\/?p=122\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Las Vegas, NV: Getting Ready &amp; Getting There - Travel Frances\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Books &#8211; Every time I turn around, I find ANOTHER great book about the city&#8217;s history and what&#8217;s still around: &#8220;Chronicles of Old Las Vegas&#8221; by James Roman &#8220;Cult Vegas: The Weirdest! 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