Limos

An advantage of a limo pick up is that they can help with luggage earlier than a cabbie can. Also, since a limo is assigned to you ahead of time, there is no cab line wait. You may have to find your misspelled name on a piece of cardboard held just below the head of the person standing in front of your limo driver.

Unlike cabs, limo costs can vary significantly. For a sedan airport pickup, the web-advertised prices start out as low as $33 up to $69. However, each company has different fees such as a fuel surcharge, or a luggage handling fee, etc. Even the standard limo 20% tip can vary with 1 company at 25% for tip plus fees.

Here are items that might cost extra.

• 20% Tip
• 25% Tip/Fees
• Fuel Surcharge
• Luggage
• Extra Passenger
• Wait
• $2 Airport
• $5 Airport
• Extra Distance
• Minimum Hour/Hours

Limos have the following advantages over cabs:

• No wait in airport cab line
• Better ride
• Earlier help with luggage
• Extras that vary a lot (champagne, water, rose for woman etc.)
• Larger group (5,6,7, 8 etc.) can ride together

If you are willing to pay a premium of at least $23 to $54 or more over the cost of a cab, you can probably get to your hotel from McCarran a bit faster and with more style. However, you need to ask more questions about limos to find the total costs.

Here are some rough numbers about limo costs. We are not sure about the lowest prices for a limo and there may be limo costs higher than what we have found in our sampling of about 2 dozen Las Vegas limo companies.

Note: Hourly rates and 20% tip

There is a website that claims it is a search engine for limos. It seems a bit awkward to use and does not generate many search results but it might help you gather information from different Las Vegas limo services. For that site, click here. By the way, many limo companies do not publish their rates on the web (perhaps because they vary during the year quite a bit) which makes it difficult to collect information.