Originally Posted By TheRedhead We are looking to extend our DL trip by staying at a hotel near LAX our last night (heading back to the east coast early next morning). Any recommendations? Cheap and clean with an airport shuttle is all we need. Thanks!
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub I know they have a lot of shuttles at LAX circling all the time. I have always stayed at the Embassy Suites South or the ES North and both have shuttles with complimentary breakfast and evening beverages. Sorry for the life of me I can not think of any other hotel names from all the shuttles going round and round. I guess they just become a blur. I am usually fascinated with the traffic cops on their motorcycles. Why is it fun to see so many people getting tickets??? I know Not Nice
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub I just googled expedia and a Travelodge was the first selection at $76. Do you have AAA? I guess it is 1/2 mile nearby with complimentary airport shuttle and Continental Breakfast, comp wireless access and a Denneys Restaurant next door. Good luck
Originally Posted By RoadTrip Don't know how well you would sleep 1/2 mile from LAX. Hope the hotel isn't in a flight path!! ;-)
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub The ES is right across the street and you can watch the planes take off and land all night long. It is kinda fun. The airport is huge and the landing strips are far enough away that it has never bothered me. But you can ask for a room on the other side away from airport.
Originally Posted By leemac <<Any recommendations? Cheap and clean with an airport shuttle is all we need. Thanks!>> There are a lot of perfectly functional hotels on W Century that have shuttles. I usually stay in the Westin but then I'm loyal to Starwood. The Sheraton, Four Points, Hilton and Marriott are all together between W Century and Airport. There isn't much better them so if you want to save some cash just plump for the cheapest.
Originally Posted By leemac <<Don't know how well you would sleep 1/2 mile from LAX. Hope the hotel isn't in a flight path!! ;-)>> All four runways run west to east and they usually shift the take-off and landing to the Pacific for overnight flight movements so it is usually pretty quiet.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros On a semi-related note, if you like watching planes go by, during the day head to Dockweiler Beach. It's just past the airport at the end of the 105. The beach is directly under the flight path, so there will be planes ~200-400' overhead every few seconds. There's nothing quite like being under a 747 as it's taking off, with the engines all running at full power! (insert Everest yeti joke here)
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub Good to know. I definitely will have to check that out in June. Have to attend a nephew's graduation and need to visit DL, etc...Somebody told me about a local bar that is popular and maybe ends at a runway or something. Forgot the name Do you know that location also? If you walk down the block from the ES a small park area is situated with a few benches and it is always popular. People watch the planes and some even document everything . What is that all about? Anybody? Sorry to get off topic. Hope you let us know if you find a good cheap hotel.
Originally Posted By mhartman47 There are a wide variety that would fit your needs. If you are part of a loyalty program would consider that. As already ststed planes fly east and west for landing and take off respectively so flight path is not over most hotels. Are you just looking for a place to sleep or do you other things nearby?. Though I live in LA,when I flew back East, I stayed at a hotel near yhe airport and used priceline and marked with a shuttle and had numerous options. I was at the Holiday Inn. It did the job of a decent night of sleep before a 6am flight.
Originally Posted By TheRedhead We just need a bed. That's all. I figured I'd ask some experts before trusting Priceline. Thanks for the tips!
Originally Posted By RoadTrip Just be sure to check hotel reviews on various sources. I did the same thing when flying out of San Francisco... had an early morning flight and just wanted a place to sleep close to the airport. We got a fairly nice room in a decent hotel. Not even a whole lot of airplane noise. But it turns out we were staying in a MAJOR party hotel. Didn't get much sleep. Found out that was typical when I got home and read the Trip Advisor reviews...
