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[QUOTE]Originally posted by smitty195: [QB] Welcome to the forum. At Los Angeles Airport, you will exit the terminal at baggage claim (no matter what terminal you come into). Follow the signs to "Ground Transportation/Baggage'. Once you go down the escalator, you will be in baggage claim. If you look towards the windows, you will see lots of cars/buses/people outside. Go ahead and walk towards that direction, and go out the door. Now that you are "curbside" outside of baggage claim, point your eyeballs "across the street" and you will see a cement median that is reachable by using a crosswalk. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS outside of the crosswalk---it's a zoo, and you will get hit by a car!! Above this cement median, you will see signs that tell you exactly what is served at the location. For example, one sign will say, "Rental Car Shuttle Buses". Keep looking at the signs, and you will eventually see one that says, "Flyaway". When you find that "Flyaway" sign mounted to the ceiling, *that* is the location where you want to stand to wait for the Flyaway bus. As has already been mentioned, there are several Flyaway buses that go to various destination. You want the bus that says, "Union Station". It is usually a cardboard sign that is placed at the front windshield. I always ask the driver just to be sure, "You're going to Union Station, right?". On this particular bus route of the Flyaway, you do NOT buy a ticket at the airport. I know it sounds strange, but you buy your ticket AFTER you have taken the bus ride. Once you arrive at Union Station (you arrive in the back), you will walk off the bus and turn left towards a ticket booth. At this ticket booth, this is where you pay for your ticket(s). They have a brand new policy that I just discovered when I used the Flyaway recently--THEY DO NOT ACCEPT CASH. Make sure you have a debit or credit card ready. Again, CASH IS NOT ACCEPTED, so don't be shocked when you get up to the window---you've been warned. As far as hotels go, you gave a pretty low dollar amount, so I will go ahead and assume that you don't really care about where you stay---you just want a bed, and that's it. In that case, there is a very popular hotel used by train riders (and trains crews) for many, many years now. It is called, "Metro Plaza" and is located across the street from Union Station. You walk there---you don't taxi there--it's across the street. In my own opinion, I rate this hotel below a Motel 6. But I have been told by other people that "it's fine". I don't think they accept online reservations---you will have to pick up the phone and call them---the old-fashioned way. It will be an Asian man or woman who hardly speak English, but that is how you will have to reserve your room. This might help you decide if you want this hotel or not: http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g32655-d77829-Reviews-Metro_Plaza_Hotel-Los_Angeles_California.html If you don't like it, let us know and we will give you better choices (that will cost more). I have always been of the opinion that you get what you pay for, so I always choose to stay someplace nice. But if you're only looking for a no-frills place to sleep, then that is your best bet. No traffic to worry about in the morning---just walk across the street. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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