(j3.2006) (SC22WG5.3491) accompanying party

[Toon Moene]

TAKATA Masayuki wrote:

> Dear WG5,
> 
> This is a personal matter.
> 
> Regarding the coming WG5/J3 meeting, I have already reserved flights and a room for my 
> wife and myself.  After that, I found some bad evaluations of the hotel:
> http://travel.yahoo.com/p-reviews-584339-prod-hotel-action-read-ratings_and_reviews-i;_ylt=AkK6lNVk2TjbhTm4IpINs3biphQB#63

I feel the information there - while put in a negative tone - is 
essentially correct.
The hotel, as such, however, is OK.
My experience:

1. Once you arrive at the airport, take a taxi to the hotel ($20). 
While you might
    be eligible for shuttle transport, it takes a long time to get the 
shuttle there.
    I normally am too tired to fight over it - I just take the taxi.

2. At the hotel, when you want to go anywhere, ask for the shuttle. 
However,
    they only go every once in a while.

3. There's a new casino near the hotel.  It was called "South Coast", 
before a trademark law suit hit them.
    In short: "Panem et Circenses" (food and games).
    It takes about 10-15 minutes to walk over to it.

> We wouldn't seriously worry whether the comments are fair or not, because the CAT buses 
> look fairly convenient.  Yoko has been to the Strip, and likes walking alone.
> http://www.vegas.com/transportation/buses.html

While CAT will take you there, it is prudent to know that - as these 
things go in large cities
in the US and Western Europe - public transport is for the poor.  This 
reflects on the
people using CAT.  Expect the driver to announce regularly that "there 
are pickpockets - watch
your wallet, etc."  I traveled with CAT without adverse effects, but 
then, I am a native of
Amsterdam :-)

Hope this helps,

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