Easiest city to fly in to south-west USA?
We're looking to do a roundtrip through south-west USA and I'm wondering which city is easiest to fly in from an international flight and get our rental car and reach a hotel for the first night. Our options are Los Angeles (LAX), San Francisco and Las Vegas. Maybe one of them is significantly smaller or has a much easier way to flow through to get your luggage and your rental car?
Prices for the tickets are within 100$ of each other (in total), so that's no issue. We're also doing a full circle roundtrip through these 3 cities and several national parks (Yosemite, Death Valley, Bryce, Zion, Grand Canyon, ...), so we're taking the return flight in the same city as we land. The direction of the roundtrip will be determined by landing location and when Tioga Pass opens (we're going half may-half June).
Best Answer
From the point of view of the trip being a full circle, there is no difference as to where to start. Car rentals are easy in any of the major airports and most of the car rental companies offer GPS in the car so directions to a hotel are not that difficult to find.
I would suggest though starting in Las Vegas simply because the city itself is smaller and easier to "negotiate" driving then LA or San Francisco.
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