Every year three of my closest friends and I take a weekend trip to Las Vegas. We do it right around the start of the pro football season. While we are there we bet on some of the football games, hang out at our hotel pool, and enjoy some of the Las Vegas nightlife.

Since we have been making this trip for about the last ten years, onn our most recent trips we have tried to do something different that we have never done before. This year we decided that we wanted to visit some of the tourist attractions around Las Vegas. In order to do so, we rented a car in Las Vegas for the first time.

Usually, we just stay on the strip and either walk or take a taxi to where we need to go. Since we were voyaging out a bit more this year, we concluded that a rental car would be the best way to experience some of the cool things to do around Las Vegas.

I usually do a lot of the coordinating on our trips to Las Vegas, so I went ahead and took the reigns on renting the car. The first thing I did was determine the exact dates that we would need the rental car, as well as how long we would need to use it. After I figured out the dates, I started searching online to see check rates and look for the best deal available.

While looking online for “Las Vegas rental cars”, I came across the regular websites that you see whenever you search for a car rental. The front page was made up of booking engines like Expedia and Travelocity, and also many of the large rental companies like Enterprise and Hertz. There were also a few Las Vegas car rental companies that I was not familiar with. So I decided to check them out to see what they had to offer.

The first few I checked, not surprisingly, offered a wide selection of exotic, luxury cars. I had seen a few of these on the strip before. You can rent these fancy cars and go cruising down the strip or where ever you wanted. I always thought that the prices would be through the roof, and on some of them, they were. Definitely not the types of cars we were looking for since they weren’t in our budget, nor could they comfortably seat all four of us.

However, one Las Vegas car rental company I found online caught my attention. Fantasy Car Rentals not only carried the classic and luxury vehicles as a lot of the others did, but they also rented standard cars and everything in between, including motorcycles. And, I found their rental rates to be in line, if not cheaper, than most of the other car rental quotes I found online.

I also found what I thought would be the perfect vehicle for us: a four door Jeep Cherokee. I have always loved Jeeps and used to drive one when I was younger. I thought it would be a great vehicle to get us around and also have a good time while doing it. I loved having the option of being able to take the top and doors off.

The price to rent the Jeep was very reasonable. We were able to reserve it for two days with unlimited mileage for around $200. This was right in the price range that we were looking for. I was also pleased to find out that they would deliver the car to our Las Vegas hotel for a fee or we could use their free shuttle service to go pick it up.

The Jeep ended up working out great. One night we used it to take a short trip to watch a UNLV football game. And we also took a day trip out to see the Hoover Dam, something none of us had ever done before. If you have never rented a car in Las Vegas before, I highly recommend doing so. You can have a great, affordable time checking out some of the cool sights in and around Las Vegas.