Car Rental

Los Angeles is such a big city that if you need to fully experience its charms when on your Los Angeles travel, you need a private car. Only few of the attractions are easily accessible by public bus transport or metro rail service. Although Los Angeles is one of the worst traffic affected city in the world the wait in traffic is worth it if you get around to viewing LA.

First and foremost where to hire a car from? Most of the car rental services are located at LAX and some of the known companies include E-Z rent-A-Car, Fox Rent A Car, Ace Rent A Car etc. all you need to have is a international driving license if you come from outside USA or driving license from within USA.

Now most of you may think which city would not connect its important places trough public transport. Well some of the major sites are well connected but some of the most interesting and amazing parts of towns are unreachable if you use the public transport. If you want to visit the Korean Friendship Bell, beach cities other than Santa Monica and Venice, Malibu, any part of the Orange County, Chinese communities in the Valley you will need a car transport. It is better to rent a car than paying through your nose for cabs.

Use the arterial streets like Sunset Boulevard or Wilshire Boulevard if you are going between ocean and downtown. This will enable you to have a spectacular view of Los Angles for your Los Angeles CA travel and prevents you from taking a wrong exit on the freeway. One other important point while going around Los Angeles in a car is to carry extensive street and freeway maps so as not to make wrong exits and get lost. AAA pocket guide to LA freeways is one of the cheapest and best available. If you are willing to shell a few more dollars than the Thomas Bros Guide to freeways of Los Angeles is your safest bet.