LAX question

Traffic is a killer. Flew in at 3 got a rental car and took 2 hours to drive 5 miles. I would plan on heading to the airport from the pitts by 12 at the latest

Car rental locations are not close and traffic as mentioned can be horrible. You want to give yourself a LOT of time.

Lol. Downvotes for a guy that’s flown in and out of LAX and rented cars a dozen time in the past two years. Never change Tigerdroppings.

Go see the tar pits in the morning. Traffic in LA can be horrendous. I've had plenty times when it took me 3 hours to go 30-40 miles. It's going to take a long time to get to LaBrea from Ventura. Probably around 2 hours or so? If traffic is really bad, could be longer.

Get to the airport to drop off car by 2.

I'd say leave Ventura around 8. See LaBrea Tar Pits from 10-12 and head to the airport to drop off car.

LA is always a place to allow a lot of extra time. You really never know just how bad traffic will be.

Just use Waze. You can take surface streets from the tar pits to LAX (La Brea or La Cienega to La Tijera) and even see the Inglewood Oil Field! Def get there 3 hours before the flight to give you enough time

Delta has a major construction project going on at LAX right now. T2 security lines can get insanely long and there is a bus between T2 and TBIT. If you are flying out of TBIT you can go there and clear security to avoid T2.

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Agreed. I was so relieved I had decided to do this the last time I flew home from LA. It was the week Covid hit and people were absolutely losing their minds. Being able to drop my rental car in a quiet onsite return area and then go wait in a calm, quiet airport was a godsend.

My best friend flew home out of LAX and it was pure hysteria.

As for LAX advice - The only thing I will say is that I find it is worth the $10-$15 to Lyft/Uber to and from the rental car place instead of taking the busses. It isn't unusual to be smashed between 3 random non-English-speaking people, flying all over the place due to no handrail space.

Before stopping at LAX, go to the downtown El Segundo. It is just south of LAX maybe 5 minutes away. I'm dead serious. Some cool bars and a total different vibe than most of LA county.

Downtown El Segundo is called "Mayberry by the Sea" for a reason. Stop by the El Segundo Brewing Company and get a few beers. They have Steve Austin's Broken Skull IPA. Mayberry IPA is good as well. The Citra Pale Ale is one of my favorite beers anywhere.

Stop at Rinaldi's and get a sandwich. They are amazing. All of the sandwiches are great but I like the Monster.

I'M DEAD frickING SERIOUS.

We used to own a building downtown on Main Street and some apartments within walking distance. Cool little town. FYI--tge show Parks & Rec was based off of El Segundo's Park Dept and Ron Swanson's character was made to portray the director there.

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