The 30-second answer
- Rideshare (Uber/Lyft): $16-26, 10-15 minutes — the best default
- Bus (RTC Deuce/109): $2-3, 30-50 minutes — the cheapest
- Taxi: about $20-32 depending on the zone — smartest when you queue with luggage
- Shuttle: $8-12 per person — only worth it for a solo traveler with slack in the schedule
Rideshare specifics
Pickups happen in the clearly signed rideshare zone. Airport pricing breathes with the convention calendar — Thursday afternoons jump hardest. And remember: any destination north of Sahara moves you into a higher price band.
Transit specifics
Route 109 reaches the airport connector, and the Deuce then runs up the Strip itself. A round-trip bus pass earns its keep if your evening involves any walkable downtown night out. The monorail never touches the airport — it exists to serve the resort corridor alone.
The thing we would not repeat
Hotel shuttles have mostly disappeared since 2020; survivors run fixed loops through off-Strip terminals. For one traveler with bags and a plane to catch, rideshare stays the rational default in 2026.