Car Hire in California

Getting to California

All major U.S. carriers serve the San Francisco, Sacramento, San Jose, Los Angeles, John Wayne (Orange County), and San Diego airports. They include American, Continental, Delta, Northwest, Southwest, United, and US Airways. LAX is a major West Coast hub with many flights to Europe and the Asia region.

If you are traveling by car to California from Phoenix Arizona, it's about 6 hours to Los Angeles on I-10. Las Vegas is 265 miles northeast of Los Angeles (about a 4-hour drive).

San Francisco is 227 miles southwest of Reno, Nevada, and 577 miles northwest of Las Vegas. It's a long day's drive 640 miles south from Portland, Oregon, on I-5. The drive between San Francisco and L.A. takes about 6 hours on I-5, closer to 8 hours on the more scenic U.S. 101. I-5 also goes further north up to Seattle and eventually on to Vancouver British Columbia.

Amtrak’s Sunset Limited connects Los Angeles with Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida.

Amtrak's Coast Starlight travels along the Pacific Coast between Seattle and Los Angeles. This stylish train (and wonderfully scenic route) has been steadily growing in popularity.