LA client meetings

Hi all, I'm on holiday on the west coast and as a Brit who's used to being able to walk or get public transport to client meetings one thing has really stuck out - how do you get to meetings in cities such as LA, which seem deliberately designed to be anti-walking and have minimal public transport? Do you all drive and just sit in traffic? Get a taxi and also sit in traffic? It feels like an hour meeting would need an hour buffer either side to account for travel time.

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Yeah, you can uber where you need to, or rent a car. That's about it. If you just have 1-2 locations you need to be at per day taxi/ride share isn't too bad, but if it's more than that I'd rent a car.

Also you should plan your hotels/accommodations with this in mind so that you don't have that buffer. Though again, if you have multiple places to be you'll need to factor in the travel times.

 

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