No matter how else you travel you will have to do some walking. Inside hotels and casinos it is big. To get to where you want to be you will have to walk. You can also walk outside. There are two distinct advantages to walking. It is free and it is healthy. There are also disadvantages to walking. You cannot walk in a straight line anywhere in in Vegas. In the casinos you are always walking around slot machines, game tables and various other things. Outside is not much better, you need to get over the overpass foot bridges. They do not just line up with the sidewalk, but that's ok since the sidewalk is not straight anyway. Add in some street vendors and your mile walk is probably closer to a mile and a half. However if you walk you sure get to see a lot, even if it does take a lot of time.
If you are really in a hurry you can take a cab. They are pretty much like any other cab in any other city. They are priced fairly similarly to any cab I've been in. However, the cabbie is probably going to try and hustle you and take you to a strip club. I don't blame them, they make good money from the strip clubs taking customers there. Taxis will pick you up and drop you off on the main entrance to the big hotels. For the most part these entrances are located on the side of the hotel back a bit from the strip. So, once you are dropped off you may have to walk a bit inside the hotel to get to where you want to go. The additional upside to a taxi is the drivers can be really interesting to talk to and know were everything is.
I between there is the bus. For $15 you can get a pass that is good for 72 hours on the whole system anywhere in Las Vegas. You will probably only need to ride 'The Deuce' up and down the strip and out to Freemont Street at one end and the outlet mall at the other end. The Deuce is a Double Decker bus that runs 24/7, only the frequency the bus comes by changes with the time. On the bus you will probably have a chance to chat with other tourists. The downside to the bus is it is not very quick. Probably 90% of the people on it do not ride public transit regularly and it takes a long time to load and unload. If you are on a schedule it may not be the best choice but if you have been walking quite a bit, you probably don't mind taking a load off a little longer.
If you rent a car in Las Vegas at the airport you need to take the shuttle from the airport to the car rental facility. It is free and takes about 7 minutes. Overall not a bad idea as it gets the tourists away from driving near the terminal. The facility itself is quite big but well laid out, organized and easy to get around. Car rentals cost about the same as any other city. I don't think you would want to rent a car unless you were headed out to the Grand Canyon or Hoover Dam.
There are also limos, but we never took one anywhere, and that's all I have to say about that.
Navigation in Las Vegas is not difficult, but the time it takes to get around inside and outside is staggering. It may look like your destination is just over there but it is probably quite bit further than you initially thought. Each way you travel has its upside and downside but you should probably use a mix to get around when you want within your budget. And like everything in Vegas, have fun with it.
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