San Juan Taxi fares

[needabreakcanada]

I have the link to the zoned taxi fares. My question is can you walk into the cruise terminal with your luggage?

 

On the taxi link they don't mention cab fares from hotels to terminals. We are with Royal and will be at the Pan Am terminal.

 

The link I am referring to is:

 

http://www.puertoricodaytrips.com/getting-around-by-taxi/

 

Maybe I am just missing it?

 

Thanks

[sadie8]

The Pan Am terminal is isolated and you will not be able to walk there. Will you be coming straight from the airport or from a hotel? The airport is zone 1 and the Pan Am pier is zone 4. The taxi rate between these two zones is $19 plus $1 per bag. We love cruising out of San Juan.

[plowboy920]

No you can't walk to the Pan Am terminal, we stayed at the Raddison Hotel & Casino in Jan. Airport to hotel $17 + $1 per bag (and she counted EVERY bag and purse). Hotel to pier was around $12 plus tip.

[racnwdow]

We stayed in the Condado area and taxi took about 8 minutes and was $17 plus the $1 per bag + tip. And yes they counted every bag.

 

FYI, we flew in late then night before and there is an upcharge of $1 after 10:00pm.

[robtulipe]

Her is a SJ taxi zone and rate map.

 

[Raenstoirm]

I have the link to the zoned taxi fares. My question is can you walk into the cruise terminal with your luggage?

 

On the taxi link they don't mention cab fares from hotels to terminals. We are with Royal and will be at the Pan Am terminal.

 

The link I am referring to is:

 

http://www.puertoricodaytrips.com/getting-around-by-taxi/

 

Maybe I am just missing it?

 

Thanks

 

Ok I dont understand your question at all. There is a link "list of hotels by taxi zone" on the website you posted (just under the part where they list generally what the zones are). The pier is in the middle of no where, so you have to take a cab. It is in zone 4.

[needabreakcanada]

Appreciate the help - copied the zone map thanks

[robtulipe]

If one were to stay at the Sheraton Puerto Rica Hotel and Casino which is on Isla Grande beside the Convention Center and Isla Grande regional airport it would be possible to walk to the Pan Cruise Terminal, located where the two ships are at top center, which would be about a 1/2 mile away. A warning though, the road into the terminal doesn't have sidewalks.

 

http://www.sheratonpuertoricohotelcasino.com/

 

[LuvBNatC]

I thought the taxi drivers are only supposed to charge for each bag they put in the trunk. Why would they charge extra for a woman's purse they never touch? :confused:

 

Or is it safer to just pay whatever they tell you and shut up about it?

[robtulipe]

Whenever we'v taken a taxi from the airport or from the cruise terminals for our many cruises out of SJ there was a dispatcher who provided us with slip of paper with the correct fare which only included the cost of driver handled bags not the carry on type if you kept these with you and did not place them behind the taxi for loading by the driver.

At hotels there isn't such service so the driver will sometimes add all bags to increase the flat rate fare. They are counting on that most people won't dispute the fare but most will back down and charge the correct fare if you do.

[Virtopia]

Good information to know for my upcoming cruise, thanks! Does anyone know how long it is to get to Old San Juan from the airport?

[needabreakcanada]

"If one were to stay at the Sheraton Puerto Rica Hotel and Casino which is on Isla Grande beside the Convention Center and Isla Grande regional airport it would be possible to walk to the Pan Cruise Terminal, located where the two ships are at top center, which would be about a 1/2 mile away. A warning though, the road into the terminal doesn't have sidewalks."

 

So you are saying that if you stay at this hotel you don't have to pay cab fare and you can walk right into the pier with your luggage?

[cherylroslyn]

"If one were to stay at the Sheraton Puerto Rica Hotel and Casino which is on Isla Grande beside the Convention Center and Isla Grande regional airport it would be possible to walk to the Pan Cruise Terminal, located where the two ships are at top center, which would be about a 1/2 mile away. A warning though, the road into the terminal doesn't have sidewalks."

 

So you are saying that if you stay at this hotel you don't have to pay cab fare and you can walk right into the pier with your luggage?

No you absolutely can't do it...... No one does it....... I have sailed out of San Juan 10 times and have never seen anyone even attempting it.......

 

 

I don't care if you are an olympic athlete......unless you are craving a visit to the Emergency Room instead of a cruise, you should not do it.

[needabreakcanada]

Thanks for that advice. I keep getting mixed information on the subject.

[racnwdow]

I do remember reading a post that someone had walked and they were so hot and flustered by the time they got there they had wished they had taken a taxi.

[amready]

On our last trip we were getting a taxi from the OSJ pier to the airport, and we were quoted one price by the person dispatching us from the pier. When we got to the airport the driver did inflate the rate about $2, so it just came out of her tip.

 

Does anyone know if there are different rates if you need a taxi around 4:30 am?

[pisces223]

Does anyone know if the taxi driver will make a short stop at a store to pick up some soda and water?

[Robinhill]

The Pan Am terminal is isolated and you will not be able to walk there. Will you be coming straight from the airport or from a hotel? The airport is zone 1 and the Pan Am pier is zone 4. The taxi rate between these two zones is $19 plus $1 per bag. We love cruising out of San Juan.

 

Sadie- the link says that the $19.00 charge includes up to 5 people from the airport to the pier so we would all just split that or is that each plus bags

[Reader0108598]

Sadie- the link says that the $19.00 charge includes up to 5 people from the airport to the pier so we would all just split that or is that each plus bags

 

That is total plus bags (not each).

 

We had a driver try to pull the each when we got to the airport. Traveling companion took great delight in arguing with the thief.... err I mean driver.

If you do run into trouble just pay him what he is owed less tip and walk away. Please everyone do no tip the thieves it only encourages them .

 

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[goose30]

All this for a $20 cab fare when you may be paying $1000s for a cruise? Come on people!

[Reader0108598]

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