Transfer from airport

[sunkisser]

Hi all

We are going on a cruise from Civittavecchia on 31st July but due to DH work we can only get a flight at 8.30pm the night before so we have booked into a hotel near Rome Fiumicino airport.

We have been quoted €70 for 2 adults and 2 teens to go by shuttle about a mile and a half at 00.15am

Is this about right as it seems extreme to me?

[Clarea]

I would also ask this on the Italy port of call forum here:

 

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/forumdisplay.php?f=595

 

Seems like a taxi would be less expensive if you could get a minivan taxi.

[sunkisser]

Thanks

[mek]

Hi all

We are going on a cruise from Civittavecchia on 31st July but due to DH work we can only get a flight at 8.30pm the night before so we have booked into a hotel near Rome Fiumicino airport.

We have been quoted €70 for 2 adults and 2 teens to go by shuttle about a mile and a half at 00.15am

Is this about right as it seems extreme to me?

 

$70 euros just to go from the airport to the hotel at the airport or 70 euros to go to the ship?

[sunkisser]

€70 just to go to the hotel

[davidcraig2003]

Is the hotel in Civitavecchia, or at Fumicino?

[sunkisser]

Fiumicino

[swoopy2110]

That seems extreme. Pick a taxi up at the airport?

[W and W]

That seems extreme. Pick a taxi up at the airport?

 

I think some transfer companies just set out a standard fee for transfer to your Rome hotel from the airport. Did you tell them which hotel it is. If it stays at that price a taxi should be cheaper.

[mek]

At what hotel are you staying? Some of the ones near the airport have shuttle services. Even if they have s surcharge, it can't possible be anything near 70 euros.

[davidcraig2003]

Any metered taxi, of which there should be plenty, will do this for around 10 euros, in addition to probably being easier to locate!

[expattraveler]

We've stayed at the Rome Marriott Park Hotel twice in the past 18 months which is approximately 15km from the airport.

 

Although the hotel has a shuttle service, it wasn't operating when we arrived at FCO. Took a taxi to hotel both times and the metered price was between €25 & €30 without tip for two persons plus luggage.

 

BTW, the hotel has offered great rates for both stays.

[euro cruiser]

Any metered taxi, of which there should be plenty, will do this for around 10 euros, in addition to probably being easier to locate!

Is this a guess or do you have experience with Fiumicino taxis?

 

Even the airport web site has a warning that Fiumicino taxis have a different (and higher) rate basis than Rome taxis, but they are the only ones who can take you to Fiumicino.

 

As for the hotel shuttle fees, note that they are per passenger. More than ten years ago I stayed at an airport hotel a little over two miles from the airport (the old Marriott Courtyard, now the Leonardo Da Vinci) and the fee then was €15 per person for the shuttle bus. A taxi was only slightly less (for two of us) at €25. There has been at least one increase in taxi rates since then.

[davidcraig2003]

It's an educated guess to be fair. As long as it is a legitimate taxi regulated by the city, I cannot imagine any combination or per km / surcharges which could come close to 70 euros for a mile and a half journey (4 minutes?)

[davidcraig2003]

This may help:

http://www.comune.roma.it/PCR/resources/cms/documents/tariffario_taxi_luglio_2012.pdf

 

Scroll down for English.

 

The regulated, fixed fare from fiumicino to the city centre is 48 euros. So the coliseum, at a distance of 18 miles, would be 48.

 

What hotel are you staying in?