Lisa B. Posted October 14, 2019 #1 Share Posted October 14, 2019 Looking for any recommendations on the best way to get to city Centre from the airport via private transfer. I have heard the taxi wait can be long lines. TIA for any help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Roz Posted October 14, 2019 #2 Share Posted October 14, 2019 Did you book your cruise thru a travel agent? If so, they may be able to arrange a private driver. My TA did that as part of the pre-cruise pkg. she put together for me. Much less expensive than what was offered by the cruise line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanL Posted October 14, 2019 #3 Share Posted October 14, 2019 Check w/ hotel. We did & a car will be waiting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Roz Posted October 14, 2019 #4 Share Posted October 14, 2019 3 hours ago, DanL said: Check w/ hotel. We did & a car will be waiting. That's a pretty broad statement. 😎 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Host Jazzbeau Posted October 14, 2019 #5 Share Posted October 14, 2019 7 hours ago, DanL said: Check w/ hotel. We did & a car will be waiting. 4 hours ago, Roz said: That's a pretty broad statement. 😎 There are lots of other ways to arrange this, but when visiting a country for the first time I find it comforting to have my hotel arrange the airport pickup – I like to have someone waiting with my name, and the hotel knows which firms are reliable [if not the cheapest]. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Roz Posted October 15, 2019 #6 Share Posted October 15, 2019 17 hours ago, Host Jazzbeau said: There are lots of other ways to arrange this, but when visiting a country for the first time I find it comforting to have my hotel arrange the airport pickup – I like to have someone waiting with my name, and the hotel knows which firms are reliable [if not the cheapest]. Y'all must stay in much fancier hotels than I do. 😉 Is this common practice with hotels in Europe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogs4fun Posted October 15, 2019 #7 Share Posted October 15, 2019 (edited) 4 hours ago, Roz said: Is this common practice with hotels in Europe? Yes - your hotel can usually arrange airport pick-up/drop-off. Our hotel in Budapest arranged for our taxi to the airport (when we arrived via cruise and stayed an additional week). Edited October 15, 2019 by dogs4fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Second seating Posted October 15, 2019 #8 Share Posted October 15, 2019 In December the taxi line was nothing. Second seating Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Roz Posted October 15, 2019 #9 Share Posted October 15, 2019 2 hours ago, dogs4fun said: Yes - your hotel can usually arrange airport pick-up/drop-off. Our hotel in Budapest arranged for our taxi to the airport (when we arrived via cruise and stayed an additional week). I've done this when I'm leaving the hotel to go to the airport, but from the airport to the hotel, I just go outside and get a cab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelerThom Posted October 16, 2019 #10 Share Posted October 16, 2019 18 hours ago, Roz said: Y'all must stay in much fancier hotels than I do. 😉 I have had hotels charging US$20 per night double provide this service. 10 hours ago, Roz said: I've done this when I'm leaving the hotel to go to the airport, but from the airport to the hotel, I just go outside and get a cab. I’ve done airport queue taxis in many countries with generally good results, but in some countries this is pretty iffy due to significant possibility of robbery or worse. If you don’t know the area (and more so if you don’t speak the language) there is the possibility of being taken a circuitous route to run up the meter; the majority of drivers are honest but this can happen anywhere (including in the US). The relatively few times I have used a hotel arranged driver it has been for a stated fixed price and was added directly to my hotel bill. YMMV Going to South Africa (which has quite high crime rates in some areas) for the first time, getting off the plane jet-lagged from 36 hours of travel including two nights on a plane and confronted with a never before used currency it was nice exiting customs into a scrum of people to see a driver in a suit with our names on a placard. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Roz Posted October 16, 2019 #11 Share Posted October 16, 2019 The only place I've had this problem is NYC in the good ol' USA! 😄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare franski Posted October 26, 2019 #12 Share Posted October 26, 2019 On 10/14/2019 at 8:31 AM, Lisa B. said: Looking for any recommendations on the best way to get to city Centre from the airport via private transfer. I have heard the taxi wait can be long lines. TIA for any help. We have used a private transfer in Budapest a couple of times - http://www.budapestairporttaxi.com/Welcome.html His prices are fair - and he will be there waiting for you when you arrive. If you e-mail him, he responds quite quickly. Fran Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare knoxclone Posted October 26, 2019 #13 Share Posted October 26, 2019 Ditto - we used them in Budapest and were very pleased. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djh1959 Posted November 7, 2019 #14 Share Posted November 7, 2019 We just got back from a five night stay in Budapest. We used Airport Transfers Budapest ( www.airporttransfersbudapest.com ) and could not fault them in any way. They picked us up at Keleti Railway Station, and were waiting with our name on a board, they transferred myself and my husband to our hotel, then our friends to theirs. They picked up our friends for their airport transfer and us for ours, on separate days. They were right on time for all transfers and extremely quick to reply to any email queries. Highly recommend them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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