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Transportation Rome-Fiumicino
Can someone recommend a reliable but relatively inexpensive limousine
service to take my wife and I from Fiumicino airport to downtown Rome, and then back again? Thanks. -- Ken Blake |
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Ken Blake wrote: Can someone recommend a reliable but relatively inexpensive limousine service to take my wife and I from Fiumicino airport to downtown Rome, and then back again? Thanks. Shared rides are reasonable, around $20 each way per person. There's something like romeshuttle.com for private cars. |
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On Sun, 29 Jan 2012 11:38:58 -0800, poldy wrote:
In article , Ken Blake wrote: Can someone recommend a reliable but relatively inexpensive limousine service to take my wife and I from Fiumicino airport to downtown Rome, and then back again? Thanks. Shared rides are reasonable, around $20 each way per person. Thanks. Can you point me to a web site for a shared ride? Ken There's something like romeshuttle.com for private cars. -- Ken Blake |
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On Jan 29, 12:04*pm, Ken Blake wrote:
On Sun, 29 Jan 2012 11:38:58 -0800, poldy wrote: In article , *Ken Blake wrote: Can someone recommend a reliable but relatively inexpensive limousine service to take my wife and I from Fiumicino airport to downtown Rome, and then back again? Thanks. Shared rides are reasonable, around $20 each way per person. Thanks. Can you point me to a web site for a shared ride? Ken There's something like romeshuttle.com for private cars. -- Ken Blake You might get the best deal if the hotel makes the arrangement... for us the ride in was free and the return like $45 IIRC. jay |
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On Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:50:52 -0800 (PST), Go Fig
wrote: On Jan 29, 12:04*pm, Ken Blake wrote: On Sun, 29 Jan 2012 11:38:58 -0800, poldy wrote: In article , *Ken Blake wrote: Can someone recommend a reliable but relatively inexpensive limousine service to take my wife and I from Fiumicino airport to downtown Rome, and then back again? Thanks. Shared rides are reasonable, around $20 each way per person. Thanks. Can you point me to a web site for a shared ride? Ken There's something like romeshuttle.com for private cars. -- Ken Blake You might get the best deal if the hotel makes the arrangement... for us the ride in was free and the return like $45 IIRC. Thanks. We're staying in an apartment, not a hotel, and I got a price from the rental agency--€100 round trip plus an extra €20 for our leaving early in the morning. That's a total of about $160, which seems very high to me, and I was hoping to find a better price. -- Ken Blake |
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Ken Blake wrote: On Sun, 29 Jan 2012 11:38:58 -0800, poldy wrote: In article , Ken Blake wrote: Can someone recommend a reliable but relatively inexpensive limousine service to take my wife and I from Fiumicino airport to downtown Rome, and then back again? Thanks. Shared rides are reasonable, around $20 each way per person. Thanks. Can you point me to a web site for a shared ride? Looks like price went up, it's now about $26-27 each way. Viator contracts with a local operator and often, the price you get on the site is lower than the price you'd pay booking directly with the operator, whom they don't identify until you book. Down side of the shared shuttle is that for departures especially, they can pick you up 2-3 hours or more before your flight, as they need to pick up other riders in different parts of the city. I forget which operator it was but it may have been this one: http://www.rome-airport-shuttle.it/ 20 Euro per person each way. But it sounds like they may have better pricing for 2 or more people as a package. There are a lot of reviews on Fodors and other travel forums about Rome airport shuttle limousine services with direct, not shared service for up to 4 people with luggage for around 40-50 Euro. I couldn't find the URL exactly, might search for rome shuttle limo or something like that. There are several URLs but they don't list price, you have to ask for a quote. Ken There's something like romeshuttle.com for private cars. |
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On Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:26:56 -0800, poldy wrote:
In article , Ken Blake wrote: On Sun, 29 Jan 2012 11:38:58 -0800, poldy wrote: In article , Ken Blake wrote: Can someone recommend a reliable but relatively inexpensive limousine service to take my wife and I from Fiumicino airport to downtown Rome, and then back again? Thanks. Shared rides are reasonable, around $20 each way per person. Thanks. Can you point me to a web site for a shared ride? Looks like price went up, it's now about $26-27 each way. Viator contracts with a local operator and often, the price you get on the site is lower than the price you'd pay booking directly with the operator, whom they don't identify until you book. Down side of the shared shuttle is that for departures especially, they can pick you up 2-3 hours or more before your flight, as they need to pick up other riders in different parts of the city. I forget which operator it was but it may have been this one: http://www.rome-airport-shuttle.it/ 20 Euro per person each way. But it sounds like they may have better pricing for 2 or more people as a package. There are a lot of reviews on Fodors and other travel forums about Rome airport shuttle limousine services with direct, not shared service for up to 4 people with luggage for around 40-50 Euro. I couldn't find the URL exactly, might search for rome shuttle limo or something like that. There are several URLs but they don't list price, you have to ask for a quote. Thanks. That's not all that different from the price quoted by the apartment rental people for a private ride (+BAI-50 for the two of us each way) so I'll probably stick with it. -- Ken Blake |
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Ken Blake wrote;
Thanks. That's not all that different from the price quoted by the apartment rental people for a private ride (+BAI-50 for the two of us each way) so I'll probably stick with it. This is the company that has been the cheapest the last few years €40 www.romeshuttlelimousine.com/ But all the others are in your €50 ± price range. They likely use the same limo company(s) and probably receive a small commission over the actual cost. But seeing that it is an apartment vs hotel where you must actually meet the agent for the keys and other matters. Going with their limo service is probably a very good idea, if there is a problem (flight delay, traffic, etc) the driver will be able to contact the agent thru his company and not leave you stranded outside the apartment bldg as others might do. Plus the driver very likely knows the *exact* location of the bldg. Regards, Walter ...And Paradise Was Lost...like teardrops in the rain... |
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