pww12

We are staying on the Grand Canal and have found a water taxi service that will pick us up at the hotel dock at 7:00 am to take us to the airport. Has anyone used "stik Travel" also under venicewelcome.com or Richiesta Taxi? With a 10:00 am flight we felt a private water taxi was best. Any thoughts?

bfrac

How much does the water taxi cost? We are taking the bus from P. Roma for 3 euros each. We have done it before and it is very simple.

hpeabody

bfrac, Can you elaborate? Where did you find the "bus" prices and schedule? That may work for me to get to the airport on my departure from Venice

Travelnut

I also made a reservation for a water taxi using that website. It was recommended by a couple of TA forum users. Our price for 4 passengers is 95€, just as the website indicates. You are emailed a voucher to give to the taxi pilot (driver?). The email says we won't be charged until 10 days before the pickup date.
I think "richiesta" is a descriptive term, not a proper noun/name, as I attempted to do some googling on that.

I decided not to bother taking a vaporetto up to Piazza Roma, then the bus, and I didn't like the posted departure times for the Alilaguna boat nor the duration of the trip.

We will be using our voucher in late September.

JoanneH

10am you have tons of time take the bus its only 5e gets you there in 20 min. Spend that other 90+e on a treat to yourself!

Zerlina

hpeabody:

http://www.atvo.it/orari/pdf_airport/mpolovenezia.pdf

hpeabody

Grazie, Zerlina

Julie_Hurst

Hi pww12. Don't know if you just want a water taxi, or if you are taking a water taxi because you are unsure of other transportation. If it's the latter and you are interested, you might check out my explanation of how to get thru the Venice airport, how to take the bus to P.Roma, & how to take a water bus (vaporetto) to your hotel in Venice. As I'm sure you are aware, your hotel/apt. owner will advise you as to which vaporetto stop is best, or since you will be on the Grand Canal, the hotel may have its own dock.

http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...urst&fid=2

Definitely a water taxi is easier, if money doesn't matter. If money does matter, the other method is doable & we found it fun to be among the locals on the vaporetto as we entered Venice!

Another note - according to what I have read on this board, I don't think pre-reserving a water taxi is necessary.??

Enjoy Venice, Julie

pww12

We had the same impression of Travelnut (thanks fr the confirmatin that it is legit and you are doing the same thing)but thanks to Zerlina I may be reconsidering the bus. We are 3 min. from Piazzale Roma so for 5 E each (20E vs. 95E total for private water taxi) that's very tempting. Zerlina, At 7:00 am, will there be any traffic problems via bus -- sure don't want to miss the plane!

pww12

Julie - thanks too for your info. We are coming from the hotel for a 10:00 am flight (Sept. 19) so our concern was getting to the airport and not missing our flight. I think we do need a reservation for them to come to the hotel's dock. We come to Venice from Florence via train. Our hotel is Carlton Grand Canal, walking distance to both train and P. Roma. Timewise, it sounds like the water taxi or bus may be best bet for early am. But I appreciate all these replies!

bfrac

hpeabody, it looks like your question was answered before I could get back to you. Zerlina gave you the ATVO site with schedule. Good luck, it is quite simple to do.

Zerlina

pww12: Make that 12 Euro instead of 20 for four people. The ATVO bus costs 3 Euro per person, and it has luggage stowage. At 7:00 a.m., I would think most of the traffic is coming *into* Venice, so the bus ride should be 30 minutes at most.

ellenem

Your htoel is quite close to Piazzale Roma--no vaporetto necessary. It will be easy to take a bus fromt there. Also there are land taxis there as well, which might be cheaper and faster than a water taxi.