I have friends who have saved up for a Mediterranean Cruise that leaves from Civitavecchia - which is about 1 1/2 hours from Rome. They got a quote for $70 per person to take the shuttle from Rome to there and there are FOUR of them. Does anyone know of a more economical way for a family of four to make the 1 1/2 hour trip?

Plenty of trains from Roma Termini to Civitavecchia for €4.10 per adult if you don't mind twelve stops en route and an hour and a bit on the train. Then there may be a bus, I don't know, but even a taxi won't break the bank.

Check www.trenitalia.it

WK

There are also many limousine services that will do Civitavecchia-Rome transfers.

Two that I would check out:
www.limoservicerome.com
www.romeshuttlelimousine.com
http://www.utenti.lycos.it/romecabs/

If you are just beginning a cruise, each of you probably has 2 pieces of luggage plus a carry on. May not be too convenient for the train, although the most ecomonical.

The shuttles Eloise linked to are probably your best bet.

Our Hotel near the airport in Rome transported the four of us to the cruise ship for 130 euro. Unforunately I had prebooked Rome Limo Services before we left home for our return from the ship to the airport, gave them a credit card number for confirmation, they picked us up OK but out original "discounted" quote was for 179 euro. Upon our return home I discovered I had been charged 237 euros - at least this was the amount I had debited to my credit card. I contacted them by email a week ago for a "please explain" and have heard nothing back. You can probably get a taxi back to the airport and avoid the limo service which by the way is not a limo but a people mover!!! Have fun SK

RomelimoserviceS (with an S) gets many complaints here; romelimoservice (without the S) gets very good reviews.

Interesting Eloise. Thanks SK from OZ