Cheap way from Buenos Aires Airport
 

Hello,
I am looking for a cheap way to get from the airport at Buenos Aires to my hotel. My hotel does not offer a shuttle service.

Any help is appreciated
Jeff

Cabs in Buenos Aires are not expensive. Just get a radio taxi from the taxi stand at the airport.

Take ONLY these cabs:
http://www.taxiezeiza.com.ar/
and do NOT take a cab which cannot be prepaid in an official-looking booth.

Okay, so I want to get it clear about the taxis.
I might sound dumb, but from what Ive read here you only go to radio cabs. The cab company you show AV is a radio cab? A radio cab is a prepaid cab. Youve decided on the amount before you go? Paid before you go?

Hi
There are about 3 sorts of taxis in BA.
Radio Cabs that have the light box on the roof of the car, the drivers number and photo etc on an ID thingee in the car for you to see ..
Taxis that are not radio cabs.. which can be perfectly safe and fine but visitors should not risk them.
Remiss.. this is a private car .. sort of like a limo but not .
They are either taxi sized or mini vans and you pay a set price from Point A to B.
You can arrange for a Remiss in advance or walk up to their kiosk at the airport and get a car right then and there. You can arrange for them to pick you up when you go back to the airport or just grab a Radio taxi in town.
The taxis that line up in front of the airport are Not Safe.

Prices are not so very different .. We always use a Remiss when it comes to airport rides .. always.

In Town- Radio Taxi
Airport - Remiss
:)

MY advice is that in our international airport you should only take transportation which can be PREPAID in an official-looking booth, as I said above.

Taxi Ezeiza is the only cab company which has such a booth.

The other booths offer what we call "remises", which you can prepay. Tienda León takes credit cards. I'm not sure about the others.

I disagree with most of my fellow posters about the radio cabs. The way I see it, once you are in town, if you wish to play it 100% safe, you should CALL one of the better known radio taxi companies, or a "remise".

I feel that hailing a radio cab is no safer than hailing any other cab, because what makes a radio taxi safer is CALLING it, because then the company records who picked you up.

A radio taxi is NOT a prepaid cab and Taxi Ezeiza is NOT a radio taxi company, but they are the only cabs licensed to operate out of our international airport.

In our local airport, you should only take "remises", which can be prepaid.

That said, the odds of getting a dishonest cabbie are pretty low, EXCEPT the ones which are waiting late at night outside extremely touristy places, such as tango shows or "Cabaña Las Lilas". In those places, the odds are higher and you should have a radio taxi CALLED.

In the almost 2 years we have lived here, we have always just hailed a Radio Cab on the street. We / I have never had a taxi problem here.. and in addition to the no problem with them, we usually have some sort of great conversation, music and if you are lucky, you will get the gentleman who sang along with the Tango music he had on ... ( his voice was perfecto) ..

We even had a taxi happy to give our dog a ride ( large dog) and he made sure the window was down just enough so Pup could stick his head out as we drove along..

My friend goes to milongas and comes home sometimes at 3-4 am and her taxi drivers sit and wait til she is in the door, before they drive away.

As far as we are concerned, calling or hailing in the street, we have been 100% safe.

Av,
Thanks for the advice, I checked http://www.taxiezeiza.com.ar/ and it looks like the price from the airport is 98 Pesos, does this sound right, just wondering if their are cheaper options.

Thanks again
Jeff

Yes that is the correct price, and to bring you back to EZE I believe it was 68 or very close.

In general: how does one find / identify / arrange for a remise?

In particular: we will arrive at the domestic airport; am I to understand that we should use a remise and how do we find one there?

Is a remise always a negotiated price?

:)

Jeff:

For the bus-shuttle from EZE:

Manuel Tienda León (MTL; 4315-5115; www.tiendaleon.com; cnr Av Eduardo Madero & San Martín). You’ll see its stand immediately as you exit customs, in the transport ‘lobby’ area. Shuttles cost ~AR$32 to ~AR$35 one way, run every half-hour from 6am to midnight and take about 40 minutes, depending on traffic. It’ll deposit you either at its office (from where you can take a taxi) or at some central hotels.

Have a good trip. ~MarnieWDC

I paid 90 pesos from Palermo to the Airport. Hailed a radio cab in the street and agreed a fixed price rather than using the meter. I have no idea whether teh meter may ahve been cheaper, but I was happy with the fare agreed.

Marnie: I have e-mailed you twice, in reply to your mail of Jan. 7. Did you get those replies? I wonder, because you didn't acknowledge.

avrooster:

No, I did not get either of your messages. Likely it is the fault of the dot between my first and last names in my address.

I sent you another PM. I would, of course, have responded to you. Keeping me quiet is the harder task.....:)

~Marnie

I do tend to agree with Av......if you are able to call for a Radio Taxi, please do so up front as they have a record of where you were picked up, and what time.

We hailed Radios on the street a couple of times, and their record was not good with us. We knew where we were going, and sometimes they thought we didn't, and took the long route.

If you are in a restaurant, they'll make the call for you. Be on your toes at the downtown airport or Buquebus
tptr

tptr says: "Be on your toes at the downtown airport or Buquebus", which is pretty good advice.

I would add the cruise ship terminal, where they have some kind of funny setup. When I understand quite clearly what they do out there, I'll expose them.

tatersalad,

At the domestic airport....booths for various remis services are found along the wall that separates the baggage claim area and the main lobby with counters opening to both sides. Prices are fixed not negotiated. You pay the fee in advance. Hope this helps.

Marnie, I e-mailed you again yesterday. I assume you did not receive it. Why don't you try e-mailing me from another address?

Sorry about the highjacking, Jeff.

drdawggy

thanks, I'll copy this information and include it with my other travel information.

:)

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