How do I get from LaGuardia to upper West Side Manhattan?
 

What are your recommendations? I know of the Grey Line shuttle right at the baggage claim. Is this a good option?

Taxi.

Definitely take a taxi -- the shuttle will take forever and you'll end up taking a subway or taxi anyway from wherever the shuttle drops you (Grand Central or Port Authority). A taxi will only cost $25 and will take you to your door.

Gekko's right. Taxi.

Absolutely a taxi. The shuttle buses there are half the cost but could take forever !

Take a cab.

Taxi is about $25, and is usually my choice.

The busses take you to midtown, so you'd still have to get uptown, and the Supershuttle van, while door to door, seems to take forever (a guest of mine recently took it and spent 2 1/2 hours from JFK to the upper west side!)

If you have time, but not much money and luggage, you can take the M60 bus (regular city bus) form LGA to 106th and Broadway. There you can transfer to a M104 bus down Broadway. It should takle about an hour (but of course, depends on traffic, bus schedules)

catch a crab. dont listen to people who tell you to take a bus. it's moronic, not to mention unbelieveably slow. let the great unwashed take a bus. if you have enough money to afford a computer, you have the extra $15 bucks to get into a cab.

A cab, yes. A crab, however, travels sideways, and pretty slowly at that.

I thought crabs were the people who drive the cabs. At least that's often been my experience.

Well I got my laugh for the day. I run a church office and have done my share of unintentional funny typos in the Sunday bulletin, so don't feel bad, flopmeister. ("Evening massage - 6 p.m.")

I'm surprised that the overwhelming consensus is that we should take a taxi. Thanks for the heads up, time is more valuable than an extra ten bucks. Actually, since there are two of us, we would be splitting cab fare anyway. Good thinking!

the overwhelming consensus would be the opposite if you were traveling intra or interboro, just not from the airport. and crab was NOT a typo. i lived in NYC for many, many years (thru mostly bachelor out all night type of years, i might add) and my friends and i just always said catch a crab! because you work in a church office i will spare you the story of how the phrase originated! enjoy your trip.

Very kind, flop, thank you!