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Nov 19th, 2007 | 06:23 PM

HalifaxShannon

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Taxi or Shuttle

Looking for advice re transport from Orlando airport to hotel. There is no complimentary shuttle service with this hotel so which would be more practical/inexpensive, taxi or shuttle. There are 2 of us and we are arriving at midnight. Our hotel is about 14 miles from airport.

Nov 19th, 2007 | 06:32 PM

teach2travel

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Look at mousesavers.com. She has a comparisson of all the various transportation options which would be valid whether you are going to DIsney or not.

Nov 20th, 2007 | 05:08 AM

stumpworks73

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Call the shuttle service and ask where your hotel is on their stop list. If you are at the end of a long list of stops, I'd take the taxi.

You should be able to compare shuttle versus taxi rates on the web.

Nov 20th, 2007 | 12:02 PM

HalifaxShannon

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Thank you for your help. I did look up Mears and it was $17 per person.
When you get a taxi, is the charge per person or per carload? I guess what I am trying to say - would it be cheaper for us to take a cab since there are 2 of us?

Nov 21st, 2007 | 11:40 AM

Orlando_Vic

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Taxis charge by the carload.

If there are only two of you, the Mears shuttle might be cheaper, even cheaper than a 1-way car rental.

Nov 21st, 2007 | 03:46 PM

HalifaxShannon

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Thanks for your help. Does Mears go to other places besides hotels/airports; ie the Amtrac station as we are thinking of taking the train to visit some relatives outside of Orlando.