Airport Taxi Services

[QUOTE=Bank Note]Exon, I heard you are a multi-millionare and got money to burn? I even heard you light your cigarettes / cigar at times with a 100 US$ bill? Damn!

However, everyone is not lucky as you. So though you continue to preach giving extra money to cab drivers and the girls but there are people on budget. Every 5$ matters since we don't light our cigarettes with 100 US$ bills like you!

You should consider making a will and giving a major party of it in charity to the poor people of Buenos Aires considering that I heard your one leg is hanging in the grave? People say you are 100 years old, is it true?

Anyway, pardon me for sounding harsh but stop preaching and supporting the poor people of Buenos Aires as everyone is not a 100 year old multimillionaire like you![/QUOTE]Well you heard wrong, you fucking Exon you.

Exon

[QUOTE=Exon123]CockSucker[/QUOTE]It's nice to know there are a few things in life you can rely on with absolute certainty.

Banknote will rant about things absolutely unrelated to the posts he quotes and Exon will respond with his favorite pithy retort. Like the cheese eating surrender monkeys would say, "Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose."

Is it dangerous to take a taxi from Recoleta to EZE at 2AM? If so, what is advised?

Thanks in advance,

Jaggar

[QUOTE=Jaggar]Is it dangerous to take a taxi from Recoleta to EZE at 2AM? If so, what is advised?

Thanks in advance,

Jaggar[/QUOTE]Though I never had a late night pick up for EZE, I wouldn't have any problem just getting a taxi off the street. But to make you feel a little safer, you can call Taxi Ezeiza to reserve a ride.

[url]http://www.taxiezeiza.com.ar/[/url]

You must call a few hours ahead of time to reserve the ride. The current flat rate charge is $65 to the airport.

There was a long line at the ezetaxi station in the terminal. Actually, it was a short line just felt like a long line because it was taking too long. Decided to walk out and grab a taxi of the street. Piece of cake for my first time. Cost $80p. I was happy to be in Buenos Aires so didn't feel like haggling for $5p /10p.

Mongers,

I was trying to be experimental on my way back from city to the airport. So, I did not book a remi from apartment to airport via Ezeiza remi services who are offering a ride just for 65ARS. Instead, I headed on the street and was trying to take a taxi in mid afternoon. I stopped about 5-7 taxis, all of them wanted 80ARS -90 ARS. I offered 70ARS to all of them but none agreed. Finally, I got one taxi guy who somehow agreed for 70ARS but at the airport he requested me to pay him 2 pesos more. So in all 72ARS.

Newbies, if you have to go from your apartment to international airport of BA, do not even bother going on road and hailing a taxi. Just order a Remi from Ezeiza remi services. Their phone number and prices are listed on their webpage. However, you try to book at least one day or several hours before as they are usually very heavily booked.

They are very safe, convenient and the cheapest!!

[url]http://www.taxiezeiza.com.ar/[/url]


Saludos.

[QUOTE=Captain]Mongers,

I was trying to be experimental and was being lazy. I did not book a remi from apartment to airport via Ezeiza remi services who are offering a ride just for 65ARS. Instead, I headed on the street and was trying to take a taxi in mid afternoon. I stopped about 10 taxis, all of them wanted 80ARS -90 ARS. I offered 70ARS to all of them but none agreed. Finally, I got one taxi guy who somehow agreed for 70ARS but at the airport he requested me to pay him 2 pesos more. So in all 72ARS.

Newbies, if you have to go from your apartment to international airport of BA, do not even bother going on road and hailing a taxi. Just order a Remi from Ezeiza remi services. Their phone number and prices are listed on their webpage. However, you try to book at least one day or several hours before as they are usually very heavily booked.

They are very safe, convenient and the cheapest!

[url]http://www.taxiezeiza.com.ar/[/url]

Saludos.[/QUOTE]Wow, your laziness cost you two full Dollars!

Exon, I'll leave it to you!;)

[QUOTE=Aqualung]Wow, your laziness cost you two full Dollars! [/QUOTE]Aqualung:

Well, doesnt matter if its two dollars or two cents.

A penny saved is a penny earned! I don't have a inheritance or a family business waiting for me!

Having said that, I do firmly believe and practice charity with people far more poor than taxi drivers of BA!!

The purpose of my report was to advise newbies about the cheapest and easiest way to reach the airport from the heart of the city via a simple phone call. It is not a question of 2 dollars or 2 cents. It is about paying the right price, convenience and not getting conned in a foreign country!

And finally, no need to wink and incite Exon to put a nasty comment against me. If you have anything more to say on this, you can do it yourself via the post or a personal message.

Neither their is a need to feel very proud of yourself if you spend 80 or 90 pesos to Ezieza ( though highly unlikely considering your skills with Spanish language), but if you do, you are just being simply foolish as per me.

[QUOTE=Aqualung]Wow, your laziness cost you two full Dollars!

Exon, I'll leave it to you!;)[/QUOTE]Cheap CockSuckers.

Last time I took a cab to the Airport I caught in front of Roxana's apartment, it was $48 peso's to EZE.

Course that was a year or so ago.

Exon

[QUOTE=Exon123]Cheap CockSuckers.

Exon[/QUOTE]Ok, so people who like to do things economically are cheap cocksuckers and those who are spendthrift are Foolish Cocksuckers!

Take your pick, everyone concerned.

Taxi's and Remis services are two different things.

Taxi's are currently somewhere between $ 60-$ 90 pesos to and from the airport depending on your luck.

Remis services (unmarked private car service) are usually somewhere around $ 90 - $ 180 pesos depending on different factors including English speaking drivers and age, make and model of private car offered.

I usually tend to think of time as money and the time spent looking for the cheapest deal usually ends up costing me more so I end up choosing quality and reliability of service as opposed to basing all my decisions on cost. But that's just me.

To each his own.

Regards,

BM.

There are also a point or two to keep in mind. First, the "cheaper" remises probably aren't correctly inscribed in the CNRT and therefore don't have the correct insurance for public transport and the driver doesn't have the correct professional driving licence. Get hurt in a traffic accident in one of those cars and no insurance covers you. (and don't bother trying to sue the driver - he probably doesn't have anything of value in his name) -

Second, it's illegal for taxis to carry passengers with the clock turned off so the passenger must pay and the driver charge the price marked on it and once past the General Paz avenue the passenger must pay double because a "Capital" taxi isn't allowed to pick up fares out of the Federal City so he must return empty. Of course no one does this as they would never get a trip out of the city. There is also a per bag fee. I don't know how much it is now (or would be if the cab driver decided to charge for each bag transported - Once again, no one applies this fee but it exists)

The same way Ezeiza taxis aren't permitted to pick up fare in Capital Federal so technically an Ezeiza cab coming into town to pick you up is against the law! Insurance companies can refuse to pay if they discover any irregularity so here again you may find you are not covered in the case of an accident!

The highway toll went up some ten days ago between 200 and 300%. The 25 de Mayo Highway toll went from 2 pesos to 4 pesos during rush hour and 3 pesos otherwise. A car to Ezeiza goes through two toll booths so a cab from Ezeiza coming into town to pick up a fare has four tolls. I can assure you there is no way a cab from Ezeiza can make a profit charging you $65 unless they are skimping on other costs therefore you may end up saving a very expensive two bucks!

So if you are on a budget trip and two Dollars are important to you have a beer or two less during your stay but hire a reliable remise service for your transfers or if you really need to save take the 86 bus or even the train from Constitucion station to Ezezia station and the bus from there to the airport.

But, of course, as Badman says "each to his own".

[QUOTE=BadMan]Taxi's and Remis services are two different things.

Taxi's are currently somewhere between $ 60-$ 90 pesos to and from the airport depending on your luck.

Remis services (unmarked private car service) are usually somewhere around $ 90 - $ 180 pesos depending on different factors including English speaking drivers and age, make and model of private car offered.

I usually tend to think of time as money and the time spent looking for the cheapest deal usually ends up costing me more so I end up choosing quality and reliability of service as opposed to basing all my decisions on cost. But that's just me.

To each his own.

Regards,

BM.[/QUOTE]Badman,

Thanks for the input. I agree with you, that time is money.

Thats why I felt that instead of standing on road with your luggage and hailing taxis, its better to use the convenience of the phone and hire via Ezieza Taxi service. Though you can even ask for a Radio Taxi on the phone, but am not sure if all yellow radio taxis are legally allowed to enter the Ezeize area.

Also, this Taxi Ezeiza call themselves taxis but they are using private unmarked cars. So am not sure whether to call it a taxi or a remi!

[QUOTE=Aqualung] I can assure you there is no way a cab from Ezeiza can make a profit charging you $65 unless they are skimping on other costs therefore you may end up saving a very expensive two bucks!

So if you are on a budget trip and two Dollars are important to you have a beer or two less during your stay but hire a reliable remise service for your transfers or if you really need to save take the 86 bus or even the train from Constitucion station to Ezezia station and the bus from there to the airport.

But, of course, as Badman says "each to his own".[/QUOTE]Its not about budget travel, its about spending money on things which are important to the persons concerned. eg I met one monger in BA who would spend 200 or 300 USD every other night at Madahos or Black but would not like to spend 70ARS on a decent meal in BA. I asked him about it and he replied that he has come to BA to spend money on whores not on food!!So to each his own.

BTW, Ezeiza taxi service is doing great business and most of the time have a heavy booking. So despite your long lecture above on insurance and what can happen if one dares to use Ezeiza Taxi service, people will continue to do so.

If one starts worrying about perils of using a taxi charging 65ARS instead of 85ARS, one might as well stop mongering and stop traveling because anything can happen anywhere.

The cheap Aerolineas flight can crash, the fucked up subte can crash, the 100ARS worth expensive remi can meet with an accident or breakdown in the rough district on outskirts of BA, one may get STDs while mongering, one may get robbed while walking late in the night on the streets of BA after a late night at a Boliche, one may get conned by a *****, the list is endless.I wonder if the insurance covers for all this!!!

In my opinion, one has to be a optimist not a pessimist and think " damn, what will happen if this 65ARS taxi driver doesnt know driving or what will the insurance guys say if he indeed doesnt know driving and something happens!" ja! Ja!

[QUOTE=Captain]If one starts worrying about perils of using a taxi charging 65ARS instead of 85ARS, one might as well stop mongering and stop traveling because anything can happen anywhere.[/QUOTE]You are absolutely right Captain! I agree with you wholly. If you start worrying about paying two Dollars more on a cab ride you might as well stop mongering!