It has always surprised me how much taxi's cost to Arillas, when everything else seems so reasonable. I mean, 50Euro for a 45 minute drive is quite steep when you compare it to what a similar journey would cost over here. It killed us this year, as a family of 5 we had to pay 80Euro to get back to the airport!
What is the situation whith hiring a car for both journeys? If you hired from Corfu, would they pick up from Arillas and vice-versa?
Im paying approx 50 euro from Athens airport to sounion and thats 40km about the same as corfu to arillas I think
Taxi prices over here have gone up I think as the other week my husband had to get a taxi to the hospital and back approx 5miles or 10min drive and that cost £28
But money well spent to get to us quicker to arillas
Ang
I've always thought how cheap the taxi ride is to Arillas, considering the distance! I had to pay £7 from my house to the coach station which is less than two miles and takes about 5 minutes and I think that's fairly standard in an English city.
If you hire a car for a week, Theo will bring the car to the airport for you and you can leave it there when you go back so you can offset 100 euros against the car hire cost. But you have to have the car for at least a week.
A similar journey from Edinburgh would cost you at the very least 50% more so I definitely think the Corfu taxis are good value.
As Sandy says it does make sense to hire a car especially if only going for one week. I know Jo that you usually go for two weeks so it might not be the best option for you. Sharing a minibus is a good idea but of course finding another party which arrives at the same time is the difficult part.
Eileenxx
Taxi's here cost me about £12 to get home from Hudderfield which is about 7 1/2 miles so that is a bit cheaper then Corfu but I still think it can be worth it to save an hour or so especialy if its early morning when you arrive and if you can find someone to share all the better. Viv
Here in rural Somerset it costs £15 from Street to our village - all of 4 miles. And the same from here to the station (2 and 1/2 miles) because the taxis are based in Street. The 50 - 55 euros from airport to Arillas seems cheap to me.
Phil
hi all
i agree with most ,i think its resonable considering the distance and time of the journey ,and at least your there before the coach .....yammas
Ok, seems like I am in a minority! Living 'up north' things must be cheaper! If we were to get a to Manchester from ours, an identical journey in terms of miles we would be looking at around 25 quid.
we live 5 mins from Gatwick and it costs about £6-7... we came back about 2 a.m. last year and as its past 11..00 p.m, it costs DOUBLE, dont ask me why!... I have walked it before but wouldnt do it with luggage.
There's 5 of us going to Arillas in just over a week, we booked independently without transfers this year so we hired a car to be at the airport when we arrive and we'll drop it off there when we leave. It cost £175 for the week for a Focus. Better than £80 each way for taxi's as you have the car for the week!
We paid 45 euros each way for our taxi's this year, didnt think that was too bad really considering the distance and about a 45 minute cab ride, from the pub to our house, which is about 3 miles costs us about £8 here in lovely Essex :-)
Dear, but I would say fairly reasonable, it's your holiday. You pays your money and makes your choices. I will certainly appreciate the 43 euro fare on Friday.
We used to pay £25 for a 20 mile taxi to manchester airport in a stinky uncomfortable cab.
So $45 euros in a lovely air conditioned merc taxi that gets you to Arillas in 45 mins is totally reasonable and we've got a taxi even when we had come on a package holiday.
Also, the driver is usually very chatty and good to look at ;)
Sharon x
Quote from: sharonF on October 02, 2009, 04:48:21 PM
Also, the driver is usually very chatty and good to look at ;)
Sharon x
I'm with you on that Sharon! The taxi tottie makes a great start to the holiday :-)
Eileenxxx
LOL Eileen, isnt it just! The last two, in June and September were particularly delicious specimens :)
Sharon xxx
I wasnt so lucky with Taxi tottie his summer, but Heidi and Kirsi had a fine one when they departed the village ;)
Aw better luck next year Erja, xxx
Now calm down girls, are you at it again....
riggers...
LOL Riggers, yes we are!
Sharon x
:)
LOL....Aye we're at it again Riggers...we're not afraid to admit to a bit of the ol' oggling!!!
Eileenxx
Yes riggers dearest, when are we not at it? :D
We appreciate the beauty of the male form and it comes to us quite naturally ;)
erja dearest "You are AWFUL but I like you..."
Bet you're too young to remember Dick Emery. Someone out there will though. You either loved him or hated him. Moi? the latter!
It is quite special to know that a lady is eyeing your assets up. Makes you feel special. Funny how it subsides as you get older though. Then it is your bank balance they are eyeing up. Explains why it doesn't happen to me these days - bank balance? Wot bank balance????????
Take care dears and oggle all you like. What harm does it do?
Phil