overnight at ADD - Addis Ababa airport
Dec 5, 2013, 4:39 pm
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overnight at ADD - Addis Ababa airport
I would expect at least an hour to stand in line at the transfer desk, acquire paperwork, go thru immigration and transfer to hotel. Potentially much longer if you are not in the front of the line at the transfer desk-there is often a mob of unhappy people pushing to be acknowledged to make flight changes also.
Dec 6, 2013, 7:54 am
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I would expect at least an hour to stand in line at the transfer desk, acquire paperwork, go thru immigration and transfer to hotel. Potentially much longer if you are not in the front of the line at the transfer desk-there is often a mob of unhappy people pushing to be acknowledged to make flight changes also.
Dec 6, 2013, 8:20 am
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Will try to report back.
Dec 6, 2013, 10:34 am
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Get out of the hotel.... if you are very lucky, you might get to see one of Africa's greatest ambassadors during those morning run sessions. Everyone knows him and they should.
HAILE.
HAILE.
Dec 6, 2013, 11:12 am
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That has always been my experience. The green "Cloud 9" carpet ends at the wall to the right of the window. One "may" have success going to the front of that line and being a little assertive but it depends on the day. My husband and I stood in two different lines last time to see who would get acknowledged first and it was thru the cloud 9 lane but required some "excuse me"s.
Dec 7, 2013, 4:23 am
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Dec 7, 2013, 4:27 am
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That has always been my experience. The green "Cloud 9" carpet ends at the wall to the right of the window. One "may" have success going to the front of that line and being a little assertive but it depends on the day. My husband and I stood in two different lines last time to see who would get acknowledged first and it was thru the cloud 9 lane but required some "excuse me"s.
Had the same issues like in IST, that even though visa/hotel could be quick, we had to wait for shuttle.
Dec 7, 2013, 6:48 am
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overnight at ADD - Addis Ababa airport
If you are going to Hilton there is a shuttle that goes from their desk outside of arrivals pretty frequently. If they send u to the chairs by the X-ray machine on the way out of baggage claim to wait for any other hotel shuttle, I'd probably consider springing for a taxi. Ask to see the fixed price list to hotels from airport when u get in the tAxi. On the street all prices are negotiated and should be done before setting out on your journey. Yellow taxis are the only "certified" ones but they are also more expensive than the blue and white ones. For local trips blue and white taxi cars are fine-i usually take yellow ones from the airport for convenience though.
Dec 7, 2013, 8:32 am
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If you are going to Hilton there is a shuttle that goes from their desk outside of arrivals pretty frequently. If they send u to the chairs by the X-ray machine on the way out of baggage claim to wait for any other hotel shuttle, I'd probably consider springing for a taxi. Ask to see the fixed price list to hotels from airport when u get in the tAxi. On the street all prices are negotiated and should be done before setting out on your journey. Yellow taxis are the only "certified" ones but they are also more expensive than the blue and white ones. For local trips blue and white taxi cars are fine-i usually take yellow ones from the airport for convenience though.
Wont need much with a short overnight only. BF incl at HH, either courtesy of ET or due to HH status.
Dec 7, 2013, 9:48 am
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overnight at ADD - Addis Ababa airport
There are 2 ATMs at the Hilton as well as at least one bank branch money changer in the lobby. There's a money changer at the airport with a window both into the immigration line side and into baggage claim. There are some ATMs at the airport but sometimes out of cash and may only take visa branded cards. The one at the Hilton was one of the first to take MC.
As Hilton gold I was given lounge access in August. eT also gave meal vouchers good for the Hilton buffet meals
As Hilton gold I was given lounge access in August. eT also gave meal vouchers good for the Hilton buffet meals
Dec 7, 2013, 12:07 pm
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Do not try this. Some hotels will not accept your accommodation voucher if you do not arrive with the hotel shuttle transport and you may need to take another taxi back to the airport to ride the shuttle bus in. Sounds silly, but there has been a lot of fraud with the ET hotel vouchers historically so they require pax to be picked up by hotels from inside the restricted area.
Dec 7, 2013, 2:01 pm
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Do not try this. Some hotels will not accept your accommodation voucher if you do not arrive with the hotel shuttle transport and you may need to take another taxi back to the airport to ride the shuttle bus in. Sounds silly, but there has been a lot of fraud with the ET hotel vouchers historically so they require pax to be picked up by hotels from inside the restricted area.
Dec 9, 2013, 3:58 am
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Exiting the airport during a short transit (5.5 hrs)?
On our inbound, we will have a 5:45 layover at ADD, and hope to exit the terminal in order to meet up with friends who live near the airport. Some things that I've read online suggest that we may not be able to get transit (or tourist) visas for that length of stay. Does anyone have any recent experiences?
Many thanks,
Michael
Many thanks,
Michael
