Originally Posted by Thunderroad
I'll be arriving at Shanghai from the US (on United) and am wondering what the taxi situation is at the airport. I've only been in Shanghai once before, years ago. Are the taxis on meters? Are they honest? Do you simply get them at the curb or is there more of a process involved? And if I tell the driver I want to go to the Westin Hotel, will he understand? Thanks for any help.
Try taking the maglev train from the airport it runs about ever 15 minutes up until about 5:30 pm cost is about 60yaun and it's the ride of a lifetime it goes about 424kph and takes about 6 minutes to get downtown which is about 35km away then you can take a taxi from there to your hotel.