Dec 4, 2016, 1:07 pm
Last edit by: JBD
Ground Transportation Options (Including Taxis, Trains, Buses and Shuttles) from 060608 - an Official Rome Tourist site
060608 Aeroporto di Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci - Services and connections
Car Service Options Recommended by Many FTers Over Many Years
Stefano's Rome Cabs Cost €50 for one way transfer. (Price is for up to 3 people with luggage. Additional charges for more people and late night service).
TripAdvisor Reviews
Rome Shuttle Limousine Cost €50 for one way transfer. If booking a roundtrip there is a €5 discount. (Price is for up to 3 people with luggage. Additional charges for more people and late night service).
TripAdvisor Reviews
How To Check for Upcoming Transportation Strikes
Link to official website showing schedule of upcoming transport strikes (in Italian)
Link to site above, translated through google
Link to a search for strikes on website "Wanted in Rome". (This is a well maintained site geared to expats which will post info about upcoming strikes, usually a day or so beforehand).
060608 Aeroporto di Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci - Services and connections
Car Service Options Recommended by Many FTers Over Many Years
Stefano's Rome Cabs Cost €50 for one way transfer. (Price is for up to 3 people with luggage. Additional charges for more people and late night service).
TripAdvisor Reviews
Rome Shuttle Limousine Cost €50 for one way transfer. If booking a roundtrip there is a €5 discount. (Price is for up to 3 people with luggage. Additional charges for more people and late night service).
TripAdvisor Reviews
How To Check for Upcoming Transportation Strikes
Link to official website showing schedule of upcoming transport strikes (in Italian)
Link to site above, translated through google
Link to a search for strikes on website "Wanted in Rome". (This is a well maintained site geared to expats which will post info about upcoming strikes, usually a day or so beforehand).
FCO to Rome transportation options
Jun 12, 2017, 1:07 pm
#211
Join Date: Aug 2014
Posts: 5
Need to get to FCO late at night for a 3:50 am flight
Hello!
I need some help on the best way to get to the airport for a 3:50 am flight. I know the Express train does not run after midnight. We will right next to the Termini station. What would be the best option to get to the airport?
Thanks!
I need some help on the best way to get to the airport for a 3:50 am flight. I know the Express train does not run after midnight. We will right next to the Termini station. What would be the best option to get to the airport?
Thanks!
Jun 12, 2017, 10:46 pm
#213
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: SFO, VCE
Programs: AA EXP >4 MM, Lifetime Plat
Posts: 2,881
Taxi!
It's a fixed price, it is not expensive, and you will have Roman taxi drivers, perhaps the most honest taxi drivers in the world. It costs 48 euros. Give them 50. That's it. Depending on where you are starting from, figure 45 minutes.
It's a fixed price, it is not expensive, and you will have Roman taxi drivers, perhaps the most honest taxi drivers in the world. It costs 48 euros. Give them 50. That's it. Depending on where you are starting from, figure 45 minutes.
Nov 13, 2017, 11:15 am
#215
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Poland
Posts: 869
Does anyone know the taxi price to go from FCO to CIA? Thanks!
Editing: I ended up using welcomepickups which seemed to have a decent price. $65 from FCO to CIA and then $50 from CIA to downtown. Supposedly they throw in a water bottle for all passengers and a map as well.
Editing: I ended up using welcomepickups which seemed to have a decent price. $65 from FCO to CIA and then $50 from CIA to downtown. Supposedly they throw in a water bottle for all passengers and a map as well.
Last edited by TravelingNomads; Nov 13, 2017 at 1:28 pm
Nov 13, 2017, 1:35 pm
#216
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: SFO, VCE
Programs: AA EXP >4 MM, Lifetime Plat
Posts: 2,881
Does anyone know the taxi price to go from FCO to CIA? Thanks!
Editing: I ended up using welcomepickups which seemed to have a decent price. $65 from FCO to CIA and then $50 from CIA to downtown. Supposedly they throw in a water bottle for all passengers and a map as well.
Editing: I ended up using welcomepickups which seemed to have a decent price. $65 from FCO to CIA and then $50 from CIA to downtown. Supposedly they throw in a water bottle for all passengers and a map as well.
That’s a known scam company based out of the South San Francisco area. It has nothing to do with Italy. Look up the area code of their number, 855, and see if it exists anywhere in the world. It doesn’t. It’s a ghost company. If you get in a car crash on the way from the airport or if your driver does something bad, good luck with finding them. It’s a company that doesn’t exist. Just two guys in an apartment somewhere, with an untraceable area code.
Last edited by Perche; Nov 13, 2017 at 5:59 pm
Nov 13, 2017, 4:02 pm
#217
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Poland
Posts: 869
That’s a serious rip-off, both legs. You should have taken a taxi.
That’s a know scam company based out of the South San Francisco area. It has nothing to do with Italy. Look up the area code of their number, 855, and see if it exists anywhere in the world. It doesn’t. It’s a ghost company. If you get I a car crash on the way from the airport, or if your driver does something bad, good luck with finding them. It’s a company that doesn’t exist. Just two guys in an apartment somewhere, with an untraceable area code.
That’s a know scam company based out of the South San Francisco area. It has nothing to do with Italy. Look up the area code of their number, 855, and see if it exists anywhere in the world. It doesn’t. It’s a ghost company. If you get I a car crash on the way from the airport, or if your driver does something bad, good luck with finding them. It’s a company that doesn’t exist. Just two guys in an apartment somewhere, with an untraceable area code.
https://www.reviews.io/company-reviews/store/welcome
It says that they're headquartered in Athens.
https://www.welcomepickups.com/about/
Nov 13, 2017, 4:46 pm
#218
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Heraklion, Greece
Posts: 7,564
* From FCO to anywhere in Rome within the GRA the price should not be higher than 70€. Thus FCO-CIA-City as a single ride (usage of one cab) should definitely not be 115€!
* Alternatively, using two separate rides, FCO-CIA is 50€ and (second taxi) CIA-city is 30 €, still 35 € cheaper.
Scroll down for the text in several languages (English is immediately following Italian). By the way, the prices quoted are for one to four passengers in a single car.
Last edited by KLouis; Nov 13, 2017 at 4:52 pm
Nov 13, 2017, 6:11 pm
#220
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: SFO, VCE
Programs: AA EXP >4 MM, Lifetime Plat
Posts: 2,881
It's not just the money, it was just unsafe. You can't just go by an internet website. I'm sure your driver didn't have insurance either.
Taxis in Rome are cheap, quite a lot cheaper for example, than Uber, and they are heavily vetted. They don't just stare at their phone on the dashboard for GPS help. Their father probably handed the taxi down to them, and their grandfather probably handed it down to him, and they know the streets intimately.
That doesn't mean that you can't get a bad apple now and then, but gee whiz, just relying on a website called what again, Wonder Pick Up?
Your life and your vacation is worth more than that. Take an official taxi unless you really know how to navigate Rome
Taxis in Rome are cheap, quite a lot cheaper for example, than Uber, and they are heavily vetted. They don't just stare at their phone on the dashboard for GPS help. Their father probably handed the taxi down to them, and their grandfather probably handed it down to him, and they know the streets intimately.
That doesn't mean that you can't get a bad apple now and then, but gee whiz, just relying on a website called what again, Wonder Pick Up?
Your life and your vacation is worth more than that. Take an official taxi unless you really know how to navigate Rome
Last edited by Perche; Nov 13, 2017 at 6:37 pm
Nov 13, 2017, 6:34 pm
#221
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Poland
Posts: 869
It's not just the money, it was just unsafe. You can't just go by an internet website. I'm sure your driver didn't have insurance either.
Taxis in Rome are cheap, quite a lot cheaper for example, than Uber, and they are heavily vetted. They don't just stare at their phone on the dashboard for GPS help. Their father probably handed the taxi down to them, and their grandfather probably handed it down to him.
That doesn't mean that you can't get a bad apple now and then, but gee whiz, just relying on a website called what again, Wonder Pick Up?
Your life and your vacation is worth more than that. Take an official taxi unless you really know how to navigate Rome
Taxis in Rome are cheap, quite a lot cheaper for example, than Uber, and they are heavily vetted. They don't just stare at their phone on the dashboard for GPS help. Their father probably handed the taxi down to them, and their grandfather probably handed it down to him.
That doesn't mean that you can't get a bad apple now and then, but gee whiz, just relying on a website called what again, Wonder Pick Up?
Your life and your vacation is worth more than that. Take an official taxi unless you really know how to navigate Rome
Last edited by TravelingNomads; Nov 13, 2017 at 6:40 pm
Nov 13, 2017, 7:04 pm
#222
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: SFO, VCE
Programs: AA EXP >4 MM, Lifetime Plat
Posts: 2,881
Originally Posted by TravelingNomads;29057063Fair points about the other issues I guess, but they had good reviews.
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It says that they're headquartered in Athens.
https://www.welcomepickups.com/about/
It says that they're headquartered in Athens.
https://www.welcomepickups.com/about/
It doesn't matter if it says they are headquartered in Athens: Look up the area code. It doesn't even contain the country code to dial up Athens. All calls to Greece start with +30, just like all calls to Italy start with +39. And it's just not there.
The 855 code is a snake area code that is untraceable so that in case something happens you can never find them.
Italy is a modern country. Taxis, trains, all of it, works. As when traveling to NYC, SF, Chicago, Miami keep a little bit of wits about you. Relying on untraceable internet websites instead of official taxis is just foolish.
There is no reason to think that Roman taxis are any more likely to rip you off than a taxi in Chicago. And its very easy to deal with and prevent in Italy, much easier than it is in Chicago or Philadelphia.
Nov 13, 2017, 8:13 pm
#223
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Poland
Posts: 869
Never go by reviews, especially if it is TripAdvisor. Nobody on his or her first trip to Italy knows how to rate things, because they just got there.
It doesn't matter if it says they are headquartered in Athens: Look up the area code. It doesn't even contain the country code to dial up Athens. All calls to Greece start with +30, just like all calls to Italy start with +39. And it's just not there.
The 855 code is a snake area code that is untraceable so that in case something happens you can never find them.
Italy is a modern country. Taxis, trains, all of it, works. As when traveling to NYC, SF, Chicago, Miami keep a little bit of wits about you. Relying on untraceable internet websites instead of official taxis is just foolish.
There is no reason to think that Roman taxis are any more likely to rip you off than a taxi in Chicago. And its very easy to deal with and prevent in Italy, much easier than it is in Chicago or Philadelphia.
It doesn't matter if it says they are headquartered in Athens: Look up the area code. It doesn't even contain the country code to dial up Athens. All calls to Greece start with +30, just like all calls to Italy start with +39. And it's just not there.
The 855 code is a snake area code that is untraceable so that in case something happens you can never find them.
Italy is a modern country. Taxis, trains, all of it, works. As when traveling to NYC, SF, Chicago, Miami keep a little bit of wits about you. Relying on untraceable internet websites instead of official taxis is just foolish.
There is no reason to think that Roman taxis are any more likely to rip you off than a taxi in Chicago. And its very easy to deal with and prevent in Italy, much easier than it is in Chicago or Philadelphia.
Dec 9, 2017, 7:11 am
#225
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: SFO, VCE
Programs: AA EXP >4 MM, Lifetime Plat
Posts: 2,881
Public transportation, meaning trains and buses, have various slow downs and stoppages. Taxis are left to the tax driver. There is no rule. You may find some, but it might be hard. I'd book a car service now. And remember, at all times, the Leonardo Express from Termini train station to the airport and back leaves about every half hour, 365 days a year, even during strikes. Ask your hotel to book a car for you.