Transportation from the City Center to Aruba Airport
Aruba is a tiny island country in the Caribbean. Aruba Airport, or officially Queen Beatrix International Airport, is the main airport of this small island country. The most economical way to get to the city center from here is to use the city buses.
Almost all lines of the Arubus company, which provides public transportation services to Aruba, go to the Oranjestad stop via the airport. Bus number 8, which you will take from the Aruba stop in the city center, takes you through the Barcadera and Pos Chiquitos stops and leaves you at the airport stop. Depending on the traffic situation, it takes 10-20 minutes to reach the airport. The bus runs from 06:00 to midnight. It departs every 15 minutes until 20:00, hourly after 20:40. On Sundays, these hours become less frequent. For direct information about the bus, you can check the official website of Arabus public transportation company.
For now, Uber or a similar application does not provide services in Aruba. In this context, if you are going to use a taxi, your only option is to use regular taxis. Fortunately, there is a pre-determined flat fee for each destination.
Aruba Airport's official website has an informative section on average distances and, accordingly, what the taxi fare will be. Before getting into the taxi, you can check the taxi fares list on the website and even show it to the driver in case of a dispute.
The airport is only 2.5 km from the city and you can cover this distance in five minutes under normal traffic conditions.
One option is to hire a professional airport transfer. Most hotels offer this service for a fee or free of charge. If you can't get this service from your hotel, it's easy to find a reliable transfer from websites like Tripadvisor or Viator.
Transportation from Bogota El Dorado International Airport to Bogota City Center
Bogota Airport in Colombia is approximately 20 minutes by taxi from the city center. There are actually many options to go from the airport to the city center of Bogota, but Transmilenio buses are the most convenient.
Bogota is a very big city and when the city center is mentioned, La Candelaria region, which is most preferred by tourists, comes to mind. Transmilenio buses are also the most convenient option to go from Bogota airport to La Candelaria.
You can take the free bus number 16-14 from Bogota Airport to Portal El Dorado, the main stop of Transmilenio. When you come to the stop, you should choose the bus that moves in the direction of Universidades to go to the city center.
These buses operate between 04.30-23.00 from Monday to Friday, between 05.00-23.00 on Saturdays and between 05.30 and 22:00 on Sundays and only accept payments with Tullave Card.
One of the options is to reach the Santa Fe stop with the buses of Transmilenio buses that depart directly from Bogota Airport and transfer to a bus going to Bogota city center from there. Just follow the signs to find the Transmilenio stop at the airport.
Another public transportation method to get to the city center from El Dorado Airport is the P500 buses. You can reach the city center by taking this bus from Gate 7 of Terminal 1. In order to be able to pay, it is necessary to purchase Tullave Card from the airport. If you want to pay cash, you can go to a few points in Bogota city center by minibuses you will see when you exit Gate 9 of Terminal 1.
If your flight to Bogota arrives late, airport taxis are one of the safest options to get to the city centre. Bogota airport taxis go to the city center with a standard fare, and tickets are printed from the box office at the airport in front of them. Then, with this ticket, it is enough to take a taxi from the taxi queue in front of the airport and tell you where you will go. When you arrive at the city center of Bogota, you present the price on the ticket to the driver.
Uber is a more economical way to get from Bogota airport to the city center than a taxi. Actually, Uber is not legal in Colombia, but the app still works. You can tell a vehicle by downloading the Uber application to your phone and entering the address of your hotel in the city center. In the meantime, it is useful to be careful, there may be some vehicles walking around saying that they are an Uber driver, so it can be unsafe to get into unregistered vehicles.
Apart from these, you can also use the private transfer option. Moveo, Tedecol, GuateGo or Colombian Buddy are some companies that provide private transfer services from Bogota Airport. You can make a reservation in advance and provide your flight information and have them pick you up from the airport and take you to the city center of Bogota. Thus, you will get rid of flight fatigue and the hassle of searching for a transportation.