Transportation from City Center to Punta Cana Airport
Although expensive, taxis are the most used method to get to Punta Cana Airport from your hotel or city center. Most hotels have their own taxi rank or they can call a taxi for you. Since Punta Cana taxis work with fixed prices, you look at the price from the list according to where you get on and pay accordingly. You can pay in local currency or use dollars.
If you have purchased a tour package from your hotel, airport transfer is usually included in this tour and you will be taken to the airport with the other hotel customer who has a flight that day. If such an airport transfer is not included in your Eper tour, it is possible to purchase a private or shared transfer service to go to Punta Cana Airport.
You can avoid the risk of missing your flight if you book in advance from major tour sites such as Viator. Punta Cana Airport transfers are made by private and luxury vehicles or minibus-style shared vehicles, and the price varies.
To reach Punta Cana Airport by public transport, it is a good option to take the Dominican minibus, gua gua, from Veron. But these minibuses do not have luggage, so if you are traveling with hand luggage or a backpack, you can use this method. However, direct buses from Santo Domingo and Higuey to Punta Cana Airport also have a luggage.
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.