Transportation from the City Center to Saint Maarten Princess Juliana International Airport
The city center in the Dutch part of Saint Martin Island is the city of Phillipsburg, where cruise ships also dock. From here, Saint Maarten Airport is 11 km away and takes about 20 minutes.
The best way to get to Saint Maarten Airport from the city center is to take a taxi. If you are staying at the hotel, you can ask your hotel to call a taxi or you can call a taxi to your location on the official website of the licensed taxi company. There is also a Whatsaap group in Saint Maarten, which is widely used to call a taxi. By joining this group, you can easily call a taxi.
But taxis to Saint Maarten airport charge higher than normal fees and also expect a tip. Apart from these, you can also bargain by taking any taxi from the street.
If you have rented a car from the airport at the beginning of your trip, it is a very convenient option to return to Saint Maarten Airport with the same vehicle and deliver the vehicle there. However, driving on the road from Phillipsburg to Saint Martin Airport takes some skill, even if the traffic is on the right.
It's easy to use the Viator website to arrange a shared or private transfer from Phillipsburg city center to the airport. Thus, the worry of missing the flight time by making a reservation in advance is also eliminated. Both shared and private transfer vehicles are air-conditioned and take you from your hotel or anywhere you want to Saint Maarten Airport.
Transportation from Santo Domingo Airport to Santo Domingo City Center
Las Américas International Airport, also known as Santo Domingo Airport, is known as the second busiest airport in the Dominican Republic. Since there is no public transportation to reach Santo Domingo city center, transportation is mostly provided by private transfers and taxis.
You can find a taxi 24/7 at the airport. Taxis here charge a fixed price to take passengers into the city. However, there may be unofficial changes to this fixed schedule during high season, so you can also book your journey online before arriving at the airport.
The distance between the city center and the airport is 30 km and the journey normally takes 45 minutes. You can pay the taxi driver in cash, either in US dollars or in Dominican pesos, but since the fixed rate is set in US dollars, the taxi driver's own exchange rate may be lower than you expect when you pay in pesos. Also, taxis at the airport only take (maximum) 3 passengers.
For your transfer, you can hire a shuttle from local companies or from the tour sites of familiar global companies. Thus, you will have a vehicle that greets you with your name at the airport and takes you to your hotel without wasting time.
If you do not want to deal with public transportation and taxis and want to go to the places to see in Santo Domingo, you can rent a car from the rent-a-car companies at the airport. Here you can find the offices of many well-known companies such as Hertz, Sixt and Avis.
Although there is no bus from Santo Domingo Airport to the city center, you can go to the city center by taking the buses that pass through the main road (Autopista las Americas) after a three-kilometer walk.