Fantastic experience and well worth the money. Our driver was waiting for us when we arrived. Got us to the water taxi. Handled the luggage. We rolled up in one of those cool, all wood boats to our hotel. My wife said “it was like we were James Bond.” Great experience. Great drivers. I’d give it 6 stars but they will only let me give them 5.
About Activity
What's Included
Includes
- All taxes and VAT
- Meet and greet service
- Ground transportation from the airport terminal to the water taxi dock
- Private one way transfer from Marco Polo airport to your accommodation in Venice city centre
- Any parking and/or airport tolls
- Tips and gratuities
Excludes
- Excess luggage charges: Only 1 standard suitcase allowed per passenger, size 46x69x29cms (18x27x11in); an additional fee will be applied in case of oversized and extra luggage.
Itinerary
The driver will be waiting for you at arrival lounge, showing a board with your name to take you to your Hotel in Venice, fast and and hassle free, with an unforgettable luxury experience.
We will provide a private minivan to take your group to the water taxi dock at the airport, located 10 minutes by walk far from the arrivals terminals, so you will not have to walk with luggage to reach your boat.
Sit back in the comfort of a Premium water taxi or a Luxury wood-made water taxi, and let your professional navigate Venice channels while you enjoy the views.
If your flight is early or delayed, the driver will have tracked its expected arrival time, and adjusted your pick-up for the new time of arrival.
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Reviews
Not at all worth the money. Aside from the lovely lady that met us at the airport everything was a rude disaster. The boat drive was late by 15+ minutes and didn’t acknowledge us, speak to us, help us with bags. He ignored us the entire speedy way to the hotel and dropped us 200 yards away.
The driver was at the designated spot when we arrived. The weather was rainy so we were shuttled to a different location for the water taxi. The water taxi was supposed to take us to the hotel but said they couldn’t for some reason. As a result, we were dropped off at St. Mark’s with no directions to our hotel. Lugging baggage in the rain and dark and not knowing where to go was stressful. Not worth the money we spent.
Amazing experience and got to be the best way to arrive in Venice. We landed early evening, so were able to see the Canal in the daylight and then after sunset
Marcie the pickup and drop was really cool boat ride was pleasant really enjoyed and were free from tension
Fast, efficient, classy and what a way to arrive at the hotel. Short two minute transfer by vehicle to the dock and then straight to your boat. Fast transfer from airport to the dock of our hotel across the lagoon and via the side canals was great. Tip; driver of the taxi that takes you the short distance to the dock may wait inside or outside of the arrivals area.
It is a water taxi nothing more. The Captain looked at us one time said Rialto Bridge and that was our entire “tour”. If you don’t want to commute with a lot of other people I would recommend the water taxi alone. Same service same speed half the price. The boats are beautiful and floating along the grand canal is great but don’t pay for the “tour”.
We arrived at the airport and was greeted by a very nice young lady who took us to the boat dock. The driver showed us and her a crude map to our hotel. As this was the first day of our trip, we were not sure what to expect. The young lady was speaking to him in Italian and did not sound pleased. She tried to explain the map. The driver dropped us off in the rain at the dock. We wandered through the alleyways for over 20 minutes in the rain, until we contacted the hotel who guided us to their door. We looked at the reservation and learned that we were supposed to be escorted to our hotel, not left at the dock. I have been trying, unsuccessfully to deal with Viator, first through our travel agent and then through our credit card company. When I call about the issue, I am told that Viator will contact me by email. It has been months, I continue to contact them but I have not received these emails. Viator did contact our credit card company, referenced a trip in Florence and denied any compensation. They had the correct booking number and our complaint but did not get the trip correct. Booking number BR100-1007174349 Really poor customer service!
Everything went great! I’m so happy we switched to meet and greet service. We arrived at 9:40 pm into Venice and it would’ve been hard to find the water taxi plus I got nervous when I read you are allowed only 1 suitcase and 1 personal item in the shared transport and that service stops at 10 pm. They took care of us. Thanks!
DO NOT BOOK THIS AT ALL! THEY SELL YOU DIFFERENT PACKAGES, AND GIVE YOU THE SAME LOW RATE TAXI BOAT, SIMPLY PUT: OVER PROMISED, UNDER DELIVERED ! SAVE YOURESELF THE MONEY AND GO TO WATER TAXI BOOTH! ITS THE SAME RIDE!
Arrived at the airport no transfer. Called and as my flight had been changed and I needed to amend the arrival time, they had not been informed. Even though I had done everything I was supposed to do. Waited 20 minuites for the transfer. Was taken to Venice and they waited another 20 minuites for a taxi. I was expecting a beautiful wooden traditional boat. Didn't get one. Not worth the money, get a speedboat for 4 for £130 at the airport. The advert of airport water taxi is misleading as you drive to Venice the get the water taxi. Asked for a partial refund with all of their errors, told no.
We were met at the airport, he didn’t speak to us all the way in the taxi to the boat. The boat was a simple taxi, which I have since learnt you can get for £21. This was not the romantic experience we were expecting my any means.
I have been visiting Venice on business for years and the transfers from Marco Polo Airport have always been very expensive as I have tended to use a private water taxi. I just happened to have a look at transfers on Trip Advisor and found this "Shared Taxi" service. As we arrived in Venice's beautiful new(ish) terminal we made our way straight to the new water taxi loading area via a moving walkway (vast improvement on the old way of walking for a long time outside). From there we found the Taxi service and were told where to wait and that there would be others joining us in less than 10 minutes. As it turned out we waited no more than a few minutes before the others arrived and off we set - much faster and more pleasant tha using the water busses and certainly a fraction of the cost of a private transfer. The next day we were given a departure time at the pier where we were droppped off and the Taxi arrived within 2 minutes of the allocated time - brilliant. One short stop to collect one other couple and off we zoomed back to the Airport. Great service and a bargain!!! Highly recommend this service
We booked a private transfer from Marco Polo Airport to our hotel, and we are delighted we did. We were picked up at the arrivals hall and taken by taxi van around to the dock. We would never have found the boat on our own. The ride across was lovely, seeing different parts of Venice from the water. We went straight to our hotel and our bags were put on the boat and taken off by the driver. We just sat back and enjoyed.
We added 3 hours to our pick up and they took us all around Venice. Great way to get a look at Venice and surrounding areas. Boat was very clean. Highly recommend
After a long transcontinental air trip, we did not want any issues getting from airport to hotel. In Venice this can be challenging given need to use ground and water transportation. We were promptly greeted at airport arrival hall by a cheerful gentleman with our name neatly displayed on iPad. He assisted with luggage transfer to private van, transported us to boat terminal, again assisted with luggage and helped us boarding a beautiful boat for private boat ride to the hotel’s private dock. Pricy but worth every dollar given the lack of stress and convenience.
Our transportation from the airport to our hotel was better than we expected. We (we were a group of 8) arrived to find a smiling driver holding our name sign high. He grabbed suitcases, loaded the car and off we went. Arrived at the boat and another smooth transfer, helping us board then loading our luggage. The boat was clean and the ride smooth. The boat driver got us right to the door of our hotel. I would recommend this service to anyone.
Incredibly professional! We were met in the airport by a man in a suit who held a sign with our name on it. He took us and our luggage to a lovely SUV with bells and whistles in it, drove us to the pier, rolled our luggage to the dock and waited with us until we were met by the water taxi driver who, within a split second arrived. We had a great ride into Venice and were dropped off just steps from our hotel. If you're tuckered out by the trip to Europe, this is the way to begin a wonderful vacation.
We booked a private water taxi from Marco Polo airport to our hotel. Instead of the water taxi leaving from the airport we were driven by car to the cruise port and then put in a water taxi for a 5 minute ride. I later contacted the company about the issue and was told that due to a race the canal was closed and since it wasn't their fault I wouldn't be given a partial refund. I ended up paying 311 euros for an airport shuttle. I would not recommend bookairporttransfers.com or the company bookTAXI.
The driver was greeting us with name plate right after we left baggage claim. We had very interesting weather...hail.... waited it out for a few minutes....then were transported to our boat. The boat was very nice and Marco was there to greet us. We had the tour attached to the boat ride itself....due to weather....it was cut short but they came an hour later to tour from our hotel on the Grande Canal to San marco.... that made up for it. After a lond plane ride...this was nice.
Fabulous. Waiting for us at the airport with a sign that read our name. Helped with luggage to the the van taking us to the water transfer. Beautiful, comfortable boat-DEFINIATELY the way to arrive. I highly recommend. We were a huge part of 13-kids all ages and adults, and it was seamless.
Picked up at Marco Polo airport, the driver was there with a card with our name on it. Car very clean and spacious, driver took us direct to the ship and we were out of the car and straight into the queue. The driver was very polite.
<p>Great Service.<br/> Was picked by the driver outside the arrival gate and he drove us to the docktook 5 minutes.<br/> Boarded the speed-boat and was dropped off at Hotel Ca 'D'Oro in 20 minutes.<br/> Great view of Venice and hassle-free and royal way to arrive at a Venice Hotel.</p>
<p>Our party of four travelers were extremely pleased with the service starting from the person who greeted us in the terminal and loaded us and our luggage in the van wich was large and immaculate drove us to the dock, transfered us and our luggage to the water taxi. The taxi was beautiful. What a wonderful work of craftsmanship! Then our driver took us from the terminal through the Grand Canal of Venice. It was breathtaking to see and hear of the fantastic view of Venice. After our tour, he then took us to our hotel and unloaded our luggage. This is by far the best way to arrive in Venice! There were no lines, no getting lost, Truly a worry free experience.</p>
<p>I didn't get any tour, only transfer from the airport to the hotel. Furthermore, the first part with the minivan is quite pointless because the boat terminal is only a few minutes away. So basically you'll pay a lot of money for a boat trip from the airport to your hotel and there's a lot of cheaper options if that's what you want.</p>
<p>They deliver exactly what they promised. Pickup was quick and on time. We were able to beat the crowds and enjoy a whole day in Venice before boarding our cruise ship.</p>
<p>This was better than the arrival my family had in Prague with Viator.<br/> The person that met us was on time. Spoke little if no English.<br/> The boat ride was great, and the boat was beautiful. We were suppose to get a mini arrival tour, but that didn't happen.<br/> All in all a good experience because we did not have to hassle with bags and with 6 people that is a challenge.</p>
<p>In spite of paying for trip down the grand canal, boat driver refused and took us straight to hotel. Paid for grand canal trip later at additional expense.</p>
<p>Excellent, not only took us to the train station, but someone was waiting there for us to show us where to go at the train station. Worth every penny.</p>
<p>Meet and greet, luggage assistance, transfer were all very good.<br/> I was expecting to have a 30 minute tour through the Grand Canal only to find out that it was not included even though the tour description states that it is included.- very deceiving and disappointing.</p>
<p>The only way to arrive in Venice. Arrive like a film star in James Bond style<br/> Service was exceptional from the pick up at the airport, the transfer to the boat and the boat trip.</p> <p>Make sure you have your camera ready as you take the trip.</p>
<p>Excellent service, incluant une visite dans les petits canaux de Venise en direction de notre hébergement. Vivement apprécié de notre famille!</p>
<p>Helt suverent!<br/> Blei møtt av en blid herremann på flyplassen - geleidet oss til buss så kjørt til Taxi båten - kjempe fint 1 inntrykk av Venezia - vil anbefale dette på det sterkeste til de som ikke her vært her før.</p>
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