Season 7 Travel Tips - ECOAP Prague

[Pears27]

Same flight out on the Wednesday, Tom - BA0856. Share a taxi?

I know Rich is flying out on Thursday morning. Carl, Tony, how about you?

[fandango]

Same flight out on the Wednesday, Tom - BA0856. Share a taxi?

I know Rich is flying out on Thursday morning. Carl, Tony, how about you?

We fly out on the Wendsday4th early evening arrive 8.00pm then have early flight on Monday.

[IrishTom]

Same flight out on the Wednesday, Tom - BA0856. Share a taxi?

I know Rich is flying out on Thursday morning. Carl, Tony, how about you?

Yep no problem - I"ll be with one other

[bigalhx3]

Just a couple tips on the Taxi in Prague you can get a mini bus from the airport but you must get a ticket from inside the airport terminal and don"t go outside and just ask the drivers or the will charge you 3 times as much and don"t just turn up and get a taxi they are a rip off as well, And when in Prague if your getting a taxi always agree a price 1st or they will just charge you what they want

[Paulie_D]

Just a couple tips on the Taxi in Prague you can get a mini bus from the airport but you must get a ticket from inside the airport terminal and don"t go outside and just ask the drivers or the will charge you 3 times as much and don"t just turn up and get a taxi they are a rip off as well, And when in Prague if your getting a taxi always agree a price 1st or they will just charge you what they want

Thanks...

Covered that..

Pretty much all my sources have mentioned that Prague taxis are notorious of long-hauling and/or finding other methods of extracting the Crowns.

For myself, I think a pre-booked taxi or shuttle is the best option. Consequently, I think I will be giving these people a spin (http://www.prague-airport-shuttle.cz/) and the cost looks decent and improves if sharing can be arranged but see comment regarding Akcent hotel shuttle.

[bigalhx3]

Just a couple tips on the Taxi in Prague you can get a mini bus from the airport but you must get a ticket from inside the airport terminal and don"t go outside and just ask the drivers or the will charge you 3 times as much and don"t just turn up and get a taxi they are a rip off as well, And when in Prague if your getting a taxi always agree a price 1st or they will just charge you what they want

Thanks...

Covered that..

Pretty much all my sources have mentioned that Prague taxis are notorious of long-hauling and/or finding other methods of extracting the Crowns.

For myself, I think a pre-booked taxi or shuttle is the best option. Consequently, I think I will be giving these people a spin (http://www.prague-airport-shuttle.cz/) and the cost looks decent and improves if sharing can be arranged but see comment regarding Akcent hotel shuttle.

Oh sorry did not know you had been there before and had covered the bit about the how people wanting a shuttle bus if traveling alone need to get a ticket from inside the Airport terminal and not just go up to a shuttle bus and ask the driver or that you had covered the bit about when people are in Prague that they SHOULD ALWAYS AGREE A FEE before getting in a taxi, I thought you had just told people what you was doing. ps I will let you tell them who owns the local taxi and what they will do to people who don"t pay up as you have it all covered  

[Paulie_D]

Sorry mate...that probably came out differently from the way I intended.

Thanks for the info.

[Paulie_D]

Tried using the link I provide for Airport shuttle which worked but totally borked when it came to payment.

I tried in two different browsers and it just fell over both times.

So....trying with the hotel via email now.

[duke3016]

[MintTrav]

[Paulie_D]

Thanks for that. Looks like I won"t be venturing far from the casino bar.

No change there then.

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[duke3016]

Land in Prague tomorrow @11am game starts at noon - taxi ordered hope he is there and customs/immigration is minimal  

[IrishTom]

Land in Prague tomorrow @11am game starts at noon - taxi ordered hope he is there and customs/immigration is minimal  

Ger pick up my luggage which they left back in Blighty please - although thankfully the team shirts and APAT Medals are still in my possession!

[fandango]

This is the advance party reporting.

I arrived in Prague about an hour ago. I enquired at a couple of travel desks and the tourist information about getting into the town centre. People from this part of the world are sometimes perceived as rude when we judge them based on our normal experiences in our culture. We need to accept that not everyone approaches things the same way and theirs is just a different approach to ours. Having spent the last hour here, I have come to the conclusion that the reason they come across as rude to us is because they are a downright surly rude lot. I have spoken with half a dozen people and every one has been unpleasant. None of them have smiled, and every one of them has been curt at best, and slightly aggressive in a couple of cases. And these are the ones on the help-desks at the airport, who have had whatever passes for customer service training around here. The woman in tourist information was the scariest of the lot.

PMSL this made Emma and me chuckle a lot!! VERY RUDE our receptionist was the rudest person I have ever met, TT was even scared!!

[wilfuljoker]

I"m coming to play in the 888 event which is also part of the festival that weekend.  I booked a shuttle from the airport for about a tenner which I didn"t have to prepay so I hope it turns up.  Thanks for the warning about the surly welcome!  Although looking at how many poker players there will be I don"t expect to be surrounded by locals.  Good luck to us all.