If you are watching your money that close. Why dont you take the bus up to Boquete for $15.00 and then hop on a Boquete bus at the bus station for a couple of bucks. You will save about $130.00 probably.
Get in the cab and say like "20 por el aeropuerto, esta bien?", sometime he says yes, sometimes he'll say "25"...
I have never paid 30 in 7 years.
Also best thing is to have a designated cab, I have one who charges me 20 for picking me up, then I often gave him 25 because he had to wait for me, and because he has a 4 by 4 and accept to drive me to my door.
Taxi from airport is $8.00 to center of david or bus terminalThey want to wait until the taxi is full.and that is per person.I don't like getting ripped.If you can go for $3.00 that is fair,but rare.
Joanne > Thomas L. McCormackMay 18, 2015 at 9:51pm
I will NEVER ride with someone else in the taxi other than the driver. They do that in PC and that's when people are robbed. Someone else gets in, I get out.
If you were charged $8.00 you were ripped off, Gringo pricing, happens all the time. There are many decent taxi drivers in David. I've had the same driver for over 5 years. He does not speak English, but he is learning.
Before we found Jose, our wonderful driver, we always asked what the fare was to a certain point. It has gone up in the last 7 years, but not that much. You can still go from one side of town to the other for about $3.00 or less.
Dennis Nutting > Thomas L. McCormackMay 18, 2015 at 9:29pm
Wow -- interesting and good to know because I've taken taxis from the terminal out to very close to the airport and it was $3.00 and the same going back. Thanks for the update!!
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If you are watching your money that close. Why dont you take the bus up to Boquete for $15.00 and then hop on a Boquete bus at the bus station for a couple of bucks. You will save about $130.00 probably.
Bus to Boquete from David is $15??? I don't think so. The last time I checked it was $1.75.
Always take your chances,
Get in the cab and say like "20 por el aeropuerto, esta bien?", sometime he says yes, sometimes he'll say "25"...
I have never paid 30 in 7 years.
Also best thing is to have a designated cab, I have one who charges me 20 for picking me up, then I often gave him 25 because he had to wait for me, and because he has a 4 by 4 and accept to drive me to my door.
Usually around $30 from Boquete to David Airport, although if it is too many people or too much luggage, you may pay around $35
In my experience, $40
You might also consider taking a taxi from the airport to the bus terminal in David roughly $3 and then take the school bus up to Boquete for $1.75.
Taxi from airport is $8.00 to center of david or bus terminalThey want to wait until the taxi is full.and that is per person.I don't like getting ripped.If you can go for $3.00 that is fair,but rare.
I will NEVER ride with someone else in the taxi other than the driver. They do that in PC and that's when people are robbed. Someone else gets in, I get out.
If you were charged $8.00 you were ripped off, Gringo pricing, happens all the time. There are many decent taxi drivers in David. I've had the same driver for over 5 years. He does not speak English, but he is learning.
Before we found Jose, our wonderful driver, we always asked what the fare was to a certain point. It has gone up in the last 7 years, but not that much. You can still go from one side of town to the other for about $3.00 or less.
Wow -- interesting and good to know because I've taken taxis from the terminal out to very close to the airport and it was $3.00 and the same going back. Thanks for the update!!
$25 to $30 depending on the hour and location in Boquete