Airport transfer options and guide rate

I have read various postings that seem to indicate that hotel transfers are more exensive than taking a taxi to the hotel.

So what are our airport transfer options and how much is the going rate?

Also read same about higher prices for hotel guides to Angkor Wat than a guide from outside. What is the ';street rate';?

Airport transfer options and guide rate

We used the tuk tuk driver that was outside our hotel and found him to be quite good. Try and find one who has relatively good english as he will give you info on the temples as well.

Our driver was about $15 per day for the temples. We also used him for other trips to pub street etc on an ad hoc basis for $2 - $3 a trip.

Pics and stories of our trip here.... www.thebobmarsh.com

Happy and safe travels

Airport transfer options and guide rate

As a reply to someone asking about it, no problem. :)

Unsolicited ads by non-community members (only one or two posts on a thread started by them solely to advertise) is not good. :)

hi a taxi from airport to anywhere in Siem Reap is about USD7/trip. Another options is tuk-tuk if there are not too many people and pieces of luggage. Tuk-tuk should be about USD4-5/trip.

Hotel guides can be higher as the hotel will take some commission for arranging the guide for the guest. ';Street'; rate for English speaking guide is about USD25/day and more for other language.

Cheers,

just as a heads up there are not usually tuk-tuks hanging around at the airport. If you don%26#39;t arrange one in advance, they won%26#39;t let them in, unless they HAPPEN to be there dropping someone else off.

Many of the hotels and guesthouses will pick you up from the airport for free....did you ask? Also if you%26#39;ve hired a tour guide in advance, they will often provide transport as part of their package.

If you do take a taxi (or tuk-tuk) from the airport be prepared for them to ask you to be your driver while you%26#39;re in town. If you do need a driver, now would be a good time to go ahead and hire him if you like his car, his price, his English, etc.

If they happen to try to dissuade you from your hotel pick, just smile and be politely firm about where you want to be taken.

happy to recommend the tuk tuk driver we used - can send email address if you wish - you can then email him and ask for quote. If you book him for a couple of days ($15 per day) he might offer free airport pickup.

We didn%26#39;t use a guide, just read up in lonel;y planet and then asked our driver for more info if we felt we needed it.

cheers

helen

Miss Bridget

All your posts on TA are touting the services of this guide, which is very nice of you. However, the qualities you describe fit every other guide in Siem Reap, so it%26#39;s not real helpful for someone trying to ascertain whether their travel style matches yours. How can they know if your guide is the guide for them? There are so many others equally qualified...

Could you elaborate with a trip report so future searches of recommendations would make a more informed decision?

Thanks!

Just returned.I made sure that my hotel in PP and SR provided pick-up and return by taxi ( not Tuk Tuk)at no extra cost,and established this in my reservation email booking, so I had no arguements when leaving( they did try the Tuk Tuk not taxi in SR. Hotels I stayed in were US$50 per night.

ellenem,

My apologies for sounding one-sided. I am sure there are many wonderful guides in the area and I didn%26#39;t mean to imply otherwise. I was just trying to offer a referral and contact information for users to connect directly with our guide if they wanted to. I think the best way to determine if this is the right guide for a user would be for them to contact her directly to see what kind of package, service and price she would personally design for them.