Taxi fare from airport to Ballsbridge

Tom2 · 04-07-2012 05:20PM #1

Anyone got a rough idea what three people might expect to pay for a taxi from Dublin Airport to Ballsbridge during daytime hours - assume three small suitcases as well?

Losty Dublin · 04-07-2012 06:54PM

Allow for around €25.

Our man in Havana · 04-07-2012 07:04PM

I would say at least €30. It often costs over €20 from the city centre alone.

Losty Dublin · 04-07-2012 07:07PM

Our man in Havana wrote: »

I would say at least €30. It often costs over €20 from the city centre alone.

Unless it's rush hour or night rate, it won't come close to €30. Trust me

Mark200 · 04-07-2012 07:42PM

The taxi ranks in the city centre advertise "approx" €20 to the airport, so add on €2 for the extra people and then whatever the extra coats will be for your luggage if you have any, a few Euro to get from city centre to Ballsbridge, and I'm sure you won't be too far off the actual fare.

bk · 04-07-2012 07:43PM

You could book a taxi to come and pick you up at the airport and they will give you a discount.

For instance <snipped> give 25% off from the airport.

Dont be at yourself · 04-07-2012 07:44PM

Doesn't the Aircoach go to Ballsbridge?

Losty Dublin · 04-07-2012 09:36PM

bk wrote: »

You could book a taxi to come and pick you up at the airport and they will give you a discount.

For instance 8202020.ie give 25% off from the airport.

Yes but don't forget to add on the €2 call out charge plus time waiting for your taxi to meet you at an agreed pick up point. It can be some hassle and time for a saving of €2-€3, especially if you don't know the airport that well.

bk · 04-07-2012 09:55PM

wexford12 wrote: »

I was banned for advertising maybe because I'm not a mod I gave my web address when someone asked about a limo service

Ok I've removed that info from my post. Can you remove it from your post where you quote me?

The difference is it sounds like you gave a link to your own business which is considered spam.

Recommending a service of a company you have no affiliation with isn't considered spam.

After all on this forum we recommend Dublin Bus, Irish Rail, Bus Eireann and Luas services every day. So no different really.

However since you asked, I have removed it.

BTW I'm not a mod of this forum, so on this forum I'm just a general user and the same rules apply to me.

Sorry Losty, if you wouldn't mind, can you also edit your post where you quote me, at least the address of the company in question. Sorry for the inconvenience.

oisindoyle · 04-07-2012 10:45PM

bk wrote: »

Ok I've removed that info from my post. Can you remove it from your post where you quote me?

The difference is it sounds like you gave a link to your own business which is considered spam.

Recommending a service of a company you have no affiliation with isn't considered spam.

After all on this forum we recommend Dublin Bus, Irish Rail, Bus Eireann and Luas services every day. So no different really.

But surely its unfair since you ARE advertising a particular taxi company ,you may have removed it but it is still visible on the above "quotes "

oisindoyle · 04-07-2012 10:47PM

Mark200 wrote: »

The taxi ranks in the city centre advertise "approx" €20 to the airport, so add on €2 for the extra people and then whatever the extra coats will be for your luggage if you have any, a few Euro to get from city centre to Ballsbridge, and I'm sure you won't be too far off the actual fare.

There is NO charge for luggage .
The approx price to Ballsbridge is 25-27 euro from airport

bk · 04-07-2012 10:58PM

oisindoyle wrote: »

But surely its unfair since you ARE advertising a particular taxi company ,you may have removed it but it is still visible on the above "quotes "

I'm not advertising a company, you have to work for the company or somehow paid by them to advertise them. No I'm recommending a company based on my personal experience.

And how is that different then I recommending someone takes the 16a from the airport or the 747 from the airport or the Aircoach from the airport?

After all they are all also a particular company. A private one too with Aircoach.

I recommended the one I did simply because I use them myself, I'm aware of the offer they currently have and I've been very happy with their service.

I've asked the other two posters to modify the quote, but there is nothing I can do now beyond that. However I still say that it isn't against the rules to recommend a particular company, we do it almost every day here on boards. However in the end it is up to Victor.

wexford12 · 05-07-2012 11:28AM

I have removed the post but I don't see that you should give one company a plug its not like Dublin bus or the Dart or Luas as the don't really have any direct competition

bk · 05-07-2012 11:56AM

wexford12 wrote: »

I have removed the post but I don't see that you should give one company a plug its not like Dublin bus or the Dart or Luas as the don't really have any direct competition

Well in the example I gave, 16, 747 and Aircoach, they all directly compete with one another on pretty much the same route.

Again there is nothing in the rules of boards that says a person can't recommend a company or service as long as they aren't affiliated with it.

To give you another example, people recommend amazon or argos or tescos on other forums of boards almost every day.

On the forums I mod, people recommend UPC or Sky every day based on their own experiences. People also recommend particular companies satellite receivers and also websites to buy it on.

All normal and completely allowed. I only removed my post, not because it is against the rules, but because some taxi drivers here on this forum are hypersensitive about this particular company and I don't want to get into an argument with them.

ArmaniJeanss · 05-07-2012 12:28PM

Mark200 wrote: »

The taxi ranks in the city centre advertise "approx" €20 to the airport, so add on €2 for the extra people and then whatever the extra coats will be for your luggage if you have any, a few Euro to get from city centre to Ballsbridge, and I'm sure you won't be too far off the actual fare.

Actually they advertise 'approx €20' but thats for a different thread I guess.

Jarren · 05-07-2012 12:37PM

Not sure how accurate is this

http://www.worldtaximeter.com/dublin/Dublin+airport/Ballsbridge/12-32

About 30 Euros including the road toll I'd say.

bk · 05-07-2012 01:15PM

ArmaniJeanss wrote: »

Actually they advertise 'approx €20' but thats for a different thread I guess.

If you ask for the €20 fare from town to the airport, then they don't turn on the meter and it is exactly €20, no matter how many people.

At least that is my experience from the O'Connell St rank.

Our man in Havana · 05-07-2012 02:08PM

The cheapest it has ever been from the city centre to the airport was €22. That was at 7am on a Sunday, no traffic at all around meter running.

oisindoyle · 05-07-2012 10:52PM

bk wrote: »

If you ask for the €20 fare from town to the airport, then they don't turn on the meter and it is exactly €20, no matter how many people.

At least that is my experience from the O'Connell St rank.

Then you were travelling illegally in a taxi ,The meter MUST be on .
Not only that but the fare from the gresham rank is less than 20 euro

bk · 05-07-2012 11:31PM

oisindoyle wrote: »

Then you were travelling illegally in a taxi ,The meter MUST be on .
Not only that but the fare from the gresham rank is less than 20 euro

Let me point one thing out, I wasn't travelling illegally in a taxi. The taxi driver might have been acting illegally, but I wasn't.

Losty Dublin · 06-07-2012 01:03AM

bk wrote: »

Let me point one thing out, I wasn't travelling illegally in a taxi. The taxi driver might have been acting illegally, but I wasn't.

If you hire a taxi and agree to a fare with the driver, you as hirer must sign a waiver to absolve both the driver and yourself to work out the fare as per the meter. If you didn't sign this waiver with the driver then it was you acted illegally in hiring the taxi, not the driver. The meter is there for your benefit and not that of the driver; where you to use a taxi and had a need to claim from his insurance then you'd have little proof that you engaged or used the taxi; it is also your comeback in the event of a fixed price being disagreed. Which does happen with passengers, I can assure you.

I'm not saying this to pick a hole with you, this is for your protection as a passenger.

oisindoyle · 06-07-2012 12:34PM

As it happens I was in a taxi today from the airport to the Clyde Hotel (old berkley court hotel) Lansdown Rd Ballsbridge and the fare was 22.50 euro exactly

Marcusm · 08-07-2012 04:13PM

oisindoyle wrote: »

As it happens I was in a taxi today from the airport to the Clyde Hotel (old berkley court hotel) Lansdown Rd Ballsbridge and the fare was 22.50 euro exactly

Time of day and route? Sometimes, I find paying for port tunnel and East link Makes a significant difference timewise to get to Lanswne/Shelbourne.

Victor · 08-07-2012 04:45PM

NTA Taxi fare calculator [url]Http://www.transportforireland.ie/taxi/fare-estimator/[/url]

Ballsbridge (the bridge) to Terminal 1. T2 should be slightly cheaper.

14.4km via Beckett Bridge
15.8km via East Link Bridge and Port Tunnel

Unless in a hurry, consider avoiding the port tunnel in the evening rush as the toll is €10 northbound, but only €3 northbound in the morning (and vice versa). http://www.nra.ie/GeneralTollingInformation/TollCharges/DublinPortTunnel/

via Beckett Bridge
1 km @ €4.10 = €4.10
13.4 km @ €1.03 = 13.80
Total = €17.90 absolute cheapest, assuming no traffic, green traffic lights the whole way, nothing goes wrong, one passenger, no booking.

via East Link Bridge and Port Tunnel
1 km @ €4.10 = €4.10
14 km @ €1.03 = 14.42
0.8km @ €1.35 = 1.08
Toll bridge = €1.75
Toll tunnel = €3.00
Total = €24.35 absolute cheapest, assuming no traffic, green traffic lights the whole way, nothing goes wrong, one passenger, no booking.

oisindoyle · 08-07-2012 11:24PM

Marcusm wrote: »

Time of day and route? Sometimes, I find paying for port tunnel and East link Makes a significant difference timewise to get to Lanswne/Shelbourne.

Around midday it was and the route was pretty direct ,,Dorset St Gardiner St ,Lombard St ,Weslasnd Row ,,Shelbourne Rd ,,,,
Why pay extra by going tru the tunnel at times its a tenner extra other times 3 euro

bk · 08-07-2012 11:29PM

Losty Dublin wrote: »

If you didn't sign this waiver with the driver then it was you acted illegally in hiring the taxi, not the driver.

Losty be very careful here. You are making a very serious accusation here. You are accusing me of breaking the law!!

To do something like that in a public forum like this is a very serious matter, with potentially serious consequences.

So please point out the legislation that I as a passenger broke or please withdraw this accusation.

oisindoyle · 08-07-2012 11:30PM

Victor wrote: »

NTA Taxi fare calculator [URL]Http://www.transportforireland.ie/taxi/fare-estimator/[/URL]

Ballsbridge (the bridge) to Terminal 1. T2 should be slightly cheaper.

14.4km via Beckett Bridge
15.8km via East Link Bridge and Port Tunnel

Unless in a hurry, consider avoiding the port tunnel in the evening rush as the toll is €10 northbound, but only €3 northbound in the morning (and vice versa). http://www.nra.ie/GeneralTollingInformation/TollCharges/DublinPortTunnel/

via Beckett Bridge
1 km @ €4.10 = €4.10
13.4 km @ €1.03 = 13.80
Total = €17.90 absolute cheapest, assuming no traffic, green traffic lights the whole way, nothing goes wrong, one passenger, no booking.

via East Link Bridge and Port Tunnel
1 km @ €4.10 = €4.10
14 km @ €1.03 = 14.42
0.8km @ €1.35 = 1.08
Toll bridge = €1.75
Toll tunnel = €3.00
Total = €24.35 absolute cheapest, assuming no traffic, green traffic lights the whole way, nothing goes wrong, one passenger, no booking.

How is Terminal 2 cheaper???

I would always avoid Beckett bridge Never again would I use it ,,It seems no matter what it is always chocker bloc leading from Seville place to the bridge ..
Cant see how u can sa 24.35 is cheapest I travelled from airport and it was 22.30 ,,plus the .35 cent shows it is a sunday or before 8am/after8pm rate ,

Victor · 09-07-2012 05:23AM

oisindoyle wrote: »

How is Terminal 2 cheaper???

Because it is closer to Ballsbridge.

Cant see how u can sa 24.35 is cheapest I travelled from airport and it was 22.30

Did that include toll charges, as my example did?

plus the .35 cent shows it is a sunday or before 8am/after8pm rate

How do you reckon this?

Marcusm · 09-07-2012 02:20PM

oisindoyle wrote: »

How is Terminal 2 cheaper???

I would always avoid Beckett bridge Never again would I use it ,,It seems no matter what it is always chocker bloc leading from Seville place to the bridge ..
Cant see how u can sa 24.35 is cheapest I travelled from airport and it was 22.30 ,,plus the .35 cent shows it is a sunday or before 8am/after8pm rate ,

I thought you didn't use the tunnel; on that basis Victor's EUR17.90 would be the comparator. You're absolutely right that you should have been ont he higher Sunday rate. My experience of the Beckett Bridge is that it can be very clear outside rush hours and is by far the best way to avoid the generally heavier city centre traffic if you're heading to south quays or Ballsbridge.

I still think the tunnel can be better at specific times, e.g. coming into the city at 6:30 on a Friday evening when you can wait 15 mins in traffic racking up extra costs!

oisindoyle · 09-07-2012 06:22PM

Victor wrote: »

Because it is closer to Ballsbridge.

You're being silly now ,,behave !

Victor wrote: »

Did that include toll charges, as my example did?

No toll was involved ,see above route taken

Victor wrote: »

How do you reckon this?

I dont' "reckon" anything it's fact

oisindoyle · 09-07-2012 06:24PM

Marcusm wrote: »

I thought you didn't use the tunnel; on that basis Victor's EUR17.90 would be the comparator.!

Sorry ,don't get ya ?

Marcusm wrote: »

You're absolutely right that you should have been ont he higher Sunday rate.!

Huh?

Taxi fare from airport to Ballsbridge

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