Travel From Santo Domingo To Santiago

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Liberto

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Can anyone give me a information on getting from the Airport in Santo Domingo to downtown Santiago. I do not want to rent a car this time. I am arriving tomorrw so any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

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El Tigre

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Take a cab from the airport to the Metro or Caribe Tours station. The cab would be about 500 pesos. The bus ride from the Capital to Santiago is about 2 hours or a little less depending on the driver. It will cost you 200 pesos. And then just take a cab to your destination in Santiago. Total - 1,000 pesos.

 

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chuckuindy

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Try this

Contact Raphael Santo, (809) 399-9219, he is in SD on a daily basis and travels to Santiago quit often. Tell him that Charlie refered you.

Chuckuindy

 

Hillbilly

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Taxi--RD$500
Bus--RD$ 250 +/-
Taxi in Santiago-RD$100 (no more!)

Total: RD$850.

HB

 

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Platano Drifter

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yeah the metro bus is your cheapest and fastest solution for sure

 

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karibbeankidd

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Cab Fare From SDQ

The cab would be about 500 pesos.

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Isn't the going rate from the airport to downtown more like
1000 to 1500 pesos ($30 to $45 US) ??

 

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rafael

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• Feb 18, 2007

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Yes I agree minimum would be about $1,000 pesos. If you call a radio cab company to take you to the airport it is 800-900 pesos. A taxi from the airport itself is 1,000 pesos plus.

 

Hillbilly

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Sorry, I was quoting someone's figure for the taxi ride into Santo Domingo.
Judging for fares for Santiago's airport-> city fares, I'd say that RD$1,000 was a fair fare.....

HB

 

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djlawlaw

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Wow. I must be doing good. I pay between 300 and 400 pesos from the airport to Santiago.

 

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ElvisNYC

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djlawlaw said:

Wow. I must be doing good. I pay between 300 and 400 pesos from the airport to Santiago.

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They quote $500 but you can definately get them for $400. I never have tried for $300, only when it's going to the airport !

 

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ElvisNYC

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To save money from SDQ to the city, get a cab from departures area. It would definately save you more than 300 pesos ! From there you can negotiate for $700 or 800 - that's all !

 

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djlawlaw

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ElvisNYC said:

They quote $500 but you can definately get them for $400. I never have tried for $300, only when it's going to the airport !

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Yeah, I originally was going for 400 pesos. However, I think they could not tell if I was Dominican. So, they pulled out some sort of price sheet, pointed to a 300 peso number, said that this was the price, and said that they could not go any lower. So I took them up on it and gave a 50 RD tip. Dumb luck I guess, but I think I found out what the lowest acceptable price is.