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Best Way to Travel From Punta Cana to Puerto Plata
Punta Cana bus to North Coast? This thread covered it. Search for it.
Unlike others, I'll try to be helpful, although it's probably too late. Take Bavaro Express bus to Santo Domingo. Taxi to Caribe Tours station. Caribe Express to Puerto Plata.
I believe it takes about eight hours with a following wind.
I believe it takes about eight hours with a following wind.
Definitely a "Penny wise, pound foolish" situation.
Haha, absolutely right. An example. A friend of mine living in Santiago was going to Vegas a few weeks ago. Of course the prices from PUJ were a lot better than STI. So he comes to PC. I take care of his car and take him to and from the airport. When it is all over he figures out that it would have actually been not only a lot easier, but also cheaper when factoring in all expenses to bite the bullet and go from STI...........
But maybe STI is a good option for this person.
Once upon a time, perhaps end of December 2005, I made the trip landing in PUJ late afternoon, almost evening, taking a cab to Higuey and staying overnight there. Up before dawn to get to the bus terminal for a 5:00 AM bus to The Capital. Then another taxi to Caribe Tours and a bus to Los Charamicos then a moto or taxi, I can't recall which, to Rocky's... for the New Year's Eve party. I arrived at 1:18 PM hours earlier than I was told it was even possible. It was not an easy journey and I would neither recommend it, nor do it again! 
There was not enough time to reverse the trip, nor any inclination on my part, so I arranged to take a 10 seater turboprop from POP to PUJ very early in the morning the day of my return flight. It was $119 plus tax and was a short hop, 1 hour in the air. I then had a few hours to kill and PUJ was not a bad place to do it, at least back then.
My advice to all is fly into the airport closest to your destination. Any money you save will come at high cost for the inconvenience and wasted time, as well as the cost of transport. It's simply not worth it in most cases. In this case, if the OP insists on flying into PUJ then I'd highly recommend sucking it up and paying for a taxi. It'll be a few hundred USD more or less but worth it.
There was not enough time to reverse the trip, nor any inclination on my part, so I arranged to take a 10 seater turboprop from POP to PUJ very early in the morning the day of my return flight. It was $119 plus tax and was a short hop, 1 hour in the air. I then had a few hours to kill and PUJ was not a bad place to do it, at least back then.
My advice to all is fly into the airport closest to your destination. Any money you save will come at high cost for the inconvenience and wasted time, as well as the cost of transport. It's simply not worth it in most cases. In this case, if the OP insists on flying into PUJ then I'd highly recommend sucking it up and paying for a taxi. It'll be a few hundred USD more or less but worth it.
I have pilot friends...no $1000 per hour stuff. If they're going somewhere and offer...I tag along