We recently heard really bad reviews of taxi overcharge issues in Vilnius city, Lithuania. We will try to post some tips & tricks how not to fool Yourself with taxi overpay in our city, plus, use shuttle services (if possible) and convenient public transport.
1. Taxi in/from Vilnius Airport to Your Place
We know that not only Vilnius taxis sometimes (not always) charge double prices going from Vilnius Airport to Hotel, for example. This is a problem in basically all cities. The last time we have heard is that going from Airport to Hotel, which is 5 km distance, a customer was charged a 80 Litas for this trip. This is double charge, definitely, and both of parties – customer & hotel – were not happy about it.
TIPS:
- Don’t grab a nearest taxi, unless You are willing to pay. If You take it just right from Vilnius Airport arrival area, it will cost You around 5 LTL entrance + 6 LTL per 1 kilometer + TIPS;
- Walk to the nearest bus stop, You will find cheaper taxis there (if not, wait it on the road). Negotiate with them a straight price to a place You want to go. A fee should look like: 2 LTL taxi entrance + 2.20 LTL per kilometer + 2 LTL a tip for helping with luggages;
- A train from Airport to Bus/Railway station is just 2.5 LTL per adult. From there You will grab a taxi with regular prices + there is all public tranportation to any place You want to go locally and internationally! Ask someone looking friendly for a bus stop in English. Lot’s of Lithuanians (youth, especially) do speak English & Russian.
2. Public Transport from Vilnius Airport
We have tried it by ourselves. And this works quite good. A fee per one bus is 2.5 Litas (les than 1 Euro) for a journey! But before You plan to go by public transport, here i a link to a Public transportation MAP, where You will find:
- All bus, torlleybus stops at Vilnius city;
- Finding Your nearest stop;
- Planning how to get where You want;
- Website in 15 languages;
- “Trip planner” option with timetable.
- Contact Your hotel or partner for this service and ask them to call You a taxi shutlle;
- Aproximate prices are 10 Euro if travelling around 5-7 km;