French Key Vs Infinity Bay

[texancruzer]

Originally Posted by Guest 2000

texancruzer ~

$25 for a taxi from the airport is the posted rate to West Bay, has been for several years. That is cause the airport charges a fee and regulates it. If you had walked outside of the airport it would have been a fair amount less but you would have been hauling your bags.

Anything outside of the airport is not regulated, but one need remember gas is over $6 a gallon.

I am not one to haggle so I prefer to deal with people who have a set rate. The tour companies do this. Course when I fly in, I walk from the airport to Coxen Hole then take the min bus to West End for just over one US dollar. Set rate on the mini bus. :0)

I could see using the bus, but not with our luggage and dive gear. We travel a lot and do like to use public transportation (metro in Athens, Tram in Istanbul etc etc) just not schlepping luggage

I guess I just want people to know that sometimes taxis will try to take advantage of them...... not sure why some say that the price is PER PERSON....... have seen posts of $20.00 or more per person to West Bay etc..... just want them to know that they can negotiate and what the @ price should be.......

[Guest 2000]

My guess would be the per person charge is when the driver waits for you. As a cruise ship member wanting to get back to the ship on time, one is far better off with the per person fee. Most of the taxi guys in West Bay are waiting for someone there are not alot just hanging about looking for fares.

The $25 from the airport as you say is one direction.. no waiting.

Indeed the taxi guys will get as much as they can but as I said one should balance their needs with the cost of gas.

[texancruzer]

Originally Posted by Guest 2000

My guess would be the per person charge is when the driver waits for you. As a cruise ship member wanting to get back to the ship on time, one is far better off with the per person fee. Most of the taxi guys in West Bay are waiting for someone there are not alot just hanging about looking for fares.

The $25 from the airport as you say is one direction.. no waiting.

Indeed the taxi guys will get as much as they can but as I said one should balance their needs with the cost of gas.

True, and I did the "wait" thing when we were there on our cruise. We pd 15.00 per person for pretty much the whole day.

I also know that we paid $60.00 for a round trip from Infinity Bay to the Black Pearl golf course just 2 weeks ago while staying at IB. That was for 2 people. Now, that is a L-O-N-G way and it works out to $30 one way for 2 or 15.00 one way for 1. I think, perhaps, for those on a cruise the rates are a bit more than for those staying on the island. Not sure why - but it is what it is.

We plan to rent a car while there at Christmas - at least for a 2-3 days so we can get around now that we are more familiar with the lay of the land. We will have son, DIL and daughter with us and want to show them some of the island that we saw ....... we fell really hard for Roatan !

[Dalton51]

FRENCH KEY FRENCH KEY ....is the place to go...I am so glad we went AMAZING PLACE...only thing you can say about it....great food to.

[Silvestri4]

Originally Posted by Dalton51

FRENCH KEY FRENCH KEY ....is the place to go...I am so glad we went AMAZING PLACE...only thing you can say about it....great food to.

I told you so!
Did you happen to make it out to the reef??? If so how was it???

[Dalton51]

AMAZING... Thats all I can say about this place. I posted some pics in the other thread. I wish I could find some way out to post them faster. Do you know. I am so glad we went lol....

[Guest 2000]

Originally Posted by Dalton51

AMAZING... Thats all I can say about this place. I posted some pics in the other thread. I wish I could find some way out to post them faster. Do you know. I am so glad we went lol....

Did you happen to make it out to the reef??? If so how was it???

[Dalton51]

The reef is great... It's not to far from the beach he takes you out on a boat but its not far at all.

[chauncy's wife]

Originally Posted by Dalton51

The reef is great... It's not to far from the beach he takes you out on a boat but its not far at all.

How were the currents? Was it difficult to swim in one direction because of the current or was it completely calm?

[Dalton51]

Originally Posted by chauncy's wife

How were the currents? Was it difficult to swim in one direction because of the current or was it completely calm?

calm when we was there. Really easy to swim around.