Best way to Book Venice private or shared water taxi from Marco Polo Airport?

[Moxiefurball]

We've decided we would rather use a shared or private water taxi from Marco Polo Airport to our hotel.

 

I tried booking on venicelink.com, but the site required an international phone number  and I couldn't proceed with the booking.   Very strange.

I could use Viator,  their rate is higher than venicelInk but at least I think the booking will go through.

or should we just book  either a shared or private water taxi  when we arrive at airport?  We will be arriving in mid June on a Monday morning at 9:05Am.  Is it not that busy at that time , so its ok to wait and just negotiate for a taxi then?  And if we wait will we get too high a rate.?

All experiences and thoughts welcome.

 

Edited April 25, 2019 by Moxiefurball

[Langoustine]

You should have no trouble getting a water taxi when you arrive. They are expensive, and trying to negotiate the rate  will probably be fruitless.

[akahoser]

@MoxiefurballI just booked with venicelink.com. I had been emailing them for information since my group will have 2 wheelchairs. They were very prompt with their replies and were happy to explain anything that confused me on the website. I ran into the issue with the international phone number. I finally realized that I needed to put +1 in front of the number to make it into international format.

[Moxiefurball]

11 minutes ago, akahoser said:

@MoxiefurballI just booked with venicelink.com. I had been emailing them for information since my group will have 2 wheelchairs. They were very prompt with their replies and were happy to explain anything that confused me on the website. I ran into the issue with the international phone number. I finally realized that I needed to put +1 in front of the number to make it into international format.

 

So i tried the 1 in front of my seven digit number several times but it wouldnt accept.  Ill try again.  Thanks. Ill try again. Perhaps instead of from  my ipad ill try from my computer.

[akahoser]

Are you in the US? You have to put the + sign, the 1, then the full 10 digit phone number.

Edited April 29, 2019 by akahoser
added a question to my reply.

[Moxiefurball]

Ok thank you very much 

[Nicagal]

We used https://www.motoscafivenezia.it/en/ last May.  My hubby and I took it by ourselves to our Airbnb and back to the airport.

Very good company.  Booked before we left.  There is no other way to enter Venice then in a private water taxi.  Even after 13 hour of traveling we were energized by the experience.  So glad we chose to spend the money and do it right!

[Moxiefurball]

Thank you Nicagal. Actually I booked  the same company https://www.motoscafivenezia.it/en/ about 2 weeks ago for our upcoming June trip.  So glad to hear your experience with them and the decision to spend the money will be worth it as we arrive in Venice!