Montreal airport taxi availability

[jsiegel]

We arrive in the Montreal airport at night, around 10 pm. Where there plenty of taxis waiting for fares? Or should we pre-book a ride to the historic district near the cruise terminal? We fly in on Sunday.

 

Thank you,

 

Jackie

[princeton123211]

2 hours ago, jsiegel said:

We arrive in the Montreal airport at night, around 10 pm. Where there plenty of taxis waiting for fares? Or should we pre-book a ride to the historic district near the cruise terminal? We fly in on Sunday.

Was there 3 weeks ago-- Uber works great. No need to prebook an expensive black car if you don't want to. It was CA$38 from the airport to our hotel downtown.

[jsiegel]

3 minutes ago, princeton123211 said:

Was there 3 weeks ago-- Uber works great. No need to prebook an expensive black car if you don't want to. It was CA$38 from the airport to our hotel downtown.

 

Thanks but we may have phone issues, we changed carriers and they may not have enabled international roaming for us yet so we can't rely on a phone app for transportation.  Seems the cost is the same for a taxi, apparently a set price from the airport to the old city.

[princeton123211]

27 minutes ago, jsiegel said:

Thanks but we may have phone issues, we changed carriers and they may not have enabled international roaming for us yet so we can't rely on a phone app for transportation.

Typically most major carriers will just automatically kick into a $10 per day international plan in Canada without having to enable anything. 

[jsiegel]

2 minutes ago, princeton123211 said:

Typically most major carriers will just automatically kick into a $10 per day international plan in Canada without having to enable anything. 

How I wish that were the case for our carrier.  They embargo international roaming for 90 days after starting with them and we arrive on day 84.  We've asked if they could implement it earlier and we didn't get a definitive answer so we're going to assume the phones won't work.  They also don't support wifi calling.  So, if you travel internationally, Ting Mobile may not be a good choice, despite the cheap plans.  Not stated up front.  Live and learn.

[lx200gps]

13 hours ago, jsiegel said:

We arrive in the Montreal airport at night, around 10 pm. Where there plenty of taxis waiting for fares? Or should we pre-book a ride to the historic district near the cruise terminal? We fly in on Sunday.

 

Thank you,

 

Jackie

Montrealer here. I very highly doubt you will have any trouble finding a cab, even at 10PM. There are usually long lines of cabs waiting in a queue near the terminal buildings to pick up fares. There's even a fresh new stretch of highway linking the airport with downtown and Old Montreal with a huge dedicated taxi/bus lane. If you decide to Uber, they are also an alternative, but the taxis, with a giant BONJOUR on their sides, are ubiquitous.  BTW, Old Montreal where you are staying is great.