Landing at Lebanon Airport

Landing at Lebanon Airport When you arrive to Lebanon by air, you will surely arrive at Lebanon Airport. Lebanese Airport System At your landing, experience the quick service of the Internal Security System, and see how easily you pass the airport formalities. It is in the Lebanese blood to be impatient, and you feel the officers looking to print the "arrival" stamp on your passport more impatient than you are. Lebanese Airport Cabs If you have reserved a taxi company to pick you up at the airport, they will most definitely be waiting for you with your name outside. If you have booked a car, the auto rentals office staff will be patiently waiting for you in the same fashion. As an choice, if you are on your very own, you can take one of the airport terminal taxi cabs (taxis with airport logo on the side) which are parked next to the terminal at the arrival gate. These are controlled by the airport bodies, and they have a single official rate. If you want to be completely on your own, and you go out of the airport, 10s of taxi cabs will be passing by at every single step, waiting for a sign to check with you if you would like a drive. If you make up your mind to take one of these, you will most probably have to come to an agreement with the cab driver on the appropriate fare that he will charge you for the drive. Lebanon Airport Taxi Transfer Rates Right now there are no established fees for taxi transfers that you get out of the airport, and there are no taxi meters, so the tariff that you will be charged is dependent on you and on the taxi individual, therefore you have to explain to the taxi driver exactly where you are heading, and ask him the amount he will ask you for for the trip, but another option is to indicate to him where you are heading and give him the amount you expect to pay, and as an alternative in the middle, he can offer you a price and you can negotiate. As a rough estimate, if you are going inside Beirut, initiate your bargaining with 10$ and reach 15$ as a max, and if you are going within a range of 25km from the capital, begin your bargaining with 20$ and reach 30$ as a max. Taxi Service Choice A substitute to taxi cabs is what is identified as "service" which are shared taxi cars. These request 1.3$ per passenger for the ride, but they work inside fixed perimeters, and so if you are heading significantly farther from your primary starting place, you might have to take 2 or more taxi "service" trips. Service Taxis in most cases do not run right outside of the airport terminal, and you may have to walk a distance of 300 to 500 meters before you can find anyone, or better said, before they can locate you. If you are travelling on your own, and if you are going anywhere inside Beirut, this could possibly be a feasible option for your transfer since they cost significantly less than taxi cabs, but they usually do not deposit you exactly where you are going, and you may need to walk some distance after they deposit you. The way to proceed with service taxis is to first try to make it clear for the taxi driver that you are not hiring him as a taxi, but as a service. They usually approach you when they notice you waiting on the road, and you need to indicate to them where you are going, they either ask you to jump in, or they go their way without further looking at you. A second manner to make sure that you are dealing with a service taxi is to make sure there is at least one other traveler in the vehicle when they pick you up, and compensate him instantly when you jump in the automobile, using this method you will keep away from annoying surprises and discussions at your destination. Lebanon Airport Public Transport A final option is to take a public transport shuttle bus, but this alternative will be discussed in a different post "Public Transportation at your landing in Lebanon".

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