How to get to/from Santo Domingo's Las Americas airport cheaply This information is something that few people

want you to know. Certainly, the ta i mafia isn't keen on it !eing printe". #ourgeois tourists who fear !eing aroun" local people will also tell you pu!lic transportation is too "angerous anyplace in the worl". After all, they rea" it an" $ran"ma warne" them, too. Tra%el gui"e!ooks that once were geare" to !ackpackers now seem !ent on getting people to spen" the most amount of money. Hotels will tell you to only use their car ser%ice. etc. #ut the fact is, you can get to or from the airport to/from central Santo Domingo for &' (esos )less than *+ ,S- .uickly an" in air con"itione" comfort. )/ell, S012 of the %ans are air con"itione"/hen you arri%e at SD3, go upstairs. #y the way, the glo!al currency e change !ooths that you first see upon arri%al gi%e rip off rates....if you arri%e "uring regular !anking hours, there are two !anks...look aroun" !efore changing money. 4f stuck with the $lo!al e change !ooths, change only a small amount till you can get to a !ank. 4f you stan" outsi"e on the upper le%el where cars first come in, you may see a %an loa"ing up with airport employees. This $ua $ua takes passengers for &' (esos. Some go to Santo Domingo north of (ar.ue 2nri.uillo, others go to #oca Chica. 4 ha%e ne%er waite" long, e%en on Sun"ay. ,pon return to the airport go to the $ua $ua terminal in Santo Domingo for #oca Chica...it is a couple of !locks north of (ar.ue 2nri.uillo. The ri"e is as .uick as a ta i as the %ans "on't stop much !etween the city an" the airport an" take the e press roa". (eople get on with packages !ut 4 think this way is !est if you are light on luggage. 4 am posting this for the !enefit of anyone intereste". 4f you are afrai" to mi with Dominicans, 4 am not stopping you from getting your pri%ate car )L0L, we all know ta i "ri%ers ne%er ro! people5 - !ut please "on't write to me with your fears. Lock yourself in the toilet of your mega resort only coming out to sample the 6real Dominican fla%or6 of your *7' hotel lunch. 4 "on't tra%el that way. 4 am sorry to sneer...to each his/her own... !ut 4 am S4C8 of these types sneering at anyone who nee"s to sa%e money. 4f you "on't want a cost sa%ing way to the airport, this topic isn't for you. Thanks.
Unlike others commenting here, I have used this van multiple times and am in a position to know about it. It is not just for airport employees and is not run by the airport or any airline. Like any other Gua Gua it leaves when full and everyone is happy when anyone comes by to fill the seats. It costs 7 pesos to go to or from the airport. !o anyone who feels ripped off having repeated paid much more, there isn"t much I can say. !o rationali#e that the service must not e$ist or that it is only for others might help the feeling of being ripped off but doesn"t change the facts. I used it as recently as last week. %ou can go and see for yourself. &nyway, I am glad I posted this topic and glad, also, to provide info on budget hotels. Information for budget visitors is hard to come by and it shouldn"t be. 'aybe because the typical tourist is the cruise ship type, I don"t know. !his is not directed at you (ose )*evin+ as I have admired the useful travel info you have long given...but I feel I have posted my information and will now turn this over for a mental masturbation session.

,ublic transportation from the &irport to !own. to get the shuttle-..../ the 0us1'ini.2an are in the second floor departure area. once you get out from customs e$it door.. you go up stairs )departures+ then go outside you have to walk to your leftside ..you will recogni#e the bus because usually has an 3range traffic cone in the roof ..the ride is less than 4 dollars. )but you have to e$change your money before take the bus+

the last stop is at &v 5uarte. and you can ask the driver which bus you have to take to get downtown 6ona 7olonial.

go up to the second floor at the Arrivals (at the very end), where a minivan will accommodate up to 8 passengers for a ride (70 pesos or ~ 2 U !, "#2 hour) to the $ona %olonial (only)& 'or further distances to the center (i&e& to the %ari(e )ours )erminal), you will need to negotiate *ust li+e you would have with the usual un,metered ta-is& )o return, the cheapest option is to go to the corner of Av& a(ena .arga with Av& .as Americas (wal+a(le in "/ minutes from $ona %olonial), where this same van may (e there, or if not ta+e the (us going to 0oca %hica (10 pesos, a(out "h)2 as+ the driver to stop (efore the e-press route to the Airport, from where you can wal+ (a(out 20 minutes, some 2 +m)& 3 would not recommend this return during night time, nor do 3 +now if lac+ of panish will hinder this option (hardly anyone spea+s 4nglish in the (us, around the terminals etc)& 5owever getting to the city center seems more via(le, that van was recommended at the )ourist !es+ in the airport, and some sort of authority (with a (adge) was entertaining the driver while waiting for the car to (e filled&