Our group of five will be in Berlin in July 2018. We will be staying at an airbnb a few blocks south of Museum Island. We will leave from Berlin hbf to go to Frankfurt by train. Are there apps or websites for contacting a taxi service to pick us up at our airbnb and get us to Berlin hbf?
Posted by
Southeast US
3857 posts
Googling "prebook Berlin taxi" produces this website, which I have not used, so I cannot make any recommendations.
You could also use a driver service such as Blacklane, which I have used for airport transfers in a few cities (including Berlin) and have found professional and reliable.
Most airbnb hosts are helpful with this sort of info, too, so you may contact your airbnb host and see what her/his recommendation is.
Posted by
Germany
268 posts
In central Berlin, you do not usually need to pre-book a taxi; in the bigger streets, it is often sufficient to just wait for a taxi to come by (they are available if the taxi sign is lit). Public transport is another option, though in your case, dividing the price by five, I would probably call a taxi as well.
The most commonly used taxi app in Germany is called "MyTaxi". Not all drivers use it, of course - but enough of them, at least in the big cities. It has an option for "Großraumtaxi" - i.e., a bigger taxi, which you will probably need for five persons with luggage.
Posted by
OP
28 posts
Thanks so much. This is very helpful.