Hi - Due to the impending transportation strike in Italy on September 22, we are changing our plans to getting a car/van service from the Venice port to our Padua hotel where we will begin our RS Village tour that evening. RS book does not suggest any car service, so I thought I'd check with all of you to see if you would recommend a car/van service you may have used? There are many to choose from when googling. Thank you in advance for your suggestions.
Posted by
Gettysburg PA
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try
daytrip.com
Or
https://connectotransfers.com/
you will not the exact port as there are several in/near Venice
Posted by
OP
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Thank you Christine. I check them out.
Posted by
martinez, ca, usa
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hey hey Mary
what venice port are you hoping to travel from?
aloha
Posted by
OP
Federal Way
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Looks like either Piazzale Roma or Tronchetto – Piazzale People Mover. Anyone use GoOpti before?
Posted by
Portland, OR
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@Mary - I'll be there end of October, can you please post what you find for a good car service, just in case. I plan to take the train to Padua to start the Villages of Italy tour also, but later in October. I would be traveling from Piazzalle Roma.
Hope your travels go smoothly and you have a great time!
Thank you.
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@mary - We are going on the same RS Village tour! We are staying in Padua on the 20th - the start of the tour. We wanted to spend the day in Venice on the 21st. Now we are trying to figure out transportation there and back as well. I am following what you find out. I keep hoping that perhaps there would be some trains the would still go, but not sure we should chance it and then not have a backup plan.
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You are smart to try to figure this out ahead of time. Two years ago this October we landed at Marco Polo Airport to a strike. No trains or busses. We took a taxi to Padua. It worked out fine but was most likely more expensive.
That was our first experience with strikes in Europe and we certainly learned from it.
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We're in the same situation arriving Venice Oct 6th. Staying for four nights and then onto Padua. Hoping to take a train. Please keep us posted! Thanks all!! Ali
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Gettysburg PA
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We're in the same situation arriving Venice Oct 6th.
Unless there is another strike called for Oct 6 you have nothing to worry about. The Sept 21 strike will be over on Sept 22. If strike actually happens