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Venice Water taxi booking advice

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Good morning, I am in the process of booking a reservation for a private water taxi from Marco Polo airport to our hotel. Our hotel is on the main Island and does have a dock in front , so no issues there. I'm using Consorzio Motoscafi and where I'm stumped is what to put down for the pick up time. Our flight arrives on Sunday at 9:20 am. I know there will be time going through security and border and then luggage.

What do you all think would be a reasonable time to put down in the request form?

Thanks

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It was pretty quick through customs etc. I think I booked it for an hour after flight landed, and ended up sending them out flight info. No ussues as I think they’re used to flight changes and delays etc. I worried about this, too.

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6620 posts

The Venice airport should be quiet Sunday morning, not sure you need a reservation. It is a bit of a walk to the water taxi area, and many folks just grab a waiting water taxi without a reservation.
Have a great trip, and enjoy Venice.

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2664 posts

hey hey boswd
happy to see you taking the private water taxi, we've used them 4 times. fabulous way to get into venice, instead of a crowded vaporetto or alilaguna with my bags. many comments about cost, which is up to them. i just had a special "go go" account to save money for my trips.
there is another site to look up a shared water taxi. (venicelink.com under shuttle)
reserving the water taxi has you list your flight # and time, which the "boat pilots" can follow your arrival. no biggie. have fun and enjoy
aloha

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@puple thanks we are very excited, yeah I understand it's a bit on the pricey sid, 150 Euros but time and being able to enjoy our trip in is so worth the experience and the money.

thanks again

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Thanks for asking this and for all the replies. I too was starting to price out my trip for 2026 and wondering what way my husband and I should get from airport to the hotel in Venice. This group is great !!!

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I took a water taxi to our Venice hotel in April 21. I booked and paid online (others have posted the website). I am glad that I printed out the confirmation because when I got to the water taxi dock, the guy in charge took a long look at it before assigning us to a waiting water taxi. Note: right before you exit the airport (don't walk all the way outside), you want to turn to the left and go ALL the way to the left, then through a long covered walkway to get to the water taxi dock.

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