Arrival at Rafic Hariri International Airport

Landing at Lebanon Airport When you arrive to Lebanon by air, you will surely arrive at Lebanese Airport. Rafic Hariri International Airport System At your landing, experience the quick service of the Internal Security System, and see how easily you complete the airport formalities. It is in the Lebanese blood stream to be impatient, and you feel the officials waiting to print the "arrival" stamp on your passport much more impatient than you tend to be. Rafic Hariri International Airport Cabs If you have reserved a taxi company to pick you up at the flight terminal, they will most definitely be looking for you with your label outside. If you have rented a motor vehicle, the car rental organization employees will be looking for you in the same manner. As an choice, if you are on your very own, you can consider one of the airport terminal taxis (taxis with airport logo on the side) which usually are parked next to the terminal at the arrival gate. These are governed by the airport bodies, and they have a single endorsed price. If you would like to be entirely on your own, and you go out of the airport, 10s of taxis will be passing by at every step, looking for a sign to check with you if you want a ride. If you decide to take one of these, you will probably have to agree with the cab driver on the acceptable fare that he will charge you for the trip. Rafic Hariri International Airport Taxi Transfer Fees At this time there are no fixed rates for taxi transfers that you get out of the airport terminal, and there are no taxi cab meters, so the price that you will be charged is dependent on you and on the taxi driver, hence 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 drive, but a second alternative is to tell him where you are heading and give him the amount you expect to give, and as an option in the middle, he can offer you a rate and you can negotiate. As a rough quote, if you are going within Beirut, begin your bargaining with 10$ and get to 15$ as a max, and if you are heading within a range of 25km from the capital, begin your bargaining with 20$ and reach 30$ as a maximum. Taxi Service Option Another solution to cabs is what is known as "service" which are shared taxi cars. These request 1.3$ for every traveler for the trip, but they operate inside fixed perimeters, thus if you are heading substantially farther from your primary starting position, you might have to take 2 or more taxi "service" trips. Service Taxis generally do not operate directly outside of the terminal, and you may have to go around a distance of 300 to 500 meters before you can locate anyone, or better said, before they can locate you. If you are traveling on your own, and if you are moving anywhere within Beirut, this could be a practical option for your move since they cost much less than cabs, but they do not deposit you accurately where you are going, and you might have to hike some distance after they deposit you. The way to proceed with service taxis is to first make it clear for the taxi driver that you are not selecting him as a taxi, but as a service. They usually approach you when they notice you waiting on the street, and you have to indicate to them the place you are going, they either ask you to hop in, or they go their way without further looking at you. A second way to make certain that you are dealing with a service taxi is to make sure there is at the very least some other passenger in the car when they pick you up, and pay him straight when you jump in the automobile, by doing this you will keep away from unpleasant surprises and discussions at your desired destination. Rafic Hariri International Airport Public Transportation One more solution is to consider a public transport shuttle, but this choice will be reviewed in another post "Public Transportation at your arrival in Lebanon".

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