The Delhi Airport Thread - Up for Revisions

liz6422 · Feb 3rd, 2009, 22:31

has anyone recently got the bus or rickshaw from the airport? I dont really want to pay 200-300 rps to get to paharganj

This is a great thread and hopefully will save many people a lot of trouble on first time arrivals in India!

any help would be great thanks - liz x

Joyce1983 · Feb 8th, 2009, 22:16

I arrive at 4.00 am at the airport, a female travelling alone. What is the safest way to get to YH, 5 Nyaya Marg, Chanakyapuri.
Are there any gov-taxi's waiting outside the airport at night, or better take a pre-paid taxi?

karuna · Feb 8th, 2009, 22:22

Better to take a pre-paid taxi, better still to use EasyCabs or Dial a Cab if you can. Even easier is to pre-book a pick up and transfer from a reliable car hire company. This last is the most expensive way to do it.

Joyce1983 · Feb 8th, 2009, 22:30

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Originally Posted by karuna

Better to take a pre-paid taxi, better still to use EasyCabs or Dial a Cab if you can. Even easier is to pre-book a pick up and transfer from a reliable car hire company. This last is the most expensive way to do it.

Does easycabs have an office at the airport, if yes. Is it open at night?

SPACEBUM · Feb 26th, 2009, 11:51

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Originally Posted by LuAnnandJawahar

This isn't really true. If you argue with the security guards, they simply give up. Maybe you have to be a bit of an asshole about it, but it works. However there are lots of other reasons not to sure up more than 4 hrs before your flight.

In my case, they didn't let me in. I don't recall why I didn't go to the lodge across the street, waited on the street across the entrance. When inside, there is a business class lodge you can stay in and best of all smoking is permitted there, to be admitted you need to pay a small fee, Rs50 or so.

SPACEBUM · Mar 4th, 2009, 01:52

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Originally Posted by liz6422

has anyone recently got the bus or rickshaw from the airport? I dont really want to pay 200-300 rps to get to paharganj

The airport does not let autorickshaws (any) and taxis not associated with the airport to park there. Why not pay Rs 300? I paid Rs 2000 last time (because didn't know what the normal rate is and got scammed. Also was scammed by the hotel, from which the taxi driver also got a commission of about USD 50).

paya · Mar 4th, 2009, 04:11

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Originally Posted by liz6422

has anyone recently got the bus or rickshaw from the airport? I dont really want to pay 200-300 rps to get to paharganj

This February I paid 340 Rs from the airport to Old Delhi railway station for preraid cab and on the way back I gave only 160 Rs from New Delhi railway station(from paharganj side) to the airport for rickshaw. It took a while to bargain this price

shashank.aggarwal · Mar 4th, 2009, 10:33

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Originally Posted by paya

This February I paid 340 Rs from the airport to Old Delhi railway station for preraid cab and on the way back I gave only 160 Rs from New Delhi railway station(from paharganj side) to the airport for rickshaw. It took a while to bargain this price

Sorry to disappoint you but the one you paid for the rickshaw was inappropriate

(he overcharged you)

paya · Mar 4th, 2009, 21:50

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Originally Posted by shashank.aggarwal

Sorry to disappoint you but the one you paid for the rickshaw was inappropriate

(he overcharged you)

Do not worry, I'm not

I can live with the fact that as a foreigner, I will never get a fair price like local people can negotiate.

What I wanted to say is that spending 160 Rs for cca 23 km drive at late evening by rickshaw for two foreigner passengers was good deal, especially if bargaining started somewhere at 400 Rs

Hal · May 8th, 2009, 10:47

I arrive in Delhi at about 11pm then fly on to Kolkata at 8:20am the next morning. I don't really want to get a hotel. Is there a lounge you can to get into if you're traveling economy? I've waited in that place across the street where they try and charge Rs 30. I'm looking for something a bit more comfortable.

The crone · May 8th, 2009, 12:26

just to let you know you cannot buy duty free with rupees on arrival in Delhi, you have to use foreign currency and will get american dollar in change!! mystified us no end as we paid Australian dollars

Haylo · May 8th, 2009, 13:23

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Originally Posted by Hal

Delhi airport <snip> comfortable.

Good luck, but as far as I know those two terms are mutually exclusive.

gaurav1441 · May 8th, 2009, 13:33

Rs 160 is a good deal from New Delhi to Airport. Autos in delhi would never go by standard meter even if they chose to you should know the shortest route..

And with accomanying luaggae it is a good deal..

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Originally Posted by paya

Do not worry, I'm not

I can live with the fact that as a foreigner, I will never get a fair price like local people can negotiate.

What I wanted to say is that spending 160 Rs for cca 23 km drive at late evening by rickshaw for two foreigner passengers was good deal, especially if bargaining started somewhere at 400 Rs

AwayFromHome · May 8th, 2009, 14:07

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Originally Posted by Haylo

Good luck, but as far as I know those two terms are mutually exclusive.

Same for Heathrow, while in transit from the US.
It's a sty!

SPACEBUM · May 9th, 2009, 06:09

Hal, the business class lodge, its in the main building, second floor if I remember correctly. You will need to pay for admission, but its cheaper than the hotel. Tea, coffee, cocoa and fruit juices are included in the price. Its air conditioned and chairs are very comfortable. You can smoke there but you will need to by cigs in duty free because customs confiscate the cigarettes and lighters you have on you. But I don't remember whether you can go there after you arrive, because I did it on my flight home, so I went thru border control and then was able to access the lodge. If you fly to Kolkata from domestic airport (which I assume is the case), the domestic airport has cafeterias where you can sit and smoke, but I don't know if they have a lodge. Anyone has any ideas? Do they have a lodge?

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liz6422 Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Keighley Posts: 14	has anyone recently got the bus or rickshaw from the airport? I dont really want to pay 200-300 rps to get to paharganj This is a great thread and hopefully will save many people a lot of trouble on first time arrivals in India! any help would be great thanks - liz x

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Joyce1983 Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Maastricht Netherlands Posts: 4	I arrive at 4.00 am at the airport, a female travelling alone. What is the safest way to get to YH, 5 Nyaya Marg, Chanakyapuri. Are there any gov-taxi's waiting outside the airport at night, or better take a pre-paid taxi?

May 8th, 2009, 10:47	#115
Hal . . . _ _ _ . . . Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Toronto Posts: 2,302	I arrive in Delhi at about 11pm then fly on to Kolkata at 8:20am the next morning. I don't really want to get a hotel. Is there a lounge you can to get into if you're traveling economy? I've waited in that place across the street where they try and charge Rs 30. I'm looking for something a bit more comfortable.

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SPACEBUM Account Closed Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Russia Posts: 117	Hal, the business class lodge, its in the main building, second floor if I remember correctly. You will need to pay for admission, but its cheaper than the hotel. Tea, coffee, cocoa and fruit juices are included in the price. Its air conditioned and chairs are very comfortable. You can smoke there but you will need to by cigs in duty free because customs confiscate the cigarettes and lighters you have on you. But I don't remember whether you can go there after you arrive, because I did it on my flight home, so I went thru border control and then was able to access the lodge. If you fly to Kolkata from domestic airport (which I assume is the case), the domestic airport has cafeterias where you can sit and smoke, but I don't know if they have a lodge. Anyone has any ideas? Do they have a lodge?