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Water taxiorPre-booked private transfer?

The short answer

These do not go to the same place, so price is not the comparison. The Water taxi reaches the historic city — San Marco and the islands within it; the Pre-booked private transfer does not. A car can go no further than Piazzale Roma. From there the historic city is on foot, by vaporetto or by water taxi.

The Pre-booked private transfer is quicker: 20 min against 30 min.

Water taxi: Runs all night. Pre-booked private transfer: Runs all night.

Priced against each other

Whole-party totals · adult fares
What each costs for the whole party, in EUR. The cheaper of the two is marked on every row.
TravelersWater taxiPre-booked private transferDifference
1€110€59€51
2€110€59€51
3€110€59€51
4€110€67€43
5€120€67€53
6€130€67€63
7€140€67€73
8€150€67€83

Side by side

Where each one leaves you
taxi · Consorzio Motoscafi Venezia, on the Comune's tariffWater taxi
From
The waterfront dock
To
Anywhere in the historic city, to the door where a canal allows
Luggage
One bag per person included.
Runs
All night
Journey
30 min

It may legally carry up to twenty people — the municipal regulation caps a licence at twenty, and operators run boats seating about ten. That is far more than the four almost every other airport taxi allows.

It still does not beat the boat service for a group, because the fare stops being flat above four people: eight travelers pay EUR 150.00 against EUR 144.00 on Alilaguna. It only pulls ahead at nine.

Between 00:00 and 07:00, check you are buying a boat. The operators' own consortium warns that at those hours an airport booking may mean a car to Piazzale Roma and a boat onward.

A flat EUR 10.00 is added to the whole fare between 22:00 and 06:00.

This is the only option that can reach a hotel door, where a canal allows it — which for some addresses with luggage is the whole argument.

Water taxi: price for every party size

transfer · Welcome PickupsPre-booked private transfer
From
Driver meets you in arrivals with a name board
To
Piazzale Roma, where the road into Venice ends
Luggage
Stated when booking; choose the vehicle by luggage as well as seats.
Runs
All night
Journey
20 min

Unlike the official taxi’s regulated flat fare, this price is indicative: the operator sets it, and it moves with vehicle size and luggage. Confirm the total at the time you book.

Between 22:00 and 07:00 the sedan is €71 and the minivan €79.

Pre-booked private transfer: price for every party size

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