February 10, 2007
Transport very expensive
Since my flight arrival was going to be close to 11pm, I asked the company that I was visiting organise a taxi shuttle, which got me to the hotel around 23.30. It costed 26 euros and it was only about a 10 minute drive. As it was off season, there were very few places open to eat at that time but I eventually found a nice brassiere open down along the promenade des Anglais near the large casinos and Radisson SAS hotel. Fortunately, I didn ‘t have to get to Antibes the next day until around 12 noon so I had a nice stroll along the promenade the following morning and grabbed a leisurely breakfast at a sidewalk cafe overlooking the water. I then had the same taxi/shuttle company bring me to the meeting location in a office block outside Antibes. It was a costly 66 euros for the taxi shuttle but according to the host, there was no other real alternative as the bus from Nice to the office locality didn’t run very frequently and there was no real way of getting from the bus stop to the office block where the meeting was being held. In addition, he was not really sure where to get this bus and neither did the desk personnel at the Citadines hotel. Therefore, I just decided to get the taxi shuttle again. N the second night, I stayed at a hotel that was located close to the SAP building and was able to get a lift with some of the other participants who had hired a car. In hindsight, if I had known what the other attendees were doing (I wasn’t really following the emails where people were letting each other know their plans), I would have went directly to the local hotel to SAP on the first night as it wasn’t that much further to get from Nice airport to the hotel compared with Nice airport to the office location (around 15 minutes further). In hindsight, I would have gotten the taxi shuttle once and stayed at a hotel near the office that I was visiting. It would have saved the one journey costs.
Posted by jclarke at 2:59 PM
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