John F Kennedy Airport (JFK) Taxis

JFK (John F. Kennedy) is one of the most renowned airports in the world today and has a very blisteringly sound infrastructure. It may seem that many a times people, mainly who are tourist, students or new immigrants find the situation overwhelming and hence get confused on where and how to proceed to check out from the air field successfully.

This particular review is divided into two specific parts although we would mainly concentrate on the second one, the first part would amply describe how a person would find his way through the airport terminal after landing and proceed through immigration, resting/waiting areas, finding carrier trolleys and collecting your luggage if you have more than a hand carry. The second part of the review is concerned with inquiring for ground transportation services to take you through the city of New York. Cumulating these two we get one of the best and foremost efficient airport service in the world at the moment and given the magnitude of passengers that are acquired in the JFK international airport on a daily basis it quite astonishing to so the proceedings of all the terminals work in utter unison while also hats off to the administration and the TSA officials working day and night to make raise the service to such a high standard.

Checking out of the airfield

After checking out of the JFK international airport one of the major concern for a person is to find suitable means of transportation as during and with the checking out taking, almost more than eight to ninety minutes along the lines for immigration services, unloading from the plane and finding your luggage the best thing that a first time traveler could do is to find a cab/taxi from the outside of the terminal only and travel in it since it is the most reliable and safest method to do so for a virgin tourist coming into New York for the first time or traveling after a long while. The taxi/cab transportation at the airport terminal is the most hands on available feature that could be availed by a person and also very easy to locate within the airport as well. There are further booking offices for these cabs at the airport as well but we would prefer taking on the cabs individually as with the taximeter running would allow for cheaper traveling rates. For further details of the preceding please read the following as well and also take heed of all the fundamentally sound procedures mentioned in it before making any travel plans.

Ground Transportation, and how to take up a Taxi/Cab

Ground transportation vary from need to need, specifically speaking there are four main types of transportation available at the JFK international airport but all the while we will only seek transportation services mainly from a Taxi or cab and predominantly highlight how it is successfully done by an individual.

To travel by a taxi or cab for that matter there are two fundamental options of how a person could do it, while the most important aspect is that you take up cab services form a specific service provider labeled on the airport platform only and not seek some other individual since mostly cab drivers would rip you off your money by claiming a fixed rate which usually is not endorsed by the any cab company and you would pay at a higher rate. This usually happens if you are traveling to the United States for the first time and you have no prior experience so it is best to take up services of the cab authorities that are placed within the airport terminal and it is very easy to locate it as these are usually placed right from where you would normally check out with your luggage. Another reason as to why only airport cab services are to be availed is because these vehicles are insured unlike many private solicitors that offer unlicensed services.

Cabs offer rates as per the requirement of the travel and hence to sort it into comprehensible knowledge there are two main types of methods. The first method is to travel via the taxi meter placed in the cab, through these methods to enter and employ a cab $2.5 is charged for the booking while $0.4 is the amount charged for every unit of distance traveled under specific circumstances. For instance if the one fifth of a mile is covered going at a speed of 6 miles per hour then $0.4 is charge for the number of miles traveled while the same applies to the cab remaining 60s at a standstill or moving at 12 miles per hour for any number of designated miles. The rest of the traveling is primarily done on the taximeter and as per employed by the State of New York cab service. Further to this the night surcharge on the preceding info is $0.5 rather than $0.4 which starts at 8 pm and finished at 4 am and at the peak hour an additional $1.0 is charged from 4 pm to 8 pm. These are the standard rates that are employed whenever a person takes up a potentially licensed cab/taxi and goes through towards his destination.

The second mode of service for cabs are that they are employed with a flat rate for instance many people who travel from the JFK international airport pay a flat $45 to travel to Manhattan and alike this the flat rate is acceptable for anywhere inside the New York city. The flat rate system should be chosen with care as if you suspect that there could be traffic or you are going at a rush hour i.e. peak time from 4 pm to 8 pm then I guess flat rates are efficient but on the whole they are a little expensive that taxi meter fare.

Lastly it is seen a good customary action to tip the driver and also any toll booth encountered during the journey are the responsibility of the passenger and not the driver.