Re: [81attendees] Bus from Montreal airport to Quebec City

"Spencer Dawkins" <spencer@wonderhamster.org> Fri, 22 July 2011 21:38 UTC

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Subject: Re: [81attendees] Bus from Montreal airport to Quebec City
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I'm thinking something like 4 hours from leaving the plane in Montreal to 
walking into the hotel in Quebec, IIRC (but I was napping for some of it).

Spencer

> How long was the bus journey from Montreal?
>
> tim
>
> On 22 Jul 2011, at 22:16, John Bradley wrote:
>
>> The Montreal airport is much further away than the Quebec City one.   You 
>> are comparing two diffrent airports.
>>
>> John B.
>> On 2011-07-22, at 3:13 PM, Max Pritikin wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> That sounds like $80 to take the bus then a taxi. But from an earlier 
>>> thread:
>>>
>>> On Jul 22, 2011, at 2:48 AM, John R. Levine wrote:
>>>
>>>>> Who known that how much money if we take a taxi from airport (QC) to 
>>>>> Quebec city ?
>>>>
>>>> There is a fixed rate of C$ 32.50 from the airport to anywhere in the 
>>>> city.  It is customary to tip the driver, perhaps another $3.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.aeroportdequebec.com/vers-et-de-laeroport/service-de-taxi/
>>>>
>>>> R's,
>>>> John
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>>> I think I'll take a taxi,
>>>
>>> - max
>>>
>>> On Jul 22, 2011, at 2:48 PM, Spencer Dawkins wrote:
>>>
>>>> I did the direct bus from Montreal airport to downtown Quebec City 
>>>> yesterday. Here's what I know:
>>>>
>>>> There aren't many direct buses from the airport to Quebec, but if 
>>>> there's one that works for you (given your arrival time), you buy your 
>>>> tickets from the Foreign Exchange booth to your left as you exit the 
>>>> International Arrivals secure area. It has an "ICE" sign posted - that 
>>>> was my clue to ask.
>>>>
>>>> The tickets are cash-only. There's an ATM right in front of the Foreign 
>>>> Exchange booth, and that worked for me. About $70, one-way.
>>>>
>>>> Once you buy your ticket, out the door to the right, about 100 meters 
>>>> to Stand 7.
>>>>
>>>> There are two stops in Quebec - you want the second ("end of the 
>>>> line"). It's about 1.5 Km from the Hilton (and the Delta), which could 
>>>> be walkable if you're OK dragging bags up the hill (Quebec isn't as 
>>>> hilly as San Francisco at its hilliest, but it's uphill to the hotel). 
>>>> If not, taxis are to your left as you walk from the bus toward the bus 
>>>> terminal, and mine was $10 CDN including tip.
>>>>
>>>> Hope this is helpful!
>>>>
>>>> Spencer
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