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January 13th, 2012 — Transportation Services
The year 2011 was a year of great success for Orlando International Airport (MCO). The salient major happenings of the previous year include, the visit by the Chileans rescued in mines, several events of celebration that marked the 30th anniversary of the airport, and a top US official, recognizing Orlando airport as the Model Airport, for international airports to follow.
Traffic Activity:
The airport finished the traffic activity by achieving the milestone of 35 million passengers in the whole year. This milestone achieved shows a 2% increase in the traffic influx compared to 2010. In this 35 million figure, almost 3.4million people landing at Orlando airport are international, which is 5% more compared to 2010.
Facility Upgrades:
The airport experienced great improvements in the facilities provided. The airport completed over 107 construction projects in the year, which amounts to approximately $31million. The improvements made were in the facilities of baggage claim, passenger processing, terminal, and most prominently enhancement of the Orlando airport transportation area.
Stewardship:
The airport in the fiscal year 2011, achieved the maximum rating among all the airports in Florida. The ratings received by the airport are, Aa3, A+, AA-, from Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s, and Fitch respectively. The airport administration authority GOAA approved a budget of $385 million for the coming year of 2012.
The previous year also exhibited many special dedications done by the airport authority. The boulevard of GOAA is now named after the longest serving chairman of GOAA, Jeff Fuqua. In addition to that, the airport authority believes to improve and increase all the above factors in the year 2012, and has started to take necessary steps.
January 12th, 2012 — Transportation Services
There are two airports that serve both domestic and international flights in Orlando. One is San Ford Airport, and the other is International Airport Orlando (MCO). Most of the tourists incline to land on the later, mainly because of the facility it provides and the edge tourists get because of its geographical significance.
The Orlando airport is renowned for its transportation system, but what most of the tourists fail to realize is the advantage they get by just landing on the airport.
- The airport is located in the heart of Florida, so no matter wherever you want to go in the state, the airport is the most suitable position to land on.
- In the city, the airport is located at a distance of approximately 5miles from all the major attractions of the city, like Disney land, SeaWorld, and Universal studios.
- Just outside the airport, a tourist can find all means of transport. A tourist can hire a taxi to reach the desired destination, in addition, all the shuttles have airport as a destination in their routes.
- Major international hotels are located at a distance of stone’s throw from the airport. These hotels include prominent names like, Hyatt Regency, Holiday Inn, and Marriot.
- The airport also have many golf clubs within a radius of few miles, tourists who are fond of golf can find excellent refuge in all the golf courses around the airport.
In short, landing on MCO airport, gives the tourist an edge in terms of saving traveling time, best accommodation, and less transport expenditure.
December 28th, 2011 — Transportation Services
Taxi is the most favorite choice of the tourists across the globe. Especially in the city of Orlando where the tourist destination is dispersed around the city, the tourist prefers taxi because it can take them to the destination in no time.
The level of pleasure gained during a taxi ride depend upon two factors, one is the condition of the vehicle and second is more important is the driver of the vehicle.
Orlando taxis are available at the airport, amusement parks and even your hotel. You will find the taxi wherever you want to go, it will take you to your Destination. Traveling around with Orlando’s is one of the most affordable and fastest ways to move around the city. The Orlando taxi service is one of the most reliable modes of transportation.
There are many transportation services in Orlando that you can take to move, but Orlando Taxis are much cheaper when compared with other modes of transportation. This is also true if you are traveling in a group. Depend upon the distance you have to cover your taxi fare should cost you $2.20 for the first ¼ mile of the journey, thereafter for every additional ¼ mile cost is$0.55.
Company offers you a best service by giving you a clean, time reliable and train drive to get your destination. You can go wherever you want without any trouble. Orlando taxis will help you with your luggage as well, or will provide special taxis for disable persons.
In short, Orlando taxis are much cheaper way when compared to its other modes of transportation. Because professional attitude of Driver is also attract to the people to get the taxi and enjoy their holidays.
November 28th, 2011 — Transportation Services
Every tourist wants to save on transportation so that he can spend it on other places, like additional sightseeing, buying gifts for friends and family, and enjoying luxurious accommodation.
These are a few reasons that trigger the thought of looking for cheap transport options. The city of Orlando offers tourists with such transport options, which besides being cheap are affordable and reliable.
The first and foremost cheapest option offered by Orlando transportation is shuttle service. The shuttle service of Orlando takes the tourists to and from the airport. They take the passengers to all the major destinations of the city, in the most cheapest per person price.
The second cheap transport option in Orlando is using the taxi service. The expensiveness of taxi service is dependent upon the distance of your location. For short distance rides, taxi is the cheap way of commute. You can bargain a fixed rate with taxi, or you can pay the normal mileage based fare charge.
The third option for transport, in terms of being less expensive is renting a car. You can rent a car at Orlando airport, or you can visit the rental market of the city. By going to the rental market, you have better chances of getting the cheapest price because of the competition. A booking prior to your arrival in Orlando can also help you get hold of cheap rental car rates.
The shuttle, taxi, and rental car are the cheapest and affordable means of transportation in Orlando. Any tourist planning to visit Orlando must consider them and select the most suitable one.
November 3rd, 2011 — Transportation Services
Tourism is the main contributor to Orlando’s economy. With tourist comes money, which they spend on accommodation, site seeing, and transportation, this all expenditure of tourists makes the income of majority of locals of Orlando.
Pertaining to transportation, the income of a taxi driver is directly influenced by tourism. It is in the form of tip, which you give to a taxi driver. Professional taxi drivers rely heavily on the tips, and it makes a substantial part of their income. The lines under discuss the correct ratio of tip, and ways of giving tip.
Ratio of Tip:
The ratio of tip is one thing that serves as a hindrance in tipping; some think that the fare is low, so it does not deserve a tip. While others think that if the fare is high, then giving a tip in accordance to it would make a hole in their pocket.
The sensible way of giving a tip, is to give the ten percent of your total fare. Although, 15% percent is the norm, but pertaining to the economic difficulties, 10% percent seems reasonable, and suitable.
Way of Tipping:
As far as the way of tipping a taxi driver is concerned, the simplest way is to give the driver a note, and tell him to keep the change. This is the most suitable and well-mannered way of tipping a taxi driver.
The other way of tipping a driver, is like paying in hotel, you ask for the bill, and when you pay for it, just add the 10% of the bill, and hand it over to the driver.
Conclusion:
Tip is an ethical way of motivating the driver and contributing to the economy. When you give tip, you appreciate the service of the taxi driver, which makes him motivated, and he offers the same quality of services to other passengers.
October 27th, 2011 — Transportation Services
A taxi ride at an unfamiliar location can either be a memorable experience, or turn into a hectic situation. It all depends upon your selection of taxi service. A good taxi service can make your ride a joyful one; on the other hand opting for a wrong taxi service can make it a ride down the hill. Therefore, it is very important to have a know how of different taxi service providers whenever you visit a foreign location.
Below are a few of the factors, which you must consider before opting for any of the taxi services:
Driver: A good taxi is nothing if the person driving it is not capable of driving it. Whenever you opt for a taxi service, make sure that it has professional taxi drivers on its payroll rather than part timers. An experienced driver assures you a safe ride and timely arrival at your destination.
Company: Before opting for a taxi service, do a background research on the company providing the services. A good company invests on its vehicles, and does regular maintenance. Therefore, a taxi with a good company has less chances of break down as compared to other independent taxis, or taxis of some low standard company.
Protection: A good taxi service has the tracking system installed in their vehicles. Where ever the taxi is they have complete information of the location. Therefore, in case of any accidents they have the information of the location, and can take necessary measures to reach there, on contrary a normal taxi has no such thing, so your safety is more prone to risk while traveling via ordinary cab.
All in all, above mentioned are a few of the features of a good taxi service. Whenever you travel to a foreign location, keep these features in mind before selecting any of the taxi service.
October 13th, 2011 — Transportation Services
If you ever plan to visit Orlando, whether pleasure or business, you will find an arsenal of transportation services ready to take you to your destination. However, there are different positive and negative points of most transport services. Depending on the specific requirements, it would be best for you, if you make an advance booking before coming to Orlando. The different companies have their online websites; you can browse through and decide on your choice. Afterwards, you can let them know when to pick you from the airport.
For your business expeditions, two services will be most suitable, which are taxi Orlando finest transport service and car rental companies, which will provide you with luxurious cars to pick you up. You will find that there is not much difference in the fares of both the services, what differ is the quality of service and the level of comfort. Although, taxi will provide the same coverage, services and timeliness to the customers, but the amount of luxury and class, provided by the car rental companies, will be a lot more than taxi.
If you look after your money more than you look after yourself, then you should choose some other less pricey alternates. Shuttle services as well as buses will be the more economical versions of public transport provided by Orlando Airport. However, the downside to the both services is the amount of time they take to get you to your destination. You will have to wait, as they go through their routes stopping and dropping other passengers until it reaches near your destination.
