Great presentation, have not been to PI for many years and this info was great, thank you.

great tips! thank you,that's what I gonna do thanks lot,very smart👍

Thank you Thank you Thank you.. I appreciate this video so much. I am sure you are saving people a lot of money with it.

Yellow metered taxis are a ripoff too! 3 times more expensive! Walk a bit farther to catch the white metered taxis!

I paid 850 pesos to Makati lol. I knew it was expensive, but just wanted to go to the hotel. It's a shame they do this is it leaves a poor perception for future travel.

Excellent, long haul travellers depend on advice from guys like you, thanks!

Thank you so much for this info. God bless you!!

thanks for letting us know about the taxi charges in the philippines...

Thank you Syl! There are many such taxis at almost every railway stations, airports and etc. in ex USSR. Drivers like these ones called "bombila" (transliteration from russian :)

It was three years ago the last time visited my homeland and it seems like there are some real changes in the International Airport in the arrival area. The parking area is not there anymore. Good planning that they put a walkway where taxi cabs can line up to take passengers. This is really a help to me since I just dont want to rely on somebody to pick me up in the airport but of course I just have to make my baggage lighter to carry. Yes take the meter taxi always. Thanks for the information it helps for me. Take care and god bless!

Great tip thanks!

What about on a Sunday night?? Does the taxi line get crowded around that time??

thanks a lot. appreciate the tips.

Thanks! You are right the Metered Yellow Taxis are the best White vans or SUV's are bad (Private taxis)

Will you please tell me , do you tip 10% or 15 % of the fare ?I’ll be taking taxis all the time need to know how much percentage so I’m consistent on tipping .

Ah thats great commentary, i have used a 450p flat rate taxi before, on my first visit in 2014 but i didn't know any better heh. (coincidentally i also stayed at the same red planet in makati, it was still tune hotel then) luckily since then i have made friends that will pick me up when in country. If you are still around in march maybe ill see you in town, im in legaspi but always walking makati..good vid and cheers.

Thank you for this vid. As a Filipino i am quite aware of the scammers there. Such a shame. Is that terminal 1?

thanks for the tip

Very nice video : -it allows to improve my English understanding, -it is useful for everyone who wants to go to Manilla. Did you know these useful tips before landing at Manilla ?

Had an incident with white taxi, he agreed to 300p to terminal 3. Once in cab and out of airport terminal was handed bit of paper with rates, now wanted 1000p. Argument ensured and I demanded to be let off. Could have ended bad. DONT get involved with negotiations with white taxi's Have used yellow taxi since and went without incident, however I felt the meter was ticking over a little fast. Paid 370p from terminal 2 to terminal 3

What terminal,is this?

thanks

You forgot to mention that it wil take at least an hour to get the yellow taxi.

Thank you for the upload, it´s really appreciated. I find it VERY confusing to take a taxi from NAIA. If you don´t know how things work there you might end up getting ripped off very badly. I have arrived at T1 at NAIA 4 times now. Normally my GF waits for me at the meeting area, which is cross the street from T1 and down a "ramp". Last time when I was on my way to the meeting area, a guy walked over to me and I honestly thought he was somehow authorized by the airport. After talking shortly with him, we walked down to the meeting area and he helped me find my GF among the probably several hundred people, waiting for their relatives / friends / family at the meeting area. He then asked me if i needed a taxi and - stupid like I was - i said yes. Me and my GF had to go to Quezon City - corner Scout Rallos / Scout Tobias - a ride that will normally not take much more than 45 minutes to 1 hour - maybe 1 hour 15 on a really "bad traffic" day. When the dude mentioned the price of PHP 3.600 i was almost collapsing, and I have to admit that I said some words to the guy that I can´t really repeat here :-) I managed to get the price down and I dont even remember what i paid, because I was so angry, but I probably ended up paying WAY too much anyway. I dont know if the car was "registered" but it was not a normal cab-size car - more like a SUV - Van type of car. Afterwards i have to say that I really thought he was somehow authorized by the airport, because he was standing on a kind of plateau in an open booth just outside the airport, but he probably was just a bad rip-off dude, somehow affiliated with the guys down at the meeting area. But when you say I should take the yellow cabs, I just have to say that I did not see those down at the meeting area. Maybe I just did not pay enough attention. I also don´t know if it is allowed to walk back up to the area near the terminal exit with a person you have "picked up" at the meeting area. I have to say that the last couple of times I have arrived very late - around midnight - which doesn´t make it easier, because it´s dark outside - and because the safety issue is important too.

brilliant

What about grab are they cheaper

hey i am going to the philippines soon is it possible to email u i would like to ask for some quick advice

What Terminal is this 3 ?

I got a metered taxi from international to Berjaya hotel. Took well over an hour. 210 pesos. I told him im a cabbie in Australia.. that would've cost 3...4000 pesos. I gave him a 100p tip. Now i know it wasn't enough. I feel cheap. But next time .. i will at least double the fare for him.

I got done 1500 1.5 km they grab your bag put it in the taxi make sure don't let them touch your bag

I'll be in Phil in 3 weeks . And just found out my hotel doesn't offer shuttle service anymore . They have private ones that cost you about 60 dollars . So I'm planning to just get the yellow cab and give a proper tip. Now my problem would be going back to the airport , I would probably buy a simcard at the store and load to get a grab .. We will see🤪

2 yrs ago i take the yellow taxi and cost me 2,500 php. Naia to pasig. Its a damn expensive.

Or use Uber.

Hi, is there a bigger vehicle for the yellow metered taxi? I dont think our luggages will fit in a car

just use grab

EXCELLENT informative video! Thank you very much! I am going to the Manila Hotel. The hotel car service is 1,250P. Would it be cheaper to ride a yellow taxi? Last time I was in Manila was 1984, so I am waaaaay out of date. Thanks!

Ok.. so what terminal did you arrive at? International looks way different coming outside. Not a helpful video.

Thank you bro Yello taxis it is

Walk five minutes out of the airport and hail a white taxi from there and get it for P200 to Makati. Far cheaper than the yellow ones.

I will be taking a trip that is 80km to my hotel from the Manila airport. According to the maps, with traffic, We will say roughly 2 hours and 30 minutes. How much would that run?

Hi, You said that was a 30 minutes ride? Can it be shorter? (now with the expressway?) We have to go from terminal 1 to terminal 3 very quickly, so how long do you think it will take by yellow taxi, in december on a saturday at 1.00-2.00 pm? how is the traffic? thanks

They got me the first time around also. The next visit, I literally purchased a SIM card first and called a 'GRAB' on my app. I might have paid more for a SIM card, I'm not sure really. But I didn't get cheated on the taxi. Now I know, just turn right and find the yellow cab instead.

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$4 bucks ? Man that’s a steal!!just sitting in a cab in America is gonna cost $4 bucks

You are lucky you got the good driver because not all of them are honest. Believe me!

felt ripped off by yellow metered taxi. 2200 to SM Mall North Edsa.

dont ride a yellow cab when you pick up on ur hotel going to airport is to expensive its better use a uber or white cab its more cheaper than yellw cab.

Totally agree on the tipping. I usually add an average of 50 pesos or a dollar. They'll be very thankful... Or NOT! Depending on your luck, you can sometimes get a taxi driver from hell in Manila. And quite often. Thank God for Uber. Although these yellow taxis have better reputation than the regular white ones.

Yellow meter taxi are too damn expensive from naia to lrt taft buendia station cost around 420 pesos

Ok if one day, I go to Manila then again will watch this..and yes taxi drivers every where trying to cheat people who don't know

The Batingting scam of Airport Taxis

must simpler walk outside n get a jeep lol

Too fast & too ununderstandable. What do u keep in your mouth ?