Re: Good limo service MEL?
Thought i would give an update having been to MEL a couple of weeks back. It may not be for everyone - lets face it if you regularly hire a driver when visiting MEL you must have cash to burn, so hire away!
and if your a resident well again not for you (unless you live near the SCS)
I went back and forward in regards hiring a driver. In the end i decided it wasn't worth the $140 odd i was looking at. So i went for the next best option, the skybus! I have to say what a brilliant service it is and it only cost $28.00 Airport to hotel door and back!
Walked out the airport doors and pretty much straight onto the bus which takes you to the Southern Cross Station - these busses run 24/7 10 mins apart (i believe they drop to 30 mins in the wee hours). Once you get off the bus in SCS you walk to a window, tell them your hotel and they put you onto a smaller bus to run you out.
Kerb to Hotel it was approx 25-30 mins which would be similar to driving in a car. Given i was the only passenger on the hotel run it was almost like having a personal driver
Return was pretty much as simple - called the morning i was departing and booked a pick up. Bus rocked up a couple of minutes early, was 1 other person onboard. Quick drive to the SCS, walked straight onto the larger bus (which was full) and back to the airport.
I'm a bit of a public transport snob, if i can avoid it i do. But i wouldn't hesitate to take the skybus again.
