| It's a familiar situation, a business | | | | customer. It's All About Them Each Bay Area |
| traveler or vacationing couple is headed for | | | | airport has its own way of operating. Here |
| the Bay Area and reserves a car for airport | | | | are some urls to help you plan your trip. - |
| pick-up. The car service company quotes the | | | | SFO: Limousine transportation information - |
| rate for towncar service from an airport to | | | | OAK: Shuttles, Limos & Taxis - San Francisco |
| San Francisco or Napa Valley - and of course | | | | Towncar: - SJC: Mineta San Jose |
| there is a tax. But wait, travelers should be | | | | International Airport Ground Transportation: |
| aware that there is no legal tax for limo and | | | | Travelers Alerts Potential bottleneck: In |
| car service. Check with your car service | | | | November 2005 the San José City Council |
| before you make a reservation. Using a | | | | approved a $1.5 billion implementation |
| limousine or towncar for the trip into San | | | | revision to the terminal area improvement |
| Francisco saves money for the traveler | | | | program for the Mineta San José |
| because hotels can charge $25 to $85 dollars | | | | International Airport Master Plan. The first |
| a day for parking in their garage. For | | | | major element of the new airport is the North |
| someone attending a convention or trade show | | | | Concourse, currently under construction, |
| garage charges can be avoided by reserving a | | | | located between Terminal C (American and |
| clean Lincoln Towncar or SUV with a | | | | Southwest) and Terminal A (everybody else). |
| pre-screened, professional driver from | | | | This quarter-mile long "horizontal high rise" |
| Quicksilver Towncar or another limo service. | | | | will have nine gates, new dining and retail |
| Then if the traveler wants to take a wine | | | | concessions, and will feature a "paseo" much |
| tour to taste the chardonnays in Alexander | | | | like the downtown San Jose open air dining |
| Valley, or the costal Pinot's in the Santa | | | | and club strip. Mid 2008 is a generous |
| Cruz Mountains, they can rent a car for the | | | | estimate for the completion date. SFO new |
| day for less that the cost of hotel parking. | | | | cell phone lot: SFO has added a new free |
| Truth About Car Service Taxes The fact is, | | | | parking lot where people can wait for |
| there are no taxes on services in California. | | | | arriving passenger to call before going to |
| This is something every traveler should know. | | | | pick them up. Quicksilver Towncar Service has |
| This includes Oakland Airport, San Francisco | | | | the same arrangement with its drivers. For a |
| International Airport and San Jose Minetta | | | | map of the new cell phone waiting lot go to |
| International there are no taxes on limo or | | | | For business travelers or vacationing couples |
| car services. Don't get scammed by your limo | | | | traveling to the bay understanding the |
| or car service. A per passenger surcharge is | | | | transportation trade-offs and knowing the law |
| prohibited by the P.U.C (California Public | | | | helps the smart traveler save money. |
| Utilities Commission) for limousine carriers. | | | | |
| You are renting the whole car. The real PUC | | | | San Francisco Towncar Guru As president of |
| tax is small. The P.U.C. operating fee is | | | | Quicksilver Towncar Service ( Phil Macafee |
| only 25 cents per $100.00, 2.5 tenths of 1 | | | | not only knows the way to San Jose Airport |
| percent. Most reputable limo and car service | | | | but also San Francisco and Oakland airports. |
| companies do not pass this along to any | | | | |