How to go from Penang International Airport to G Hotel

Penang . 2013 . Jan 17 - 20

This post is a continuation of our previous post on Air Asia flight to Penang.
You may also read the full review of our 4 Days 3 Nights short getaway trip to Penang here.

The aerobridge was not used to connect the aircraft to the passenger building. Thankfully, it was a short walk under the hot sun! :) We can't imagine if it was raining that day! Nevertheless, we had travelled on budget carriers a number of times now and were quite used to this.

We noticed that Penang Airport is currently under renovation for most of the area. Most of the areas were cordoned off around the airport and we had to walk quite a distance before reaching the customs.

There was a small cafe in the arrival hall, where you can still have a quick bite before going to George Town, Gurney Drive or Batu Ferringhi.

For those who prefers to drive around Penang, there are car rental counters right at the arrival hall of the airport.

As we did not check in any luggage, we could immediately proceed to the taxi counter to buy a taxi coupon to take a cab to G Hotel Penang, our home for the next 3 days.

Tip: The taxi counter is just outside the Arrival Hall. Look out for the sign in the Arrival Hall.

Once you see this sign along the road at the airport, you just need to follow the sign to the taxi counter.

Airport White Taxi Counter. Prices are already fixed and is published on the notice board at the side of the counter. You just need to tell the counter staff the hotel name and she would quote you the exact price based on the zone the hotel is located. There is no need for haggling with the taxi driver. However, going back to the airport from your hotel is another matter altogether. :)

G Hotel is located in Zone 5 and would cost us MYR $44.70 one way. If you are staying at George Town area, the price is the same although the distance is shorter.

Note that there are midnight charges for journeys starting from 12:00 midnight to 6:59 am. The same journey to G Hotel would have cost us MYR $67!

If you are staying in a hotel in Batu Ferringhi, the cost to your hotel would be MYR $69 for daytime and MYR $103.50 for midnight rate.

Our White Taxi Coupon, with our driver waiting in the background. You just need to pass the coupon to the taxi driver and tell him the name of your hotel and off you go! :)

The journey to G Hotel takes slightly less around 45 minutes on taxi. During our trip planning stage, we were contemplating taking a public bus (Rapid Penang) but were put off by the lack of direct bus to the Gurney drive area where G Hotel is located.  We would need to change bus at Komtar to go to G Hotel.
 
Buses 401 and 401E goes to George town (Komtar) from the airport. So if you are staying at a hotel near the George town area, you might want to save some money taking the public transport.

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