
You will also pay per person on a shared ride so for our party of three it really only made sense to get a private car. You will generally overpay or wait for others to fill the bus in a shared ride situation for less money. Options we saw were expensive from $39-48 each way. This is about as cheap as you can find for Uber and comes highly recommended by just about everyone with the exception of the taxi drivers and touts.ĭo not pre-book an airport transfer unless you can fill a van. When Uber says that your ride to the old city is $2.32, that is literally all it costs and you can, of course, utilize your current payment cards on the app. The ATMs dispense US dollars and while I never saw a paper Panamanian note, we did collect a couple of Panamanian Balboa coins intermixed with US change. Panama uses the US dollar as its physical currency and though you may see prices in $B (the Balboa) the exchange rate is 1:1, pegged to the US Dollar. Our transfer was $17 door-to-door on Uber and about a 25-minute journey with very little traffic. Uberįor those looking for the key information: If you haven’t followed us on Facebook or Instagram, add us today. If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a new credit card please click here. Both support. Here is a quick guide and horror story we wish we had read before landing at Tocumen International airport in Panama. We loved it and we can’t wait to go back! That being said the one black eye of our trip was upon our arrival, transportation leaving the airport. We recently spent the better part of a week in Panama City, Panama. Opinions expressed here are the author's alone. The content on this page is not provided by any companies mentioned, and has not been reviewed, approved or otherwise endorsed by these entities. For our complete advertising policy, click here.

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