点评:We had planned to call a Yellow Cab when we arrived at Long Beach Airport to take us to the Catalina Express so we could go to Catalina Island for a few days. Unfortunately, when we arrived at the airport and called the cab, they said they could not tell us how long it would be...it could be a short time or several hours and we would just have to wait until they called us back when they had a cab available. There were no taxis anywhere at the airport, but fortunately someone from Johnny's California Shuttle Service was there and offered to take us to catch the Catalina Express. We had to be there by 1 o'clock to catch the only shuttle to Catalina Island and waiting around for an unlimited amount of time for a cab was not an option. Johnny sent a wonderful large clean van that comfortablely carried four adults and all our luggage to our destination and we didn't have to wait very long for it to pick us up. Our driver was Johnny (he said he wasn't the same Johnny that owns the company) but he was extremely nice and we asked him if he could pick us up again when we returned from Catalina Island a few days later and take us to LAX to catch our flight. He agreed so we made a reservation and he gave us a discount because it was less expensive if we booked round trip transportation. Sure enough, they contacted us when we returned to go to LAX airport and we were there in plenty of time to catch our flight. I would highly recommend this method of transportation and I'm sure we will use it again the next time we are in the area. Trying to save a few bucks by using a regular unreliable taxi service would have been a costly mistake.
翻译:我们原本计划抵达长滩机场后叫一辆黄色出租车,送我们去搭乘卡特琳娜快线,这样我们就可以去卡特琳娜岛玩几天了。不幸的是,当我们到达机场打电话叫出租车时,对方却说无法告知我们具体需要多长时间……可能很快就到,也可能要几个小时,我们只能等他们有车的时候再打电话通知我们。机场里根本没有出租车,但幸运的是,约翰尼加州接驳车服务公司(Johnny's California Shuttle Service)的一位工作人员在那里,主动提出送我们去搭乘卡特琳娜快线。我们必须在下午一点之前到达机场才能赶上唯一一班前往卡特琳娜岛的接驳车,而漫无目的地等待出租车显然是不现实的。约翰尼派来了一辆宽敞干净的面包车,舒适地容纳了我们四个成年人和所有行李,而且我们也没等多久就到了。我们的司机叫约翰尼(他说他不是公司老板约翰尼),人非常好。几天后我们从卡特琳娜岛回来时,问他能不能再来接我们去洛杉矶国际机场 (LAX) 赶飞机。他同意了,于是我们预订了车,他还给了我们折扣,因为往返接送更划算。果然,我们回来的时候,他们联系我们送我们去机场,我们提前到达,顺利赶上了飞机。我强烈推荐这种出行方式,下次来这附近肯定还会选择它。如果为了省几个钱而选择普通的、不靠谱的出租车服务,那可就太不划算了。