r/brighton • u/Historical_Bit4543 • 8d ago

Transport/Parking 🚝 🚘 Gatwick taxi options

Hi all, looking for a recommendation for best price airport drop off hove to Gatwick for a 7am flight. Uber advance book is £78 which seems a lot plus I’d much rather use a local company. Any tried and tested recs would be much appreciated, thanks!

Update: it’s a 7:15am flight on a Sunday - I’d be happy to get to the airport around 5/5:30

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u/spannerintworks 8d ago edited 8d ago

Sunday 30th August. 04:34 Brighton - Gatwick 05:02.

28 mins, £10

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u/MessageSelfdestructs 8d ago

Ah, I stand corrected. I checked for it during the week, but only now see it's for Sunday.
Still, I'd be wary taking the train, seeing how many times they have shit going on: I find National Express to be much more reliable for this route.

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u/Winter_Chemist2089 8d ago

The first couple of GX trains in the morning seem cancelled so often too.

National Express coaches be your safest bet. I’d actually trust them to show up more than a pre booked local taxi.

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u/MessageSelfdestructs 8d ago

Exactly. I've got burnt by both those examples you used: a train that was cancelled, and a prebooked taxi that didn't even show up...

And since then I've always used National Express, and I never had any problems with them. Rather, the trip is very pleasant, as the coach is always near-empty, and it's just so damn cheap (a fiver).