Zoom Cars vs Tick Taxi at Bristol Airport: which should you use?

Both are real options. If you land with nothing booked, Zoom Cars' office on the forecourt is there for exactly that. If you'd rather have the price and the car settled before you fly, that's what we do.

We don't publish other firms' prices, so we won't quote Zoom Cars' fares here or guess at them. Ask Zoom Cars for a quote when you book, and compare it with ours.

Ours is simple. A Tick Taxi fare is fixed when you book: from £39 to Bristol city centre, the same price from the airport as to it. The £8.50 Drop Off & Pick Up car park charge is already included, there's no night rate, and the fare doesn't move with demand, the time of day or the traffic on the A38.

There's no taxi rank at Bristol Airport. Zoom Cars runs a walk-in taxi booking office on the forecourt, between the Transport Interchange and the terminal building. Once you've booked, Bristol Airport says to head to the Drop Off & Pick Up car park on the top level of the Transport Interchange, where Zoom Cars has dedicated taxi bays right outside the doors.

Tick Taxi drivers pick up in the same Drop Off & Pick Up car park. Its charge, £8.50 for up to 10 minutes, is included in our fare. If you're travelling with children or a lot of luggage, you can add meet and greet for £15 and your driver will wait inside arrivals with a name board.

You give us your flight number and we track the flight, so if you land late the pickup moves with you at no extra charge. The first 45 minutes after your actual landing are free while you clear passport control and baggage reclaim; after that, waiting is £5 per 15-minute block.

The car is booked for you, the fare is fixed in writing, and you can cancel free up to 24 hours before pickup. Payment is by card with no card fee, and child, infant and booster seats are £5. Tick Taxi is a licensed private hire operator, rated 5.0 on Google from more than 700 reviews.

Every fare is the same in both directions. The full price list covers 20 or so destinations. If your town isn't on it, the online quote form gives you a fixed price in a few seconds.

For completeness, they're the other two ways into town, and we'd rather set them out than pretend they don't exist.

Uber operates in Bristol and prices each ride in the app. We don't publish other firms' prices, so check a live quote in the app when you land.

The A1 Airport Flyer bus is £9.50 single, runs 24 hours a day with buses up to every 8 minutes, and takes about 35 minutes to Temple Meads, according to Bristol Airport. If you're on your own with hand luggage and you're not in a hurry, it's the cheapest way into Bristol. For two or more people with cases, or anything before 6am, a fixed-price car often works out better per person and takes you to the door.