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# Arriving in Apia Samoa Country forums / Pacific Islands & Papua New Guinea
hepburnsprings 12:10 UTC 18 Apr 2012 | Some flights seem to arrive from Sydney to Samoa at 12.45 am , what resort would pick you up at that hour .? |
tch7 12:46 UTC 18 Apr 2012 | All of them. The airport is basically closed during the daytime. All of the flights are at night, so hotels, taxis, etc are all accustomed to night arrivals. | 1
hepburnsprings 21:05 UTC 18 Apr 2012 | Thanks so much , so you can check in then , as in you would add in your check in earlier than the usual 2 pm arrival ? | 2
agingaquarian 00:21 UTC 19 Apr 2012 | Yes, you can check in then, but you will be charged for that night which is fair enough I think. | 3
pago 06:40 UTC 21 Apr 2012 | Don't check in until later that morning, why pay for a few hours? | 4
woodnoggin 12:19 UTC 27 Apr 2012 | Arriving into Apia at around midnight, we encountered a driver who claimed to have been sent by the hotel we were staying at. He took us to our hotel, no problem, but it turned out that he wasn't sent by them and the driver they had sent was still waiting at the airport! The hotel weren't pleased that we'd taken the private taxi after booking with them, but since the driver had lied to us, we weren't to know. | 5