Sharing my experience, as it may benefit other people.
On landing date, as expected I got free from PR formalities and baggage collection around 6. As soon as I stepped out of the airport glass door, I realized the chill in the wind. I did email one taxi service before my arrival and in reply they asked me to call them when I land. I didn't have any international sim with me at that time, so I went back inside and called them on their toll free number using one of the many pay by coin phones hanging near the exit gates. The taxi company people were quick and my cab did come in 5 min near my specific location to pick me. And they charged me pre-set fixed rate only.
Now after few days I do know how to travel from Point A to point B using public transit like bus or train but it is easy when you have google maps running on your phone which means internet should be running on your phone.
So my take is go with taxi option for your first ride because of different reasons already mentioned above but if you really want to be in conservation mode then get some data plans for your phone before your arrival and also chalk out your route plan to your destination which can be then be printed or exported as pdf file to your phone using Trip Planner tool present on websites of different transit companies. A route plan basically gives details like which bus to board from where and where to exit along with directions. So one to use bus one may save a lot by just paying 3.75 dollars only to their destination.
Trip planner tool is available on website of all transit companies. On example page is-
http://www.ttc.ca/Trip_planner/index.jsp
On landing date, as expected I got free from PR formalities and baggage collection around 6. As soon as I stepped out of the airport glass door, I realized the chill in the wind. I did email one taxi service before my arrival and in reply they asked me to call them when I land. I didn't have any international sim with me at that time, so I went back inside and called them on their toll free number using one of the many pay by coin phones hanging near the exit gates. The taxi company people were quick and my cab did come in 5 min near my specific location to pick me. And they charged me pre-set fixed rate only.
Now after few days I do know how to travel from Point A to point B using public transit like bus or train but it is easy when you have google maps running on your phone which means internet should be running on your phone.
So my take is go with taxi option for your first ride because of different reasons already mentioned above but if you really want to be in conservation mode then get some data plans for your phone before your arrival and also chalk out your route plan to your destination which can be then be printed or exported as pdf file to your phone using Trip Planner tool present on websites of different transit companies. A route plan basically gives details like which bus to board from where and where to exit along with directions. So one to use bus one may save a lot by just paying 3.75 dollars only to their destination.
Trip planner tool is available on website of all transit companies. On example page is-
http://www.ttc.ca/Trip_planner/index.jsp
