--- title: "Is There Uber in St. Thomas? Taxis, Fares and Safaris" url: https://virginislandvilla.com/st-thomas/services/taxis description: "Is there Uber in St. Thomas? None we found in Oct 2026. How the shared taxi vans and safaris work, their fares from town and the airport, and who to call." updated: 2026-10-09 source: https://virginislandvilla.com/st-thomas/services/taxis --- [St. Thomas](https://virginislandvilla.com/st-thomas) · [Services](https://virginislandvilla.com/st-thomas/services) # Is there Uber in St. Thomas? How the taxis work Is there Uber in St. Thomas? We found no Uber or Lyft service in October 2026. Getting around without a car means licensed taxis, shared vans and open-air safari buses, at per-person fares the Virgin Islands Taxicab Commission sets by destination. On its tariff in force since October 2022, the airport to the Red Hook ferry is $23 for one rider, or $17 each for two or more. Written by Virgin Islands Villas · Updated Oct 2026 ## The operators, side by side *Rates and phone numbers from each operator's own pages, or a recent local source where it prints none, on the day in the last column; a group size marked "about" is our read. Every listing is free; an operator can ask to be added or corrected through our contact page.* | Name | What | Area | Group size | Rates | Phone | Checked | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Virgin Islands Taxi Association](https://vitaxiassociation.com/) | Taxi association since 1942, listed by the Port Authority for the airport; radio dispatch on this line, office 340-774-4550; airport, cruise dock and dinner transfers. | St. Thomas and St. John, airport and cruise docks | Vans up to 14, safari buses up to 25 | The Commission's tariff | (340) 774-7457 | Oct 2026 | | [Nate Taxi Service](https://natetaxiservice.com/) | Owner-operated taxi; airport transfers, island tours and private rides, booked online, by call, text or WhatsApp. | St. Thomas | up to 7 | From the airport $8 to $27 for one rider, $6 to $18 each for two or more, by destination | (340) 204-0588 | Oct 2026 | | [Jimmy Taxi & Limo Service](https://www.jimmytaxiusvi.com/) | Private airport transfers, cruise ship pickups, island tours and limousine service, at the prices he publishes himself. | Charlotte Amalie | up to 4; VIP up to 6 | His own private-car prices, not the tariff: from the airport $83 to $130 for up to 4 ($130 to the Red Hook ferry, where the tariff's exclusive fare is $135), $25 each extra; VIP $200 to $300 for up to 6 | (340) 690-5052 | Oct 2026 | ## How St. Thomas taxis and safari buses work A St. Thomas taxi is usually a van, and it is usually shared. Only multi-destination vans carrying 8 to 12 passengers serve Cyril E. King Airport, per the Virgin Islands Port Authority as of October 2026, so a van leaving the terminal drops each party in turn. Red Hook is 36 minutes from the terminal by our measurement, and a shared van takes longer. The open-air safari buses are the other kind; the Virgin Islands Taxi Association runs them for up to 25 passengers. On the main roads they also run as the island's dollar rides, a flat fare per ride that the Commission sets and last raised in August 2024, per the Virgin Islands Consortium. Two marks set a licensed taxi apart: a roof dome light and TP at the start of its plate. Without them, the Port Authority says, the car is outside the Commission's rates. ## St. Thomas taxi fares from town and the airport Taxi rates to and from the airport and town are set by the Virgin Islands Taxicab Commission and approved by the Legislature, per the Port Authority. The tariff, still the latest in October 2026, charges each passenger by destination, with a lower fare each for two or more in one party: | To | From town, one rider | From town, 2+ each | From the airport, one rider | From the airport, 2+ each | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Charlotte Amalie | $6 within town | $6 | $11 | $9 | | Frenchtown | $6 | $6 | $11 | $9 | | Havensight cruise dock | $6 | $6 | $11 | $9 | | Crown Bay | $8 | $6 | $8 | $6 | | Frenchman's Reef | $12 | $9 | $15 | $12 | | Bolongo Bay | $15 | $12 | $18 | $14 | | Magens Bay | $15 | $12 | $18 | $15 | | Coki Point | $18 | $14 | $21 | $15 | | Red Hook | $20 | $15 | $23 | $17 | | Sapphire Beach | $21 | $15 | $23 | $17 | | Margaritaville | $21 | $15 | $23 | $17 | | Ritz-Carlton | $23 | $15 | $27 | $18 | | Secret Harbour | $23 | $15 | $27 | $18 | From the Commission's rate card, read in October 2026. From the cruise piers the card prices Magens Bay directly: $15 for one rider from Havensight or $12 each for two or more, and $18 or $15 each from Crown Bay. The rates in the operator table above are two drivers' own, for their own rides. ## What a St. Thomas taxi adds to the fare Each bag is $3, $6 at most for anything over 30 by 20 inches, and from midnight to 6 am every rider pays $3 more. Waiting is $2 a minute after the first five, and a round trip is two one-way fares plus the wait. A house the card does not name is charged as the nearest place it does. By the hour, a sedan or minivan for one to four is $60, a 14-seat van or safari $83, a larger safari $120; an island tour is $75 for one rider or $38 each for two hours, $90 or $45 each for three. The tradeoff: the shared van waits to fill and drops each party in turn, and a van to yourselves costs far more. The exclusive fare from the airport to Red Hook is $135 for one to four people and $23 for each one after, against $23 a head shared. Jimmy Taxi & Limo, in the table above, publishes his own price for a private car on that run: $130 for up to four and $25 for each one after, as of October 2026. There is no meter. The tariff must be posted in every taxi, and the Commission cites a driver who charges more or less, so check the card before the van leaves. A disputed fare goes to the Commission's St. Thomas office on 340-693-4211, with the taxi's plate number. ## Getting a taxi to and from a villa At the airport and the cruise piers the vans wait; at a house on the hill, nobody passes. Call a dispatch line: the Virgin Islands Taxi Association, which the Port Authority lists for the airport, runs radio dispatch on 340-774-7457. A called taxi costs more than one at a rank: the fare plus a third for one rider, or $2 more each for two or more. Fix the pickup time for the ride home when you are dropped at a beach or a restaurant. A taxi covers the arrival and a dinner in town; the Charlotte Amalie ferry terminal is 12 minutes from the airport by our measurement. Beyond that the trips add up: all 23 St. Thomas areas we measured in September 2026 came out car required or recommended. ## Questions about taxis on St. Thomas **Is there Uber in St. Thomas?** We found none in October 2026. Lyft's own list of the cities it serves names no place in the Virgin Islands; Uber's cities page lists countries only, and we found no Uber service in the territory; the Port Authority's airport transport page names only taxis and rental cars. **How much are taxis in St. Thomas?** Per person and by destination, on the Virgin Islands Taxicab Commission's tariff. From Cyril E. King Airport, one rider pays $11 to Charlotte Amalie, $18 to Magens Bay and $23 to the Red Hook ferry; two or more pay $9, $15 and $17 each. Each bag is $3 more. A van to yourselves from the airport to Red Hook is $135 for up to four on the tariff; Jimmy Taxi & Limo's own price for a private car on that run is $130. **What is a safari bus in St. Thomas?** An open-air taxi, used for groups, tours and the dollar rides along the main roads. The Virgin Islands Taxi Association's safari buses carry up to 25 passengers, per its own site as of October 2026. 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