From the airport:
Upon arrival in Beirut you will need to take a taxi to your hotel or to the AUB campus, if you are staying in the student rooms. If you have a phone, taxi services can be ordered from either Allo Taxi (1213) (https://allotaxi.hoppa-wl.com/index.asp) or Charlie Taxi (1514) (https://charlietaxi.charlie-group.com/index.php). It seems you can also arrange this online. Both offer taxi pickup services, which will track your flight and greet you on arrival, although this is a bit expensive (about 30$, one way). If you order them from by phone when you arrive, it is a bit cheaper. Allo is slightly more reliable but also more expensive, but both are perfectly fine. If you prefer to get a taxi from the airport, be aware that you will likely be overcharged (you will be forced to negotiate), and it is not advisable to do this if you are arriving very late in the evening or in the very early morning hours (aprox. 23:00-5:00 am.
To the airport:
Just about any taxi will take you to the airport for a reasonable fee ($20), including Allo and Charlie.
Staying on campus:
If you are a male staying in the student rooms you will stay in Kerr Hall (see campus map), and should ask your driver to drop you off at the Men's Dorm/Bliss Gate. Females will stay in the New Women's Dorm (see map), and should ask to delivered to the Women's Dorm Gate. If you happen to be dropped at the wrong gate or your driver does not know the names of the gates, the campus is small and you should be able to find your way fairly easily using the maps posted on campus or the one below. You will be informed of your room numbers and check-in procedures via email.
Money:
In Lebanon you can use either dollars or Lebanese pounds; ATMs provide both and you can even pay with a mixture of these currencies (and receive change in them). 1$ = 1500 pounds is the fixed rate.
Travel Visa:
You will be entering Lebanon on a tourist visa. There is no need to ask for one, the passport official will grant you one automatically upon arrival. The tourist visa is valid for two months. Before going through passport control, you will need to fill out an Entry Card and submit it along with your passport. The stewards on your flight to Beirut should be handing out Entry Cards, which you can fill out on the plane. If they don’t, you can obtain one next to the passport control upon arrival. You need to fill it in and submit it, along with your passport, to the passport control officer. The form is very simple and simply asks for your name, father’s first name (this is a peculiarity of all Lebanese bureaucracy, and is meant to be the same as your middle name), sex, passport details, purpose of visit (you should tick “leisure/tourism”) and address in Lebanon. For the latter put your hotel address or, if you are staying in AUB student accommodation: American University of Beirut, Bliss Street, Hamra, Beirut.
Upon arrival in Beirut you will need to take a taxi to your hotel or to the AUB campus, if you are staying in the student rooms. If you have a phone, taxi services can be ordered from either Allo Taxi (1213) (https://allotaxi.hoppa-wl.com/index.asp) or Charlie Taxi (1514) (https://charlietaxi.charlie-group.com/index.php). It seems you can also arrange this online. Both offer taxi pickup services, which will track your flight and greet you on arrival, although this is a bit expensive (about 30$, one way). If you order them from by phone when you arrive, it is a bit cheaper. Allo is slightly more reliable but also more expensive, but both are perfectly fine. If you prefer to get a taxi from the airport, be aware that you will likely be overcharged (you will be forced to negotiate), and it is not advisable to do this if you are arriving very late in the evening or in the very early morning hours (aprox. 23:00-5:00 am.
To the airport:
Just about any taxi will take you to the airport for a reasonable fee ($20), including Allo and Charlie.
Staying on campus:
If you are a male staying in the student rooms you will stay in Kerr Hall (see campus map), and should ask your driver to drop you off at the Men's Dorm/Bliss Gate. Females will stay in the New Women's Dorm (see map), and should ask to delivered to the Women's Dorm Gate. If you happen to be dropped at the wrong gate or your driver does not know the names of the gates, the campus is small and you should be able to find your way fairly easily using the maps posted on campus or the one below. You will be informed of your room numbers and check-in procedures via email.
Money:
In Lebanon you can use either dollars or Lebanese pounds; ATMs provide both and you can even pay with a mixture of these currencies (and receive change in them). 1$ = 1500 pounds is the fixed rate.
Travel Visa:
You will be entering Lebanon on a tourist visa. There is no need to ask for one, the passport official will grant you one automatically upon arrival. The tourist visa is valid for two months. Before going through passport control, you will need to fill out an Entry Card and submit it along with your passport. The stewards on your flight to Beirut should be handing out Entry Cards, which you can fill out on the plane. If they don’t, you can obtain one next to the passport control upon arrival. You need to fill it in and submit it, along with your passport, to the passport control officer. The form is very simple and simply asks for your name, father’s first name (this is a peculiarity of all Lebanese bureaucracy, and is meant to be the same as your middle name), sex, passport details, purpose of visit (you should tick “leisure/tourism”) and address in Lebanon. For the latter put your hotel address or, if you are staying in AUB student accommodation: American University of Beirut, Bliss Street, Hamra, Beirut.
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