Taxi Monster to Schiphol

From Monster the journey threads through the Westland towards the A4 corridor. The driver first follows local roads past the glasshouses and through 's-Gravenzande or Poeldijk to join the A20, or heads straight for the A4 at The Hague.

From there the A4 runs north past The Hague and Leiden to the Schiphol exit. Outside the rush hours those 60 kilometres take roughly 58 minutes to the departure hall. The delay, when it comes, usually builds on the A4 around The Hague and at the Prins Clausplein interchange, where morning and evening traffic can stretch the drive to around 84 minutes.

When it clogs up, the driver can switch to the A13 and A4 past Delft instead. That rush-hour risk is priced into the pick-up time SchipholRide proposes, leaving you room to check in calmly.

From the coast, the motorway isn't immediately in sight. Getting in at Monster or Ter Heijde, you first drive past the glasshouses and through 's-Gravenzande or Poeldijk to the A20, or straight to the A4 near The Hague. That run-up is already part of the 58 minutes the 60-kilometre ride takes off-peak.

So how does that turn into a pick-up time? With a European flight at 07:00, you belong in the departures hall at 05:00. The driver then arrives at 03:45, while the A4 is still empty. A long-haul flight at 19:00 means 16:00 at Schiphol, and to get there you have to pass through the afternoon rush.

Around The Hague and the Prins Clausplein traffic then stalls, the ride takes 84 minutes and your pick-up becomes 14:20. In both cases 15 minutes of margin is included. Living on the Choorstraat or close to the sea, give the exact address; door-to-door, or to the business among the glasshouses, is no problem. The fixed fare doesn't react to the clock. There's no supplement for night, weekend or rush hour, and Comfort is €105.

Collection covers the whole of Monster and the adjoining Westland villages: the village core around the Choorstraat, the coastal hamlet of Ter Heijde by the sea, and nearby Poeldijk and 's-Gravenzande. Enter your full address and place name when reserving, and the driver will pull up at your home or at a horticultural business among the glasshouses.

Monster has no railway station (the line stops at Delft or The Hague), so practically every journey simply begins at the front door. Business travellers can also agree a pick-up at a nursery or trading site in the glasshouse district.

Business pickups also available at: Glastuinbouwgebied Westland. Enter your business address for a direct ride from the office to departures, with an invoice on request.