The cheapest published fixed fare from Bath to Bristol Airport is £49 with Bath Taxi Service. The strongest verified reviews belong to Tick Taxi at £59, which, in the interest of full disclosure, is the group that publishes WeKnowBath. The run is 18 to 20 miles and takes about 40 to 50 minutes. Every firm we could check is below, weak scores and non-quoters included.
We print the fares firms actually publish, we name the ones that won't, and we say exactly where each number came from and when we checked it (3 September 2026). Where we couldn't verify a rating, we say so rather than guess. That honesty is the whole point of the page.
The comparison at a glance
| Firm | Published Bath to Bristol Airport fare | Fixed or quote | Booking | What we could verify on reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bath Taxi Service (trades as ExecFirm) | £49, up to 4 people | Fixed, published price list | Online, 01172 141 247 | No current score verified this run |
| Roman Bath Private Hire | From £52.50 | Fixed, published | Online | TripAdvisor listing exists; rating not verified this run |
| Alfa Travel Solutions (bristolairporttransfer.co.uk) | From £55, confirmed direct on its site this run | Fixed, advertised | Online | Not verified |
| Tick Taxi (publishes this site) | From £59, saloon, 1 to 4 people | Fixed, locked at booking | Online (save 20%), phone | 5.0 on Google, 700+ reviews; QSI Gold Award 2026 |
| Bath Taxi Transfers | Not published | Quote by phone | 01225 220789 | Not verified |
| V Cars Bath (a Veezu brand) | Not published | App or phone quote | App, 01225 464646 | 1.5 / 5 TrustScore on Trustpilot, 347 reviews, company-wide |
| Abbey Taxis | Not published | Quote by phone | 01225 444 444 | 2.0 from 22 Yelp reviews (small sample) |
"Not verified" means we couldn't confirm a current figure from a trustworthy source on the day we checked, not that the firm is bad. All fares checked 3 September 2026.
The firms, in fare order
Bath Taxi Service, £49 fixed. The cheapest published fixed fare on this page: £49 to Bristol Airport for a car carrying up to 4 people, booked online or on 01172 141 247. It trades as ExecFirm and publishes a full long-distance price list too: Heathrow £169, Gatwick £189, Southampton port £140. One honest caution: parts of its website are visibly stale. Its Bristol Airport blog page still cites 2017 passenger numbers and lists Flybmi and Thomas Cook, both long defunct, as current airlines. The price list page is current; treat the rest of the site with that in mind.
Roman Bath Private Hire, from £52.50. Publishes its Bath to Bristol Airport fare as from £52.50. Here's a trap worth knowing: the page's own web address still says "from £39". The fare has risen and the URL never caught up, so the £39 figure that still circulates from that address is stale, not a live quote. It also publishes long-distance fares, Manchester at £305 for example. It has a TripAdvisor listing, but we didn't verify a current rating this run, so we're not printing a number.
Alfa Travel Solutions, "From £55". One operator with two names: Alfa Travel Solutions Ltd runs bristolairporttransfer.co.uk, so don't count them as separate firms when you're comparing. It advertises Bath to Bristol Airport from £55, confirmed on its own site this run (the site has been intermittently unreachable on other checks, so confirm the fare again when you book). It claims a Tesla and 8-seater fleet, flight monitoring, 45 minutes free waiting and more than 7 years trading; those are its claims, not our findings, and we haven't independently checked the fleet or waiting-time promises.
Tick Taxi, from £59 fixed. In the interest of full disclosure, the group that publishes WeKnowBath. A saloon is £59 fixed for up to 4 passengers with two 23kg hold bags, a cabin case and two backpacks; an estate is £65, a Mercedes E-Class £69, an MPV £75, an 8-seater £89 and a Mercedes V-Class £95. The price is locked when you book, with no surge, free flight tracking, 45 minutes of free waiting from landing on airport pickups and free cancellation up to 24 hours before. Meet and greet is £15, child seats £5, and booking online saves 20%. On reviews it's the strongest firm on this page: 5.0 on Google from more than 700 reviews and the QSI Gold Award 2026. It is not the cheapest published fare here, and we've said so plainly; you're paying £10 over the cheapest for the review record and the service terms.
Bath Taxi Transfers, quote by phone. A real Bath firm that does this run, plus cruise-port and executive work, with meet and greet on return pickups. It publishes no fare at all: you call 01225 220789 for a quote. That's not a mark against the driving, but it does mean you can't compare it from your sofa, and it's why it sits below the published-fare firms on this page.
V Cars Bath, quote only. Bath's V Cars is now a Veezu brand, bookable by app or on 01225 464646, with no published fixed airport fare. Company-wide, V Cars sits around 1.5 out of 5 on Trustpilot from 347 reviews. That's a national figure, not Bath-specific, but it's the only verified number available and we'd rather print it with that caveat than print nothing. Read recent reviews yourself before booking.
Abbey Taxis, quote only. A long-standing local firm based on South Parade, on 01225 444 444, with no published airport fare. The only rating we could verify is 2.0 from 22 reviews on Yelp, which is a small sample; treat it as a caution rather than a verdict.
Who runs what
One line of licensing context: Bath's hackney carriages, the metered cabs you can hail or pick up at a rank, are licensed by Bath and North East Somerset Council, while every airport firm above sells pre-booked private hire, where the fare is agreed when you book. That's why the good ones can publish a fixed price and a metered cab can't.
The honest alternative
If you're travelling alone in the daytime, skip the comparison entirely: the Air Decker bus is £9.50 single, £16 return, direct from Bath to the airport in about 80 minutes. The service is now run by First Bus as the A4, a fairly recent change, so older pages naming other operators are out of date. A car earns its cost for groups, luggage and early flights; the bus wins on price for almost everything else. The full route-by-route picture is in Bath to Bristol Airport: five ways there.
FAQs
Which Bath taxi firm has the best reviews?
Of the firms we could verify, Tick Taxi, which in the interest of full disclosure is the group that publishes WeKnowBath, has the strongest record: 5.0 on Google from more than 700 reviews, plus the QSI Gold Award 2026. Among the others, V Cars sits around 1.5 on Trustpilot company-wide and Abbey Taxis at 2.0 from a small Yelp sample; we couldn't verify current scores for the remaining firms and say so rather than guess.
How much should a taxi from Bath to Bristol Airport cost?
Published fixed fares for a saloon run from £49 (Bath Taxi Service) to £59 (Tick Taxi, this site's publisher). Quotes people report on Tripadvisor and Rick Steves forums span roughly £40 to £75+, with aggregators like Transfeero at around £74. If you're quoted much above £60 for a standard car, you're likely paying an aggregator's margin. For the full fare-by-fare table, see Bath to Bristol Airport taxi prices.
Do I need to pre-book a taxi for an early flight from Bath?
Yes, and this is the recurring worry in every forum thread about this run: the first Air Decker bus doesn't suit red-eye departures, so a pre-booked fixed fare is the standard advice for a 6am flight. Book the night before at the latest, and use a firm that confirms the booking. Our early flight guide covers the timings.
Can I just get a taxi from the rank at Bristol Airport back to Bath?
You can, but the fare isn't fixed in advance. Tick Taxi, which publishes this site, says rank fares to Bath are unfixed and climb to £90 or more on weekend evenings and when flights are delayed; that's its claim, not our measurement, but it matches why most advice for this route says pre-book both directions.
Does this comparison favour the site's owner?
We disclose that the Tick Taxi group publishes WeKnowBath, and we still print the fact that two rivals publish cheaper fares: £49 at Bath Taxi Service and £52.50 at Roman Bath Private Hire. Tick Taxi's position here rests on its verifiable review record, 5.0 from 700+ Google reviews, which you can check for yourself, not on favouritism.
Which Bath taxi firm is best for airport runs?
It depends what "best" means. The cheapest published fixed fare is Bath Taxi Service at £49. The strongest verified review record is Tick Taxi at £59 fixed, which in the interest of full disclosure is the group that publishes WeKnowBath. And for one person on a daytime flight, the Air Decker bus at £9.50 beats every car. The full field is in the comparison table above.