Hi Hamid, I will recommend you to take a taxi or Grab from KLIA to your hotel directly instead of changing your mode of transportation halfway, which is more convenient when you have children and a few suitcases around. It is also cheaper to take a taxi/private transport versus a train for a family of four. Let us look at this calculation so you can decide which is a better option for your family:-

1) Mini MPV (1 to 4 Pax) to Your Hotel: RM100 [US$23.50 | 2,009.39 BDT]

2) KLIA Ekspres Train (2 adults + 2 children below 16 years) to KL Sentral: RM147 [US$34.70 | 2,953.81 BDT] + Other costs of transport to reach your hotel from KL Sentral

3) Normal Taxi from KLIA (metered): Minimum RM75/80 (depending on where your hotel is and the waiting time during the traffic jam). If you meet some dishonest taxi drivers, they can choose a longer route to prolong the length of your trip so they can earn more via metered fare. That happens in KL frequently when they know you are a tourist. Kuala Lumpur taxi drivers have a somewhat bad reputation for that, thanks to the black sheep.

4) Grab Taxi: About the same price as a taxi. Grab Taxi works on-demand pricing surge so you can get a higher or lower cost than a traditional taxi. You will only know the actual fare when you arrive at the airport to order a Grab taxi on that day. Furthermore, the price reflected on the app excludes toll charges of RM10 – 12.

This article explained that Grab Taxi may not necessarily be cheaper than a standard cab. Hope the suggestions above help you to decide the most suitable mode of transports for your travel in Kuala Lumpur! 🙂

Hi Guy, that’s very kind of you to provide such useful information for people reading the article. I really appreciate that! 🙂 Indeed, at RM10, it is the cheapest mode of transport from KL Airport to city or vice versa.

I will do the research a few weeks later when I’m free and add it to the article as I am currently engaged in some other projects. In the meanwhile, your message here will also provide another transport option for those who see it before I update the post later.

Unfortunately, there are no signs or anything posted about it at either KLIA or KLIA2 so I mostly only see a few locals using this service. Anyways, I like to promote public transport, so I hope you can add this new service to your website here. Thanks, Guy.

Hi Max, Thanks for your update! I appreciate it! I will update it at the end of the month when I get hold of my laptop as I am currently travelling 🙂