How to Avoid Lying, Cheating Taxi Drivers

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By pisethz

For a good traveling cheating tips, travelers want to avoid any wrong information which could lead to the wrong direction. Especially for people who travel to a country which is totally a new land for them to learn, to find out, to experience the new culture.

In some cases, travelers don't want to loosing benefit or loosing money when taking a local taxi to go to different destinations. In order to avoid this risk, It is always good to make a check list of important points when taking a taxi.

For some drivers doesn't have a good support for new comers to visit the country and even spoiling the nation. However, travelers still can help them training them to be a good person of this country.

A couple of thing which need to check are:

  • Always check the price - how much do they charge from the starting point to the destination
  • Make sure the driver can write the price down on the paper in case they said differently because voicing number could be wrong.
  • Ask if the seat is for you alone or they will put someone else in. In some countries one seat can be for 2 people :D
  • Which seat you prefer - the front seat or the back seat
  • With preference if you know the road from the map, tell the driver for touring purpose
  • If you rent a car for whole day, they will complaint not to take you to shorter destination or willing to take you to any places that you love to visit.
  • Ask if the aircon is working
  • think outside the box.

With careful plan you will make your traveling with joy and not to get any frustrated feeling that may happen in a second country where you will be going.

Have you had any bad experience from getting the taxi country where you went to visit before? Share you experience to all of us so we can learn from one another and avoiding frustration, lying and cheating from taxi drivers.

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danieliuhasz 15 months ago

I have always hated being ripped off by taxi drivers. And the funny thing is that I generally find myself in a situation where I pay more for the same services..guess that it is just my damn luck :))

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pisethz Hub Author 15 months ago

It happened a few times to me as well that I had to pay more than what I supposed to pay.

Now, when I travel by taxi services I ask them to give me the written amount that they charge because it could be double or triple.

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