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Taxi Rates SDQ to Zona Colonial
From where to where exactly?
We've taken a taxi from Villa Mella all the way to Metro Tours and it was only like $150 RD...around $5 USD...
Did they take you for a ride, literally???
MQ
We've taken a taxi from Villa Mella all the way to Metro Tours and it was only like $150 RD...around $5 USD...
Did they take you for a ride, literally???
MQ
Only because if you're taking the taxi from the airport they know you're a tourist...It shouldn't cost more than $20 for that trip...
MQ
MQ
Hard To hide the Fact
Being lilly white, traveling to a tourist area, and with only a fair grasp of spanish it is a little difficult to hide the fact that I am, indeed, a tourist, though it is my fouth visit to the capital. Is there a strategy to avoid being overcharged? I have considered negotiating with someone in the throng outside the door of the airport, but having spent a little time standing on that sidewalk waiting for a friend I found some of that crowd to be a little "slippery". I have also been warned to avoid "gypsie" cabs as they sometimes can be problems. Is there a second line of legitmate cabs beyond the first line of "union" cabs at the curb just outside? Does it make that much difference? On my last trip I negotiated a RD 1000 fair with a "union" cab. With a fair amount of baggage and it being 95 degrees I am inclined to take the shortest route to my first Presedente. I was just wondering if the price of gasoline has caused the cabbies to raise their rates. I most likely will be taking a few cabs in the capital to avoid arriving at my destinations soaking wet (another sign of a tourist). Thanks for all your help. Brian
Being lilly white, traveling to a tourist area, and with only a fair grasp of spanish it is a little difficult to hide the fact that I am, indeed, a tourist, though it is my fouth visit to the capital. Is there a strategy to avoid being overcharged? I have considered negotiating with someone in the throng outside the door of the airport, but having spent a little time standing on that sidewalk waiting for a friend I found some of that crowd to be a little "slippery". I have also been warned to avoid "gypsie" cabs as they sometimes can be problems. Is there a second line of legitmate cabs beyond the first line of "union" cabs at the curb just outside? Does it make that much difference? On my last trip I negotiated a RD 1000 fair with a "union" cab. With a fair amount of baggage and it being 95 degrees I am inclined to take the shortest route to my first Presedente. I was just wondering if the price of gasoline has caused the cabbies to raise their rates. I most likely will be taking a few cabs in the capital to avoid arriving at my destinations soaking wet (another sign of a tourist). Thanks for all your help. Brian