When I was in Sosua a couple of months ago I ended up taking a taxi to Puerto Plata in a hurry to catch a fishing boat that had failed to pick me up. The taxi I got I happened to notice had been sitting there all day without a single fare. On the trip I asked the driver how much he would charge for the whole day on a fee plus gas basis to drive me around in the local area : Sosua, PP, Monte Llano, Caberete etc. He thought about it for awhile and said 500 pesos plus gas. That seemed very low but after all if he rarely gets a fare a guaranteed 500 might be worth it to him. That would make getting a car with driver just as cheap as getting a rental car with none of the worries about driving, liability, parking, directions, etc.
Does anyone have experience with taxi hire on this basis? Do any residents without cars have a few numbers of taxi's you rent for the day to take care of business? Was that just a low ball offer and it would really cost more? After all gas costs whatever it costs whether you put it in a rental car or a taxi and even if ithe hire cost twice that much, the car and driver would be cheaper than a subcompact rental without driver.
Does anyone have experience with taxi hire on this basis? Do any residents without cars have a few numbers of taxi's you rent for the day to take care of business? Was that just a low ball offer and it would really cost more? After all gas costs whatever it costs whether you put it in a rental car or a taxi and even if ithe hire cost twice that much, the car and driver would be cheaper than a subcompact rental without driver.