2011年1月24日星期一

foreign country for taxi

Taxi in a foreign country you get used to what, to know how much a taxi in a foreign country the benefits of it? Teach you how to find a good taxi, taxi price perception abroad, and some hidden rules can not be ignored.
Taxis charge of your side in Europe do not say, but around the country are not uniform.
In the UK, London black cab starts at 3.3 pounds, while the Scottish capital Edinburgh, as long as 2.8 pounds, the most expensive is the most northern industrial city of Aberdeen, probably because the underlying reason why oil production, where the taxi started just 2.2 pounds .
In France, filled with the basic run are signs, Citroen and Renault, the three brothers, usually starting price of 2.2 euros, operating costs per km is divided into three different periods according to different levels, were used under the cab dome light white, red, blue lights in three different colors, said the small, three small lantern taxi driving under the different sections at different times and automatic flash, the passengers aboard, the charges will be at a glance.
In Germany, a white Mercedes-Benz became the taxi meter standard configuration, and they often hold the Gucci, different cities are not the same charges, the general prices starting at between 2 to 2.5 euros per kilometer operating price of between 1.5 to 2 euros.
In contrast, the former East Germany were relatively cheap, the capital of Berlin, starting at only 2 euros. And especially in the south of Munich, West Germany, and Stuttgart, taxi fares starting as high as 2.8 euros. In Switzerland, due to high labor costs, and be upgraded to a deluxe taxi Big Ben, so expensive. Zurich taxi fares starting as high as 4.8 euros, 4.6 euros in Geneva, Bern also 4.5 euros.
Three countries in northern Europe, taxis can be described as rare, have the telephone booking is not that asking price is somewhat irregular, as in Copenhagen, with fares starting as high as 5.2 euros, after 3 km 3.6 euros per kilometer, even to go to the train station from the city center are easily 20 to Europe, it is not a small cost! In contrast, southern Europe, Italy, Spain and other countries to much more reasonable, starting at 1.8 Europe, only € 1.2 per km, or at least looking at the meter no longer gripped it!
America is famous yellow taxis, from $ 1.5 (after 8 pm is $ 2), 0.8 U.S. dollars per kilometer and then calculated. Most taxi drivers in New York do not own Zhunyun Zheng, who from the taxi company car rental, rent at 100 dollars, oil costs have to take care of themselves. So they have to pull job to earn money as much as possible, so the tip has become their main source of income. South America, Brazil, because of government policy support and fuel subsidies, a taxi prices starting at just more expensive than the bus less than 1 dollars. Buenos Aires, Argentina prices high, but it is one of the few taxi service one of the cheaper, drive 3 miles to go spending is only about the price of 1 bottle of beer.
Largest city in South Africa in Johannesburg, the taxi meter is equipped with small and very expensive. Thus, most people playing in Johannesburg called "Kang Bisi," the rental van, it can take 17 people, if necessary, put luggage on the roof. "Kang Bisi" is typical of urban transport, it is cheap, fast, and quantity, the total play by. They only fixed routes, full implementation of a single fare, just 8 rand (about 15 yuan). If there is a vacant seat, the driver has been sounding their horns, until someone on the train up.
Not ignore the "hidden rules"
Away from home, facing a strange city and the environment, unfamiliar routes inevitable, the fight has become the most natural choice.
Before a taxi is recommended that you do your homework: first, to advance understanding of the law of the taxi operators, ask about fees; second, to find redemption in local currency, and to not give tips, generally do know the answer to how much; Third, help the host hotel, the hotel staff, asking how to play table with the driver refused to bargain, and usually how much the destination. National drivers are different quality, the passengers in order not to lose do not Aizai not deceived, the car hit the "unspoken rules" to achieve gains a must!
1, to ensure safety first. First of all, to choose a formal qualification license and driving a taxi, do not select a last resort "black taxi", so as not to provoke the personal property security risks. Countries there is always a taxi operating costs to maintain the price, if it is ridiculously low, then was not to account for this cheap, because the driver is likely to be against the law attempts to stop halfway inevitably, force the passengers to force fare increases. Secondly, we must pay special attention to some of the country's "Taxi", such as Vietnam's motorcycle, tricycle Laos, India, chug, the Philippines, jeepney, Eastern Europe,gucci handbags,  the Middle East and South American countries "soil taxi", the one which Taxi old, poor vehicle condition, road traffic accident on his way easily. Secondly, some drivers act in collusion with local criminals, passengers were theft, robbery cases have occurred. Finally, try to avoid traveling on the same car with strangers, it is best not to travel alone to remote areas too.
2, choose the best lines. Now many countries, taxis are equipped with GPS positioning system, passengers could have asked the driver to enter your desired destination, so that not only the driving circuit recently, saving the fare and the driver deliberately detour to avoid the situation. GPS machines if they are not a taxi, may wish to prepare their own piece of the map of the city, or a pre-Google, roughly predict the route and time, from cheating.
3, learn to negotiate in advance. Taxi drivers in many countries do not play table, such as Egypt, the passengers on the train before the meeting must be a good price with the driver and the fare is best to mark on paper, so the driver half-way break an agreement. The streets of London Classic Car Rental Austin as a unique urban landscape, and if so many people, there are two folding chairs, can take up to 6 people, including the trunk space back of the room are spacious. Russian transport developed, but it and the taxi industry downturn, high taxes and high prices make the taxi operator, so filled with private cars act as a "temporary rental" role. In Moscow, almost all vehicles can be immediately transformed into a rental, but no cars hit the table, the passenger car to hit the local situation has to understand, so as to give a reasonable price. Typically, a bottle of vodka that problems in the fare.
4, adhere to bargain. Southeast Asia and India to get foreign tourists like the driver cut, even though they play table, but also looks very warm, but the hands and feet meter basically done, did not detour around less, so it was not slaughtered, then it must bring courage, persist in the end the bargain.
5, ask what the additional costs. Some additional charges often the "hidden fees" such as baggage fees, pet fees, air-conditioning fees, highway fees, airport parking fees, are calculated into the total fare or another, must be used with the driver before driving to reach a consensus, to avoid overhead due to unnecessary disputes.
6, attention to local custom. In Colombia, a taxi driver on the front seat will be warm service and care, and sometimes can get discounts. If you sat in the back quietly, then, is considered is a very rude thing, because the drivers think you are inferior to him as the driver was. In Argentina, the back filled unless otherwise local people would rather crowded in the back refused to go to the front table.
This is not car safety factors to consider, nor companions do not want to pay the fare, but in their mind, sitting next to the taxi driver is a loss of face thing. Famous Parisian dog, for which Paris has many special taxi front seat for the dog. Drivers that there are only around dog-breeding is an auspicious symbol of honor, the passenger car in Paris to be extra careful and play, not sit on the dog sitting, so as not to farce.
In many areas of Saudi Arabia, laughing is seen as a symbol of the most unfriendly, or even insult, play car in Saudi Arabia, all of them have people keep a straight face, not seen any smile, in the taxi experience is only softly greet acquaintances , do not reveal a smile. Many countries in South America, a taxi is "sharing", and the first car is obliged to "shelter" to wait on the train along the way who have at any time as long as people greet parking, how many men to a number of people, so seven Sagong a car packed with eight people take offense, visitors do not are in fortunate Oh!

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