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Aug 29, 2011 | 6:29 pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by nacho

I used a taxi from SIN to Havelock Rd and the taxi trip cost me 24 SGD, and it was more than 10 yrs ago!

Most people including the hotel told me that the totally cost shouldn't be more than 20 SGD.

I saw the driver put some extra $$$ in on the meter and explained it was so sort of late surcharge (we arrived SIN around 11pm). On the way back, same thing happened (it was 6am in the morning), and the other taxi driver said that because we got on the taxi from a hotel then he put in some surcharge.

How do I know what they are allowed to charge?

All the taxis have the surcharge on the fare chart. All the charges that you encountered are proper surcharges.
IMHO SIN have the most honest taxi driver on earth. I guess they don't want to deal with the "God of no Mercy".

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