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?
There are plenty of extra charges - but Singapore has a name of a 0 cheat policy, I've never had an attempted scam (I'm a foreigner but know SIN pretty well) with using taxis. Regarding the surcharges, check here please:
http://www.taxisingapore.com/taxi-fare/
Yes, plenty of them.. and some of them sound quite special.. I've not had that many drives without a surcharge, in fact I'm not sure if I ever had one
Still, taxis in SIN are quite affordable compared to other developed countries.
Can cheap lah!
btw, make sure to get yourself a "Taxi app" for your smartphone, as the time when taxis are mostly needed, just after MRT service has stopped (around 12pm-1am) you might have to wait for an hour at a hotspot to catch one. By simply ordering online (or by phone) one, they'll send you one over (of course that's an extra surcharge
) which is just for you. Made some poor people watching in surprise as the foreigner took the cab they thought was for them