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Old Mar 5, 2018, 1:10 pm
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Powers106
 
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Originally Posted by Diplomatico

Conversely, GrabTaxi is just a way of paying 25 thb extra to book a regular taxi. (Not intended as a knock on you - if you're happy with it, you should definitely stay with it.)
You say that, but if you live on a small soi, or maybe a tricky place to call a taxi, maybe a gated apartment building where you'd have to walk out to the main soi to have any chance of finding a taxi, in the rain/heat/etc., well then GrabTaxi is cheaper than an Uber, you can book it from your apartment/hotel room, and they have the same type of messaging alerts, contacts, etc, it can be extremely convenient. For a whole 25 thb extra. I highly recommend it as an app in the "toolbox" because sometimes availability is tricky.
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