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Mar 5, 2018, 5:28 pm

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Originally Posted by Powers106

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.

GrabTaxi is always cheaper than an Uber or Grab car? Perhaps in the situation you describe above (and I can certainly see how it might be helpful in such situations) that is the case.

In Chiang Mai, GrabTaxi is nearly always the most expensive of the Grab options and usually more expensive than Uber. (But, as always, what works for one person may not be the best solution for another.)

(Apologies for drifting off topic.)

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