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Jay71 Dec 19, 2013 4:02 pm
Originally Posted by milepig (Post 21988388)
This is Barcelona and at an ungodly hour of the morning.

How reliable are taxis there in terms of fairness in pricing? In some cities - Athens comes to mind - we were advised to book a specific cab through the hotel concierge, who gave us the price it should cost and the taxi number to look for (this was the evening before), and we were told to pay nothing else and to be sure to take the taxi that had been booked. Worked perfectly.
Yep, it was metered it and it was on spec to what we were expecting so it was all good.
I've read some crazy stories about Athens taxi pricing tho.

Originally Posted by lhrsfo (Post 21993003)
The real question here is about 3:30 am and why on earth you went to bed in Barcelona so as to get up at perhaps 3am, while the night is still young. Save the money on the hotel, spend it in a bar or two and have fun!
That's actually a long story. We weren't going to pay for a hotel the last night and just stay out all night, leaving our luggage at the hotel. However, the other couple we were with wanted to at least a bit of sleep no matter what. We basically combined our bookings so we ended up with a room the last night too. We would have considered staying out all night and just sleep on the plane and the transatlantic flight home.

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If there was pricing differences between the cabs, I'd then considering picking and choosing. I couldn't tell. Didn't check to see if there was pricing in the window.

Flubber2012 Dec 19, 2013 4:46 pm
Originally Posted by KevinDTW (Post 21986990)
As the paying customer, when presented with the opportunity to choose I'm going to take whichever cab I want. Doesn't matter to me which driver pulled up first or second.
I might get banned for this but this is the prototypical FT attitude.

Me Me Me.

Assuming the cab does not have puke in it (figuratively speaking) and appears safe given the standard there, I think you should take the next cab in the line.

The cabbie has probably sat in line. How would you feel if, at the DMV, you were skipped a couple of times because of the way you looked.

I see your attitude as analogous. You may disagree. Fine.

danielonn Dec 19, 2013 6:04 pm
Just look for a Mercedes Benz and hop in:D:D


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