Taxi's on New Years Eve

[TW]Fox · 27 Dec 2008 at 21:00

Hi guys,

Generally, when do Taxi's begin to get hugely expensive and utterly difficult to get hold of on New Years Eve? Need one at about 19:30 but don't fancy paying £million.

Thnx

semi-pro waster · 27 Dec 2008 at 21:03

I don't know about Plymouth but round here you are probably looking at paying slightly over the odds any time on Hogmanay, it usually bumps up further sometime around 11pm though I think for whatever that is worth.

As an aside I don't think you need the apostrophe or capitalisation unless you are talking about a specific taxi although I could be mistaken.

gareth.e · 27 Dec 2008 at 21:09

Why don't you ring up a taxi firm.. Ask how much.. Then book?

HangTime · 27 Dec 2008 at 21:10

"taxi's" is justifiable because taxi is an abbreviation for "taxicab".

Alex UK · 27 Dec 2008 at 21:10

Book in advance?

Hxc · 27 Dec 2008 at 21:11

Around here it's basically double rate on new years eve...

cheets64 · 27 Dec 2008 at 21:12

Depends, my take on new years is not many people go to town and that taxis are normally easily to be had so prices are not as expensive.

Every new years eve I have spent at a friends house or village pub so no need for a taxi.

7:30 you should be looking at maybe 1.5x

qwerty · 27 Dec 2008 at 21:18

HangTime said:
"taxi's" is justifiable because taxi is an abbreviation for "taxicab".

w...t...f...?

thepharcyde · 27 Dec 2008 at 21:21

gareth.e said:
Why don't you ring up a taxi firm.. Ask how much.. Then book?

This

[TW]Fox · 27 Dec 2008 at 21:22

cheets64 said:
7:30 you should be looking at maybe 1.5x

You win. Just called, 1.5x, booked it, job done, /thread.

semi-pro waster · 27 Dec 2008 at 21:23

HangTime said:
"taxi's" is justifiable because taxi is an abbreviation for "taxicab".

True, I'd almost forgotten that it was an abbreviation at all since taxi is in such common usage. My mistake there although the capitalisation is still a little dubious here.

DJMK4 · 27 Dec 2008 at 21:26

thanks for reminding me, im going to prebook our taxi from the travel lodge to the club

from the response i just got, its going to be busy, as always, expect double rate

Killa_ken · 27 Dec 2008 at 21:35

Taxis will charge 50p extra on Sundays and Bank Holidays, and 50 per cent extra over Christmas and New Year.

http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/news/Taxi-fares-set-rise/article-190855-detail/article.html

[TW]Fox · 27 Dec 2008 at 21:40

Useful link, thanks.

Interesting the council controls black cab rates it seems whereas the operator of a minicab firm is able to set its own rates. In your experiences, who is cheaper?

sigma · 27 Dec 2008 at 21:43

Minicabs are almost always cheaper then blackcabs ime.

tom_e · 27 Dec 2008 at 21:43

[TW]Fox;13164487 said:
Useful link, thanks.

Interesting the council controls black cab rates it seems whereas the operator of a minicab firm is able to set its own rates. In your experiences, who is cheaper?

normally minicabs round here

shauncr91 · 27 Dec 2008 at 21:45

Not much to add, apart from if anybody tries to flag down a cab on new years eve, prepare to get ****** on the price.

Last year a cabby charged us £25 to go less than a quarter of a mile. (Why we got the cab for that distance is because it was pouring it down, before anybody asks

)

Raymond Lin · 27 Dec 2008 at 21:47

It depends, my guess is that they will be on Tariff 3.

Normal day time is Tariff 1
At night after say 11pm (depends on company), they go to Tariff 2
Holidays like New years and Christmas eve, Tariff 3.

Exact price obviously differs from place to place.

[TW]Fox · 27 Dec 2008 at 21:48

Well the guy on the phone has quoted me £9.50 which seems very cheap given I'm sure it was 8 quid the last time I used a cab ages and ages ago, can I hold them to that price now I've prebooked

loltim · 27 Dec 2008 at 21:50

Why dont you drive?