Getting around in London by taxi

What is Cabcharge Cabcharge is a new way to pay for taxis. It is a account with all the normal home city benefits except the big difference is - it travels with you when you are away from home. TheCabcharge card eliminates the need to carry cash, is accepted by licensed taxis in cities around the world the world, is totallt secure with individual user numbering and security coding(pin), can be personal or liked to a company account, and the best ...
...when you use the card. More than a taxi account Unlike ordinary taxi account facilities, Cabcharge is not tied to just one radio taxi company. It is not even tied to one city or one country. Wherever you go, Cabcharge travels with you. Although taxis may be taken in many different parts of the world the charge for each trip appears on one consolidated invoice the folling month. To get one either go to www.cabcharge.co.uk and click on join or phone ...

andrewgaskell 30.12.2000 · Read full review
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This is a very interesting subject that is near to my heart but I am going to give you an alternative opinion from the viewpoint of the alternative option you have to the normal taxi we all know as the black cab, and that is the mini-cab. As far as I know London is the last place in the country to still have mini-cabs as such. So this opinion concerns only London. I speak with some authority as I have recently changed my career but have spent 25 ...
...driver. What is a mini-cab you ask? A mini-cab is generally a privately owned car, (Not all are, some are rented to drivers from the cab companies for which the driver pays a rental for the car hire.) The driver works for a company on a self-employed basis and pays commission or rent to that company for that company to supply him with work. That work is taking you from A to B. Until quite recently mini-cab drivers were not licensed as the normal ...

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Black Taxis or Hackney Carriages as they are known within the trade, are the safest form of transport around London. When one has the "For Hire" sign lit up, flag it down and wait for it to stop. If it is an older vehicle, check that it has a licence plate from the Metropolitan Police on the back, as the old ones are often sold off, and the lights cannot be removed. If it looks ok, hop in. Feel free to check the identity card of the driver, they ...
...feel free to ask the driver to point out places of interest as you go. At the other end, be sure to thank the driver, pay the fare without complaining (after all the meter is on plain view) and tips never go amiss. The driver is allowed to refuse the fare if they have a good reason (eg drunkeness, abuse by passengers, too many people for the vehicle), but if you flag them down they MUST stop. If a journey is over 6 miles the driver is entitled to ...

Mina 13.07.2000 · Read full review
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For those who have never been to London before the black taxi is something of an icon. Taxis have been transporting people around the capital for centuries and today there are around 23,000 taxis on the road. Travelling by taxi in London certainly isn't cheap, there is a minimum fare of £2.20 and the fare rises by twenty pence for every 219m travelled (approx). However, if you only need to travel a short way and you don't have much tine or its pouring ...
...You can also be extremely confident that once you have got into the taxi the driver will know where your destination is and the quickest route to get there. Every taxi driver must pass 'the knowledge', a test which takes 2 years to study for. In total each taxi driver must memorise around 25,000 streets near to central London and be able to take the quickest route between points. They are also required to know every key landmark, such as hospitals, ...

beanie8844 17.03.2008 · Read full review
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This was one fantastic cab equipped with GPS and a really smart looking cab driver that nearly had my heart in his hand by the end of the taxi ride. This mad journey lasted a mere 15 mins with the drivers excellent knowledge of the streets in London and with the help of high technology - Global Positioning System. I had never seen one of these before and was thus, very impressed with the works. In fact, I am now a firm fan of Addison Lee. Do not ...
...be equipped with a great looking studd and GPS, although Addison Lee really should try to do this, it is admittedly a great marketing strategy! Also, do not expect your cabs to arrive at your pick up destination within 15-30 mins. the average waiting period would span from 30 mins to 80 mins.However, I have had cabs arriving in just under 8 mins. So it really depends on your luck. Anyway, the no. to call is 0207-387-8888. You can set up a cash or ...

yingli.lim 14.12.2000 (17.01.2001) · Read full review
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If you've never been to London before, make sure you know the name of the streets and how to get there as my experience of London cabbies was not the one I've seen on TV where they know everything about everything. We ended up being charged £25.00 for a trip that we found out later should only have cost about £8.00, you look like a tourist and you'll be treated like one. Finding a taxi is very easy however, you'll never have a problem, night or ...
...busy parts (which is everywhere in central London). Overall it's about planning, as with any trip if you plan right then you'll have no problems, London has a huge number of taxis, which provide lots of options of travel, and if you know roughly how much it should cost to get from A to B then you'll be fine. But you may be taken for a ride, in every sense of the word... ...

ParkinK02 14.04.2008 · Read full review
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Why is it that taxi drivers consider themselves to be professional? I assume from their use of the term that we can define 'professional' as one of the following: Sloppy Inconsiderate Rude Aggressive Dangerous A law unto themselves.... I realise that taxi drivers' earning are dependent upon them making the best use of their time, but that does not excuse some of the appaling driving standards displayed by some of them. It would be interesting ...
...again. It might well be a bit of an eye opener. Whenever I see a taxi, my immediate though is to keep well clear. If it is behind me, chances are it will be driving far too close, so I will let it go. There is no point making any kind of issue out of it. (I've tried and all I got was an earful of abuse). If you, as a taxi driver, find this opinion offensive, ask yourself about your own driving standards. Get the Highway Code out and see where you ...

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