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Comment on Bangkok Taxis by Bangkok Classifieds

Bangkok Classifieds — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 12:01:56 +0000

Always insist on the meter. If they refuse, get out. There will be another taxi along in about 2 seconds.

About the only time you want to make an exception is if it is raining – expect to pay a premium. And, if you are in a hurry and don’t mind paying a little extra to not use the meter.

Comment on Bangkok Taxis by Wrong

Wrong — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:11:15 +0000

Sorry to read this but you obviously didn’t understand at all how it works.
There’s nothing much to know about cabs in Bangkok:
Don’t act naive even if you are, never take a taxi parking by a hotel or a touristic area. Always stop one driving by.
As stated by KV don’t even bother asking about the meter, if he didn’t turn it on after 2 minutes just leave it.

The only reason you’d have to negotiate a fare would be to go to a distant city, I’m talking about a 2 hours ride or more.

Comment on Bangkok Taxis by KV

KV — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 06:25:43 +0000

Sorry that you had this bad luck. It seems that somehow the taxis smell tourists. And smell also when you have stayed in the city more than a week.

The truth is that you should have continued the way you started: 1) telling where you go at the window of taxi 2) and sitting in and if the guy does not put meter on, you just leave the taxi 3) OR tell him at the window meter.

If no go, just get next taxi. There is so many taxis in Bangkok that it is quite easy to find in 5 minutes taxi that is “normal”. Oh and just walking around the corner of your hotel helps a lot I bet. :)

The most times I have had problems of getting metered taxi was those times I needed to go to airport.

Cheers and I am sorry you did not find taxis with meters this time. Better luck the next time! :)

Comment on Bangkok Taxis by BKK NEWS FEED ARCHIVE Q3/09/II

BKK NEWS FEED ARCHIVE Q3/09/II — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:17:50 +0000

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Comment on Brief Updates from MBHQ by me, david

me, david — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 08:02:05 +0000

Welcome back ! Looking out for some new posts (was getting tired of paknam web :p)

Comment on Come Blog With Us by aljones15

aljones15 — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 01:25:10 +0000

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chartiwa — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 03:19:45 +0000

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Comment on when you need to comment that things happened peacefully… by marlogwapo

marlogwapo — Mon, 05 May 2008 18:21:46 +0000

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