5 dirty tricks by Sochi taxi drivers to extort money from tourists
- July 19, 2022
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With the onset of the holiday season in Sochi, taxi prices are rising. In addition, cunning “bombs” use the gullibility of vacationers to steal from them as much
With the onset of the holiday season in Sochi, taxi prices are rising. In addition, cunning “bombs” use the gullibility of vacationers to steal from them as much money as possible. The AvtoVzglyad portal talks about the nastiest tricks to extort hard-earned money.
The airport is a traditional attraction for taxi drivers. Several “bombs” jump on tourists immediately after receiving luggage. It is clear that the price tags are the highest. It reaches 3,000 rubles for a journey over a distance of 10-15 kilometers. So if you want a smaller “price” go to the station square and negotiate with those standing there. Or use aggregators.
Here’s another common “bombed” trick to make a tourist leave. Especially often it will be applied to single women who come with small children. A man in the station forecourt begins to say that public transport is not running well, the necessary bus has just left, and will not come soon, because there are traffic jams in the city. And the taxi driver standing nearby “sorry” the lonely mother, offering to “take it cheaper”. Don’t fall for this trick. Aeroexpress runs from the airport and minibus buses run quite frequently. So don’t panic, and if you decide to go, feel free to haggle and lower the price.
At the Adler train station, the situation is similar, only the price tags are slightly smaller. Here the “bombs” like to recruit several people in one car. Like, to make the trip ostensibly cheaper. Tourists lose a lot of time because of this, because fellow travelers still have to be found. And if there aren’t any, the price tags immediately go up in the air. So again, it is more profitable to use aggregators.
Traffic jams are another way for taxi drivers to make money. The bigger they are, the more they need for the journey. And if a tourist comes with large suitcases, the price quickly rises to unaffordable prices. For example, for a few kilometers of crushing in a traffic jam, to get to the hotel they take 700 rubles, and this is not the limit.
But there is also a much dirtier trick. To increase the price, many local “mates” take the customer not by the shortest route, but by rare bypasses. Let’s say, via Kudepsta or Khosta. As a result, the route is longer and it seems to the customer that the crazy “price” is justified. But in fact he was just cheated.
Electric trains are the fastest and cheapest way to travel in Sochi during the holiday season
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The airport is a traditional attraction for taxi drivers. Several “bombs” jump on tourists immediately after receiving luggage. It is clear that the price tags are the highest. It reaches 3,000 rubles for a journey over a distance of 10-15 kilometers. So if you want a smaller “price” go to the station square and negotiate with those standing there. Or use aggregators.
Here’s another common “bombed” trick to make a tourist leave. Especially often it will be applied to single women who come with small children. A man in the station forecourt begins to say that public transport is not running well, the necessary bus has just left, and will not come soon, because there are traffic jams in the city. And the taxi driver standing nearby “sorry” the lonely mother, offering to “take it cheaper”. Don’t fall for this trick. Aeroexpress runs from the airport and minibus buses run quite frequently. So don’t panic, and if you decide to go, feel free to haggle and lower the price.
At the Adler train station, the situation is similar, only the price tags are slightly smaller. Here the “bombs” like to recruit several people in one car. Like, to make the trip ostensibly cheaper. Tourists lose a lot of time because of this, because fellow travelers still have to be found. And if there aren’t any, the price tags immediately go up in the air. So again, it is more profitable to use aggregators.
Traffic jams are another way for taxi drivers to make money. The bigger they are, the more they need for the journey. And if a tourist comes with large suitcases, the price quickly rises to unaffordable prices. For example, for a few kilometers of crushing in a traffic jam, to get to the hotel they take 700 rubles, and this is not the limit.
But there is also a much dirtier trick. To increase the price, many local “mates” take the customer not by the shortest route, but by rare bypasses. Let’s say, via Kudepsta or Khosta. As a result, the route is longer and it seems to the customer that the crazy “price” is justified. But in fact he was just cheated.
Source: Avto Vzglyad
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