Man, You just dont mess around with these jokers. They are not serious, they dont take a clue, they still think this is sometime back in the day, THEY JUST DONT GET IT! Man just rent your car and be on your way. It makes me wonder if we should revive the concept of courtesy vehicles for Hotels.

Taxis will not improve without competition, and until they get a chunk of their tourism customer base taken away, they wont take you seriously as a customer. They think Bahamians dont mind the nastiness, and truthfully some Bahamians dont stand for better quality. I would support the move for courtesy vans for the betterment of our tourism industry, this is no longer 1957 or whatever year that was. the majority of Bahamians are no longer taxi drivers, trust me we do need the open free trade.

I was force to re-open this thread....after i watch cable 12 news tonight.... seeing the taxi men on the dock kicking up about a fare dispute between themselves and the tour operators......
During the easter holiday 2006 ... was staying at a popular hotel on Carmichael Road again.....i needed a taxi to get to the airport for 6:30am the Wednesday before good friday....so i call both the two major taxi companies ....the operators seemed as if they had gotten up on the wrong side and had an attitude....to no avail, i couldn't get a cab until an hour later... after i kept trying both companies.....finally I was able to get one from the company that uses the old mercedes.....the driver arrived wearing an old cap, mashed up washed out shirt and dragging slippers:sparky:
what made me more angry:sparky: :sparky: his cab kept cutting off on the way to the airport.... finally we arrived to airport this clown had the nerve to stretch his hands out and said ...that will be $25:00.........lmao...
on my return to new providence from the island i visited, then in transit to another ......i had the same experience... i had returned my self drive car back to the company on robinson road.... I called a cab......i couldn't get one untill i decided tocalled and say, can i get a cab to airport...sure enough i immediately got one.
....the lady came to pick me up ....first thing she said .....i don't want you to think am nasty if you smell medication:voodoo: I am treating a tooth infection...... the van was soo flipping hot and smelt like a hospital i had to open the side door before i fainted while she swerved in and out traffic.....on the way i noticed the meter was racing like $1:00 every minute.....by the time i got to the airport the fare was $45:00...i ask her if she was crazy.....it whould have been cheaper for me to catch a hacker...... she told me to make a complaint to Road traffic..... after some arguing she finally gave me back $25:00:) ....
I said all that to say this ....if cab drivers want to make more money they have to upgrade their equipment and offer good service to Bahamians also...not only the tourists....and stop complaining.....:dgi: the bahamian dollar is just as good as the tourist dollar.....
now to prove me right if you live in nassau ...try getting a cab like 6:00am in the morning to the airport....
next time i come to nassau i will publish the numbers of any slack cab driver

If you want to meet some rude smelly cab drivers,try getting one at Fort Lauderdale Int. I swear everyone of them is a Haitian,the cabs are stank and dirty,they are rude and are on the phone speaking Creole from the moment you get in til you get out! :hammer:

If you want to meet some rude smelly cab drivers,try getting one at Fort Lauderdale Int. I swear everyone of them is a Haitian,the cabs are stank and dirty,they are rude and are on the phone speaking Creole from the moment you get in til you get out! :hammer:


we're not talkin' about them...we're talkin' about us!