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labraiz
PostPosted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 4:29 pm 
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A lot of private hire companies are keeping their fares normal over christmas & New year in the Birmingham area is this the same all over the country??
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speaking to someone in a care/rest home and they mentioned i was a PH driver to the owner, he said another resident had asked a taxi (said taxi, coulda been PH) firm for a quote for christmas day to visit relatives 6 miles away and was quoted ..........£200

i want a bit more for the christsmas/new years days and bank holidays but i think thats fair, most PAYE employees are on trebled time or more
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wannabeeahack wrote:
speaking to someone in a care/rest home and they mentioned i was a PH driver to the owner, he said another resident had asked a taxi (said taxi, coulda been PH) firm for a quote for christmas day to visit relatives 6 miles away and was quoted ..........£200

i want a bit more for the christsmas/new years days and bank holidays but i think thats fair, most PAYE employees are on trebled time or more


I charge my normal PH rates on Xmas day...anything Extra hopefully comes in the form of a gratuity..
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bloodnock wrote:
wannabeeahack wrote:
speaking to someone in a care/rest home and they mentioned i was a PH driver to the owner, he said another resident had asked a taxi (said taxi, coulda been PH) firm for a quote for christmas day to visit relatives 6 miles away and was quoted ..........£200

i want a bit more for the christsmas/new years days and bank holidays but i think thats fair, most PAYE employees are on trebled time or more


I charge my normal PH rates on Xmas day...anything Extra hopefully comes in the form of a gratuity..


Do you get many generous Scots at Xmas?

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arent PH/HC entitled to the same extra/bonuses that the rest of a workforce get for working Christmas day/new years, and any bank holiday?
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Sussex
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labraiz wrote:
A lot of private hire companies are keeping their fares normal over christmas & New year in the Birmingham area is this the same all over the country??

Xmas and Boxing day meter and a half.

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Midnight Christmas Eve to 0600 Boxing Day - Meter x 2

There are a few extra hours of meter + half after 1800 Christmas Eve, throughout Boxing Day and sometime around New Year, I believe.
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+50% on distance fare, 10pm xmas eve to 6am on 27th.
Same 10pm on 31st December to 6am on 3rd January.

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fare and a half from 6 PM 24th to 6 AM on the 27th
same again at the new year
6 PM on the 31st to 6 am on the 3rd.

Blood your entitled to charge fare and a half
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bloodnock wrote:
wannabeeahack wrote:
speaking to someone in a care/rest home and they mentioned i was a PH driver to the owner, he said another resident had asked a taxi (said taxi, coulda been PH) firm for a quote for christmas day to visit relatives 6 miles away and was quoted ..........£200

i want a bit more for the christsmas/new years days and bank holidays but i think thats fair, most PAYE employees are on trebled time or more


I charge my normal PH rates on Xmas day...anything Extra hopefully comes in the form of a gratuity..


Can I book you to get my mum and bring her to my house cos it's usually double fare here so you would be the cheaper option :wink:

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try ringing for a plumber at 1am new years day, brace yourself....
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Who cares, I will be in Spain by christmas eve and I won't be back until after new year. :mrgreen:

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wannabeeahack wrote:
try ringing for a plumber at 1am new years day, brace yourself....


What do mean new years day you can't get a plumber any time soon any time of year :lol: :lol:

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jimbo wrote:
bloodnock wrote:
wannabeeahack wrote:
speaking to someone in a care/rest home and they mentioned i was a PH driver to the owner, he said another resident had asked a taxi (said taxi, coulda been PH) firm for a quote for christmas day to visit relatives 6 miles away and was quoted ..........£200

i want a bit more for the christsmas/new years days and bank holidays but i think thats fair, most PAYE employees are on trebled time or more


I charge my normal PH rates on Xmas day...anything Extra hopefully comes in the form of a gratuity..


Do you get many generous Scots at Xmas?



We Scots are not the tight fisted Misers that some seem to think..if we were we wouldnt have given the world so much..
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wannabeeahack wrote:
arent PH/HC entitled to the same extra/bonuses that the rest of a workforce get for working Christmas day/new years, and any bank holiday?


Of course we are but that doesn't mean it'll happen. Joe Public doesn't like paying double he only likes being paid double or whatever they get nowadays........

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