Taxi Driver Online

I think the accepeted wisdom is that the Friday before Xmas is perhaps the busiest night of the year for people like taxi drivers and the pub trade.

However, last night didn't seem as busy as I thought it would be, and from what's been said on the Fastblacks forum it seems that this was also evident in Edinburgh.

Perhaps the fact that Xmas is so close to Friday this year meant that people on Xmas nights out on the like did this last weekend instead? There were certainly some people starting their hols from last weekend, as opposed to the more usual 'weekend before Xmas'. Or perhaps because Xmas eve is on a Saturday this year we'll have a busier than usual night tonight?

So how was last night for you?

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last night was a very busy friday night but not as busy as normal mad fridays!
i thouhgt last friday was a lot more busy!
as for tonight i dont care! im gonna get drunk like the punters!

Yes, I'm inclined to agree, but obviously everyone else has been too busy to comment

Xmas Eve was very poor as well.

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was off xmas eve! but fellow drivers said xmas eve was a waste of time!
too many cars,not enough space on the ranks! police moving cars on all night!
glad i got [edited by admin] instead!
boxing day at night was very very busy( like a extra busy sat night)
not too many taxix worked either so i made a few bob!
having tonight off to rechargs batteries for next week!
happy new year to you all!!

More or less the same up here

I'm Private Hire btw

Christmas Eve was shocking, waiting 30 min for a job etc although I got a Glasgow to Stirling just as I was about to call it a night (at Fare and Half quoted at £48) which kinda helped me out.

Christmas Night was very very good - non stop all night, punters giving huge tips etc

Was off Boxing Day and today - back tomorrow until Monday

I worked Friday the 16th and it was very very busy, was expecting the same from the 23rd and it was no where near. So I took the 24th, 25th, 26th & 27th off. Planning on working tomorrow till the 2nd and they its my turn to get minced.

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So busy night tonight??

So you had no unmet demand and an over supply of Taxis on Xmas eve but unmet demand and an under supply of Taxis on Boxing day? I suspect that trend was echoed in the vast majority of cities around the UK. I don't know about rural towns?

Regards

JD

christmas eve in dundee was the worst on record, i was 25 percent down on an average sat, the public stayed in and all the cabs came out, total disaster, after that sun/mon/tues were all mega buck stuff ,mon/tues dundee had hardly any cabs on ,on monday punters were waiting an hour to get in the nightclubs it was that busy and with hardly any cabs working a lot had to walk home, the complaints should hit the press thurs/fri

My forecast was spot on then

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Xmas was not bad at all for me this year.

But I suspect the rest of the year will not live up to that standard.

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