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We go on T3 (double knock, 4.40 + 2.60) at noon xmas eve.

Whats the rate in your area? Ours is:

PH
7am to midnight T1 £2.20-£1.30
midnight to 7am T2 £3.30-£2.00
Bank hol's T3 £4.40-£2.60 (NYE & crimbo day =+ £5.00 per fare)

Well this is an interesting one although I'm struggling a little to work out your prices.

In Birmingham the usual price we charge on a normal day is £3 for the 1st mile and just add £2 to whatever the mileage is so 5 mile would be £7.



7am to midnight T1 £2.20-£1.30

How is this worked out?

double meter on the 24th after 8pm.
xmas and boxing day.
but we earn less now withg double meter than we used to with just a £2 extra.
in other words the pricks how decided our fares have done a ggreat deal for the drivers.
less money.

Sorry, Tariff 1 is single time £2.20 for the first mile then £1.30 a mile thereafter, Tariff 2 = 12 midnight to 7am, Tariff 3 = Bank hols etc

A 5 mile job here would cost £7.40 (on a clear road without any jam's) on T1

Ah cgull, you must be Hackney then. We decide our own rates on Private Hire. I used to drive a hackney but there's not enough work around unless you do the 2-3am scumbags, i cant sit around on stations all day it drives me nut's! And we're not a city (yet) so a lot of Hacks are on a system as well during the day.

I'm pretty sure that taxis and PH share the same tariff in his manor. But that's another story.

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Fare and a half from tarif 1 rates which are
£1.10 start
£2.70 1st mile
£1.40 a mile after

Work that out, i cant be arsed because it aint enough anyway

Scottish Borders
t1 130 start 6 am 6 pm
6pm to 6 am 200 start first 520 meters

x mass eave 24th 6 pm to 6 am on the 27th time and a half strait through meter sarts at 2.00 no milage 15p every 130 meters

new years eave 6 pm to 6 am 3rd jan, time and a half strait through
meter starts at 2.00 no mileage charge 15p every 130 meters

bloody hell...i wanna work where u guys work.

here in deepest ayrshire ...

normal fare is £2.50 for first mile then £1.00 per mile on top of that.

at xmas....some of the local companys are charging £3.50 after 12 midnight xmas eve.
some even £4.00 first mile.

me....well....i,ll be charging £3.00 first mile-for my own company....will get more punters cause i,m cheaper

Oh dont get me started on under cutting!

We went through that a couple of years ago, After losing about 40 drivers he finally saw sense and listned to what we want! We had one company who went on a pound a mile but didnt have enough cars to cover the work without being dragged miles (unpaid) to a job.

My biggest whinge is unpaid milage!!

We now have a say in the rates (Private hire), after all it's a team game and without everyone participating no-one makes any money!

So do some of the London ones.

Rearange the following well known phrase.

Off rip.

wait a minute guys...i thought the law for p/h say you cant charge any more than £2.60 for first mile ??? well, it is here in ayrshire, dunno about the rest of you guys ... so how does that go with xmas day &new years day when they all up there prices ?????

@smiffyz (geoff)

£1.00 per mile !!!!

like a said....we charge £2.50 for first mile then £1.00 per mile ther after.

some of the other companys used to charge £2.00 for the first mile then £1.00 p/m after....but
believe it or not......all those 50p's at the end of the week can mostly make up a tank of fuel..honestly !.
so we all stuck at £2.50..EVERYONE !

oh yeh..2 companys are even thinking about RAISING the first fare to £3.00... oh yes let em do it....WHY ? cause its a small town here ( 12,000)
and people will just not go and pay another 50p extra for a local run
gotta luv em...lol there greed is my gain

In Birmingham there is no regulation on the prices although I think everyone here charges the same rate anyway, £3 for the first mile, or the other way of looking at it is this, whatever the mileage plus £2.

ah...the big citys....luv em...but hate the hassle of all the fighting/mugging ect... born & breed just outside of glasgow so i know what its like
give me the country / small town life any day .

anyone do taxi's in a small town ? could you comment on prices ?

As a company we decide, but the others also charge the same rate.

It's not a rip off, everyone knows the rates, if they dont like em.....walk!
We wont buy work, whats the point.
Ive been asked many times to drive a route and check a price after a complaint. But usually as you know the customer, who usually pays a fiver to get home forgot that this time she asked the driver to stop at the shop for her ciggies!! and meters to tend to tick over.........................