Originally posted by lefeu at 7-2-2013 12:56
Taxi ripoff?
I was in Macau recently and took the ferry to Hong Kong. My hotel (The Kimberley hotel) was in TST, however. I took a taxi from the ferry terminal to my hotel, and the driver charged me $170 HKG. The meter showed around $70 HKG but he said I had to pay for the toll. I am curious to know if this was reasonable or was I ripped off?
Also, for future reference, could I have walked from the ferry terminal to MTR central, and just taken the metro? I only had a single light carry on. Thanks.
did you take the taxi from the taxi-stand outside 7-11?
if yes, then definitely a rip off.
the most he can charge you extra is HK$50.
that's for the one-way Western tunnel charge.
because at the ferry terminal there is "Cross-harbour" taxi queue.
if you take taxi from this correct queue, there will be no return-tunnel charge.
if you went to the wrong queue, the taxi-driver will direct you to the right queue.
i often take taxi from the Sheung Wan ferry terminal to TST.
including one-way Western tunnel charge, mostly no more than HK$100.
but i can tell you this, most taxi drivers will be pissed off.
they queue so bloody long at the ferry terminal, then get a customer to go to TST, which is less than 3km away.
most of the taxi fare goes to the tunnel, so they earn peanuts.