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Tips for Beginners to Hire a Taxi

• If hiring a taxi is something new for you, this
  article will help you with tips to hire a good
  taxi service for yourself or your loved ones.
  There are many benefits of hiring a taxi service
  over your own car. The local taxi drivers are
  more aware of the roads than you are. Cab
  services aim at getting you to your destination
  quick and safe.
• You might have many fears as well as questions
  revolving in your mind while you are planning to
  hire a taxi. However, it is important that a
  service taxi should not rip you. Here are
  important tricks that you can follow

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1. Look for a taxi

• The first step to hire a cab service is to look
  for a taxi first. You can choose different
  mediums like internet, yellow pages, mobile apps
  etc. for this. Most of us also practice this by
  sticking our hand out on the street for hiring a
  taxi service. You will find that most of the
  taxis have front windshield with light, which
  work as an indicator that they are ready to
  provide service. Some cab service drivers honk
  down on pedestrians which indicates there
  availability. If probably a taxi ignores your
  waving hand, it is possible that the taxi is
  already occupied with passengers. Different
  places choose different styles of hiring a taxi.
  For example, Checker yellow cab in Calgary can be
  reached through a simple phone call. A taxi at
  airport or a bus stand can usually be found at
  taxi stands or can be reached through taxi apps.

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2. Know the way to your destination

• It is always advisable to know your way rather to
  rely on Cab service. It may sound weird that you
  are paying for the taxi service and you still
  would require knowing your ways, but it is better
  to take the precautions before rather than feel
  like a foolish later on. There is a possibility
  that you find a genuine, trustworthy, and helpful
  taxi driver for yourself but remember that the
  world is full of jerks as well.

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3. Before you get inside the taxi

• It is advised for everyone that before the make a
  move in his or her taxi, ask for general
  information from the cab service provider. You
  should be very precise about your destination. A
  little information can be harmful and misguiding.
  You should exactly know where you are heading
  too, which street, which number, everything. For
  the same, you can take help of the locals maps or
  your mobile GPRS. Look for nearby landmarks,
  parks or a common place. Such tip is very useful
  when a person is travelling in a different place
  and has language problem while communicating with
  the driver.

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4. Communicate properly

• This is a big problem faced by many people when
  they hire a taxi service in a place with
  different communicating language. Make sure you
  are able to communicate properly with the driver.
  Another helpful tip is to collect the business
  cards of your hotel, driver, and other service
  providers. This will help in communicating better
  even if you are not familiar with the language
  much. You can show the driver where you tend to
  reach. You can take help of any English speaker
  to write down the things for you in the local
  language so that you can explain it to your
  taxis driver later.

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5. Rates and fares

• The rates of hiring a taxi will usually be more
  than the fare of a public bus. You can take an
  idea of the fare rates from your hotel services
  and can bargain with the driver later. You should
  be smart enough to not to be fooled by paying
  extra money to your taxi driver. The rates of
  taxis like tiny vans and small trucks are usually
  lower than that of a sedan taxi.

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