Comments on: Las Vegas Taxi Driver wants a fair deal…and I don’t want to be taken for a ride. http://raincityguide.com/2009/10/21/las-vegas-taxi-driver-wants-a-fair-deal-and-i-dont-want-to-be-taken-for-a-ride/ Seattle's Leading Resource for Real Estate Information Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:20:05 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Rhonda Porter http://raincityguide.com/2009/10/21/las-vegas-taxi-driver-wants-a-fair-deal-and-i-dont-want-to-be-taken-for-a-ride/#comment-344648 Rhonda Porter Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:06:21 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/?p=7828#comment-344648 Good luck to you, too! Since you're in Vegas, you may want to check out BlogWorld when it comes around next year (assuming it's in Vegas again)... at least you won't have to pay for cab fair! ;) Good luck to you, too! Since you’re in Vegas, you may want to check out BlogWorld when it comes around next year (assuming it’s in Vegas again)… at least you won’t have to pay for cab fair! ;)

]]> By: Vegas Taxi Driver Dot Com http://raincityguide.com/2009/10/21/las-vegas-taxi-driver-wants-a-fair-deal-and-i-dont-want-to-be-taken-for-a-ride/#comment-344641 Vegas Taxi Driver Dot Com Thu, 14 Jan 2010 04:04:36 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/?p=7828#comment-344641 I was expecting to read another horror story about riding in a Las Vegas taxi, so it was nice to know that at the end of the story it was not how much you got ripped off. This is your lucky day - because when I was a taxi driver in Las Vegas I started blogging, and one of the blogs I started is my vegastaxidriver.com blog, and one of my first blog articles is called "Avoid Being Long-Hauled In Las Vegas" (obviously I was not a good at making creative cash for the company, hence my blogging was anonymous while I was driving a taxi in Las Vegas.) Now I am a full time online marketer and use blogging and social media networks to promote a few things. You are correct about that most of the time cabbies in Las Vegas will not go the shortest route, but in most cases it is within $3.00 of the best possible scenario, and usually it gets you there a little quicker. Unfortunately, with slow times and fewer rides, combined with high pressure from cab companies who want to make up for less fares by encouraging their drivers (who are all employees in Vegas) to rip off customers, there seems to be an increase in creative cabbie routes. Success to you and happy blogging! I was expecting to read another horror story about riding in a Las Vegas taxi, so it was nice to know that at the end of the story it was not how much you got ripped off.

This is your lucky day – because when I was a taxi driver in Las Vegas I started blogging, and one of the blogs I started is my vegastaxidriver.com blog, and one of my first blog articles is called “Avoid Being Long-Hauled In Las Vegas” (obviously I was not a good at making creative cash for the company, hence my blogging was anonymous while I was driving a taxi in Las Vegas.)

Now I am a full time online marketer and use blogging and social media networks to promote a few things.

You are correct about that most of the time cabbies in Las Vegas will not go the shortest route, but in most cases it is within $3.00 of the best possible scenario, and usually it gets you there a little quicker. Unfortunately, with slow times and fewer rides, combined with high pressure from cab companies who want to make up for less fares by encouraging their drivers (who are all employees in Vegas) to rip off customers, there seems to be an increase in creative cabbie routes.

Success to you and happy blogging!

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