Taxi procedure at Bayonne?

[Lois R]

Hi, I got home last Sunday from a cruise to Bermuda and want to know

if I one of you "locals" know if this is usual......

1) I got off the ship without any issues and was asked If I wanted to

share a van with others to Newark Airport for 16.00 each. I said yes.

There were some other folks in the van and the driver said we would

leave in a few minutes......well, at least 10/15 minutes went by and I

got out of the van and went to the driver...now he says they must

have 8 in the van and we only had 6. He didn't know how long it would

be before we left.......:rolleyes:

I told him to please get my luggage out and I would take a taxi....I find

one and before he leaves 3 others from the van got out and wanted

to share my taxi (fine with me) saves the 4 us $.

Driver gets out of the cab and says his boss said NO.....that unless

we were traveling together he would not take them:eek::confused:.....give me

a break...we were all going to the airport. I guess I should have

gotten out of the cab and gotten my luggage and gone over to the

3 of them so we could have saved money and gotten a cab together.

 

Is this the normal procedure from Bayonne? They make their own

rules for how many people can go in a cab? We could have fit 4.

 

2nd time this has happened to me. Next time I will just spend the

extra money on a car service...the cab was 48.00 plus tip.

[smeyer418]

Hi, I got home last Sunday from a cruise to Bermuda and want to know

if I one of you "locals" know if this is usual......

1) I got off the ship without any issues and was asked If I wanted to

share a van with others to Newark Airport for 16.00 each. I said yes.

There were some other folks in the van and the driver said we would

leave in a few minutes......well, at least 10/15 minutes went by and I

got out of the van and went to the driver...now he says they must

have 8 in the van and we only had 6. He didn't know how long it would

be before we left.......:rolleyes:

I told him to please get my luggage out and I would take a taxi....I find

one and before he leaves 3 others from the van got out and wanted

to share my taxi (fine with me) saves the 4 us $.

Driver gets out of the cab and says his boss said NO.....that unless

we were traveling together he would not take them:eek::confused:.....give me

a break...we were all going to the airport. I guess I should have

gotten out of the cab and gotten my luggage and gone over to the

3 of them so we could have saved money and gotten a cab together.

 

Is this the normal procedure from Bayonne? They make their own

rules for how many people can go in a cab? We could have fit 4.

 

2nd time this has happened to me. Next time I will just spend the

extra money on a car service...the cab was 48.00 plus tip.

 

I couldn't find a listing for a Bayonne taxi commission(or similar)...and if there isn't one they can indeed make up their own rules. Taxis in NJ are much more expensive for similar mileage runs than NYC where it is highly regulated.

FWIW

[Lois R]

I couldn't find a listing for a Bayonne taxi commission(or similar)...and if there isn't one they can indeed make up their own rules. Taxis in NJ are much more expensive for similar mileage runs than NYC where it is highly regulated.

FWIW

 

Hi, thanks for the reply. Moot point now since I am home. Should I

sail from there again I will at least know how they conduct business:rolleyes:

[bayonnejoe]

Hi, thanks for the reply. Moot point now since I am home. Should I

sail from there again I will at least know how they conduct business:rolleyes:

Welcome to Bayonne. SOP for debark day. You would not believe how long we wait to get a ride from the port for just a five minute hop to our house. We use one of the local companies all the time for trips to EWR and the like, but on debark day, they act like they don't even know us, opting for the far more lucrative jaunts to JFK, LGA, and Philly.

[Lois R]

Welcome to Bayonne. SOP for debark day. You would not believe how long we wait to get a ride from the port for just a five minute hop to our house. We use one of the local companies all the time for trips to EWR and the like, but on debark day, they act like they don't even know us, opting for the far more lucrative jaunts to JFK, LGA, and Philly.

 

Hi,:) SOP? I know SOL......but never heard of SOP:eek:

 

Too bad you get treated you that way:(.....the cab driver said to me

"I am just following Dispatch's orders"....and unless we were traveling

together? He wouldn't let us share a cab:rolleyes:.....I just didn't think

quickly enough. I really should have gotten out of the cab.

[smeyer418]

Standard operating procedure

 

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[Lois R]

Ohhhh....thank you....at least I know what that is:eek: