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Accept Taxis Credit Cards? URGENT!!

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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 17 February 2012 - 17:24

Is it necessary to book a Taxi which accepts Credit Card as payment or does every Taxi accept Card?

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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 18 February 2012 - 02:18
Christmastree - I hear you, lots of countries have credit card taxis, you had a legit question and rightly expected legit anwers not a pasting! Yep your friends will have had a long flight and found themselves very far away - circa 1995!
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EW EXPLORER
Latest post on 18 February 2012 - 01:28
I have a guest arriving and he has no Dirhams....in australia it is quite easy to get CC Taxi You may have noticed that this isn't Australia. No one here would intentionally get into a taxi with no money. Best thing is to pay the taxi yourself when he arrives We don't collect guests from the airport or take them to the airport when they leave. Might sound mean but they always arrive late at night or early morning and leave at similar times - and they're well aware of this policy. (Much the same as they're also aware that we're not a free taxi service/tour guide etc during their holiday with us.) However, we pay their taxi fare when they arrive here at our home, and we pay the taxi driver for their return trip to airport when they go home. We normally tell visitors (both friends and family) not to bother bringing too much cash (AED) with them as we're happy to sub them (ie provide cash for their visit). At the end of their visits (we're very, very lucky - we don't seem to have friends or family who expect us to pay for every last thing during their holidays) we have a rough tally up between us of what we've asked them to bring us (such as items from the UK or grape or other related things from Dubai Duty Free) against the aount of AED we've provided. If we owe them we give them a GBP cheque, if they owe us they pay a GBP cheque into our account when they get home. As I mentioned previously, though ... we're very lucky. Our visitors don't expect to be waited on hand and foot and we're very happy to feed and water (?!) them while they stay with us and we hugely enjoy their company whilst they're with us.
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EW OLDHAND
Latest post on 17 February 2012 - 22:36
Tell him to use a UAE Exchange outlet- they always have dhs, for obvious reasons! :P There's quite a few around. Most majr airport Travelex carry dhs, I know Sydney and Perth do for sure. Any airport which has an Etihad or Emirates flight will carry dirhams.
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EW EXPERT
Latest post on 17 February 2012 - 19:12
Our guests just go to one of the exchange bureaux for their dirhams as they come through the airport.
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EW EXPERT
Latest post on 17 February 2012 - 18:51
Dirhams are not readily available at all exchange houses in Australia. I had to go to 4 before I found one that had more than a thousand and then it was large notes and we all know how bothersome larg notes are in a Dubai taxi. It is not unreasonable to expect CC availability as the UAE is mistakenly perceived abroad as being a technologically advanced nation.
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EW MASTER
Latest post on 17 February 2012 - 18:31
I have a guest arriving and he has no Dirhams....in australia it is quite easy to get CC Taxi he's travelling to a foreign country with no local currency on him ??? oh... I dont always get local currency before i travel - usually just use ATM at destination airport. true...i guess we're just a bit @nal about travelling lol
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EW GURU
Latest post on 17 February 2012 - 18:16
I have a guest arriving and he has no Dirhams....in australia it is quite easy to get CC Taxi he's travelling to a foreign country with no local currency on him ??? oh... I dont always get local currency before i travel - usually just use ATM at destination airport.
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EW MASTER
Latest post on 17 February 2012 - 18:13
I have a guest arriving and he has no Dirhams....in australia it is quite easy to get CC Taxi he's travelling to a foreign country with no local currency on him ??? oh...
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 17 February 2012 - 18:10
called different Taxis ....no Credit Cards...so he needs to get some cash changed...
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EW GURU
Latest post on 17 February 2012 - 18:00
I have a guest arriving and he has no Dirhams....in australia it is quite easy to get CC Taxi lol - this is Dubai...... There are ATMs in the airport - tell him to withdraw some cash.
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 17 February 2012 - 17:56
I have a guest arriving and he has no Dirhams....in australia it is quite easy to get CC Taxi
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EW MASTER
Latest post on 17 February 2012 - 17:38
ditto... how far do you need to go to make it worth putting on a card lol
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EW GURU
Latest post on 17 February 2012 - 17:26
Didn't realise any of them did take cc.
 
 

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