News Forum - Thai tourist praises Phuket’s taxi for offering perfect city tour at only 50 baht

[Thaiger]

A Thai tourist has praised a taxi driver in Phuket for the “perfect city tour at a reasonable price of only 50 baht for a round trip”. The glowing praise might confirm that Phuket still welcomes domestic tourists with affordable services. Or perhaps the tourist got lucky! At the beginning of this year, one Phuket taxi driver became an unwilling viral star on social media after a Thai traveller posted on social media claiming that the driver ripped him off. The driver charged a fare of  600 baht for a trip from a restaurant in Kamala beach to a hotel […]

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[Malc-Thai]

If you're felang they won't move unless it's ฿200 minimum.  And that's for a 400 metre journey .. some are more in the rain

[harry1]

brings inline the cost of a taxi in mainland bangkok and pattaya why has it taken so long to come up to standard pricing

[Grumpish]

Went to a restaurant, bought some souvenirs - at locations suggested by the taxi driver perhaps. Based on the knowledge of who pays the best commission?

[Chatogaster]

41 minutes ago, Grumpish said:

Went to a restaurant, bought some souvenirs - at locations suggested by the taxi driver perhaps. Based on the knowledge of who pays the best commission?

Of course, but it's only a scam and something to complain about if customers are duped into a situation in which they don't want to be (and didn't expect and don't know how to cope with). According to the quotes, the customers were aware of that risk from the start, it didn't materialize and they had a great time. The driver got his fare, commissions and a tip. Phuket just got some good PR. That's a win-win-win situation by anyone's definition.

[Guest1]

 He didn’t want to overcharge the tourists and revealed that sometimes the restaurants and souvenir shops offered him money for bringing customers.

Of course, that is not just a good heart driver. The "tourist" pays it in the shopping bills