How much should I pay a driver?
Sometimes I get the strange feeling I am being taken when I am charged an outrageous amount of money to be driven around DOHA. I pay the driver more than my housemaid.......and she works all the time. What's up with that! Can anyone tell me what is a reasonable price to pay a driver to go from point A to B such as:
From: Vellagio to Gold Souk?
From: Vellagio to Ritz Carlton?
From: Vellagio to the Airport?
How much do I add when a driver parks and waits for me (for example if I tell him to wait for me for approx. 2 hours). How much should he be paid for waiting?
SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME WITH THIS? Is it better to just call KARWA service?
I heard expats are not allowed to have a full-time driver, is this true?
Thanks
usually around 400 QR a month for a driver with his own car that will give you 2-3 trips a day.
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How much would the metered fare cost?
I have always lashed out against Karwa's inflated fares which are similar to the ones in Western & European countries...but performance is worst that what is in some of the poorest countries in the World even though everything from Car to Petrol to Manpower is cheap here than anywhere else in the world.
Now the Private taxies have hiked their fares according to Karwa Fare & its Limousine Fare.
So if you are waiting they charge you the Limousine Fare!!!
Take it or leave it.