ALMILLION OWNED Taxi rate too much
By krishsanta •
I used to travel between Bank street to old airport by taxi, fixed location, fixed route,fixed peak hours, but the rate of ALMILLION owned taxi are roughly 35% more then any other, i check twice ( even waste of money ) to come up firm conclusion. any one experienced?
At least they use a meter, that's rare in itself around here.
Yup I also found taxi fares to be high here. Plus sometimes you have to wait several minutes before you can find a cab. Looks like not many cabs though. Once I had to wait 10, 15 minutes to find a cab even though I was in the middle of city and (not in some village or far flung area) with traffic going in every direction .
All taxis are bullshit...subcontracts by karwa...to other agencies which are actually subsidiaries of KARWA...police will not take any action to complaints if given..due to this reason...exorbitant fares...all adding to the woes of people without a car...and further adding to the traffic..
Now, just imagine the basic costs for the company/month.
1. Maintenance (including any accidents)
2. Driver salary
3. Accommodation and food
4. Annual ticket (if there any)
Also remember one thing all vehicles are running 24x7.
3. Now the public bus system.
You can go to sanaiyya from Doha easily. But if you need to go Mesaeed from Sanaiyya...!! No choice. It means you need to waste a lot of time and energy if you are depending bus system. And there is no other choice than taxi.
So, maintain your car well by doing proper service. May be you pay some 100s or 1000s for service. But it will save your precious time and valuable money for ever.
ME..
1. Where fuel is cheaper than water. Just 0.85/1.0 per liter will give you full tank for barely 60 for a car. When counting KM basis, 1ltr = 10Kms. i.e., 0.85 or 1Qr.
But if you travel for a distance say 5KMs you have to pay the min. 10Qr and the drivers attitude (lol). A brand new vehicle runs trouble free at least for 2years (usually 3yrs, but here the drivers raping the vehicle at the core).
The drivers adding more pax on board by ignoring the travelers and doubling the profit their own..!
2. By paying daily 250QR (Approx)
It means a car must produce a sum of 7500Qr/month. And in a year 90'000Qrs easily. But I believe the cars on road is not more than 75K to 80K.
you can ask them invoice and check the time. because they keep meter in nights rate .....
check the meter is running at day rate or night rate , you can see in the corner of the meter 0 or 1 , 0 is for night and 1 is for day .thanks
in these kind "ESCAPES" you will pay more, that's normal :D
Dear Nunlock, i have a car, but due to some circumstances it is better to travel on Taxi rather on OWN.......some escapes:)
I agree, its meter changes faster than the Karwa.
all the taxis are rip off and poor service in Qatar. you are in fact wasting your time and money comparing them.
the best idea is to own a car. period.