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Cheapest taxi service in North Dublin?

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  • 28-08-2013 8:36pm
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    mrcheez
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    I've seen 8202020.ie which has 20% off standard fares, but are there any other companies offering early morning taxi services in north Dublin worth considering to save a few bob?


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    dan1895
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    Doubt you'll get cheaper than them. Use them for nearly everything including a run from Bray to Phibsboro for 4 people that cost €34.


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    ibarelycare
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    Hailo don't charge a callout fee, so they can work out cheaper depending on the length of your journey. I always use them if I'm heading into town (I live in Drumcondra) but I use 8202020 if I'm heading further afield. I can't see you getting cheaper than 20% off!


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    Stefan Thor
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    Hi there,

    I've tried to be overcharged for a taxi trip to the airport. My friend wrote a post about how to avoid this on http://dublin4you.ie/tips/avoid-spending-money-taxi/

    You might find it interesting..


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    hfallada
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    Stefan Thor wrote: »
    Hi there,

    I've tried to be overcharged for a taxi trip to the airport. My friend wrote a post about how to avoid this on http://dublin4you.ie/tips/avoid-spending-money-taxi/

    You might find it interesting..

    Im as Dublin as you can get and I often have non-national taxi drivers trying to give me "the shortest route". I kindly reply I have lived in Dublin for more than 20 years, you either follow the route I tell you or Ill knock €5 off the meter. I know I probably cant do that, but they give in and follow the way I tell them to go.

    8202020 is amazing. Its quicker than waiting at a kerb trying to get a car. Particularly a 6 seater which can be impossible to find early in the morning


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    ibarelycare
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    8202020 have stopped doing 20% off without even announcing it. Now they just do no call out charge, same as Hailo. I find Hailo far more reliable though, will always use them.


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    Gumbo
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    ibarelycare wrote: »
    8202020 have stopped doing 20% off without even announcing it. Now they just do no call out charge, same as Hailo. I find Hailo far more reliable though, will always use them.

    it was in the national press and advertised on radio, i personally heard it mant times on FM104's Strawberry Alarm Clock.


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    ibarelycare
    Registered Users Posts: 58,456 ✭✭✭✭ibarelycare


    kceire wrote: »
    it was in the national press and advertised on radio, i personally heard it mant times on FM104's Strawberry Alarm Clock.

    I never heard it but fair enough, thought they'd done it sneakily, I'd heard a few people saying the same!


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    Gumbo
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    ibarelycare wrote: »
    I never heard it but fair enough, thought they'd done it sneakily, I'd heard a few people saying the same!

    Here it is being discussed in November 2013

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057082824


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    Lawrence1895
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    hfallada wrote: »
    Im as Dublin as you can get and I often have non-national taxi drivers trying to give me "the shortest route". I kindly reply I have lived in Dublin for more than 20 years, you either follow the route I tell you or Ill knock €5 off the meter. I know I probably cant do that, but they give in and follow the way I tell them to go.

    8202020 is amazing. Its quicker than waiting at a kerb trying to get a car. Particularly a 6 seater which can be impossible to find early in the morning

    I don't think, nationality is an issue, tbh.

    There is, as always, good ones and bad ones all over the place, and I know about 'national' taxi drivers, who overcharged friends and family members of mine. Instead of bringing them to the hotel via the shortest route, they got a sightseeing tour through Dublin and paid according to a taxi fare calculator between 7 and 10 Euro too much.


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