Price Gouging Taxi's in Mayo - be careful.

What did the meter read, did you get a receipt?

The TII fare calculator with 2 people and a general westport to Castlebar entry and a premium rate gives you a estimated fare of 40 to 49.40 so it's not wildly out to say 50 euro.

You can enter in the precise details of your journey details yourself.

You could have asked for the meter to be turned on.

Might be a bit on the high end but with Insurance in particular & all the other costs its hard get a taxi in rural Ireland these days as many have given up due to it been unviable

I remember about 20 years ago taxis in Letterkenny used to charge double fare on St Stephen’s Day. I got badly stung as I had no idea that was a thing.

Would your €50 charge be something similar op?

You can check were you overcharged if you like

Just to confirm it was an actual taxi with a plate on the roof?

Taxis are just expensive, that's the way it's been for the past 10 years nearly.

The prices went up in line with fuel costs, but sure now most of them have EVs so they're making much more per trip.

We nominate someone to be the designated driver and pay for their zero drinks for the night. It's cheaper than a taxi and they get a free night out and no hangover

Lads will ye come off it. €50 is an absolute joke; and there's even that new road now too behind Abbvie too which is a good road. Whether it's gouging or not by the taxi is debatable; but if it is industry standard, then Uber (proper Uber and not the watered down one) needs to wipe the industry here up.

We were at a gig recently in Castlebar (stayed in Westport), and the drive was a breeze in there on a peak night. It's as straight forward as a drive gets. €50 is a robbery.

For what it's worth, the TFI website says Abbvie to Castlebar Train Station is estimated €37-€45.80. I'm not sure what the exact destinations the OP was, but hypothetically, if the OP was 10% over the top end of the predicted amounts, then of course it's a rip off.

EDIT:

Hotel Westport to TF Royal Hotel in Castlebar for 3 over 18s at peak time is estimated €35 to €43.40

OP def in an extremely high charged bracket.

Unfortunately prices (taxis or otherwise) are not calculated by what you think they should be.

Last time I did that journey was during the recession and it was €40.It was also easier to get a taxi then,you were lucky to get one.

There's a bus that runs every 30mins aswell.

I told my young lad to always get a price first. It's usually twenty euro for him to get 5 miles home at night (Galway, no traffic). He hopped in one a few weeks back. How much? 40 euro.

He hopped out again and got in the one behind.

You failed to follow all the rules and it's the taxi driver who is at fault.

You didn't request a meter fare.

You failed to agree a price before you started out.

I'm not sure if the taxi driver had the meter on as required.

The fare calculator put its roughly around the same price as you paid.

Its your fault but you are trying to blame the taxi.

It was nice of you to give him a 10 euro tip.

Thread should be renamed - "I did not agree a Taxi fare or use the meter and got surprised at the random fare the taxi driver charged me"

FYP.

Did you ask the price beforehand or for the meter to be put on?