Well travelled

By Loserville - 05/10/2023 15:30 - Australia

Today, we were flying to Australia from New York with an 8-hour layover in New Zealand. We didn’t know where the hotel was, so we caught a taxi. The hotel was literally across from where the taxi picked us up. He did a full loop of the airport, dropped us off where he picked us up, and charged $50 due to "airport tax." FML
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Nikki 16

The one in New Zealand or Australia? Both are dodgy but New Zealand is known more for it. Always Uber, or look up where the hotel is

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Nikki 16

The one in New Zealand or Australia? Both are dodgy but New Zealand is known more for it. Always Uber, or look up where the hotel is

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Ubehage 32

That sucks, but it is what taxi drivers do when the customer fails like that. FYL. I guess you learned a $50 valuable lesson.

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Billsonhamsen 17

The man is a thief and a fraudster. He didn't take them closer to where they wanted to go. They did learn a valuable lesson. They learned that people will try to scam them. The problem is you can never stop all the scams. If he hadn't been a criminal he would have just pointed to across the street. According to OP he didn't even do his job. Essentially he just kidnapped these people lied to them and then stole their money. If they refuse to pay he probably would have threatened them with physical violence by getting the police involved. Yes they willingly got in the vehicle based on his deception. There's no valuable lesson here. Yeah it would have been good if they had known where the hotel is but that doesn't justify sleazy behavior and the driver doesn't deserve $50. He would have deserved a small tip if he had just pointed across the street.

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bazjack 26

I had a similar scam pulled on me once in Spokane, Washington. I was from the other side of the country. It was 2002, Google Maps was three years from being invented, and it was a year before I had even a cellphone let alone a smart phone. That's why I forgive myself for it. These days, even if your phone isn't compatible with the network where you're traveling, there's not much excuse for not looking up your hotels online before you start your trip and checking how far they are from your airports or other travel stations.

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