claretclubber
Well-Known Member
7% is high but it is relatively low compared to many of the increases i feel we are experiencing day to day.
Ibiza Taxis
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David_T
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in 10 years the total rate increase has been of 10% so about time they increased the rates
JankyCards
New Member
Just siged up for the TaxiClick app with my email and a minute later there are attempts to reset my Facebook password 
stivi
Well-Known Member
a few things on taxis.
this year so far, my personal experience:
- ordering over phone has worked fine so far, no crazy long waiting times like last year. but then again it's only june now. also, when ordered, it never took long for one to arrive. so that's good.
- the app is still not great. twice I tried to order a taxi from somewhere remote where it's tricky to explain them over the phone - and that is what the app actually should be for. you send them your current location and they come. tried twice, both times the order was cancelled from their side. that is really frustrating and this needs to improve immediately.
- lastly, UBER arrives on the island of MALLORCA today. imo it's about time the market gets some competition and I think it's only a matter of time until they disembark here in ibiza too. it might not be this season anymore and maybe, if the local taxi sector do their job well this year (after a honestly brutally bad summer 2022 in terms of service quality) they can avoid it happening alltogether, but the service both over the phone as well as through the app simply needs to be reliable.
this year so far, my personal experience:
- ordering over phone has worked fine so far, no crazy long waiting times like last year. but then again it's only june now. also, when ordered, it never took long for one to arrive. so that's good.
- the app is still not great. twice I tried to order a taxi from somewhere remote where it's tricky to explain them over the phone - and that is what the app actually should be for. you send them your current location and they come. tried twice, both times the order was cancelled from their side. that is really frustrating and this needs to improve immediately.
- lastly, UBER arrives on the island of MALLORCA today. imo it's about time the market gets some competition and I think it's only a matter of time until they disembark here in ibiza too. it might not be this season anymore and maybe, if the local taxi sector do their job well this year (after a honestly brutally bad summer 2022 in terms of service quality) they can avoid it happening alltogether, but the service both over the phone as well as through the app simply needs to be reliable.
mr_why
Moderator
Uber is good and bad in equal message - but you are right it drives up standards of the local taxis. London Taxi's a case in point. Before Uber, they refused to go certain routes (not South of River mate), the cabs were filthy, no AC, never used sat-nav so thought they knew more than data - they had no Apps, nothing. Fast forward 2023 most are electric, smooth, AC, use really good Apps Etc. And they have probably killed off a lot of Uber use (though pandemic helped too).
But Uber in Ibiza - can you imagine the absolute carnage of Uber drivers outside clubs triple parking as (probably) not allowed to use the taxi rank!
claretclubber
Well-Known Member
My wife remarked how easy it was to get a taxi a couple of weeks back compared to some years. Still early season
Midlands-Andy
Active Member
Exact same experience for us, we arrived home yesterday. The app was hit and miss, worked great for the first 3 days, day 4 we tried for 2 hrs but anyone that accepted cancelled on us, so we had to change our plans for that night and stayed local in Port De Torrent. If you are out of the way somewhere I would try to avoid peak times.
JayDR8
Active Member
The way things are going, I'd say generally you wouldn't notice this from a tourist perspective unless you're hitting the unestablished midweek sessions. And look at the positives: more space on beaches and easier to get a table in restaurantsThat's not what I wanted to hear though
stivi
Well-Known Member
La llegada de Uber a Ibiza es "inminente", pero la compañía aún no concreta la fecha
Su director para España y Portugal espera una "colaboración estrecha" con el sector del taxi de la isla | Cadena SER
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JayDR8
Active Member
Yeah, same for us. On the way back to the airport we flagged 2 down in under 10 seconds in front of our hotel, what a contrast to last year
mr_why
Moderator
Can you imagine the carnage? I’m not convinced E-Scooters hired by the minute in Ibiza is a good idea. Well not on a mass scale like Lime Bikes are in London. You’d end up with like 100s outside a club!