Airport taxi booking tips for Leicester and other cites

Airport taxi booking tips for Leicester and other cites

With the price of petrol and airport parking on the rise, it is now more economical than ever to take a taxi to the airport. When you also take into consideration the great convenience offered by taking an airport taxi it is no wonder that more and more people are now using a taxi to get to the airport.

The easiest way to find a taxi firm to book your airport taxi with is to ask friends and neighbours who they have used in the past. Did a certain firm let them down last year? Do any have excellent reviews from your friends?

If these do not give you any answers, then here are some things to consider when deciding upon the company to book your airport taxi with:

1: Reliability: Obviously a very important factor when considering which company to book your airport taxi with. It's no good booking your taxi months in advance only to discover all too late that the company "has no trace" of your booking or to have to suffer delays due to bad time keeping by the taxi company on the day. Booking with a company that uses computerised booking systems ensures that the record will be stored safely, rather than being written down on prices of paper which can easily be lost. Another important indicator of the company's reliability is the number of years it has been operating - more experience should give you confidence that the company's staff knows what they are doing.

2: Quality of the taxi company's cars: The last thing you want is to be greeted with an old wreck of a vehicle when your taxi arrives outside your house. Do you really want to be travelling down the motorway in this wreck? There are a couple of simple ways you can safeguard against this happening to you. Firstly, you can simply ask the company when you book to tell you the age/quality of their vehicles. Secondly, when you see a taxi passing you in the street (or even better when you use the taxi company for other trips) take notice of it's condition.

3: Size of the taxi company: There are literally hundreds of taxi companies in most large cities (e.g. the Leicester taxi market has over 150 taxi companies). These range in size from one man band firms right through to those with several hundred vehicles. The advantage of booking with a larger taxi firm is clear, it has more vehicles on the road at any time than the smaller ones. So booking with a large firm gives you the complete piece of mind that a vehicle will turn up for you at the agreed time. Smaller firms simply cannot offer this piece of mind as they do not have the necessary vehicles. It may be that they only have a few vehicles available to them. If one breaks down on its way to you they will find it very difficult to get another to you in enough time.

4: Price: on the surface this may be the most important factor. Everyone wants to make their money go as far as possible. However, as an airport taxi is perhaps the most important taxi ride a person will take the 3 factors above are far more important. Many firms (especially smaller local firms) attempt to undercut the market leader by a pound or 2 in the hope that they will gain business. When considering booking such firms you need to ask yourself is it worth risking problems discussed above to save a pound or 2?

The Leicester airport taxi market like most others is extremely competitive so it is unlikely that there will be a massive difference in price between the cheapest and most expensive. The distance and time involved in the airport trip means that prices cannot realistically be lower than a certain amount. With this in mind it is advised that you do some research with firms in your city to find the average price. You can then assess whether the firm meets the above considerations as well as being realistically priced.

When you book an airport taxi you need it to arrive on time. You also need the actual taxi to be in good condition so that you can travel safely and in comfort with no risk of break down en route. It is best to use a large company as opposed to smaller companies as they have more vehicles deal with any problems should they occur. Large companies are also more likely to have a greater amount of experience as they will have been around for longer, meaning that should any problems arise they should be more than capable of dealing with them.

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