Quote Originally Posted by saeyedoc View Post
If it's a route taxi, why pay a different rate? It's like getting on a bus and offering more than the fare. Of course if you want the whole taxi to yourselves, that's a different story, it's no longer a route taxi at that point.
I don't want to have to jump taxi's between routes when traveling between beach and west end and I often have stops that route taxi won't always wait at. I'm technically charting a taxi not taking a route taxi. I rarely negotiate rates anymore. I have a couple of drivers that will come get us and take us wherever we need to go in Negril without us having to settle on a price. They know I'm going to pay them fairly because we already negotiate the price.

If it's just me and I'm taking a quick trip down the road then I'll look for a route taxi and I'll just give them $2.

A bus won't deviate from its route or wait while you take cash out of the ATM...unless of course you charter a bus.