Been following this thread with interest and you nailed it SweetSue. The husband and I were wanting to try route taxis next trip and I had a hard time swallowing that by using them we were somehow cheating a resident out of a ride. Honestly this thread made me really uncomfortable but the less money I spend on rides the more money I spend at vendors on the beach. Damned If I do Damned If I don't. I try hard to spend cash with Jamicans not with middle eastern shop owners. We saw a lot of those last trip and I found them much more pushy than the Jamicans I dealt with.