Taxi in Guangzhou is one of the favorite modes of transport for many travelers: all cars have meters, and many of them also have air conditioning.
Taxi services in Guangzhou
There are about 16,000 cars running around the city, which are at the disposal of 80 taxi companies. Tourists should pay attention to the yellow cars of the Baiyun Taxi Company (many cars are equipped with Wi-Fi, and their drivers are appreciated for always trying to take their customers with the shortest routes), brown cars from Guangzhou Transportation Group, and blue cars from Guangjun Group.
To stop a taxi, you need to stretch out your hand or follow him to specialized taxi boarding points. Dealing with local drivers will probably be difficult for you, as only a small percentage of taxi drivers speak English. Therefore, it is advisable to have a sheet with the correct name and address of the destination in Chinese written on it.
Since at lunchtime and during the change of drivers there are difficulties with finding free taxis, you can place an order for the delivery of a car by phone (tell the dispatcher the time and place where you need to pick you up): 96 900 (you will need the same phone number if you you will forget your things in the taxi, but in this case you should have a receipt in your hands, which the driver will give you at the end of the trip).
If you wish, you can use the DiDiDaChe taxi service (you need to register by phone number) - after you indicate the area of your stay and the destination when working with the application, a free driver will call you back and then pick you up.
Taxi cost in Guangzhou
After reviewing the current tariffs, you will find out how much a taxi costs in Guangzhou:
- for boarding + the first 2, 6 km of the way, drivers ask their customers to pay 10 yuan, and in the future their trip will be calculated at the price of 2, 6 yuan / 1 km;
- waiting and driving at a speed of less than 12 km / h costs passengers 26 yuan / 1 hour;
- Regardless of the distance traveled, a fuel surcharge (1 yuan) will be added to the cost of your trip, and if you plan to travel by taxi over long distances (over 35 km), then each km traveled will be charged at a price of 3.5 yuan.
It is worth noting that the cost of a trip at night does not increase, but often seeing foreigners in front of them, drivers deliberately raise prices. You can get from the airport to the city center by taxi for about 100 RMB.
Taking a taxi in Guangzhou means going on a trip that has such important properties as safety, speed and comfort.
