Sounds like those drivers levy a surcharge for women in addition to the surcharge for barangs. Why am I not surprised to learn that they are sexist?violet wrote:chkwoot wrote:From street 19, behind the royal palace, a tuk tuk to Aeon is 5000R. Exnet shows just under 8000R for a taxi.
OP: do you have the Exnet app yet? Even if you don't use their taxis, it's a great way to get pricing estimates. Tuk tuks should always be cheaper than airconned Prii (Toyota actually issued a press release regarding the plural of "Prius").
There's also the go tuk tuk app http://www.go-tuk-tuk.com, but I haven't tried it yet.
Edit: I just installed the go-tuk-tuk app, which is still in development, and it doesn't work for me at all.
i don't seem to be able to get a random tuk tuk to accept anything like 5000 riel going anywhere. Im' hard pushed to get them to accept 6000. Mostly I just pay $2 and avoid the failure. The only time I get a good rate is through the tuk tuk driver who sees me as a possession
Why not use Exnet?
BTW, my brother-in-law drives a tuktuk. He has some regular Khmer customers and is always busy. He cannot speak English and rarely takes barangs. His fares for the Khmer are very near what I would pay for a tuktuk. He borrowed $1000 to buy a new rig and paid it back in double quick time. The fares are quite high so if they can keep busy, they make really good money. Of course the guys who hang outside the hotels and restaurants are working on the basis that they will be playing cards for 95% of the day, so they want a high fare when they go.