Tips for Istanbul trip?

cap
Thu, 15 Oct 2015 17:21:43 +0000

DD lived in Turkey for three years. Watch those taxi drivers - like Hunt said they are notorious for scams. When my DH was visiting, they took a cab and the driver quoted them the price at the end. DD told him there was no way she was paying that and said she’d give him what she knew it cost. He then said he had no change and she told him that was his problem. He then took off without payment, yelling that she had “no god.” The entire exchange was in Turkish, which threw him since she is a redheaded American. It would cost him more to stay and argue with her than to go pick up an unsuspecting tourist.

Another tried to take them the long way and she told him that he could go that way if he wanted but she wasn’t paying the fare for that way; she’d pay it for the usual way. There are also some that start the meters after the ride has begun and it doesn’t not start at zero and ends up showing way more than the actual cost should be.