Long Haul Taxi Journeys

[Bishop Mackem]

It will be a 700 mile round trip for the driver and about 12 driving hours if hits traffic - I’m guessing £600

Absolute fortune that imo

Wish I drove ATM I'd have done it for £300 bar

 

[NorthCountryBoy]

Good suggestion but I think he's wanting to do anything except the obvious.

I've already explained that we were after an overnight method that would let us sleep. It isn't that complicated. This was to see if it was feasible.

 

[Beery]

Absolute fortune that imo

Wish I drove ATM I'd have done it for £300 bar

On the books or cash?

 

[Bishop Mackem]

On the books or cash?

Cash

 

[Beery]

I've already explained that we were after an overnight method that would let us sleep. It isn't that complicated. This was to see if it was feasible.

Have you actually googled or used any taxi app to get a price or just happy letting us idiots hypothesise/take the piss?

Cash

Well yeah I’ve already undercut you - I said £250 cash

But a firm would be c£600 I reckon

 

[No. 1 is Gary Rowell]

I've already explained that we were after an overnight method that would let us sleep. It isn't that complicated. This was to see if it was feasible.

How many of you?

 

[Beery]

How many of you?

4 (plus tampons)

 

[chunkyshanhawk53]

Google reckons you can do it for £307 from Newcastle

 

[a1970man]

Station taxis have a calculator.

Estimated fare for this trip is £624.80
Distance: 309.17 miles
Duration: 303.43 min

So £600 was a pretty good guess

 

[HABA87]

I reckon it'll be over 300, i was looking at taxis to Liverpool from york over the summer and they were around 150-160 for a 2 hour journey.

Sounds about right, a family friend taxied Leeds to Consett ish last week for just under £150.

 

[chunkyshanhawk53]

Edit: here you go

Taxi From Newcastle upon Tyne to Heathrow at Fixed Price From £310 ,Newcastle upon Tyne Taxi

Using Newcastle as it’s more likely to be on google obvs

 

[Baloo]

A group of us might need to get from the NE to Gatwick for a 10am flight (so 8am check-in) and overnight trains and buses don't seem to be throwing up many options.

Do people know of any companies that specialize in long haul taxi-type journeys? I was thinking that if there's a few of us it might not work out too pricey but I don't know where to get a price.

Station Taxis has it at £512 as an estimate.

 

[NorthCountryBoy]

Have you actually googled or used any taxi app to get a price or just happy letting us idiots hypothesise/take the piss?


Well yeah I’ve already undercut you - I said £250 cash

But a firm would be c£600 I reckon

Your numbers sound sensible mate. I did a Google I was more asking in the hope that there was some AirBnB equivalent for travel that I didn't know about.

 

[T_Bone]

The OP sounds like a barrel of laughs. My advice to his mates is ditch him and change your destination.

 

[No. 1 is Gary Rowell]

Your numbers sound sensible mate. I did a Google I was more asking in the hope that there was some AirBnB equivalent for travel that I didn't know about.

Could you not hire a minibus (depending on numbers) and pay a mate who isn't going to drive yous there?

 

[Baloo]

Your numbers sound sensible mate. I did a Google I was more asking in the hope that there was some AirBnB equivalent for travel that I didn't know about.

Liftshare.

 

[NorthCountryBoy]

Edit: here you go

Taxi From Newcastle upon Tyne to Heathrow at Fixed Price From £310 ,Newcastle upon Tyne Taxi

Using Newcastle as it’s more likely to be on google obvs

Cheers mate.

 

[Napoleon Dynamite]

She’ll only twist when you get up at daft o’clock

 

[Bishop Mackem]

Taxi driver is going to love this journey, driving through middle of night with 4 fat passengers fsrting and snoring all the way to London with zero crack

 

[chunkyshanhawk53]

Cheers mate.

No idea if it’s legit like!