Tucson taxis

[footnotefetish]

There are a lot of unrated taxi companies on Yelp, so I thought I'd see what people here had for recommendations and stay-away stories. I need a ride to and from the airport for a trip next month. I think I can get a ride from a friend for the latter, but the former is so early in the morning that I feel bad about asking anyone.

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[darling_lisa]

Avoid Discount Cab (the green ones) for the early morning pick up. I usually take them home from the airport but twice now I've called and arranged for early morning pick ups and it just ended in frustration. The first time was a 4:30a pick up for a 6a flight. I live on the east side so I figured that should give me plenty of time to get there and check in/do security etc. 4:30 came, no cab. 4:45 came, no cab. I call and they say they don't have anyone in the area and will get someone there as soon as possible but it will prolly be a bit. I called a second company (I don't remember who off the top of my head, sorry) and they had someone there by 5. I got a call from Discount at 5:45 saying the driver would be there in 5 min. *shaking my head* Second time went pretty much the same except it was a 3a pick up and the dispatcher told me when I complained that even though I had scheduled in advance it was just a "suggestion" and they weren't responsible if the cabbie got busy and couldn't make it on time. Because 3a on a Wednesday is a booming business in Tucson.

Having said that, I have no problems with them when they are the next cab in line at the airport when I need a ride home... but yeah, don't count on them for that critical early morning appt.

[footnotefetish]

Yikes! Yeah, I get the sense that for a lot of companies, reservations are just "suggestions." I've run into that with regular rental car companies as well as a moving truck rental company.

I rarely use taxis. It's scary that some of them are that way with things like airport rides. Thanks for the heads up!