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Aug 20th 2009, 2:54 pm
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hi im coming to spain for a break with my family at the end of august. i last came out a year ago due to being unemployed for 6 months, i have recently been told that prices of everything have shot up in recent months. does anyone know how much it would cost for a taxi from alicante airport to dehesa de campoamor? i did have a number for a man with a van but he wont reply to me and i think that this is because of the crack down on airport runs. i dont want to hire a car for £180 when im only going to use it for the airport. i would be greatfull for any help.
Aug 21st 2009, 6:44 am
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Re: taxi
Can we get rid of this ridiculous notion that prices in Spain have shot through the roof? The UK economy collapsed so the British blame the nasty Spanish for pushing up their prices, conveniently forgetting that their OWN currency tumbled almost to the point of parity. As far as am concerned, aside from inflation (which affects income as well), nothing has changed. A caña in my local costs roughly the same price as it did two years ago. In fact, my weekly shopping costs slightly LESS these days. Yes, tourists would appear to suffer because of the exchange rate but that has nothing to do with the Spanish. They should look at blaming their own government instead.
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Aug 21st 2009, 7:01 am
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Re: taxi
Can we get rid of this ridiculous notion that prices in Spain have shot through the roof? The UK economy collapsed so the British blame the nasty Spanish for pushing up their prices, conveniently forgetting that their OWN currency tumbled almost to the point of parity. As far as am concerned, aside from inflation (which affects income as well), nothing has changed. A caña in my local costs roughly the same price as it did two years ago. In fact, my weekly shopping costs slightly LESS these days. Yes, tourists would appear to suffer because of the exchange rate but that has nothing to do with the Spanish. They should look at blaming their own government instead.
John C
John C
If people are complaining about the "cost", for the most part it is because people were making money on an exchange rate.
If that was a reason to make for an easier life it is nothing more than a risk..
Gambling.
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Aug 21st 2009, 7:19 am
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Re: taxi
Can we get rid of this ridiculous notion that prices in Spain have shot through the roof? The UK economy collapsed so the British blame the nasty Spanish for pushing up their prices, conveniently forgetting that their OWN currency tumbled almost to the point of parity. As far as am concerned, aside from inflation (which affects income as well), nothing has changed. A caña in my local costs roughly the same price as it did two years ago. In fact, my weekly shopping costs slightly LESS these days. Yes, tourists would appear to suffer because of the exchange rate but that has nothing to do with the Spanish. They should look at blaming their own government instead.
John C
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& I pay less rent for a bigger, better apartment in the same area than I did 6 years ago!
I saw on the (spanish) news a couple of days ago that the cost of living has been falling for a few months now - didn't pay enough attention to give you the figures - but it would bear out my experience
Aug 21st 2009, 8:53 am
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Re: taxi
I know that the cost of a taxi from Alicante airport to Los Montesinos is around 55 Euros, so it would be more than that to Campoamor.
On the subject of prices going up, I know that supermarket prices have come down, but utilities like water and electric have shot up over the past year.
On the subject of prices going up, I know that supermarket prices have come down, but utilities like water and electric have shot up over the past year.
Aug 21st 2009, 9:10 am
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Re: taxi
Can we get rid of this ridiculous notion that prices in Spain have shot through the roof? The UK economy collapsed so the British blame the nasty Spanish for pushing up their prices, conveniently forgetting that their OWN currency tumbled almost to the point of parity. As far as am concerned, aside from inflation (which affects income as well), nothing has changed. A caña in my local costs roughly the same price as it did two years ago. In fact, my weekly shopping costs slightly LESS these days. Yes, tourists would appear to suffer because of the exchange rate but that has nothing to do with the Spanish. They should look at blaming their own government instead.
John C
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Aug 21st 2009, 11:40 am
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Re: taxi
In answer to the cost of a Taxi. They have never been that cheap and if you are looking at 70+ ,each way, then a car may be cheaper.
Although I saw on the news that there is a shortage of hire cars in spain due to cutbacks.
Although I saw on the news that there is a shortage of hire cars in spain due to cutbacks.
Aug 21st 2009, 12:08 pm
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Re: taxi
Can we get rid of this ridiculous notion that prices in Spain have shot through the roof? The UK economy collapsed so the British blame the nasty Spanish for pushing up their prices, conveniently forgetting that their OWN currency tumbled almost to the point of parity. As far as am concerned, aside from inflation (which affects income as well), nothing has changed. A caña in my local costs roughly the same price as it did two years ago. In fact, my weekly shopping costs slightly LESS these days. Yes, tourists would appear to suffer because of the exchange rate but that has nothing to do with the Spanish. They should look at blaming their own government instead.
John C
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Aug 21st 2009, 2:48 pm
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Re: taxi
thank you for the info
i think some people may of read my post wrong, i never said the prices have gone up i stated that i was told but i apologize if i annoyed anyone. anyway spain is cheaper than uk by far for curtain things. and the weather is definitely better.
i think some people may of read my post wrong, i never said the prices have gone up i stated that i was told but i apologize if i annoyed anyone. anyway spain is cheaper than uk by far for curtain things. and the weather is definitely better.
Aug 21st 2009, 3:28 pm
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If you listened to some people, you would expect to arrive in Spain and find it to be as expensive as Tokyo or Monaco. The perception is purely exchange based and effects UK tourists and those who have a Sterling-based income, such as a pension. To these unfortunates, a caña that might have cost the equivalent of 80 pence last summer probably costs just over £1.00 this year. Or a decent lunch that once cost £5.50 now works out at nearly £7.00. However, to me and other people who earn an income in Spain, the costs really haven't changed that much. And, as I said earlier, some have actually fallen. Admittedly some people have been affected by a recent rise in utility bills (I don't appear to have done so, not excessively anyway, so maybe I've been lucky) but I still maintain that on the whole prices are no higher than they were a year ago. Or even two years ago.
As for the price of rental cars; there is obvious evidence that prices have been hiked this summer to compensate for a lesser numbers of tourists. To remain in business, these people still have to maintain and update their fleet irrespective of the economy and unfortunately this seems to have resulted higher rental prices. Yet there are still good deals to discover if you dig a little deeper ...
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Aug 21st 2009, 3:41 pm
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I wasn't intending to have a go at you personally and I apologise if it came across that way. ¡Lo siento mucho!
If you listened to some people, you would expect to arrive in Spain and find it to be as expensive as Tokyo or Monaco. The perception is purely exchange based and effects UK tourists and those who have a Sterling-based income, such as a pension. To these unfortunates, a caña that might have cost the equivalent of 80 pence last summer probably costs just over £1.00 this year. Or a decent lunch that once cost £5.50 now works out at nearly £7.00. However, to me and other people who earn an income in Spain, the costs really haven't changed that much. And, as I said earlier, some have actually fallen. Admittedly some people have been affected by a recent rise in utility bills (I don't appear to have done so, not excessively anyway, so maybe I've been lucky) but I still maintain that on the whole prices are no higher than they were a year ago. Or even two years ago.
As for the price of rental cars; there is obvious evidence that prices have been hiked this summer to compensate for a lesser numbers of tourists. To remain in business, these people still have to maintain and update their fleet irrespective of the economy and unfortunately this seems to have resulted higher rental prices. Yet there are still good deals to discover if you dig a little deeper ...
John C
If you listened to some people, you would expect to arrive in Spain and find it to be as expensive as Tokyo or Monaco. The perception is purely exchange based and effects UK tourists and those who have a Sterling-based income, such as a pension. To these unfortunates, a caña that might have cost the equivalent of 80 pence last summer probably costs just over £1.00 this year. Or a decent lunch that once cost £5.50 now works out at nearly £7.00. However, to me and other people who earn an income in Spain, the costs really haven't changed that much. And, as I said earlier, some have actually fallen. Admittedly some people have been affected by a recent rise in utility bills (I don't appear to have done so, not excessively anyway, so maybe I've been lucky) but I still maintain that on the whole prices are no higher than they were a year ago. Or even two years ago.
As for the price of rental cars; there is obvious evidence that prices have been hiked this summer to compensate for a lesser numbers of tourists. To remain in business, these people still have to maintain and update their fleet irrespective of the economy and unfortunately this seems to have resulted higher rental prices. Yet there are still good deals to discover if you dig a little deeper ...
John C
Remember what service you got this year when you think about hiring next year.
Aug 21st 2009, 4:07 pm
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Re: taxi
any suggestions on digging deeper
if anyone has any contacts for the area that we are going to i would be grateful. the cheapest hire car i have found is £160 + fuel for 8 days, a taxi is 80 euro each way. also what are the laws for child seats in spain and if i were to hire a car would i need my counterpart licence {paper part}
if anyone has any contacts for the area that we are going to i would be grateful. the cheapest hire car i have found is £160 + fuel for 8 days, a taxi is 80 euro each way. also what are the laws for child seats in spain and if i were to hire a car would i need my counterpart licence {paper part}
Aug 21st 2009, 4:33 pm
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Re: taxi
any suggestions on digging deeper if anyone has any contacts for the area that we are going to i would be grateful. the cheapest hire car i have found is £160 + fuel for 8 days, a taxi is 80 euro each way. also what are the laws for child seats in spain and if i were to hire a car would i need my counterpart licence {paper part}
if anyone has any contacts for the area that we are going to i would be grateful. the cheapest hire car i have found is £160 + fuel for 8 days, a taxi is 80 euro each way. also what are the laws for child seats in spain and if i were to hire a car would i need my counterpart licence {paper part}You don`t need the paper part usually.