Excellent point!
I often travel with locals that know the route and the costs. It saves a lot of potential issues at least until you know your way around and the actual fares.
This has been especially true for me with taxis. They cannot really argue with you if you know the rate and use humour to smooth away any ruffled feathers caused by their attempt at over charging you.
Lambada has posted many good examples of how to deescalate this type of situation.
Don't show any anger, smile and be firm. Hand them the proper fare and walk away.
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Originally Posted by Rocky
It's always good to try to find out the rate ahead of time, to where you are going, from someone in the streets or the local colmado, etc.
If you know the proper rate and they try to charge you more, you just smile and laugh it off and hand over the correct amount.
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