Hola chicos y chicas,

Gossip I heard yesterday, I cannot be sure of the exact details, so I will not go into too much....

It appears Reus' Taxi drivers have kicked up a stink about ExPats picking up/dropping off  clients from the Airport when "Taxi drivers should be doing this work" ... So, in classic style, they have got their mates in the various Police forces [Guardia, Mossos and Forestals all got mentioned]  to crack down on anybody looking like a taxi, B&B, Fishing or holiday company.

The story I heard was of a guy who runs a small, slightly unregistered business hereabouts was spotted, police called and, after a little cat and mouse... he got stopped and landed a 5K fine, I really hope I am wrong, but I think not.... Knowing something of local laws and enforcement I would guess running a legitimate business is not enough, you will probably need explicit permits etc. to pick up and drop clients off, probably a taxi licence too !

If you pick up or drop off from the airport you may well get attention... any [unregistered, insured etc.] business picking up clients could be finished on the spot.


If you know more about what is going on up there, or different, please post. I guess the poor victim of this does not really need his details made public any more than I am interested in other peoples opinions of how some of us run our businesses !

Take care, stay safe.

I went out to a party at Caspe a week or so ago and all the gossip was about the local Police stopping and checking people who were dropping off and picking up passengers who look like they are doing it commercially.  Also a lot of talk about a local Brit (local to Caspe that is) who runs an unregistered business, whilst on the way back from the airport with two passengers was involved in an accident and one passenger was killed and the other seriously injured.  The driver did'nt have proper insurance hence no compensation to passengers or relatives.
May be thats why the Police are doing it ???

If you are not insured to be a Taxi, don't do pickups for a fee!, Simple!
You wouldn't do it in the UK!
Or would you?

Nen
Are you saying that if I pick up my wife and children from the airport, I must be charging them?
It's me who gives them all my money, not the other way round.
Steve

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Maybe you should save yourself some money and pick up a new wife at the airport, those ladies at the roundabout always seem ever so friendly.