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  • Setting Up A Taxi Service In New York – by Vane...
    By Ashburton Taxis on March 21st, 2009 | No Comments Comments
    Starting your own taxi or private vehicle rental firm, is by no means a quite tough task, as there are a lot of regulations and guidelines to follow in operating and running this type of transport business, and the rules may differ with each state or city. In the city of New York, the famous taxi...
  • Private Hire vs Private Car – You Decide! ̵...
    By Ashburton Taxis on March 19th, 2009 | No Comments Comments
    These days a good alternative to the private car, particularly when it comes to the Airport run, is a Private Hire Taxi. The journey by Private Hire vehicle is with a fully licensed driver (in the UK these licences are issued by the local authority) in a fully licensed vehicle. Private Hire and Hackney Carri...
  • Newmarket Taxi – by Craig Jeavons
    By Ashburton Taxis on March 19th, 2009 | No Comments Comments
    If you are travelling to Newmarket by bus or train you will very likely need a Newmarket taxi to get you from the station or drop off point to your accommodation. There is only one main rank in Newmarket which is on the High Street. If you arrive by train you might be lucky and catch a waiting cab at the sta...
  • London – Where Do Taxi Drivers Go When It Rains...
    By Ashburton Taxis on March 18th, 2009 | No Comments Comments
    Unlike southern California, it sometimes rains in London. Back in Queen Victoria’s day, an army captain came up with a novel solution to combat bad weather, and you can still see some of them today. The army captain in question was one Captain George Armstrong. In 1874, he had just retired from the arm...
  • Lessons From a Taxi Driver – It’s All Abo...
    By Ashburton Taxis on March 18th, 2009 | No Comments Comments
    Took a taxi ride today and learned a valuable lesson. Its amazing what people have to teach if we are just open enough to learn. I got in the cab and told the driver my destination and he started driving. Our enlightening conversation started with him commenting that he had just made an illegal u-turn in ord...