People presume that spending holidays in France is very costly. This is because they are unaware of the fact that you can also plan vacation at low cost and within your budget. You will not only visit France at cheaper rate but will also experience a good and quality trip.
Tips For A Cheap Vacation In France
There are some common mistakes people make which make their trip expensive. Cost depends of which city of France you stay in. If you go to a cheaper city you’re cost will be low and similarly is you go to an expensive city you’re vacation cost will be higher. Few guidelines for a low-cost vacation in France are as follows:
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So it’s Sunday and I’m in bed eating a very large mango and thinking about taxi drivers, waiters and bouncers. I have no patience for any. And my current impatience has developed as a result of my very many experiences with them. Let me start with the taxi drivers.
Here in Accra my usual routine is to walk down my street to the side of the main road and wait for a taxi to approach. I live on the busy part of town so getting a taxi is not a problem. The problem is the taxi drivers.
The usual thing is to stop a taxi driver, tell him where you are going and ask him how much he will charge for the distance; depending on his mood he will either smile at you, look away or give you a monkey face and tell you a figure, (sometimes reasonable, sometimes not).
Unspoken Agreement: Always Bargain
In Ghana taxi drivers (and in fact all business people) have this unwritten and unspoken agreement that the buyer must always bargain with the seller. So you either ask for a reduction or tell him how much you are willing to pay. If he accepts you get on board if not you look for the next taxi.
But make sure you act confident about getting another taxi with the rate you are offerin
g. This can actually make him accept your offer. See, taxi drivers in Accra are not very logical in their approach to their work. Maybe I just can’t figure out how they reason, but i think they operate on emotion: greed and pride being dominant.
Some taxi drivers would rather drive around empty (and waste fuel) than take your offer which may be a few pesewas short of the rate they’ve become used to. With the bargaining process a driver may give in to your offer because you raised a good argument to beat his own or through the exchange you showed that you know the taxi driver-passenger system. [click to continue…]
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