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Sevilla Can you hire a car?
Posted: Sat March 29, 2008 08:47 PM UTC
Is it possible to hire a driver to take you from Granada to Ronda?
And then hire a driver in Ronda to take you to Ronda to Seville?
How much do you think this would cost?
My family member who I am travelling with does not want to take the train, bus or rent a car.
lantana17
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Sevilla Re: Can you hire a car?
Posted: Thu April 17, 2008 06:01 PM UTC
You know as for a professional driver and company that does that I am not sure but I can almost guarantee it will not be cheap. You can always get a taxi to take you whereever you want, it's very expensive, probably cheaper to fly from city to city!

Anyway, if you do that, make sure and double sure the price is firm before you let them start out. I had a taxi driver pull a fast one on me last time. I was going to Granada from Almeria, my daughter and I had been very sick and could finally travel, I was on my way to the bus station and the taxi driver asked me where I was going from there and I told him. He suggested he drive me all the way to Granada because he had a friend he wanted to visit there anyway, so he would give me a discount. It seemed like a great stroke of luck! But...sorry, he was a jerk taking advantage of a tourist.

I speak fluent Spanish and he also spoke English, so I know what he offered was 100 euros for the trip. I even checked my wallet to see if I had that much, which seemed a lot anyway, but since my daughter and I were still a bit weak, saving us the hassle and time made it seem worth it. Anyway, once we were on the highway, he got weird, starting asking me uncomfortable personal questions in English and Spanish so my daughter understood, he threatened my 8 year old daughter for trying to stick up for me and I was so shaken by the time we got to Granada, when he asked for 160 euros, insisting that THAT was the price I agreed on, I gave it to him just to get away!!! Sorry if I sounded like a wimp, I was seriously intimidated at the time, people like that catch you off guard purposely so that's why they can get away with it, I mean he followed me into the hotel, found out my room number and tried to hug and kiss me, ugggghhhh!! It's public transportation for me next time!!

Actually we are renting a car this time, it's cheap and I think you should try to talk your family member into that! I would rather let someone else drive but...the flexibility of having a car I think will be worth it (as long as you don't go to a big city where the car parking will be costly).

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