A group of Spanish tourists claim they were overcharged by a Dublin taxi driver who took them in the “completely wrong” direction.
Robbie Esani, who runs a campervan business 16 kilometres from Dublin Airport, explained that his customers were upset to find out that they were taken around the block by their taxi.
A lot of their customers travel from the airport to the campervan, site so Robbie estimated that the average cost of a journey would be around €25 to €28 - but the group client were charged €90 earlier this week.
He said: “One client came in on Monday, at the minute we don’t have shuttle buses running to and from the airport so they got a taxi.
“They gave the address and the taxi man basically brought them in a loop via Ashbourne and then back around to our address.
"The journey should cost roughly €25 but their journey was €90.
“They were very upset and furious as well because it cost so much and took so long. I sat down and explained to them that this is normally not the case, the journey shouldn’t be so expensive and should only be 15 to 20 minutes.”
Robbie continued: “The taxi man brought them completely in the wrong direction and made a loop around the ring road of the M3.
“I would like to highlight this across the board that this is not on with people coming into the country spending money.
“It definitely brings a bad vibe to that person and also bad feedback when tourists return back home. “
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