[Talk-GB] [talk-gb] Minicab offices - how to tag?

[Philip Barnes]

On Mon, 2021-09-20 at 20:14 +0100, David Woolley wrote:
> On 20/09/2021 18:17, Philip Barnes wrote:
> > In most of the UK they are called private hire, not sure why
> > Londoners calls them mincabs.
> > 
> > Office=taxi makes sense.
> 
> Taxi, in London, is reserved for vehicles with a licence to pick
> people 
> up on the street.  Minicabs have to be pre-booked, so traditionally 
> needed offices, although Uber now provides the office for many.

That is the same everywhere in the UK, just that outside London they
are called Private Hire not than minicabs.

Offices for private hire exist in large towns and cities, although in
my experience most local private hires I have used work from home.

Phil (trigpoint)
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