Gadot Sharon and Sheeff Ayelet took the Vina Gold taxi from Dalat’s Phuong Hanh Hotel to their guesthouse on 10 May. The driver told the two women the fare was VND510,000 and they paid up.
Guesthouse proprietor Huynh Ngoc Diem Trang asked the two how much they had paid for the trip and was horrified when they told her. She said the fare should have been VND40,000 at most and phoned Vina Gold to demand a refund.
The cab company arranged the refund but said their driver had done nothing wrong. Transport Bureau officials reviewed CCTV footage and disagreed. As well as banning the rogue cabbie, they hit Vina Gold with a VND7 million fine.
Due to its cooler than average climate for Vietnam and diverse activities, Dalat is a popular destination for tourists. The easiest way of reaching the town is to take a flight to nearby Lien Khuong Airport. 12GO ASIA offers flight reservations services for flights from both Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to Lien Khuong.
Dalat cabbie banned for overcharging tourists
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A taxi driver in the Vietnamese hill resort town of Dalat has been banned from driving for overcharging tourists. Lam Dong Province Transport Bureau disqualified the cheating cabbie from driving for two months for charging two Israelis more than ten times the going rate for a three kilometre trip.