For Marc Lurie...

Hello Marc,

I'm writing you this email as you are living in Gauteng and contributed many
usefull postings on .africa so I presume you will be willing to
help...

I have people using my Land Rover which is based in Honeydew, Johannesburg
and i'm looking to make arrangements for them to be picked up from the
airport and brought to where the Landy is stationed.

This usually costs around 250 to 300 Rand one-way which was OK for us. But
now I'm told that they will be charged 450 Rand One-way! This looks to me a
bit to high.

My question is:

What will it cost 4 people with their luggage to be transfered from Jo'Burg
international to the Honeydew area (usually a 45 min. carride)

Reg. Hans Schoelink

Hi Hans,

R450 seems a bit steep. I'll make some enquiries, but I'd expect around R250
to R300. When are they arriving?

Regards,
Marc
"Come-Along.nl" <schoelink@planet.nl> wrote in message
news:46161992$0$11743$ba620dc5@text.nova.planet.nl ...
> Hello Marc,
>
> I'm writing you this email as you are living in Gauteng and contributed
> many usefull postings on .africa so I presume you will be
> willing to help...
>
> I have people using my Land Rover which is based in Honeydew, Johannesburg
> and i'm looking to make arrangements for them to be picked up from the
> airport and brought to where the Landy is stationed.
>
> This usually costs around 250 to 300 Rand one-way which was OK for us. But
> now I'm told that they will be charged 450 Rand One-way! This looks to me
> a bit to high.
>
> My question is:
>
> What will it cost 4 people with their luggage to be transfered from
> Jo'Burg international to the Honeydew area (usually a 45 min. carride)
>
> Reg. Hans Schoelink
>

I just contacted AA Metrocab. They are the most professional bunch, with
well appointed and well maintained vehicles. The drivers are properly
screened too. They will charge R420 for 4 passengers from OR Tambo Int'l to
Honeydew before 9pm, and R510 after 9pm. The vehicle will be an Opel Zafira
minivan. All the stories I've heard about AA Metrocab have been positive,
although I've never used them myself.

If AA Metrocab is charging R420 for their minivan, then you should be able
to find cheaper somewhere else.

NEVER use the taxi touts who hang out at the airport. They're a bunch of
criminals with unroadworthy vehicles. There's a chance that they'll inform
their friends if you're carrying expensive luggage, and be "hijacked". My
life has been threatened after I tried to get some touts removed from the
airport building. There is a legal taxi company operating from the airport,
but they are not allowed to tout for business at all. I once overheard a
tout telling an international visitor that the normal cost of a trip to
Sandton was R1000, but he'd take the visitor for only R600. I interupted and
told the visitor that the tout was illegal and I showed him to a legal taxi
where he was quoted R270.

I'll try to find some more info tomorrow.

Marc
"Come-Along.nl" <schoelink@planet.nl> wrote in message
news:46161992$0$11743$ba620dc5@text.nova.planet.nl ...
> Hello Marc,
>
> I'm writing you this email as you are living in Gauteng and contributed
> many usefull postings on .africa so I presume you will be
> willing to help...
>
> I have people using my Land Rover which is based in Honeydew, Johannesburg
> and i'm looking to make arrangements for them to be picked up from the
> airport and brought to where the Landy is stationed.
>
> This usually costs around 250 to 300 Rand one-way which was OK for us. But
> now I'm told that they will be charged 450 Rand One-way! This looks to me
> a bit to high.
>
> My question is:
>
> What will it cost 4 people with their luggage to be transfered from
> Jo'Burg international to the Honeydew area (usually a 45 min. carride)
>
> Reg. Hans Schoelink
>

ThX Marc,


The family will arrive early July.

Keep me posted if you better prices then 450 ZAR!

Much appreciated.

Hans

As you know, early July will be cold, and coming from sunny Europe will be a
bit of a shocker ;-)

Best use a taxi with a heater :-)

Marc
"Come-Along.nl" <schoelink@planet.nl> wrote in message
news:4616b243$0$380$ba620dc5@text.nova.planet.nl.. .
> ThX Marc,
>
>
> The family will arrive early July.
>
> Keep me posted if you better prices then 450 ZAR!
>
> Much appreciated.
>
> Hans
>

Marc Lurie schreef:
> Hans, winters in the northern parts of SA are really nice. Johannesburg can
> get bitterly cold at night (well below zero), and places like the central
> Free State, and the Karoo are even colder.

I know. I have been there many winters. :-)

Regards,
Hans

We live in Canada, so we are used to reasonably cool winters. My wife
visited her parents in Port Elizabeth in early August, 2002 and found the
cold weather very uncomfortable. The houses are not built with proper
heating, so when it get cold there is no way to warm up the buildings. You
just have to wear sweaters and coats in he house.

By the time I arrived and we got to Namaqualand the cold wet weather had
resulted in an incredible flower display. We also travelled north to
Kgalagadi NP where the weather was very pleasant, but when we returned to
Port Elizabeth in late September the weather was still not suitable for
beach parties.

Scott