Topic: Taxis

The top article in the 12 Feb. 1976 issue of the Caymanian Compass was on a by-election which Captain Charles Kirkconnell won by 10 votes.

But thanks to government’s apparently insatiable need to interfere with private enterprise, the Flex app falls far short of offering “Uber in Cayman.”

A total of 450 “enforcement actions” have been taken against public bus, tour and taxi operators in the past year, the director of the Public Transport Unit revealed Wednesday.

Consultants have been hired to review taxi rates in the Cayman Islands amid debate about the fairness of prices. Options, including the use of taxi meters, will be considered as part of the review. The Cayman Islands Tourism Association raised concerns last month about high prices and lack of consistency of fares.

Tourists are frequently left feeling ripped off over taxi fares in Grand Cayman, according to multiple business owners who warn that high prices are putting off customers and damaging the reputation of the destination.

In Grand Cayman, people have complained for decades about taxis deviating (upward) from the standard rate of fares, picking and choosing who they pick up and where they will take them, and sometimes outright ripping passengers off who have no alternative.

A taxi driver who clashed with the Public Transport Board over cab fares has had his license suspended. Chris Hadome was shocked to receive letters last month informing him that both his and his wife’s taxi licenses had been suspended for six months.