According to the Qatar Tribune Newsspaper, Qatar's sole public transport service Mowasalat has hiked the minimum taxi fare to QR10 from the existing QR4.
Taxi riders are sure to face tough times. (sobs)
Who knows .. may be in the coming years they impose tax on salaries .. how do u all think they will build new houses (80,000) new buildings for the Mondial in 2022 ? + the cost of building new International staduims ? + the growth in the infrastrucure ?? i am afraid they will have in the near future to get us pay taxes on salaries
really everything here is sky rocketing up and it is about time to see the fares going up, and 4QR to have a car+driver come to you to drop you off within 1 kilometer away, Karwa is losing money or not making enough :), in the other hand who can walk outside in the afternoon or summer time. good luck guys and girls if any
nothing to get worry for those have their own transport, max of guyz here didn't travel by karwa including myself, & rest would not bother to hire after the hike in prices for sure :)
People whom have Car are so Lucky but you never know when you need to use a Taxi/Mawasalat in Case if God forbid your Car breaks down and you are having no friends to pick you up and you are left alone in desert without even a taxi then you Call them and maybe even after that they wont appear Anyways Allah Bless MAWASALAT AMEEN & Their Policies as well AMEEN YA RAB AMEEN
its still 4 riyals on flag down, now the minimum is 10 riyals if..your travel distance is near like when you take karwa and the meter is only 7 riyals because its near...you need to pay a minimum of 10 riyals....
Most drivers that I have spoken to during my hire, say they are not paid a fixed monthly salary, rather they have to deposit a certain amount with Karwa at the end of the day. Anything made over that amount is what they earn for the day.
If I remember it right, that amount was QR 260 before the fare hike. I guess this amount will go up as well, in which case the poor cab drivers will continue to struggle for a worthwhile earning.
that sux! at least KARWA should do before making a Fare increase is to check all their cars for "Meter Tampering". if they don't do this, will suffer more money to those karwa driver cheaters.
Hope the karwa authorities use part of the increase in fares to send all of their drivers for re training and teach them to be polite and customer friendly instead of the drivers continuing with their habits from back home including eating beetle nuts and spitting from their vehicles, smoking inside the vehicles, chatting at the top of their voices to the front seat passenger in their own funny language while the other three passengers sitting behind have to put up with this #$*#&#*#%*% till the end of the trip
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when will it be effective?
Who knows .. may be in the coming years they impose tax on salaries .. how do u all think they will build new houses (80,000) new buildings for the Mondial in 2022 ? + the cost of building new International staduims ? + the growth in the infrastrucure ?? i am afraid they will have in the near future to get us pay taxes on salaries
thats good
My friend at least you are not paying tax, like 50% of your salary :-)
not everything...house rents are getting low nowadays...
best example is our flat rate, before it's 8,500 now it's 6,000...3 bedroom in al sadd with maintenance.
really everything here is sky rocketing up and it is about time to see the fares going up, and 4QR to have a car+driver come to you to drop you off within 1 kilometer away, Karwa is losing money or not making enough :), in the other hand who can walk outside in the afternoon or summer time. good luck guys and girls if any
Qatar is one of the best countries of the world regarding everything, there must be reason and compensation for the topic discussed. Thanks to ALLAH
nothing to get worry for those have their own transport, max of guyz here didn't travel by karwa including myself, & rest would not bother to hire after the hike in prices for sure :)
Karwaa is owned by Shiekha Moza who gets most of the money from the poor Indian drivers who are struggling to survive.
No wonder these drivers are most of the time miserable and down...And Moza is always smiling.
This is worse news ever, So Sad Seriously
Thanks for sharing
I didn't know
People whom have Car are so Lucky but you never know when you need to use a Taxi/Mawasalat in Case if God forbid your Car breaks down and you are having no friends to pick you up and you are left alone in desert without even a taxi then you Call them and maybe even after that they wont appear Anyways Allah Bless MAWASALAT AMEEN & Their Policies as well AMEEN YA RAB AMEEN
its still 4 riyals on flag down, now the minimum is 10 riyals if..your travel distance is near like when you take karwa and the meter is only 7 riyals because its near...you need to pay a minimum of 10 riyals....
Most drivers that I have spoken to during my hire, say they are not paid a fixed monthly salary, rather they have to deposit a certain amount with Karwa at the end of the day. Anything made over that amount is what they earn for the day.
If I remember it right, that amount was QR 260 before the fare hike. I guess this amount will go up as well, in which case the poor cab drivers will continue to struggle for a worthwhile earning.
hope, hope hope.
Hope they increase the pay of those poor drivers
whose main source of transportation was Karwa !!
Last month my cleaning boy told me the same, also it is a mandatory to purchase e-card for them. NO more cash.
This means the third world Countries are still far better...
that sux! at least KARWA should do before making a Fare increase is to check all their cars for "Meter Tampering". if they don't do this, will suffer more money to those karwa driver cheaters.
OMG... if it's true, that is too much !!!
anyone who experience it today?
the min. fare is 10 rials It'll start from 4 rial like dubai.
yesterday it's still 4qr...I went to city center by a cab.
How could it come down when it (the salaries) didn't have an increase at all.
Oops...it did increase last year...50riyals and not as salary but sort of allowance. Total of QAR 1,250.00 plus commissions.
Last thing I heard (from the grapevines), there was a MASS RESIGNATION that recently happened.
I was talking to a Karwa Driver on my last trip and he said that in effect their salaries are going down..
The quality service that they provide does deserve a higher price
Who said salaries in Qatar are TAX FREE...;)
you can see sticker at the passengers window for the info. about the increase... and the increase will start tomorrow...
QR10 minimum means 3km and after that only the meter will start to run.
They want people to ride private taxis instead
Hope the karwa authorities use part of the increase in fares to send all of their drivers for re training and teach them to be polite and customer friendly instead of the drivers continuing with their habits from back home including eating beetle nuts and spitting from their vehicles, smoking inside the vehicles, chatting at the top of their voices to the front seat passenger in their own funny language while the other three passengers sitting behind have to put up with this #$*#&#*#%*% till the end of the trip
Announcement:
Dear QL
I have just bought an Air conditioned (windows can open) TATA bus and will be available for limousine service.
Flagdown rate will be reasonable.
they want less people to use the cabs and more to use the bus.
is is fair or unfair???
its true......
Yeah, heard it from karwa drivers too... :( ....flag down rate increases up to 150 percent!
Yep read it too, in todays News Paper...
From Saturday Mid Night, New Rates Would Apply...
OMG...is tht sure?????
Why they need to increase its not possibl
i've heard that from my car lift..OMG..now we have to restrain our self from going out...sniff sniff :'(
source?