Taxi to a city centre or shopping area

What you avoid

• Hourly parking charges in central garages.
• Circling for a space on a Saturday afternoon.
• Environmental-zone restrictions for older vehicles.
• Carrying shopping bags back to a garage several streets away.
• Choosing who stays sober at dinner.

Practical points

• Enter the street and house number of your destination, not just a shop name.
• In pedestrian zones the driver stops at the nearest permitted street.
• Shopping bags count as luggage; a big haul may need an estate or minibus.
• Book the return ride when you know roughly what time you will finish.

When it makes most sense

For two or more people, an evening out, bad weather or a trip that ends with more bags than you started with, the fixed-price taxi wins comfortably. For a single traveller heading a few tram stops with nothing to carry, public transport is still the sensible choice.

How booking a taxi with Taxiritje.nl works

Prices are based on the actual road distance in kilometres between your pickup address and your destination, so you always know the amount before you book. Payment is online by card or iDEAL, and you receive a confirmation by email with the driver details, the pickup time and an invoice with VAT for business trips.

You book online in a few steps. Enter your pickup address with house number and postcode, add your destination and choose the date and time. The price you see is the price you pay: it already includes luggage, tolls, parking at the airport and waiting time, so there is no meter running during the journey and no surcharge at night or at the weekend.

Reservations are possible up to three hours before pickup, and you can book a one-way trip or a return in the same booking. For flights you enter your flight number; we then follow the actual landing time and include up to 80 minutes of free waiting time at the airport. For a pickup at a home or hotel address we include 15 minutes.

• Fixed price per journey, confirmed by email before the driver is assigned.
• Sedan or estate car for 1-4 passengers, minibus for 5-8 passengers.
• Extra stops along the way can be added while booking.
• Changes and cancellations online up to 24 hours before pickup; call 085 060 7086 within 24 hours.