A Portuguese resident lifted the lid on a ‘rip -off’ for which tourists fall when they end up in a popular tourist – and the price or more pay the price the residents can do.
Instagramer @nationswithuierswho lives with her American husband in Portugal, but from the The Netherlandsregularly share money -saving travel tips for people visiting the country.
Her latest soft Advice involves the coming from the popular City Break Lisbon’s airport to the center, without falling for sturdy taxi costs applied regularly by local drivers, with one person saying that they were charged € 120 (£ 102) for a one-way journey about 4.3 miles.
Holidaymakers arriving at Humberto Delgado Airport can spy the ‘taxi’ signs and go straight to them -but should, say @nationswithout borders, not in one jump unless they don’t mind paying through the nose.
She explains: “Taxis are not necessarily bad and not all taxi drivers are scammers, but it is well known by the people living in Lisbon, that there is a big, big chance that you will be ripped off by the taxis at the airport.”
If she has her video ‘warning for anyone arriving at Lisbon Airport’, she is discussed what the ‘well -organized’ rope looks attractive because it moves fast – but says you are in line, you can see that you have ripped off in two ways.
The first is when ‘you or the taxi driver sets up a negotiation session, where you book the price in advance and then do not have the meter during the trip.
The second is just blindly in the taxi without even negotiating a price, which she calls a ‘rookie error’, which results in the taxi driver making a number at the end of your trip ‘.
Travel tips influencer @nationswithoutbounders, who is Dutch but lives in Portugal, regularly shares her wisdom about how tourists can’t get away if they vacation there
In the super useful video, the Travel Influencer Towers where tourists have to go to get a drive to the city -and it’s not the taxi -rope
The price that a trip to Lisbon will cost will probably be as much as ‘three times the price of an Uber’, says the Travel Tipster, and significantly higher than the subway.
A standard outing with a taxi driver costs up to € 25 (£ 21) in a meter car compared to an Uber trip, which costs About € 9 (£ 7.67) for the short trip, which is less than 5 miles.
Meanwhile, the city’s Aeroporto -Saldanha Metro Line only lasts 20 minutes and costs less than £ 2 for a single trip.
One local said the video offered good advice and wrote: ‘I’m Portuguese and I’ll approve this video 100%! Uber or Bolt is the way to go, and not just at the airport! ‘
Another said they heard horror stories of people charged to € 80 (£ 68) for the ten -minute drive and one person said they paid even more.
They wrote: ‘Arriving in Lisbon last week, € 120 (£ 102) was charged per taxi outside the airport, Uber got back to the airport and it was € 39 (£ 33). Completely ripped … ‘
However, others disputed the tip, with one saying, ‘Taken a taxi from the airport last week and had absolutely no problem, the price was fair, about 20 euros. Helped with our luggage and even gave us recommendations. ‘
In 2024, tourists were warned about restaurants in Lisbon, reportedly also ripped off tourists with higher prices than they asked the residents, whoever is Given cheaper rates for food on a wink-and-nodded base.
Lisbon is a major tourist draw that brings in six million visitors each year – but visitors can face higher prices on the ground
Some tourists had positive experiences but others complained about high taxi rates in the city
A report in a Portuguese newspaper claims that multilingual menus were given to visitors who visit the capital, have higher prices than those charged to residents.
The lower prices are ‘orally transferred, in whisperings or indicated on menus placed in unobtrusive or even hidden areas’, the report claims.
Experts in the industry said selectively different prices for people based on their nationality are “completely illegal”, while Portugal’s national hospitality trading body at the time said it was not aware of the practice that is happening.
Last week were tourists and residents in a popular Spanish holiday -Hotspot have issued a warning about a parking fraud.
The Alicante Council warned that the new scam was taking out the residents in the city.
The cunning scammers left fake parking fines on people’s windshields in Alicante, reports Euro Weekly News.
The false fines have printed a QR code on it that is expected to scan.
Once they have done this, the QR code takes people to the scammers website asking them to introduce their personal and banking details.
The scammers can then take large amounts of money from their victims using the false website.
The council explains that a real parking penalty does not have a QR code. An official fine will also have ‘Boletin de denuncia’ at the top.
There will also be the Ayuntamiento (Council) logo at the top and drivers will be asked to use a barcode, not a QR code, to register their fine.
If drivers find a ticket with a QR code on their car, they must take a photo of it and let the local police know.
While the scam was reported in Avenida Benito Perez Galdos, officials suspect that the conmen is also targeting other neighborhoods in Alicante.
Officials recommend that tourists check any suspicious tickets with the council or police.
Most importantly, tourists should never scan a QR code if they find one on a fine attached to their car.
