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Oktoberfest can be expensive... especially if you take a £2,000 cab to get there
Have you ever missed a flight? It's a stressful and frustrating situation, especially if you have a carefully planned out itinerary that requires your presence in certain places at certain times. When a man named Dave missed his flight from Portsmouth to Munich -- where he was to celebrate his friend's bachelor party by drinking beer at Oktoberfest -- he decided to forgo the airlines. Instead he hailed a cab."I thought he was having a laugh to start off with or it was one of my cabbie mates doing a wind-up on me but he was deadly serious," says Mick Hogan, the cab driver who was hailed down by Dave. Hogan explained that the cab ride would cost £1,950 plus £250 for the English Channel tunnel and a hotel for the night, but the high price didn't stop the passenger; it was Munich or bust.
The drive from Portsmouth to Munich certainly isn't a short one, but Hogan didn't find the task so boring after all, "It's not something I'd want to do every day but it beats taking a few pensioners out to the shops."
Filed under: Europe, Germany, United Kingdom, Transportation, News
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Craig Oct 7th 2008 3:55PM
Er... why not rent a car with GPS? I hope the fare covered the cabbie's ride back as well -- I doubt he could pick up a Munich -> Portsmouth rider.
jean Oct 9th 2008 2:40PM
He obviously did not want to drive DUH!!!!!!!!!!!
getwau Oct 9th 2008 2:20PM
This guy is NOT someone I would want advising me in fiscal responsibilty. Hmm, is he a politician? He spends like one. I learned a lot about spending, SAVING and living a "richer" life from the book "How to Become Filthy Rich on Your Current Income" at www.how-to-become-rich.com. If people read books like this one they would be a lot smarter and have more money.