Category Archives: Federation of Associations of Tourist Taxi Owners and Drivers – FATTOD Goa

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Deadlock-between-taxi-owners-and-rent-a-car-operators-leaves-tourists-in-lurch/articleshow/54926949.cms The taxi industry, in recent times, has been marred indelibly by the everlasting trouble between taxi owners and operators of rent-a-cab businesses. The rent-a-cab operators lend vehicles for self-drive to patrons. While the two parties carry on with their … Continue reading →

Here is an example of when their genuine asks are not complied with. Then the general public is ready to condemn their behaviors without as much as looking at both sides of the story Mapusa Taxi Operators Association has said … Continue reading →

Uber and Ola have Times of India as marketing agents! At the prepaid taxi counter at the Dabolim airport, the distance to Panaji andCaranzalem is listed as 34km and the fare for a trip there is recorded as 950 for … Continue reading →

Times of India seems to be running a tirade against the taxi drivers….with everyday bringing at least 2 articles against the…..is there no other news in Goa at all? http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Know-Your-Cabbie-if-you-need-to-get-around-in-Goa/articleshow/54859228.cms   In Goa, tourists and locals alike are forced to … Continue reading →

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/When-Taxi-Services-Are-Uber-Unfare-Goa-may-lose-its-way/articleshow/54819908.cms   When 30-year-old Seema Kunde (name changed) fromMargao decided to take her elderly parents for a weekend break to a South Goa resort in February 2014, she had no idea what was in store. “We travelled to the resort … Continue reading →

This is not a plain black and white issue. The media likes to paint the taxi drivers as villains. Not that all taxi drivers are innocent…however such a report is unfair as there are two sides to every story   … Continue reading →