How to Hail A Taxi Around the World

By: Melissa Locker | Pulished on 2023-12-15

How to Hail A Taxi Around the World-Trip Advise

It sounds like a middle school math problem—how do you get from point A to point B? When you’re on your home turf, it’s easy to figure out the geometry, but when you’re in a new city traveling can involve some serious calculations. If you're too tired or nervous to try the local subway or bus route, it’s tempting to jump in a cab to get across the city. There are 196 countries in the world and most of them have their own norms when it comes hailing a cab.

Here is how to hail a cab in 25 of the most popular destinations around the world:

New York City

How to Hail A Taxi Around the World-Trip Advise
The Yellow Cab is an iconic part of the New York City landscape, but hailing one is an artform that takes years to master. The trick: Find a taxi with the correct light shining from its rooftop. Specifically, you want one with just the center number lit up and nothing else. If none of the lights are lit, it’s already occupied, and if all of the lights are lit it’s probably off duty, but feel free to try and hail anyway.

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