When ordering a cab, check that you are getting into the correct vehicle. Check the number plate. Note the colour and model of the car.
If in doubt, photogrpah the vehicle, number plate and driver. Ask the driver what sort of car it is and whether he likes that model.
If possible check the route in advance.
I never get in a taxi if the driver doesn't know the route and destination.
In a foreign country, have a map.
Make sure you are going to the right hotel. Not one with a similar name. Not the out of town Hilton when the one which has your room booking is the city centre. A city could have several branches of the same hotel chain.
Find out if the local taxis and cabs have a cheaper shared ride system.
Some inter city taxis or sheroots chare a large taxi and set off when all the seats are filled, or enough to make it worrth the driver's while.
I like to keep you luggage beside me, so that if I had to jump out in a hurry my wheel on bag is with me, and I don't forget it.
Keep a pen and paper. Then you can write a note asking for help. Your phone may have google translate.
Install on your mobile phone the ride sharing or ordering app for a country you visit on holiday.
Carry the pin for removing your sim card in case you need to buy an overseas phone and remove the SIM card.
Do not leave the mobile phone office until they have got your phone working.
You may need your passcode to reinstall the new SIM card.
If travelling with family or close friends, have a coded message for let's leave, we are in danger, or run for it. Supposing you are with a taxi driver who wants you to stop at his brother's shop, or his friend's bar, or at his house to meet his wife (who may have gone out shopping). How would you warn your best friend and travelling ompanion or your teenage son that this is not a good idea. You might have a phrase such as, 'Uncle will be waiting for us at the hotel.'
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