I took the taxi from the Airport to a local hostel, and had such a problem getting to and from the…read moreairport to right across the street from the airport. As the crow flies, I needed to go just under a mile. Unfortunately, as the crow flies, it would fly through the middle of the tarmac of Barcelona Airport, so I had to go way around the airport to get to my lodging. This was no small feat to get this distance with all my luggage a wheelchair and three people. None of the taxis could accommodate all of us, not even the van. The taxis seemed to be afraid of a regulation that prohibits passengers from having their bags in their seats with them, which sounds like hogwash to me.
So we ended up having to get two taxis to take us and the luggage and the wheelchair, which ended up costing us more than the lodging that we went to.
Loading the luggage into the back of the car, I was a bit too rough, and pressed in the ceiling material with the wheelchair, leaving a mark on the ceiling of the cab. The driver took great offence to this. When I attempted to pay for the fare at the end, the driver claimed he had no change so he wanted basically a 150% tip on the already expensive ride. I had to run inside the hostel to get some change, while he yelled about the roof. It was my bad on leaving a small mark, but he went pretty overboard about it, if you ask me. I gave him a tip that I felt fairly paid for the depreciation of his roof, which he seemed satisfied with and left.