Ripoffs happening more often

Unfortunately this is becoming something real in Gran Canaria:
People take a taxi from the airport to their destinations in the south of Gran Canaria and wonder about the price shown in the taximeter. Normally a trip from the Gran Canaria airport to Puerto Rico costs about 56 to 65€ depending if it's day or night time or a bank holiday. Some people have asked me about the price for a taxi to the airport and then wonder why they had paid 90 to 100€ for the trip.... I'm sorry sir: you've been ripped off.

Sometimes there are transport investigators at the airport checking our taximeters when we arrive there so it's more difficult to get ripped off when you take a taxi from Puerto Rico to the airport than the other way around; no one checks the taximeters of the taxis coming from the airport or other locations to Puerto Rico or elsewhere on the island.

Be careful! When you take a taxi from the airport to Puerto Rico 56 to 65€ is a normal price. If it's much more than that what you've been charged make sure to ask for the bill from the printer, not the one made by hand. The driver will probably refuse to give it to you. At the hotel ask the reception to call the police and do not pay the taxi to make sure the driver waits till the police arrives. If he leaves.... well... good for you, huh?