James Taxis
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Welcome to James Taxis & Minibuses, we are your local, reliable taxi service based in Porthcawl. We offer both short and long distance travel at highly reasonable prices. From helping you arrive in style on your stag or hen night to driving you to an airport, rail or seaport, we offer an unbeatable service.
Our cars ensure you enjoy a comfortable journey, arrive safely and on time. All our taxis are clean and well maintained, Our staff are friendly and helpful.
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Our comment from TraTraTravel UK about James Taxis:
James Taxis is a highly regarded transportation service in the United Kingdom, known for its outstanding customer service and professionalism. Many clients have highlighted their experiences, stating:
- Reliable and punctual: Customers often mention that taxis are always on time, making them a dependable choice for airport transfers and local journeys.
- Professional drivers: The drivers are described as friendly, polite, and helpful, which contributes to a pleasant journey.
- Clean and comfortable vehicles: Reviewers appreciate the cleanliness and comfort of the taxis, enhancing their travel experience.
- Excellent communication: Customers have noted that the company provides great communication, keeping them informed about their bookings and any delays.
- Flexibility: Many reviewers commend the company for being accommodating with changes to booking schedules.
However, there have been a few reviews expressing dissatisfaction regarding delayed pickups and service availability during busy times, especially during events. Despite these isolated incidents, the overall sentiment leans strongly towards recommending James Taxis for their efficiency and quality service.
Thank you for considering James Taxis for your transportation needs!
James Taxis: Reviews
Fantastic experience: Excellent service from initial booking to the return journey, very professional and polite drivers, pick up and return were on time, the vehicle was clean and comfortable. Highly recommend
Thank you for the review John :) Hope you all had a fab holiday
Fantastic experience: Excellent service to airport and back .very polite and friendly and helpful thsnkyou so much
Thank you for your review Julie, hope you had a lovely holiday :)
Fantastic experience: Alun is a dependable and reliable drivers who is always on time
Thank you for the review Kris :)
Fantastic experience: Best taxis ever
Thank you James :)
Fantastic experience: Great service, super reliable and loads of conversations about your favourite films
Thank you Gareth :)
Fantastic experience: Professional and reliable service for anything from a local run to airports and beyond. I use James taxi frequently and have never been disappointed
Thank you Alun :)
Fantastic experience: Highly recommend this taxi company. Perfect timing and taxi was very clean. Driver was very polite and helpful with my luggage. Will continue to use James Taxis.
Thank you for your review :)
Fantastic experience: Can highly recommend James Taxis , always punctual with pleasant and respectful drivers. Used them several times for local journeys and for airport runs.
Thank you for the lovely review Julie :)
Fantastic experience: Friendly and professional. Thank you.
Thank you Elaine :)
Fantastic experience: Thank you for making our hen trip to Bristol so relaxing and fun at the same time. Professional and friendly. Highly recommended
Thank you Rhy, glad you all had a fab time
Fantastic experience: Highly recommend using James Taxi service. Excellent communication at all times. A really friendly, professional company. Thank you for adding to our holiday experience.
Thank you for the lovely review :) Glad you enjoyed
Fantastic experience: Great service one of the friendliest taxi about.
Thank you for the lovely review Chris! Much
Fantastic experience: Great taxi company - reliable, responsive and professional.
Thank you for the lovely review Tom :) Hope you all had a fab time
Fantastic experience: Great service, booked and paid in advance for 7 people, 6 trips, 3 days. Good communication. Lovely drivers. Really flexible as changed times on the day on a busy weekend. Would use again. Viva Porthcawl! Bonkers!
Thank you for the lovely review Teresa, was nice meeting you all :) Safe trip back ❤️
Fantastic experience: Great professional service from James and his team. Would definitely use them again / recommend for group trips.
Thank you Cari :) Hope you all had a great weekend
Fantastic experience: On The way yo Bristol airport with James and it’s a very clean cab and on time
Thank you Sean :)
Fantastic experience: Fantastic bunch last min booking and very helpful picked up was on time and very professional. Will use James taxi for every trip going forward
Thanks for the review Lloyd :) Hope you all had a great night
Fantastic experience: Brilliant service as usual. Always on time and lovely drivers. Wouldn't use anyone else now
Thank you for the lovely review Angela :) Hope you had a fab time in London.
Fantastic experience: Very reliable and the taxi driver was very good. Will certainly use James Taxis again
Thank you for the lovely review Steve :)
Fantastic experience: Awesome
Thank you for the review Robert
Fantastic experience: A great, reliable service. Helpful driver and all round great experience. Would thoroughly recommend.
Thank you for the review Nigel, hope you all had a great day :)
Fantastic experience: Amazing taxi service! Friendly, helpful and always on time. Wouldn't use another firm in this area.
Thank you Faye :) Hope you all had a fab time
Fantastic experience: From the initial booking, to the changes I had to make, to the punctuality, professionalism and friendliness of everyone we had contact with, I cannot fault James Taxis, or rate them highly enough. On a really busy ‘Elvis’ weekend they were reliable and helpful and Abbie was extremely courteous and a pleasure to chat with. Thanks to all of you! Pete (and the other 7 )
Thank you for the lovely review Pete :) Glad you all enjoyed
Fantastic experience: Great service and great drivers
Thank you Simon :)
Fantastic experience: James has saved the day. On our way home from Porthcawl to Readimg after the car breaking down. Kids well happy (& me)!!!
Thanks Ben :) Was a pleasure. Take care
Negative experience: If I could put 0 stars I would. Absolutely horrendous service all round. Never one to waste time writing poor reviews normally, however this has really wound me up and I wouldn’t want anyone else to experience what we did. We booked a taxi to take us to Cardiff for a bottomless brunch we paid a £220 deposit for. The taxi was nearly an hours late (50 mins) with absolutely zero communication. We rang several time with no answer. When they eventually answered there was very little by the means of an apology, just that they were nearly there. By the time they arrived we had already missed the start of our brunch. When we arrived at the venue we were unable to have our table as it had been given to someone else as we were past the cut off time of lateness. If this wasn’t bad enough, we had also booked a return trip. We were left standing on the side of the road for 30 mins in the rain at 1am. Again with no communication from the company or the driver. We were calling and calling and our calls were just being ignored. We had no idea if the taxi was even going to show up and had even called friends and family in the early hours to see if they pick us up as we thought we’d be stranded with no way home. When the driver eventually arrived, her attitude was not what you’d expect. Very direct and cold with little sympathy and a half arsed apology. She also said she didn’t see our calls coming though but while on the way home we were watching her phone light up with multiple calls, clearly from other disgruntled customers that she was simply declining. Shocking behaviour. We communicated with the business owner and again his attitude was not acceptable. He begrudgingly agreed to give us a partial refund of £10 per person, which is what we had asked for. He then dodged our calls and messages for 2 weeks. Then he sent a text revoking the refund he had agreed to previously and blocked our lead booker (laughable from a grown man and business owner). The company is obviously taking on more jobs than they can manage due to greed and need to reevaluate their priorities. I will never use this company again and would urge others to avoid at all costs.
Hi Annabelle, thank you for leaving a review and I'm sorry you feel that way. We were in constant contact with you telling you there was a gridlock in Cardiff coming due to the rugby event being on, our operator kept you updated every step of the way, also on the return journey someone smashed the drivers minibus window which we also told you about and said it would be 15 mins behind as had to swap over minibuses at the office as was glass everywhere. These situations are out of our hands unfortunately :(
Fantastic experience: Great service and fair prices especially for long hauls :)
Thank you Jason :)
Fantastic experience: From initial contact to arrange airport transfers to Cardiff Airport communication has been fantastic. We had two female drivers who were extremely friendly & made the experience of getting to and fro the airport not only relaxing but enjoyable both very personable and extremely helpful & polite. Even with a delay on our return, they tracked the flight to make sure they were there for us. We had minibuses both times as a party of 6 on the way out & 5 on our return both cars were spotless and clean. Thankyou for great service would definitely recommend & use again.
Thank you for the lovely review Gemma :) Hope you all had a fab holiday
Fantastic experience: Excellent service, great communication, friendly and affordable
Thank you Alyson :)
Fantastic experience: Excellent service and communication. Would highly recommend and will definitely be using again.
Thank you guys :) Hope you had a great night ❤️
Fantastic experience: Outstanding service from James Taxis. I hired 2 minibuses for wedding guests, including children, for a 90 minute journey. They were all impressed at the punctuality, cleanliness and comfort of the vehicles and the friendliness of the drivers. Definitely went above and beyond. James Taxis is my first choice every time.
Thank you for such a lovely review Ruth :) We hope you all had a fab day ❤️
Fantastic experience: Amazing taxi service.
Thank you Hayley ❤️
Negative experience: Absolutely appalled to see one of James taxis (black Skoda Octavia) driving well over the speed limit and wheel spinning in our busy residential road this evening. A crossing child wouldn't have stood a chance. Neighbours currently pulling off CCTV to submit to the police. Very disappointed as don't expect it off local company.
Hi, I know this is not a review about our services but are more than happy to help, If you give us a email to [email protected] we can take some more information and look further into it :) Thank you
Negative experience: I hate leaving bad reviews. I didn't get to use their services because the app would not recognise addresses I tried for pick up and when I tried to call the phone just rang off the hook. I am disabled and now in agony because the only way I could get back into Porthcawl from Trecco Bay was to walk (and other taxi company phones rang off the hook as well) it has taken me over an hour to walk the 1 mile from the pain and I really needed James Taxis. I think they rejected my fare because it was a short journey Why else would someone want to pay £6 to go a mile? - either disabled and can't do it like me or have lots of luggage. I am now going to be lucky if I don't need Morphine. Poor show. How can you run a taxi company when no one answers the phone.
Hi Sophie, Sorry you couldn't get through it's been very busy as it's bank holiday weekend, the phone does go off the hook, we can't answer all the calls unfortunately be impossible :( The other firms are probably getting the same issue. Sorry we couldn't help this time. Thank you
Fantastic experience: Excellent, prompt and friendly service.....as always. Thankyou.
Thank you Elaine :)
Fantastic experience: Great service as always, reliable and helpful
Thank you Rachael :)
Fantastic experience: Fast pick up, good app and decent price
Thank you Betsy :)
Fantastic experience: Excellent communication, ready to collect us as soon as we arrived outside the terminal. Friendly and delivered us safely to the door. Helped with luggage. Definitely recommend and would use again. Also, competitively priced.
Thank you Beth :)
Fantastic experience: Taken to Birmingham Airport and picked up from Southampton dock great service and drivers James and Mark will be using again very soon
Thank you Caroline :) Glad you all had a fab holiday
Fantastic experience: 10/10 service, Cardiff to Porthcawl. Service was on time and professional, Abbie our driver went above and beyond. Great price when compared to others. Highly recommend.
Thank you Kat, glad you all enjoyed :)
Fantastic experience: We hadn't used a shuttle service before so we were concerned collection would happen.. However had excellent communication from the office and John our driver. John was great arrived early and we had smooth journeys so would definatly use again..thanks guys..
Thank you for the review James, Hope you all had a fab day :)
Fantastic experience: Just wanted to thank James Taxis for their excellent service getting us a family of 13 to Cardiff Bay and back on Saturday. Second time we have used them and definitely will be again. Once again thank you.
Thank you :) Hope you all have a fab Xmas
Negative experience: Phoned up for a taxi last Saturday afternoon to take us back to trecco bay holiday park from hi-tide pub in porthcawl, and asked if they would take a small dog was told that they had a total no dog policy within their company and then hung up Not very professional or polite and what happened if someone with a guide dog phoned these for a taxi ???
Hi, thanks for the 1 star review Paul over telling you your dog wasn't allowed in our taxis. I answered the phone to you the other day and said polity due to problems in the past we have a no dog policy in place unfortunately, if it was a guide dog we legally have to take them in so would send our oldest vehicle down for that. Have a great day :)
Fantastic experience: The lovely Abbie delivered 8 of us to and from the Princess Theatre in Port Talbot for a family night out. On time, friendly, lovely to chat to. Booking was easy too, cannot fault. Will defo use again. Thanks James Abbie and team
Thank you Gavin :)
Fantastic experience: My family used James Taxis, they were very satisfied with the service. The driver was on time and very friendly, they said they would certainly use James Taxis again.
Thank you Chris, Hope you had a fab day
Fantastic experience: Great friendly drivers and a foot stool for the bigger caps so easy to get in you won't be disappointed
Thank you Carol :)
Fantastic experience: Excellent service
Thank you Amanda :) Hope you had a fab weekend
Fantastic experience: Love it they
Thank you Shaun :)
Fantastic experience: Really great service will use again
Thank you Ed :)
Fantastic experience: Thank you James Taxis for excellent service taxiing our family to/from our son’s wedding. Really grateful for your speedy response to my initial enquiry, coping with my requests to alter our booking, ferrying us all back and forth exactly as planned and being so helpful - first class customer service, thank you very much! Loved your electric vehicles too ! Mari & Nick
Thank you Mari, hope you all had a fab day :)
Positive experience: Recently used James taxis for airport transfers. Good and timely service, able to track on app. Would recommend to use James taxis.
Thank you :)
Positive experience: Eventually answered the phone. The only company in Porthcawl that did. By this time it was quicker to walk than wait for the taxi that could be provided.
Thanks for the review Ben, we highly advise to pre book your taxis / minibuses in advance especially on the weekends as such high demand. Hope you had a good night anyway :) Take care
Fantastic experience: Brilliant service had no problems getting a taxi while I was in the area *****
Thank you Tia :)
Fantastic experience: Needed to get to Kenfig Nature Reserve from the railway station and needed a taxi as no local bus. Booked by phone. Taxi was waiting for us at the station, and very reasonably priced.Would recommend.
Thank you Denise :)
Fantastic experience: James Taxi's took 6 of us to Southampton and back for our cruise. We had an excellent service which meant we had an enjoyable and stress free start and end to our holiday. We will definately use this service again.
Thank you :) glad you enjoyed
Fantastic experience: We booked an 8 seater minibus. Itvwas very easy to book and confirm. James taxis were very helpful and when we needed to change the time they did it with no problem. The driver was very good and helpful
Thank you Jayne :)
Fantastic experience: Very pleased with the service. Very quick, efficient, friendly on time and reasonably priced. We traveled to Bournemouth from S wales. Thanks so much will definitely be using James travel again in the near future.
Thank you Selena, glad you all had a fab weekend :)
Fantastic experience: Excellent service from this company. Bang on with pick up times and the staff are really lovely. Recommend James Taxis 100% Really fair prices too.
Thank you Dean :) much appreciated
Fantastic experience: We used on several occasions while on holiday, Arrived very quickly and very friendly drivers
Thank you Andrew :) hope you had a fab holiday
Fantastic experience: Top class service
Thank you Angela :) much appreciated
Negative experience: Shocking service
Thank you for the review Welshy, shame it was negative :( is there a way we could improve for you next time ?
Fantastic experience: Good and lovely
Thank you :)
Fantastic experience: Reliable, friendly and professional at a reasonable cost. I recommend their services.
Thank you Helen :)
Fantastic experience: Great efficient and prompt service. Extremely friendly and polite driver. Definitely recommend 5*****
Thank you John :)
Fantastic experience: Excellent service at a reasonable price. Quick and easy booking service. Prompt pick-up and collection. Highly recommended.
Thank you Ashley :)
Fantastic experience: Used James taxis for airport pick up and couldn’t have getting a better service due to unforeseen problems on plane our taxi driver had to wait over 30 minutes for us. She couldn’t have been any nicer. Return journey taxi was on time and got us to the air in great time. Would definitely use again if we travel back to Bristol airport
Thank you Jen :) take care
Fantastic experience: Good reliable service and slightly cheaper than allot of porthcawl taxis
Thank you for the review Louise :) see you soon, take care
Negative experience: Taxi was over 40 minutes late. Booked earlier in the day to ensure to be picked up on time, had to cancel dinner plans. Sadly I wouldn't recommend this service.
Sorry about this Heather, I was operating that day and one of our vehicles got crashed into by a drunk driver and wrote off :( I'm sure I txt you saying it was 30 mins behind due to this nightmare we had, sorry for any inconvenience caused. Take care
Fantastic experience: Good
Thank you Thomas :)
Negative experience: I enquired about a price for a journey and man was not helpful man was sarkey and I'll mannered
You sure that was us David ? We have female operators Wednesday to Sunday
Fantastic experience: Excellent service and very good on process and the timing is super
Thank you Steve :)
Positive experience: Friendly drivers of you can get through to order a taxi. Unfortunately, due to location the summer season is always very busy. Very often I've phoned and I've either been disconnected had an answer phone or just ringing. Please get more drivers
Thank you Helen :) we are struggling with drivers unfortunately after covid and lockdown
Positive experience: Good but coated me £450 for 5miles
Thank you :)
Fantastic experience: Today I said a sad farewell to my dearest friend of 40yrs. Because of Covid restrictions I had to attend the funeral alone and I hate driving. The funersl and wake was over 30 miles from my home. I chose James Taxis to take me to Cardiff and back, we were caught up in an incident on the M4 which delayed our journey, but thankfully, due to a beautiful air conditioned car and the amazing driver I arrived on time, unflustered. I had not booked a return time , but my taxi arrived within 30 minutes of my request , the driver who's name I am sorry didn't get was so kind , and chatted all the way home. Thank you James Taxis for making today not just bearable but "pleasant" . PS the cost was far cheaper than others U was quoted. Kay Lewis
Thank you Kay :) take care ❤
Fantastic experience: On time driver was fab
Thank you Beverley :)
Fantastic experience: Used this company for assistance in walking the Wales coast path between Llantwit and Swansea. Have no problem in recommending them.
Thank you Jon :) hope you had a great week
Fantastic experience: Excellent service. Highly recommended.
Thank you Chris :)
Fantastic experience: As I suffer with extreme anxiety especially when traveling alone and to hospital I was extremely happy to see James happy face in the taxi I paid using the app which was very easy to use and would highly recommend his taxi firm to everyone. We talked all the way to the hospital so I was at ease by the time I arrived there. So thank you for that James
Thank you Helen :)
Fantastic experience: Prompt ontime taxi service came with a large vehicle for all my luggage without me asking. Will use again.
Thank you Phil :)
Fantastic experience: We use James Taxis for a wedding mini bus! They were both professional and on time. Will definitely be recommending.
Thank you Naomi :) hope you all had a fab day yesterday
Fantastic experience: I will try to use James taxis all the time now (sometimes they aren’t available as they are busy). Amazing professional service while maintaining the safety of their passengers ie,,, wearing masks (unlike another company in the area I used). Great service
Thank you Rowena :)
Fantastic experience: We had a family wedding and I found James Taxis online. Great communication and payment made via bank transfer. We used the same mini bus all day. Accommodation to church, church to wedding reception and then venue back to accommodation. James was fabulous and nothing was too much trouble for him. Great value, service and will definitely use them again. Thank you. 5 Star Service.
Thank you Joanne :) glad you had a fab day
Fantastic experience: Absolutely 5 star service for our return trip to Cardiff Airport. Very resposive when booking and professional and COVID-compliant throughout and bang on time. Very reliable and the minibus was safely and professionally driven. Will definitely use James Taxis again for our next trip. Thank you for an excellent experience. See you again soon.
Thank you much appreciated Richard glad you enjoyed :)
Fantastic experience: Best taxi & minibus service in Porthcawl, very reliable and vehicles are always immaculate
Fantastic experience: James taxis are very reliable and on time and always make sure you get home safe no matter what thank you guys x
Thank you Jaz :)
Fantastic experience: Great customer service, always on time.
Thank you Ash :)
Fantastic experience: Booked James Taxi for our 2 way journey to Sarn servise to catch our coach to Disney on Wednesday, our 6am pick up was on time and the driver was so friendly and helpful, totally felt at ease. Our return journey on Saturday was met with major delays due to ferries from calais bei g cancelled due to bad weather, Jones Taxi was in constant contact on out progress to ensure they were able to pick us up, after what can only be described as the journey from hell Abbi our driver met us at 4am with a huge smile, so chatty and helpful she was an absolute delight, highly recommended and will definitely be using them every time I need a taxi.
Thank you Rachel :) glad you got home safe
Fantastic experience: The Best taxi firm around. Excellent service very reliable and friendly happy drivers
Thank you Nick :) much appreciated
Negative experience: Called earlier today, did not take name but said he’d pick us up. No show. Leaving my elderly mother out in very cold conditions as a result. Avoid! I should have worried as he didn’t take my name but said January’s are quiet. I don’t understand how they get such good reviews.
Hi Lucy, that's something we wouldn't do, what time was the job booked in for and from where please ? I will check on the system now
Fantastic experience: I booked James taxi for Xmas do. They Were very cooperative and on time they kept in touch by text so new exactly what and when was picking us up. Our night finished early and James did all he could to pick us up earlier than booked and it was no bother dropping all 8 of us home will def. Use again thankyou James.
Thank you Alison :)
Fantastic experience: First glass service. Very reliable great drivers. Clean vehicles..
Thank you Simon :)
Fantastic experience: Excellent service. Definitely recommend James Taxis & Minibuses. We have recently used this company for a very early morning pick up to Bristol Airport and return to Porthcawl. Our driver Sam on both journeys, was very prompt, efficient and so friendly. He was a brilliant driver. We will definitely be using this company again.
Thank you Diane :)
Fantastic experience: Excellent service, return to Cardiff airport. Reliable, on time, great communication, we were delayed coming back & I could let James know. Taxi waiting contacted us to let us know he was there & arranged pick up point. Spotless vehicles Friendly staff
thank you Angela ! hope you had a fab holiday, see you soon :)
Fantastic experience: Very impressed! Picked my son up who hurt his ankle & got him home safe. The driver was easy on the eye too ;) will use again thanks
Thank you Karyn :) glad he got home safe
Fantastic experience: We used James Taxis for 2 x minibus hire transport to and from Parc Newydd Campsite for the Magic of Motown concert in Porthcawl Pavilion last weekend. Faultless service and great value for money so we have no reservation in rating them 5 stars and recommending them to you.
Thank you Simon :)
Fantastic experience: Had the 8 seater minibus to Oxwich bay. Minibus on time and texted 3mins before pick up. Let us have a drink on route, and was very reasonably priced. Minibus was clean tinted windows and was an easy drive. Will definitely use again!!
Thank you Mark :)
Fantastic experience: Great reliable and friendly local service. Definitely be using again.
Thank you Graham :) see you soon
Fantastic experience: Great minibus service Saturday for my birthday to Cardiff , on time and reliable :)
Fantastic experience: Great service ! Very reliable, very clean vehicles and drivers nice and chatty :)
Fantastic experience: Fantastic service! great deal for a Heathrow return in the 8 seater minibus last Monday. Very quick response with bookings also. Thank you James Taxis for making me and my family so welcome.
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