Minivan taxi for groups in Barcelona

Up to four passengers travel at the standard price. From five upwards a minivan is needed, which costs more to run, so a party supplement applies — six, seven and eight passengers each have their own amount and every one of them is listed openly on the prices page.

The official metropolitan tariff also adds its own large-vehicle supplement for vehicles over five seats carrying four or more passengers. It appears as a separate line so you can see what is mine and what is the city’s.

Eight passengers with eight large suitcases does not fit any minivan, whatever a booking site tells you. Seven passengers with seven cases is usually fine; eight with eight needs a second vehicle.

Tell me the number of bags in the booking notes and I will say straight away whether it works, rather than turning up and improvising.

Eight people rarely land together at the same minute. If your party is arriving on two flights, tell me both numbers and roughly how far apart they are — under an hour usually means one pick-up and a short wait inside arrivals, which costs nothing.

For groups it is also worth naming a leader with a working Spanish or roaming number. When eight people scatter across an arrivals hall, one reachable phone is the difference between leaving in five minutes and leaving in thirty.