New Year's Eve is one of the busiest nights of the year for taxi companies across the country, and St. Augustine and St. Johns County are no exception.
Some taxi companies take reservations. Others don't.
My advice from behind the wheel was simple: plan ahead.
If you're celebrating at your favorite pub or restaurant, arrange your transportation early and, if possible, don't wait until every bar in town closes before deciding you need a ride home.
Back then, Abraxi Taxi normally accepted credit cards. But on exceptionally busy nights, overloaded wireless and cellular systems could make our old mobile credit-card equipment unreliable.
So for New Year's Eve we sometimes advised customers to carry cash as a backup.
Technology has improved considerably since 2013.
New Year's Eve traffic has not.
Enjoy St. Augustine and everything the Ancient City has to offer. If you're drinking, leave the driving to somebody else.
Have a plan. Be patient. Get home safely.
And remember: at 2 a.m. on New Year's Day, approximately everybody in St. Augustine has suddenly discovered that they need a taxi.
Abraxi Taxiom: Prior Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance.
Archive note — 2026: This article has been lightly updated from the original December 2013 Abraxi Taxi post. References to credit-card connectivity and transportation procedures describe the technology and business conditions at that time.
