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if you go on some sites they vary from $120- $199
There is no real standard, a horse carriage can be almost any size. However the word carriage is actually meant to refer to a larger vehicle and they tended to seat 4 people inside and a driver and possibly a coachman outside.
The cost will vary according to location, time of year, the type of horse and carriage you want, and for how long you wish to use the horse and carriage. You should expect to pay at the barest minimum of $50 an hour for a one horse basic cart ride that lasts an hour.
Travel by train was much less expensive, and more reliable, than travel by horse-drawn carriage.
1000 - 1200 lbs
The average cost to rent a Cinderella carriage for a wedding is around $2000 for a day. This can increase depending on what kind of carriage you buy, and how much the seller wants for it.
The setting of the short story "The Hack Driver" by Sinclair Lewis is primarily in a small town in the countryside. The protagonist, the hack driver, takes the narrator on a journey through the rural landscape, with much of the story unfolding in the horse-drawn carriage.
A horse cost anywhere from $10 to as much as $200 in that time period, depending on its bloodlines and what it was used for--cow horse, race horse, etc.
A regular saddle horse that pulls the carriage on Sundays would go for around $25 to $100 depending on the age, looks, or if the horse had a pedigree. Most did not. Of course there were always more expensive horses. If you wanted to spend the money, you could buy a Thoroughbred or an Arabian.
It would be perfectly feasible to sit next to a taxi driver in the front seat, rather than riding in the back, but I think that taxi drivers prefer to be separated a bit from their passengers, who are in some cases noisy, talkative, or otherwise are potentially distracting, and drivers have to pay attention to their driving, and do not want too much distraction. There may also be some historical tradition that has been kept from the days when taxis were horse-drawn. In an old horse-drawn taxi-cab, passengers rode in a carriage and the driver rode outside the carriage on top, where he could hold the reins to the horses.
I am trying to find out how much it will cost to transport my horse to Hawaii from Pennsylvania? thanks shannon
In South Africa, the cost of a horse can be around R30,000. Looking after the horse can cost around R2,500 per month.