Unless you're going to / from Cambodia (where you must pay the first
driver at the border crossing), you don't need to pay a deposit, and you can choose how and when you pay for any private transfer.
Starting from the
drivers which had made the long travel to and from Eilat very quick and pleasant, then the organization
at the
border crossing was perfect and, last but absolutely not least, the guide in Jordan, Nizar, with a competence that I have never seen before.»