TotallyOz Posted December 29, 2015 Posted December 29, 2015 I admit I have been late to the Uber bandwagon. I have it installed and tried to use it in the USA a few times but my family lives so far outside of a city with Uber drivers that I just never used it. Last night, a friend from USA FloridaRob was telling me about it. I used it to book my trip out last night. It was so easy. I plugged in my information and hit book and 5 minutes later, the car arrived. It was great. The cost was 49 baht which was charged to my credit card. (about 1.50 USD) I am sold. I'll be using Uber in many place. Loved using this in Thailand. I stay in an area that taxi's hate and often wait for 20-30 min for the hotel to summon one. This app made it really easy. AdamSmith 1 Quote
paulsf Posted December 29, 2015 Posted December 29, 2015 I use Uber to get to the airport when home in Ft.Lauderdale and now swear by it. I have the opposite taxi situation in Bangkok, the taxis flow past my apt and it takes about a minute to get one. So no need for Uber. Then one day I was at Hero Massage. Sometimes it's hard to get taxi there. Lots of times taxi or tuk tuk will just take you to skytrain. I decided to try Uber one day a few months ago. Worked great. Show up right to the driveway. And you can follow the car coming to you online. Some days I wouldn't go to Hero just because I didn't want to deal with getting a ride back. Now not an issue. Taxi cost 150-200. Uber has been around 125. Less than $4.00 us. In the US it would be over $25.00. Transportation in Thailand is a great bargain. Oz, also check out grabtaxi. They have more service, but use taxis. I like Uber because the use mostly newer cars which is nice. Quote
