As I use Uber more, small refinements are becoming more valuable in making the service even more desirable. When placing your pin for your pickup location. Place the pin in the side of the circle that best indicates your curb position. It seems to help the driver find you more easily. I also am becoming more familiar with “car pool” feature. You do need to wait an extra few minutes but the fare seems to be about 30% less. To me it’s often worth the few minutes additional wait time to save a few dollars. Additionally, if you are the second pickup, and the first customer does not show, you get billed the lower fare. You win both ways, by being the only rider and a lower fare! Another thing I do to assist the driver is to position myself in a spot where he can easily stop and possibly come at me in either direction. It’s amazing how fast the dude actually comes. A driver got to me yesterday in less than 30 seconds.
I continue to be impressed with the quality of Uber drivers. Clean cars, very knowledgeable drivers and many offer a small bottle of water a small piece of candy. You can follow their route on either your GPS or theirs, or sometimes both if you want to. How often does disruptive technology change so many facets of the current system for the better? A friend could not pick you up and take you to your destination any quicker. Uber is actually changing the face of foreign urban travel. It has shortened the time of moving between tourist stops and taken the stress out of not being sure of where you are headed. It is also much cheaper if you have at least two passengers. You can now move between sections of the city and maybe get in another couple of destinations that you may not had time to visit.
