Uber cabs is one of the best discoveries if you are travelling in any major city and cannot face the stresses of public transport to get you from A to B. Originally launched as a luxury chauffeur service, allowing you to be driven around town in a sleek, black Lexus, Audi, BMW or Merc., Uber has now launched UberX, a more 'affordable' service with cars like Skoda Octavia, Vauxhall Insignia and Volkswagen Passats.
Aside from being driven in luxury brand cars with tinted windows, leather seats and complimentary bottles of Evian and sweets, Uber is super easy to use. Simply download the App., choose your Uber (UberX / Exec. / Lux) and watch as your car makes its way from wherever it currently is to the address you are waiting at. You do not need to input any details as the app uses your location from your smart phone and sends a car straight to you.
Once you've ordered your car, you can see a picture of the driver and the car details including car make, colour and number plate as well as how many minutes it will take them to arrive. It is fun watching the car approaching on the app's map and, if you are in a tricky location, the driver will call you as he approaches to take further details.
The best thing for me about Uber is that it links straight to your bank account and so you don't have to worry about having cash on you to pay. You simply arrive at your destination and the fare is automatically taken from the card you have linked to the account! Uber are quick to act on any fare discrepencies; whilst in Paris, I thought I'd been over charged on account of the driver getting lost and so made a comment to this effect when I was asked to 'rate the ride' when I next logged onto the app. Within 2 hours, I had received an email saying that Uber had looked into this and had credit my card with the 5 euros I was over charged.
Upon arriving at St Pancras on Easter Sunday morning, neither the husband or I could be bothered traipsing our luggage across numerous tube/trains in the pouring rain and so sent for an Uber. Having had a delightful experience in using Uber to jump a ride all over Paris, I must say I was pleasantly surprised to receive my bill this morning and discover that I still had £20 credit on my account resulting in a £5 chauffeur driven taxi ride all the way from St. Pancras out to Richmond! What an Easter bonus!
If you wish to sign up to Uber, download the app and then enter my promotion code: uberpip to receive a £10 credit for your first ride. Trust me, once you have Uber you won't go back to any other mode of transport!
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