Uber app

Has anyone else used or heard of uber before? Fantastic app for booking private cars/taxis at a lower cost if you live in London, I used it a lot in Miami, and I really hope it will be in Wales soon!

Here's a screenshot, all the cars are on gps so you know when they arrive!

Has anyone else used or heard of uber before? Fantastic app for booking private cars/taxis at a lower cost if you live in London, I used it a lot in Miami, and I really hope it will be in Wales soon!

Remember the saying 'nothing in life is free, there is always a cost to pay.' Well the taxi trade has been decimated by the last government deregulating licensing resulting in double the number of cabs. In Cardiff the number of Hackneys went from 480 to 955 with a lot of the new ones being 7 seaters, therefore the carrying capacity has more than doubled. A lot of drivers rent the 7 seaters for £280 per week, then spend another £120 on fuel, resulting in 80 hours of work to make a paltry living. Cheaper taxi fares will mean even more hours. Do you want to travel in a cab whose driver has to work even more hours to pay for your cheaper fare? If you do and then the driver falls asleep, don't come complaining on here if 'the cost you have had to pay' was injury through a RTA, you'll have brought it upon yourself.

Has anyone else used or heard of uber before? Fantastic app for booking private cars/taxis at a lower cost if you live in London, I used it a lot in Miami, and I really hope it will be in Wales soon!

Remember the saying 'nothing in life is free, there is always a cost to pay.' Well the taxi trade has been decimated by the last government deregulating licensing resulting in double the number of cabs. In Cardiff the number of Hackneys went from 480 to 955 with a lot of the new ones being 7 seaters, therefore the carrying capacity has more than doubled. A lot of drivers rent the 7 seaters for £280 per week, then spend another £120 on fuel, resulting in 80 hours of work to make a paltry living. Cheaper taxi fares will mean even more hours. Do you want to travel in a cab whose driver has to work even more hours to pay for your cheaper fare? If you do and then the driver falls asleep, don't come complaining on here if 'the cost you have had to pay' was injury through a RTA, you'll have brought it upon yourself.

Wow...

Has anyone else used or heard of uber before? Fantastic app for booking private cars/taxis at a lower cost if you live in London, I used it a lot in Miami, and I really hope it will be in Wales soon!

Remember the saying 'nothing in life is free, there is always a cost to pay.' Well the taxi trade has been decimated by the last government deregulating licensing resulting in double the number of cabs. In Cardiff the number of Hackneys went from 480 to 955 with a lot of the new ones being 7 seaters, therefore the carrying capacity has more than doubled. A lot of drivers rent the 7 seaters for £280 per week, then spend another £120 on fuel, resulting in 80 hours of work to make a paltry living. Cheaper taxi fares will mean even more hours. Do you want to travel in a cab whose driver has to work even more hours to pay for your cheaper fare? If you do and then the driver falls asleep, don't come complaining on here if 'the cost you have had to pay' was injury through a RTA, you'll have brought it upon yourself.

Wow...

I could think of a better word.

I think Popeye needs some spinach

Still no excuse, that the cardiff taxis are filthy smelly taxis. Not the best impression of a tourists first impression of cardiff.

If you sign up for the uber service and click promotions, you get £10 off your first fare. Just enter the code UBERFERGY . You can then get your mates and yourself tenners for signing up too. It's almost a free trial. I have used it here in Brisbane as well as back in the UK. Much better and cheaper than taxis.

Can't see it happaning in Cardiff. It's dead already after 8pm!

If you sign up for the uber service and click promotions, you get £10 off your first fare. Just enter the code UBERFERGY . You can then get your mates and yourself tenners for signing up too. It's almost a free trial. I have used it here in Brisbane as well as back in the UK. Much better and cheaper than taxis.

Free taxi ride with UBERFERGY lol

Been using this over in Minnesota, USA for a bit over a year now - really awesome app indeed. Towncars are still cheaper than a regular taxi here - not to mention uberx which saves you even more cash.

I never use regular taxi's anymore - service is WAY better through uber.