nasandre@feddit.nl to Buy European@feddit.uk · 6 days agoForget about Uber and use Bolt!bolt.euexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up150arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up148arrow-down1external-linkForget about Uber and use Bolt!bolt.eunasandre@feddit.nl to Buy European@feddit.uk · 6 days agomessage-square14fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareflamingos-cant@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down2·6 days agoOr you could just use your local taxi service which doesn’t have gig-economy shenanigans attached.
minus-squareGissaMittJobb@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down1·6 days agoBest option: avoid taxis and ride shares like the plague and use transit as often as you can
minus-squareflamingos-cant@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·6 days agoTrue, I always opt for the bus when I can (it’s so much cheaper and less awkward).
minus-squareBlaze (he/him) @lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·6 days agoLocal taxi services can be a bit scammy on their own
minus-squareAndromxda 🇺🇦🇵🇸🇹🇼@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 days agoI agree, especially if you’re a tourist in a foreign country and you don’t speak the language
minus-squareFonzie!@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 days agoSomehow taxis in Arnhem cost €40 for a 15 minute drive, I’ll use a deelfiets (it’s better for the environment, too)
minus-squarecalm.like.a.bomb@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 days agoLol. There’s no taxi service anymore. At least in Bucharest most taxi drivers moved to uber/bolt and the remaining “traditional” taxi companies are unreliable.
minus-squareflamingos-cant@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 days agoCan’t speak for everyone, but my local ones are pretty reliable. One even has its own app that lets you call a taxi like Uber.
minus-squarecalm.like.a.bomb@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 days agoWe have that in Romania too. In fact we had them years before uber came… But now they’re dying.
Or you could just use your local taxi service which doesn’t have gig-economy shenanigans attached.
Best option: avoid taxis and ride shares like the plague and use transit as often as you can
True, I always opt for the bus when I can (it’s so much cheaper and less awkward).
Local taxi services can be a bit scammy on their own
I agree, especially if you’re a tourist in a foreign country and you don’t speak the language
Somehow taxis in Arnhem cost €40 for a 15 minute drive, I’ll use a deelfiets (it’s better for the environment, too)
Lol. There’s no taxi service anymore. At least in Bucharest most taxi drivers moved to uber/bolt and the remaining “traditional” taxi companies are unreliable.
Can’t speak for everyone, but my local ones are pretty reliable. One even has its own app that lets you call a taxi like Uber.
We have that in Romania too. In fact we had them years before uber came… But now they’re dying.