nasandre@feddit.nl to Buy European@feddit.uk · 2 days agoForget about Uber and use Bolt!bolt.euexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up149arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up147arrow-down1external-linkForget about Uber and use Bolt!bolt.eunasandre@feddit.nl to Buy European@feddit.uk · 2 days agomessage-square13fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareflamingos-cant@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down2·2 days agoOr you could just use your local taxi service which doesn’t have gig-economy shenanigans attached.
minus-squareGissaMittJobb@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down1·2 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-down1·2 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-up11·2 days agoLocal taxi services can be a bit scammy on their own
minus-squareAndromxda 🇺🇦🇵🇸🇹🇼@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoI agree, especially if you’re a tourist in a foreign country and you don’t speak the language
minus-squarecalm.like.a.bomb@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 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-up3·2 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-up2·2 days agoWe have that in Romania too. In fact we had them years before uber came… But now they’re dying.
minus-squareFonzie!@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoSomehow taxis in Arnhem cost €40 for a 15 minute drive, I’ll use a deelfiets (it’s better for the environment, too)
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
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.
Somehow taxis in Arnhem cost €40 for a 15 minute drive, I’ll use a deelfiets (it’s better for the environment, too)