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Yes. Uber charges 13 cents a minute. It only adds up if you get stuck in serious traffic. That usually only happens if there is an accident or during peak periods.

Lazy people? Huh? How did you come to that conclusion?

You CAN tip Uber and Lyft drivers. You don't have to, but you can. There is no tip included in the fare. That does not mean you have to tip, but please don't think there is some sort of tip included. That is absolutely not the case. Never even consider tipping if the service does not warrant...

Any driver that lashes out at a rider for not tipping should be deactivated. Asking for a tip is never acceptable.

You're talking about a shuttle, right? The taxi fare is about $47 each way.

No driver, taxi or Uber, should ever ask for a tip. What I said is that you can tip if you think the service warrants it.

True. The best way to do a background check is with fingerprints and a search of the FBI database.

Uber claims they can only go back 7 years in their background checks. In Florida, this is not the case. Mears uses Lexis/Nexis to get every address you ever had, and then they request a background search based on those addresses. The background check covers federal records, state records and...

Let's say you want to take Uber from the Grand Floridian to Universal. The Grand Floridian is one of the hotels farthest away from Universal, so let's use that as an example. Google says the distance is 14.5 miles and the travel time is 17 minutes. Using the formula above, that means the...

The Dolphin does not have a regular taxi stand. Mears operates the taxi concession, but they use luxury vehicles such as Towncars and other Lincoln crossovers and SUV's. The luxury vehicles charge flat rates based on zones, and their rates are easily 50 percent higher than taxi rates. You can...

People using Uber to go from one hotel to the other is the vast majority of what I do when I Uber on Disney property. The second most common trip is to Walmart, or a similar store. The third most common run is to Universal. Going to the airport is rare because of DME.

It is illegal, but it happens all the time. The reason it happens so frequently is because riders rarely complain. Not one person who told me they were long-hauled has ever wanted to report the driver. They just don't want to take the effort.

I understand this position, but there are other issues to consider. In Orlando the Uber/Lyft rate is 75 cents a mile plus 13 cents a minute. Uber takes 20 percent of that. Let's say you want to go from POFQ to the airport using Uber. Google says it's 20.3 miles or 20.6 miles depending on the...

One last thing. You should never tip anyone who does not deserve it, but don't be afraid to tip your Uber or Lyft driver if they earn it.

Universal has no issue with Uber. That is the short answer. If you are at Universal and want an Uber or Lyft you won't have an issue. There is also no issue whatsoever being dropped off there. The rest of this post is probably more information that you want to know, so only continue if you are...

The issue in Orlando is the amount of political clout possessed by Mears. In most cities there are multiple taxi companies and healthy competition. In Orlando that is not the case. Mears in an extremely large transportation company, and they are represented by a very influential lobbying firm...

This is an appropriate rating. ALL Uber cars are non-smoking at all times, even where there are no passengers. She also should have made an attempt to get closer to your location, although, without knowing the whole story, I do know that DTD is a mess right now.

A similar thing happened to me in Las Vegas. I used my phone to determine the shortest route and told the driver to take it. I even told the driver that I myself used to drive a taxi (at the time I had not driven a taxi in years). He still missed the exit and tried to long-haul me. Needless to...

The rating system needs improvement. Although there are 5 options, anything less than 5 stars is unacceptable. If a driver has a rating below 4.6 they will get a warning. If their rating does not improve they will be deactivated. Here is a problem that I have. Let's say I give 12 rides during a...

It is possible for an Uber to take a longer route, but it would be stupid to do so. First, the shortest route appears on the driver's app, and it appears on the rider app on your phone. You can easily follow along as you drive. Second, if there is a major discrepancy, the Uber software will...