Used Uber.com today to get myself and a friend from a client's site in Tower Hill to a restaurant in Hackney. I'd used the service back when I lived in SF but today was the first time I'd used it since they launched in London.
Basically the idea is that it's like having your own private driver, you launch the app on your smartphone and request a pick up and sometime shortly after requesting (it gives you a countdown and shows you where your car is as well as the type, colour and reg number along with the photo and name of the driver and a button to call them) a nice well-dressed man will turn up in a very nice car (I got a brand new S-Class and was very impressed! It even had on-board wi-fi), open the door for you and convey you to your destination where he will hop out and open the door for you again which makes a very nice impression if the people you are meeting happen to be standing outside the restaurant waiting for you!
It's not cheap but if you want a reliable journey in style it certainly does that... very good if you want to make an impression!!
I think my journey ended up being around £1 per minute but that's London traffic at 5pm on a Friday for you and after being on my feet all day rushing between meetings I was very grateful for the comfy S-Class and all that leg room!!
Anyway, I like it so I thought I'd mention it on here... of course there is a referral code which gives you £10 free credit for your first journey and gives me £10 credit if you use the service: My code is it8po or sign up at the link: http://uber.com/invite/it8po
Cheeky I know but I do genuinely love this service and it's a nice way to be chauffeur driven around in a shiny new Merc ;)
Basically the idea is that it's like having your own private driver, you launch the app on your smartphone and request a pick up and sometime shortly after requesting (it gives you a countdown and shows you where your car is as well as the type, colour and reg number along with the photo and name of the driver and a button to call them) a nice well-dressed man will turn up in a very nice car (I got a brand new S-Class and was very impressed! It even had on-board wi-fi), open the door for you and convey you to your destination where he will hop out and open the door for you again which makes a very nice impression if the people you are meeting happen to be standing outside the restaurant waiting for you!
It's not cheap but if you want a reliable journey in style it certainly does that... very good if you want to make an impression!!
I think my journey ended up being around £1 per minute but that's London traffic at 5pm on a Friday for you and after being on my feet all day rushing between meetings I was very grateful for the comfy S-Class and all that leg room!!
Anyway, I like it so I thought I'd mention it on here... of course there is a referral code which gives you £10 free credit for your first journey and gives me £10 credit if you use the service: My code is it8po or sign up at the link: http://uber.com/invite/it8po
Cheeky I know but I do genuinely love this service and it's a nice way to be chauffeur driven around in a shiny new Merc ;)