When Cheryl and I landed at the Burbank Airport in July, we went to the cab stand to get a cab to take us to our hotel. She said "Marriott" and gave the address. The cab driver did not speak English. His supervisor came over, they conversed in Spanish and off we went. I immediately put in the hotel address to make sure he was driving us to the right hotel! He did and didn't speak to us.
I needed a cab in LA after Let's Make A Deal taped and asked someone for a taxi phone number. He said "no one uses taxi's, they are expensive". Call Uber or Lyft. I told him I didn't have the app and he said "I prefer Lyft". I quickly added the app and requested a taxi!
The app picks up your location by GPS so I didn't need to input the address. The destination was Burbank Airport, I typed in BUR and up it came! It gave me the option of Shared, Private or Luxury. I put in "Private", two people and my app said "Trevor, in a Red Chevrolet, License # and said it would arrive in 3 minutes!!! Up drove Trevor with a Lyft sign in his front window, he said "are you Linda" and we got into an immaculate car. I knew before I got in the car what the price would be. He was very cheerful and we had a wonderful experience.
On Monday at the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal as we exited, I opened the app. Again it picked up my location, I put in the hotel address and it said "7 Minutes, Burim, driving a Black Nissan Rogue will pick you up"! I watched the map and could see him driving to the cruise terminal on the map. I watched him stop at lights and in seven minutes he arrived. Immaculate cab. A great conversationalist. He drove Lyft to make extra money as living in New York is so expensive. He did his marketing job in the afternoon.
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All of this information is on my phone, but they sent me a confirmation email too!
It was $64.30 US, before tip to travel from our hotel to Newark Airport on Wednesday. 12 years ago I took a cab from the same airport in to the same hotel at midnight and it was US$110.00 tip was extra.
The reason I am giving you all the information is, our city, in it's wonderment is not allowing Lyft to pick up at Canada Place while ships are in town!!! The wait for a taxi has been more than two hours. I read the cruise boards and visitors complain. Lyft and Uber had a nice pick up place, close to the terminal in Brooklyn. It was covered with benches to sit and wait! At Canada Place, the line snakes within the terminal. You stand and slowly get to the front of the queue. You are stuck with whatever taxi comes up. If you are 6'5", the back seat of a Prius doesn't have enough legroom!
Welcome to Vancouver, Lyft and I hope the city reconsiders the refusal to let ride sharing at Canada Place as this is a tourist destination and people who wait a long time for a taxi when they arrive at Canada Place are not happy!
