Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to the city using Uber?
Sep 23, 2015, 9:10 am
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we just finished taxi from ams to north market and return. took a taxi from the stand. they have an official taxi loader. the trip in was at around 8am. took an hour. traffic looked worse than DC. cost 50 euro. thought it a fair fare. left 2 weeks later. called a sat am taxi. cost, again 50 euro. took about 30 min. 5 bags each way.
Sep 23, 2015, 9:20 am
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uberPOP (the lowest cost UBER option), have them meet you at the Sheraton Airport (directly across the street). IMO, this is the easiest meeting point. Schiphol now has unlimited (free) WIFI so should be relatively easy to request an UBER while in the Airport Plaza area. Grab a coffee, request the UBER and wait until he is just about to arrive (and you have the license plate #) to go outside to the Sheraton to meet the driver.
edit to add :
Fare quote : 1118 CP TO 1117 CE (pretty sure that is your hotel)
edit to add :
Fare quote : 1118 CP TO 1117 CE (pretty sure that is your hotel)
Sep 23, 2015, 9:46 am
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Next time I'm up at 1am, I'll take a quick peak at the UBER APP.
Oct 10, 2015, 5:07 am
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UberX is legal, uberpop is not.
Uber offices got raided for the third time this year:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl...time-this-year
Uber offices got raided for the third time this year:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl...time-this-year
Oct 10, 2015, 6:01 am
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UberX is legal, uberpop is not.
Uber offices got raided for the third time this year:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl...time-this-year
Uber offices got raided for the third time this year:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl...time-this-year
When someone says to me, how do I get a cheap taxi in Amsterdam. I say :
"There is no such thing as a cheap taxi in Amsterdam, the only cheap alternative is uberPOP. I also mention it's not considered legitimate like regular taxis and uberX and uberBLACK."
I believe my assessment is correct. I use UBER (in Amsterdam and the Netherlands) a lot. About 20% (or less) is POP since I'm not a huge fan. Do I PERSONALLY consider it risky, NO. If you have personal observations wijnands on "the risk" of using uberPOP and how the legal status impacts passengers; please share. These details could be helpful for people who are trying to decide if it's right for them.
edit to add :
The quoted article (above) implies that this is only an issue LEGALLY for UBER. This seems to have no impact on passengers, because unlike in Paris, Amsterdam taxi drivers are NOT attacking UBER (POP or otherwise) vehicles in Amsterdam.
Uber continues to offer UberPop in four Dutch cities, despite already being fined 450,000 euros ($505,000) for the service, the public prosecutor said on its website Tuesday. The authorities believe the service violates national transport laws that prohibit organized taxi services without licensed drivers.
“They are suspected of offering taxi services without a permit in an organized way,” Marieke van der Molen, a spokeswoman for the public prosecutor, said by phone.
“They are suspected of offering taxi services without a permit in an organized way,” Marieke van der Molen, a spokeswoman for the public prosecutor, said by phone.
Oct 11, 2015, 12:26 am
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Oh, they stopped doing that? There was some of that in february and march. I wasn't sure if they'd stopped harassing the drivers or merely stopped reporting it.
Oct 11, 2015, 3:57 am
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"If you have personal observations wijnands on "the risk" of using uberPOP and how the legal status impacts passengers; please share. These details could be helpful for people who are trying to decide if it's right for them."
This is FlyerTalk the land of deals/loop-holes/mistake fares/status matches/best rate matches/deal mistakes. In most instances people are looking for insight on the "best deals." Just like other things, I feel it's best to provide accurate, personal and up to date information and allow people to decide if the risk is worth the award. We (SO+myself) currently use a mix of UBER products (in Amsterdam, including POP) 5-15 times a week. I speak from our personal experiences. Other than some drivers who are not as good as others (which is the case globally), we have NOT run into any legal or harassment issues.
What have you experienced personally, wijnands?
Oct 12, 2015, 1:38 am
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Oct 13, 2015, 10:07 am
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In other news, UBER now has a van service in Amsterdam (UberVAN) THAT can accommodate 6 people. Launch seems to correlate with ADE.
Nov 19, 2015, 3:04 am
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As of this Friday, 20 November uberPOP will no longer be operating in Amsterdam (or the Netherlands).
edit to add : link to press-release in English
UBERPOP STOPT IN NEDERLAND
Vanaf vrijdag 12:00 uur stoppen we met het aanbieden van uberPOP in Nederland. Deze beslissing is teleurstellend voor jou als gebruiker en voor de honderden uberPOP bestuurders die via het Uber platform de afgelopen maanden extra inkomsten hebben kunnen genereren.
We willen je bedanken voor het vertrouwen.
De diensten uberX, Ub erBLACK en UberLUX blijven gewoon beschikbaar.
Vanaf vrijdag 12:00 uur stoppen we met het aanbieden van uberPOP in Nederland. Deze beslissing is teleurstellend voor jou als gebruiker en voor de honderden uberPOP bestuurders die via het Uber platform de afgelopen maanden extra inkomsten hebben kunnen genereren.
We willen je bedanken voor het vertrouwen.
De diensten uberX, Ub erBLACK en UberLUX blijven gewoon beschikbaar.
Last edited by baccarat_king; Nov 19, 2015 at 6:20 am Reason: Link to English Press-Release
Nov 24, 2015, 12:28 pm
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