Originally Posted by wco81

Just used it at SGN around 6PM On a Monday night. First, while waiting in line for immigration, found a ridiculously fast airport wifi, something like 114 Mbps down. So I quickly checked Uber and it showed my hotel.

Then I got thru immigration, got my bag, then bought a SIM card and checked Uber again, like 88k VND so I requested it. First 3 requests showed 7 minutes and eventually cancelled. Tried one more time and the driver finally showed up.

Tiny Kia car. Driver gestured with his hands to put the luggage in the backseat so I did it and got in the front. He showed me the Uber screen asked me about the hotel. I just told him the Street it's on and he seemed to know it.

Crazy traffic with all those moped drivers. He paid the departure fee and had the AC going at 20 degrees. I don't know how he'd make any money. It was about 25 minute ride and the bill was $3.67.

I guess the pricing is meant to encourage Vietnamese to use the service. The moto Uber's are like half the price. But Westerners really benefit from he pricing.

I'd downloaded the Grabcar and Vinasun apps. as well but didn't bother to check them since this price was so good.

Hopefully the return trip to SGN is smoother. One of the guys who cancelled actually called me and even though my iPhone was on airplane mode with wifi on tethered to my iPad with the mobiphone sim, the call popped up so I answered it but guy on other end answered "hello" but nothing else. He was one of the guys who canceled.

Just realized answering may cost me $5.99 for roaming on T-mobile ...