Uber in Bucharest
Jan 2, 2016, 11:44 am
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Uber in Bucharest
I was in Bucharest last week and I was pleasantly surprised to find the city has Uber. I took it twice, from my hotel to dinner and then back. Each time the drive arrived promptly, was friendly and drove a lot more safely than the cab drivers i encountered in the city. Plus, it's really cheap. The biggest difficulty for me was spotting cars unfamiliar to me (Dacia Logan?).
Jan 2, 2016, 5:51 pm
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Shouldn't this be in the Ride Services forum?
Jan 7, 2016, 7:37 pm
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I was in Bucharest last week and I was pleasantly surprised to find the city has Uber. I took it twice, from my hotel to dinner and then back. Each time the drive arrived promptly, was friendly and drove a lot more safely than the cab drivers i encountered in the city. Plus, it's really cheap. The biggest difficulty for me was spotting cars unfamiliar to me (Dacia Logan?).
Did that 2 months ago, I was super happy, although my Romanian friends didn't even know they had Uber in town.mfk
Jan 12, 2016, 7:16 pm
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I didn't and I see no reason to. Cabs in from the airport are really cheap. I paid 26 RON to go back and forth to the Intercontinental. When I checked the Uber fare it was quoting 36 RON.
Jan 12, 2016, 7:23 pm
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