Comment by ryandrake
2 days ago
I'm pretty sure by now the various "classes" of service offered by Lyft and Uber are instead just ways for the customer to donate money to Lyft and Uber. There's no difference in what kind of yahoo shows up in what kind of beater.
I pretty much just use it to book black cars these days - at least in my local city where those require licensed livery drivers. Good experience there for the most part. Most of the time I’m using Uber it’s either a business expense to the airport or I’m booking for a large party anyways.
That and I guess UberXL - otherwise it’s pretty fungible.
The interesting bit is that black is often pretty much the same price a UberX about a third of the time.
What does "licensed driver" mean? The driver has a valid driving licence?
Assuming OP is in the UK, they're talking about hackney carriages which are subject to more stringent regulation than other private hire vehicles
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackney_carriage
I think this would be similar to the medallions of yellow NYC cabs
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It varies a lot by country.
In my experience in west europe, booking a uber XL you usually get a full size van (vw caravelle/multivan, Mercedes v-class or a bigger Renault Trafic) with usually 7 to available seats.
Booking a uberXL in Mexico City gets you a miniSUV with only 4 available seats and if you get too much checked luggage it goes on a roof rack.