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How much money do Uber drivers make?

Posted by: RideGuru Team in Driver Community , Rideshare Knowledge 1 year, 6 months ago

Are you looking to become a rideshare driver and wondering how much money you can earn? Look no further, we have some answers for you!

The amount you can earn depends on which service you are looking to drive for and which city you'd be operating in. With RideGuru, you can see the big picture of how much drivers earn for each service.

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Here's how you can use RideGuru to compare driver payout between different rideshare services!

1. Type in your TO and FROM addresses into our Fare Comparison Calculator or download our iphone …

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How long do you have to rate your Uber driver?

Posted by: RideGuru Team in Rider Community , Rideshare Knowledge 1 year, 6 months ago

How long do you have to rate an uber driver

In the world of customer service, there are always great service providers, who go above and beyond, bad service providers, who seem like they’d rather be on vacation, and everything in between. One of the nice things about rideshare platforms is the ability to rate. Not only can a passenger rate their driver, but the drivers can also rate the passengers. No one wants a bad driver or a bad passenger; they’re both miserable. 

Rating scales for both Uber and Lyft are one to five stars. It is custom to always give 5 stars unless your ride was less than …

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Uber for Business Launches New Sustainability Tool

Posted by: RideGuru Team in Rideshare Knowledge 1 year, 6 months ago

Uber Sustainability

Sustainability is only getting more and more important as the world gets “smaller”. In an effort to reduce corporate emissions and tackle climate change, Uber for Business is launching a new sustainability insights feature.

 

Through this new sustainability feature, Uber will provide corporate clients with a clear picture of their ground travel emissions. Participating organizations can access metrics such as total carbon emissions and the percentage of corporate travel trips taken on low emission alternatives, such as Uber Green, Comfort Electric and Uber Planet. These types of insights can help businesses better comprehend where they stand when it comes to …

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Are Uber drivers being used as “Drug Mules”?

Posted by: RideGuru Team in Driver Community , Rideshare Knowledge 1 year, 7 months ago

 

There’s a new safety concern for Uber drivers and this time it doesn’t have to do with data breaches or passengers. According to NBC News, some Uber drivers are concerned that they are unknowingly delivering drugs via Uber Connect, Uber’s relatively new courier service.

NBC News interviewed six drivers from the US and Australia who all relayed similar stories of transferring suspicious looking packages for customers. Are these drivers unknowingly couriering illegal substances?

Uber prohibits customers from using Uber Connect to deliver illegal items from alcohol to medication or recreational drugs, however, parcels are also required to be …

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How to Book an Ola Car for Your Friend or Family

Posted by: RideGuru Team in Rider Community , Rideshare Knowledge 1 year, 7 months ago

Are you looking to book an Ola Ride for your friend or family member? Here is everything you need to know in order to book your loved one a ride and make sure they arrive at their destination safely!

How to book a ride for a friend who is NOT at your current location:

  1. Open up your Ola app
  2. Enter in your friend’s current location as the pickup location.
  3. Select which service you would like to pick up your friend and then choose to either RIDE NOW or RIDE LATER.
  4. At this point, you will be asked who you are …
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