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92 miles Round trip with 1.5 hour wait does uber do that
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You may want to check with driver first.
92 miles seems long, but that would only be about 1.5 hour on an highway. This distance will not infringe upon any rules set by most rideshare companies like Uber. Uber currently has a 4 hour limit on a single ride, where at the end of the 4 hours, the trip will automatically terminate. (at which point, you can request another ride.) Lyft's limit is set by distance of 100 miles or $500. (at the time of this writing 3/2017).
Where it gets tricky is the 1.5 hour wait time in and the fact that this a round trip. This will make it a 4.5 hour trip where Uber may bump you, and over 100 miles where Lyft may bump you. Generally, as long as you check with the drivers, they are willing to go long distances and even consider waiting for you, but it looks like your intended trip will hit some snags. Here are more details:
Is there a maximum distance the driver will bring you? (I need to be somewhe ...
With that said, with rideshare services, as it is on-demand and widely available in many cities, you may want to conider just requesting another one for the return leg.
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Carmen,
I run a company called SITBAQ. It is based on reservations so it is easier to set this up. We can provide two trips 1.5 hours apart, basically you just set up the time. Also, you can see the driver assigned to you, and in most cases you will want to have the save driver which is doable. We are only in CA right now. Our max distance is 150miles on a ride as well.
Where are you? Maybe I can help directly if you are here.
I hope this helps!
You might as well drop the app and just negotiate with a driver firsthand. It'd be much cheaper.
heck, hire a limo for 3 hours by the hour. It'd be cheaper, I bet.