Tipping can be a tricky topic for travelers. How much should you tip? Who should you tip? When should you tip? And what if tipping is not expected or even considered rude in some countries? To help you avoid any awkward or embarrassing situations, we've compiled a guide to tipping etiquette for some of the [...]
Tipping can be a tricky topic for travelers. How much should you tip? Who should you tip? When should you tip? And what if tipping is not expected or even considered rude in some countries? To help you avoid any awkward or embarrassing situations, we've compiled a guide to tipping etiquette for some of the [...]
At Uber’s annual Go-GET product event in New York City, the company announced a partnership with Nuna Baby, leader in premier baby gear to launch Uber Car Seat. The pilot will launch in New York City and Los Angeles with plans to expand to other cities soon. Parents and caregivers can now reserve an Uber [...]
Air: Brazil is rated Category 1 by the International Aviation Safety Assessment Program (IASA), indicating that the country's civil aviation authority has been assessed by IASA inspectors and found to license and oversee air carriers in accordance with International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) safety standards. Bus: City bus stops tend to be unmarked, and maps [...]
Brightline—America’s only eco-friendly, high-speed, intercity rail provider—today announced a new partnership with leading rideshare company Uber that will further enhance its Brightline+ mobility service. Brightline+ was introduced in 2021 to help guests more easily access Brightline stations and facilitate smoother journeys to their final destinations. The enhanced service offers several options to help streamline riders’ [...]
Uber is investigating a data breach purportedly committed by an eighteen-year-old hacker on Thursday, September 15, taking several of its systems offline while it investigates the extent of the breach. According to The New York Times, a person communicated to Uber employees, cybersecurity researchers and The New York Times itself, claiming responsibility and that he [...]
Mobility provider Bolt Business has integrated corporate payments and expense management provider Expensify into its platform, Bolt announced Tuesday. Mutual customers now can connect their Bolt and Expensify accounts to automatically import receipts from work rides and process reimbursements faster. Estonia-based Bolt operates in about 300 cities across Europe, Africa, Asia, South America and in [...]
Delta Air Lines and Lyft are enhancing their combined mobile phone application to bring Delta SkyMiles customers more real-time information. The airline and the ride-sharing service will now include flight updates on the app for Lyft customers who are Delta SkyMiles members heading to the airport. The information will feature all relevant details to help [...]
Uber is trying to make it less of a hassle to get a ride home from the airport after your plane lands. The company announced Wednesday that customers can now book a ride up to 30 days in advance. Travelers who choose the more expensive Uber Black or Uber Black SUV options can also put [...]
Waymo, the autonomous driving tech company owned by Alphabet, says it is testing out its Waymo One autonomous taxi service in San Francisco and is inviting members of the public to give it a whirl. The firm announced the move Tuesday, noting that while their Trusted Tester program for autonomous ride-hailing was rolled out in the City by [...]
Ride hailing companies Uber Technologies Inc and Lyft Inc promised Wall Street they would be back on the road to profitability and growth by the time they reported second-quarter results this week, thanks to cost-cutting done to survive the pandemic. Now, concerns over an ongoing driver shortage and the spreading Delta variant are clouding the [...]
Lyft said it will return the option for passengers to book shared rides in select U.S. markets for the first time since the pandemic, when shared trips were scrapped to halt the spread of the novel coronavirus. Lyft said shared rides, which allow multiple passengers to split a car traveling in the same direction, would [...]
