Uber in Cebu City?

[Balamban 113]

People here have pointed me towards using Uber from Nino Airport in Manila.  I just looked at an estimate from Balamban to Cebu Airport and it says 400-500 peso.  That's an amazing price.

 

If my fiancee takes a v-hire and then a cab from the V-hire terminal in Cebu City to the airport it'll cost her 600 peso or more, since she is going to Manila with her Aunt that add even more.

 

Question: Are such rates real?  Might someone who knows share some tips on Uber pitfalls, if there are any?

 

Thanks

[Hank_ 9,174]

48 minutes ago, Balamban said:

People here have pointed me towards using Uber from Nino Airport in Manila.  I just looked at an estimate from Balamban to Cebu Airport and it says 400-500 peso.  That's an amazing price.

 

If my fiancee takes a v-hire and then a cab from the V-hire terminal in Cebu City to the airport it'll cost her 600 peso or more, since she is going to Manila with her Aunt that add even more.

 

Question: Are such rates real?  Might someone who knows share some tips on Uber pitfalls, if there are any?

 

Thanks

The number quoted when you click for a ride is the real deal.  In metro Manila there is also Grab if Uber isn't being fair with a price.

 

I only used Grab so can't comment on Uber .. my wife's friend refused to use Uber because of "stuff she heard" so of course my wife didn't want Uber .    

 

 

[Chris Duffy 1,257]

59 minutes ago, Randy Allen Hausm said:

Hi Randy Hausmann want to go to Philippines and visit Elma cua

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2 hours ago, Balamban said:

People here have pointed me towards using Uber from Nino Airport in Manila.  I just looked at an estimate from Balamban to Cebu Airport and it says 400-500 peso.  That's an amazing price.

 

If my fiancee takes a v-hire and then a cab from the V-hire terminal in Cebu City to the airport it'll cost her 600 peso or more, since she is going to Manila with her Aunt that add even more.

 

Question: Are such rates real?  Might someone who knows share some tips on Uber pitfalls, if there are any?

 

Thanks

Uber is pulling out of Philippines, Grab is staying. Uber will own like 25% of Grab when they leave Philippines market.

[Cyberfx1024 7,980]

1 hour ago, Chris Duffy said:

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Uber is pulling out of Philippines, Grab is staying. Uber will own like 25% of Grab when they leave Philippines market.

Because Grab is buying up Ubers SE Asia market 

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Used Uber or Grab once in Manila and it was much cheaper, about 1/2 of what taxi fare was.  The hotel we were staying at arranged it.  

[Hank_ 9,174]

Now a days a taxi is usually cheaper than Grab.

 

Uber is pulling out because they got in in hot water ... 

[Balamban 113]

2 hours ago, Hank_ said:

The number quoted when you click for a ride is the real deal.  In metro Manila there is also Grab if Uber isn't being fair with a price.

 

I only used Grab so can't comment on Uber .. my wife's friend refused to use Uber because of "stuff she heard" so of course my wife didn't want Uber .    

 

 

Thanks Hank, all I can say is "wow."  My fiancee took a cab once in Cebu City and the guy harassed her over and over for her phone number until she took a piece of paper and wrote a wrong number on it.

 

I've never even heard of "Grab" so I'll look into bothe.

[Balamban 113]

Based upon:

 

Grab Philippines also issued a similar statement:

We’re in the midst of combining our operations and will transition all Uber services over to the Grab app by 8 April 2018. So you’ll be able to continue using the Grab app as you normally do.

It seems that only Grab will be available after 8 April, and the 8th and 9th of April is exactly when I want to use it.  

 

Hank you say that cabs are now cheaper than Grab.  Is this Manila or everywhere, in your opinion?  When at the Cebu airport any suggestions of "what" cab to take and how to tell if the fare quoted is reasonable or not?

[Hank_ 9,174]

11 minutes ago, Balamban said:

Based upon:

 

Grab Philippines also issued a similar statement:

We’re in the midst of combining our operations and will transition all Uber services over to the Grab app by 8 April 2018. So you’ll be able to continue using the Grab app as you normally do.

It seems that only Grab will be available after 8 April, and the 8th and 9th of April is exactly when I want to use it.  

 

Hank you say that cabs are now cheaper than Grab.  Is this Manila or everywhere, in your opinion?  When at the Cebu airport any suggestions of "what" cab to take and how to tell if the fare quoted is reasonable or not?

I use Grab many times because I click and the car shows up, with a taxi we walk down the street and start waving .. but when the Grab prices get high (which they do certain times of day) we wait for a taxi.   

We are metro Manila, I don't know about Cebu

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3 hours ago, Randy Allen Hausm said:

Hi Randy Hausmann want to go to Philippines and visit Elma cua

go to EVA airlines online, buy a ticket...and go visit Elma? Don't use Uber for transportation (see current thread), have fun, be safe

[Chris Duffy 1,257]

1 hour ago, cyberfx1024 said:

Because Grab is buying up Ubers SE Asia market 

Maybe, or maybe they know it's a market they are not going to win, I think Grab is based in Singapore.

 

 

 

Edited March 30, 2018 by Chris Duffy

[Cyberfx1024 7,980]

1 hour ago, Chris Duffy said:

Maybe, or maybe they know it's a market they are not going to win, I think Grab is based in Singapore.

Yeah Grab is based out of Singapore. That is the vibe I got as well is that they know it is not a market they will ultimately win unless they spend a crapload of money which UBER is lacking right now. Did you know they have yet to turn an actual profit

[Hank_ 9,174]

11 hours ago, cyberfx1024 said:

Yeah Grab is based out of Singapore. That is the vibe I got as well is that they know it is not a market they will ultimately win unless they spend a crapload of money which UBER is lacking right now. Did you know they have yet to turn an actual profit

And now that one of their "driver-less" cars ran over a person killing him . they will have even less money  

[Chris Duffy 1,257]

11 hours ago, cyberfx1024 said:

Yeah Grab is based out of Singapore. That is the vibe I got as well is that they know it is not a market they will ultimately win unless they spend a crapload of money which UBER is lacking right now. Did you know they have yet to turn an actual profit

I have read that.

 

I buddy of mine in USA did some moonlighting for Uber, he said they take a pretty good chunk of the fare.

[Chris Duffy 1,257]

11 hours ago, cyberfx1024 said:

Yeah Grab is based out of Singapore. That is the vibe I got as well is that they know it is not a market they will ultimately win unless they spend a crapload of money which UBER is lacking right now. Did you know they have yet to turn an actual profit

I don't think Uber ever made it to Davao City

 

Never heard of it there, only Grab