I would recommend buying an "Uber Gift Card" with a credit card. The balance of the gift card will be placed in your account and you can deduct each ride from that. I have used that before. I think this would be best if you are concerned about linking a bank account or credit card.
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Uber users?
I am anti cash. The advantage of uber is cashless. I have used uber in US, DR, CR, Colombia, Peru, Chile, Mexico, Brasil etc etc etc. Was in mexico twice in last month. First trip I arrived with 500 pesos, second trip zero pesos.
Ubered everywhere and used CC for food. Even a 2 dollar water at conv center. Conrast that with currently having 450,000 colombian pesos in my wallet. I probably have a few hundred in leftover currencies from prior trips. Mexican trip? No leftover pesos!
Even in DR if have 10,000 pesos in wallet, but will spend 2,000 on taxis it eats into my beer budget. Also arriving and just getting out of car and on with my life is huge. No waiting for change, or no change while the driver blocks two lanes of traffic oblivious to 40 cars honking.
One more thing I recommend using UBER in the USA, DR or anywhere for that matter is taking a screenshot of the quote along with the driver's information when the quote is received. This record will help you in case UBER overcharges you. You can dispute the charge and use the evidence. I have done this numerous times and received a credit/refund. Many people don't catch this and UBER must be receiving a lot of money from customers and the customer has no idea of the overcharging.
Registering CC with Uber is the same as with amazon. Dominican Driver has zero access. Mute point.
I just tell the drivers to change the station and/or turn it down. I haven't had any get an attitude with me about it.
Not in Santo Domingo it does, it shows the estimated fare. The real fare depends on time and distance.
So you don't know your Uber price in Santo Domingo? Because of time it takes to get there?
It gives you a good idea because they estimate taking in consideration the traffic, but if for whatever reason distance our time are different you'll be charged more.
jbars, I was told Uber Gift cards were for US only. Did you purchase them online with your CC? And it was accepted in the DR?
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Used uber 4 times without incident in Santo Domingo Norte. Cash each time. Never over 260 pesos. Always a good vehicle.
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Uber is supposed to be operating. I have seen cars available sporadically in Sosua. I think car availability is still a hit & miss proposition. At least in Sosua, you can't go to bed with the plan to take an Uber somewhere at 8am the next morning with any degree of reliability.
