Filling in some gaps in Spain, a Greenland cruise and I'm getting a tattoo!

[SYD]

Ah, there’s a local thing in Spain (especially BCN) that requires you to wait 15mins for your first Rideshare…. As we discovered leaving last year.

We took the metro from/to airport in Jan! A bit of a circuitous route but not far from Passieg de Gracia metro to the hotel.

 

[RooFlyer]

Ah, there’s a local thing in Spain (especially BCN) that requires you to wait 15mins for your first Rideshare…. As we discovered leaving last year.

How is that supposed to work? No one accepts for 15 minutes or your request is invisible to them for 15 minutes?

My guy accepted within a few minutes and it was well over 20 minutes of me messaging him and waiting and after 10 mins of that his car symbol appeared right in front of me with clear vision for about 50 m all around.. The car simply wasn’t there and he never replied to my messages.

 

[SYD]

How is that supposed to work? No one accepts for 15 minutes or your request is invisible to them for 15 minutes?

My guy accepted within a few minutes and it was well over 20 minutes of me messaging him and waiting and after 10 mins of that his car symbol appeared right in front of me with clear vision for about 50 m all around.. The car simply wasn’t there and he never replied to my messages.

IME, if you’re already in town and trying to request an Uber for the first time, from memory they want ID (Passport) and then the 15min wait starts before a ride is confirmed.

So not sure how you got a ride immediately but maybe there’s an exemption at the airport?

 

[RooFlyer]

IME, if you’re already in town and trying to request an Uber for the first time, from memory they want ID (Passport) and then the 15min wait starts before a ride is confirmed.

That’s pretty bizarre. Sounds though the Taxi lobby got in there and made it hard as possible for Uber. Certainly at the airport you would’ve seen the overwhelming dominance of taxis and only saw a couple of Ubers arrive during the time I was waiting for my guy..

Oh, I just read that Uber actually isn’t available for locals hence the need to enter your passport to get a ride. Don’t know why it didn’t ask me but I’ll see what happens even if I try to use it again.

 

[SYD]

That’s pretty bizarre. Sounds though the Taxi lobby got in there and made it hard as possible for Uber. Certainly at the airport you would’ve seen the overwhelming dominance of taxis and only saw a couple of Ubers arrive during the time I was waiting for my guy..

Oh, I just read that Uber actually isn’t available for locals hence the need to enter your passport to get a ride. Don’t know why it didn’t ask me but I’ll see what happens even if I try to use it again.

Uber works going back to the airport. Just allow for that 15min wait!

But regular Taxis are reasonably affordable in Spain anyway. There is a Taxi app also.