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[Travel] Brighton Taxis App



Herr Tubthumper

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Does anyone have experience of this app? Is it reliable? Or more to the point are the drivers which use it reliable? I presume it’s for spontaneous and immediate bookings as opposed to pre-booking? How immediate is it?

Thanks in advance.

PS I know about Uber but prefer to stick with Brighton taxis.
 

neilbard

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Oct 8, 2013
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I use the app all the time very reliable, think Germany may be a tad outside their area though. You can pre-book..:xmas:
 

Bozza

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Looks like it's this company: https://www.brightontaxis.com/smartphone-app/

Worthing has a poor Uber-like app and, looking at that Brighton Taxis page, they use the same one. I had guessed that some company had created an app that companies coming under pressure from Uber/Lyft could use to try and compete on convenience. The Worthing one works well enough. Book with a few taps, monitor the cab en route and get notified when it's with you.

It lacks the elegance of Uber, but it's functionally sound and works well enough.
 

Westdene Seagull

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Does anyone have experience of this app? Is it reliable? Or more to the point are the drivers which use it reliable? I presume it’s for spontaneous and immediate bookings as opposed to pre-booking? How immediate is it?

Thanks in advance.

PS I know about Uber but prefer to stick with Brighton taxis.

If you mean the new one called MyTaxi then I downloaded last week just to see. Very Uber like BUT despite Uber providing estimated fares for yonks the writers of this app clearly deemed it unnecessary ...... doh ! It also uses the standard Brighton drivers which means you're going to get the same level of 'service' as normal.

If you mean the Streanline app then avoid it ...... awful, awful, awful !!!!

I'll be sticking to Uber.
 


neilbard

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Oct 8, 2013
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Tyringham
Looks like it's this company: https://www.brightontaxis.com/smartphone-app/

Worthing has a poor Uber-like app and, looking at that Brighton Taxis page, they use the same one. I had guessed that some company had created an app that companies coming under pressure from Uber/Lyft could use to try and compete on convenience. The Worthing one works well enough. Book with a few taps, monitor the cab en route and get notified when it's with you.

It lacks the elegance of Uber, but it's functionally sound and works well enough.

That's it, works well. :thumbsup:
 

Westdene Seagull

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Oct 27, 2003
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not used it- calling 01273 204060 seems quick enough- select option 1 for pickup from last place you got a taxi from, and done. i think most cabs have facility to take contactless payments too, now?

Only if you tell them you want to pay by card when you book. I used 204060 a few weeks ago as Uber was on surge pricing. When I tried to pay by card the driver said I needed to have said that when I rang and he didn't have the facilities to take cards ..... trip to cashpoint thus costing me more money. I caught Uber home.
 

Herr Tubthumper

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not used it- calling 01273 204060 seems quick enough- select option 1 for pickup from last place you got a taxi from, and done. i think most cabs have facility to take contactless payments too, now?

Not all of them. I got caught out before the West Ham game and had to take a time consuming detour at rush hour.
 


neilbard

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Oct 8, 2013
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Does anyone have experience of this app? Is it reliable? Or more to the point are the drivers which use it reliable? I presume it’s for spontaneous and immediate bookings as opposed to pre-booking? How immediate is it?

Thanks in advance.

PS I know about Uber but prefer to stick with Brighton taxis.

1200x630bb.jpg :xmas:
 

Herr Tubthumper

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If you mean the new one called MyTaxi then I downloaded last week just to see. Very Uber like BUT despite Uber providing estimated fares for yonks the writers of this app clearly deemed it unnecessary ...... doh ! It also uses the standard Brighton drivers which means you're going to get the same level of 'service' as normal.

If you mean the Streanline app then avoid it ...... awful, awful, awful !!!!

I'll be sticking to Uber.

Only if you tell them you want to pay by card when you book. I used 204060 a few weeks ago as Uber was on surge pricing. When I tried to pay by card the driver said I needed to have said that when I rang and he didn't have the facilities to take cards ..... trip to cashpoint thus costing me more money. I caught Uber home.

:lolol:

I should have started a sweep stake about how long it would take until you were all over this thread

Excellent work Sir :thumbsup:
 

Herr Tubthumper

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Herr Tubthumper

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As an aside I’m feeling very upbeat and perky this morning. What could possibly go wrong today?
 


Bozza

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That’s the baby. Thanks, and thanks to [MENTION=6886]Bozza[/MENTION] and everyone else. Cinders will go to the ball!

The Worthing app allows you to store a card and that is used automatically for payment at the end of your ride. I've not used it yet as I only noticed the option after I last used the app, but I'm assuming it works.
 

Springal

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The Worthing app allows you to store a card and that is used automatically for payment at the end of your ride. I've not used it yet as I only noticed the option after I last used the app, but I'm assuming it works.

If it is Arrow then you can store 2 (business / personal) which is handy. Even takes Amex.

Only downside is my address is a bit tricky, and the drivers rarely use the notes which I use to help them locate my address. They usually 'guess' and end up 2 miles away. I've missed a few trains because of this
 

Nitram

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Jul 16, 2013
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Used it a couple of times for a pre booking, useful for me as it can take cards so don't need to worry about cash. Only problem I had with it was it did not pick up my location properly when I wanted to use it on the return journey so ended up using Uber.
Driver was great a season ticket holder in the East stand.
 


Gwylan

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Jul 5, 2003
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By coincidence, I downloaded the Brighton and Hove Taxis app last night. But there seems to be a bug in it as it's not possible to enter credit card details, the screen just goes blank when I try to do so.

I'm going to try My Taxi and see what that's like.
 

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