{"id":1359,"date":"2017-02-17T00:09:19","date_gmt":"2017-02-17T00:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=1359"},"modified":"2017-02-19T19:46:02","modified_gmt":"2017-02-19T19:46:02","slug":"uber-cool-your-personal-driver-awaits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/uber-cool-your-personal-driver-awaits\/","title":{"rendered":"Uber cool .. your personal driver awaits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re arriving by tube anywhere in London late at night when you&#8217;re unfamiliar with your surroundings, you&#8217;ll be glad of Uber.<\/p>\n<p>This popular taxi service run via a very clever app allowed me to summons a taxi before my arrival, showed me the driver and vehicle and it&#8217;s reg and an estimated price to my final destination.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not the first time I&#8217;ve used Uber and certainly won&#8217;t be the last.<\/p>\n<p>The driver felt welcoming too. I didn&#8217;t have to part with money or have any awkward conversations about cost because it was all sorted before I got in his clean Toyota Prius.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/img_4492.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1384\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/uber-cool-your-personal-driver-awaits\/img_4492\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/img_4492.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1024,682\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"img_4492\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/img_4492-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1384\" src=\"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/img_4492.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/img_4492.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/img_4492-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/img_4492-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAs we arrived at our final destination our driver was perhaps a little too enthusiastic in trying to get a tip by insisting he took our cases to the front door.<\/p>\n<p>I just thanked him and he left with a promise of five stars&#8230; we were both happy.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a FREE Uber ride (up to \u00a310). To claim your free gift, sign up using this link: https:\/\/www.uber.com\/invite\/davidf781<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re arriving by tube anywhere in London late at night when you&#8217;re unfamiliar with your surroundings, you&#8217;ll be glad of Uber. 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