Forget about Uber and use Bolt!

https://bolt.eu/

An EU ride sharing app that's headquartered in Estonia.

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14 Comments

flamingos@feddit.uk · 16 pts · 1y (8 replies)

Or you could just use your local taxi service which doesn't have gig-economy shenanigans attached.

GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml · 17 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Best option: avoid taxis and ride shares like the plague and use transit as often as you can

flamingos@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 1y

True, I always opt for the bus when I can (it's so much cheaper and less awkward).

Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 12 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Local taxi services can be a bit scammy on their own

Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 1y

I agree, especially if you're a tourist in a foreign country and you don't speak the language

clmbmb@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Lol. There's no taxi service anymore. At least in Bucharest most taxi drivers moved to uber/bolt and the remaining "traditional" taxi companies are unreliable.

flamingos@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Can't speak for everyone, but my local ones are pretty reliable. One even has its own app that lets you call a taxi like Uber.

clmbmb@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 1y

We have that in Romania too. In fact we had them years before uber came... But now they're dying.

lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network · 4 pts · 1y

Somehow taxis in Arnhem cost €40 for a 15 minute drive, I'll use a deelfiets (it's better for the environment, too)

Marty_Man_X@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y (1 reply)

FREENOW is also pretty good, links with actual taxis too, especially in Germany.

nasandre@feddit.nl · 3 pts · 1y

Only available in 9 countries so far but does looks good

FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

is blablacar an eu company? They rock for ridesharing big trips.

cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 1y

Yes french

Lasagna@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 1y

TIL they’re Estonian. I somehow thought they were part of Google, but that seems incorrect. Will replace Uber for good then!