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The Highs & Lows of Driving for Uber on New Year’s Eve

Is it worth it to drive on New Year’s Eve anymore? In year’s past, it has been a pretty good idea to drive on New Year’s Eve and/or the following morning, but does that recommendation still stand? We sent senior RSG contributor Jay Cradeur out to navigate NYE 2018 and report back with what he found.

In this article, I will share some of the insights gleaned from a long day and night of driving.  Driving on New Year’s Eve is supposed to be one of the best days for us, the rideshare drivers.  Is it?  Or better yet, is it still?

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Quite a few things have changed since I wrote a New Year’s Eve article last year.  Let’s dive in and see how these changes have impacted this driver’s ability to earn on New Year’s Eve.

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What’s It Like To Be A Taxi Driver vs an Uber Driver?

The second installment of Jay drives a taxi instead of rideshare brings a summary to Jay’s entire taxi experience. How much did he make? What was the overall experience like? Senior RSG contributor Jay Cradeur answers those questions and provides his 5 takeaways to anyone interested in ditching rideshare for taxi driving.

You can read Jay’s first article on getting started as a taxi driver here.

When Harry, aka “The Rideshare Guy,” first asked me to become a taxi driver so I could share about the experience [link to taxi article, not yet published], I had no idea what I was in for.   Having less of a fear of the unknown than most, I rather blindly said, “Yes!” and undertook to secure my “A” Card and establish a relationship with Flywheel Taxi.  Then last week, I drove for five days in Flywheel Taxi #592.

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Becoming a Taxi Driver – 7 Steps To Take To Start Driving Taxi

What happens when a rideshare driver decides to drive for a taxi company instead? We put senior RSG contributor Jay Cradeur to the test and got him started on the path to taxi driving. Here, he outlines the steps necessary to become a taxi driver. In this series, we’ll follow Jay as he becomes a taxi driver (this article), begins driving for a taxi service, how much he earns vs. rideshare earnings and more.

You can read Jay’s second installment on taxi driving here.

Here at The Rideshare Guy Blog and Podcast, we are doing a little experiment.  What would it be like to be an Uber and Lyft driver for three years, and then give taxi driving a shot?  Well, we are doing it.  Harry asked and I accepted.

I have volunteered to go through the onboarding process and begin driving for Flywheel Taxi in San Francisco and report what I experience and learn.  Today we’ll look at what it takes to become a taxi driver.  I broke it down into seven steps as that is what it took for me to get the job done. Is it easier than becoming a rideshare driver? Let’s see!

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4 Hidden Opportunities & Benefits of Being an Uber Driver

In our last YouTube Live, we asked viewers what’s the best gift for rideshare drivers. The overwhelming consensus: a dash cam! Now, it’s your turn to enter and win one of three Owl Dash Cams from Owl Cameras – check out our review and enter the giveaway here! 

As rideshare drivers, we spend a lot of time in our cars. And while it could be easy to veg out and listen to music, senior RSG contributor Jay Cradeur wants to challenge you to look at your drive time as an opportunity to improve. Here, he outlines all the ways rideshare driving can make us better.

At this point in my rideshare driving career, I have come to value so many aspects of the experience.  I realized it is short sighted to see driving as only a way to make money.

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Lyft Responds to Uber Pro With Their Own Driver Enhancements

With Uber’s recent announcement of Uber Pro (a driver loyalty rewards program), we expected to see Lyft announce new features designed to help drivers, too. We were not disappointed! Senior RSG contributor Jay Cradeur breaks down all the latest driver enhancements Lyft has rolled out (and continues to roll out) over the next few weeks.

Recently, Uber came out with a driver loyalty rewards program called Uber Pro.  It assigned drivers one of four classifications (Partner, Gold, Platinum and Diamond) and rewarded the drivers based on their earned classification.

But now its Lyft’s turn!  Lyft is launching several new features for drivers before the end of 2018 and below, I’m going to present the new features and give some feedback on their value and usability.

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