Driving Strategies - Page 2 of 11

by Will Preston on January 26, 2018 15 Comments

Can a Part Time Driver Get the Lyft Power Driver Bonus in 2018?

In some markets, driving to get Lyft’s Power Driver Bonus (PDB) is a good strategy to earn more. But does it work in all markets, and would it work for part-time drivers? Senior RSG contributor Will Preston outlines his strategy to get the Lyft PDB as a part-time driver in a medium-sized market.

As a part-time rideshare driver who drives for both Uber and Lyft, I have always found Lyft’s Power Driver Bonus to be out of reach. I never even got close to some of the metrics needed to qualify, so I never even considered it. However, as Lyft’s popularity appears to increasing, particularly among the younger crowd, I decided to try to qualify for the bonus one weekend and see what happens.

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by Jay Cradeur on January 5, 2018 27 Comments

Is it Worth It to Drive Uber and Lyft on New Year’s Eve?

Is it still worth it to drive on New Year’s Eve? Uber and Lyft certainly make it sound enticing in their emails to us drivers, but how lucrative is it really? RSG contributor Jay Cradeur went out on the streets to see how New Year’s Eve 2017 would stack up, and he compared early morning, afternoon, early evening and late evening to see just which hours were best. Did you drive New Year’s Eve and, if so, how was your night?

Leading up to the big day, another driver told me that he would make “over $1,000” driving on New Year’s Eve. Another passenger told me she heard that surge would be “over 10X” on this best day of the year to be driving. And both Uber and Lyft kept sending me text messages about how amazing the earning would be on New Year’s Eve.

Since I took last New Year’s Eve off, I decided I would do my best to maximize my driver earnings on December 31, 2017. In this article, I will share my preparation, my strategy, my results, and a few things I learned during my 14-hour odyssey driving in San Francisco on New Year’s Eve.

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by Harry Campbell on December 13, 2017 19 Comments

Driving for Uber While You’re Commuting To Work

Experienced Uber and Lyft drivers know it’s most profitable to drive in blocks of at least a few hours or more since it takes some time to get into a groove, and you can minimize dead miles that way. But what if you only wanted to drive for Uber on your way to and from work or while running errands around town?

Uber’s had a destination filter for a while now that lets you set a specific destination and only get rides headed in that direction – but it might double or even triple your commute time. So when Uber announced they’d be adding a new feature called Arrival Times (a time component to the destination filter), I was excited to try it out. I came up with a new driving strategy based on this new feature, where we can set a destination and an arrival time.

I work from home so I don’t have an office that I commute to every day, but I do travel all around Los Angeles. For the past few months, I’ve been turning on my destination filter nearly every time I leave the house to see how much I could earn.

During the course of my experiment, I made 26 commutes, matched with at least one rider 17 times and earned $116.99 after expenses. The total earnings from this experiment weren’t huge, but I did earn over $30 per hour if you averaged out all of my trips.

Let’s dive into the numbers and see how it looks:

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by Melissa Berry on December 8, 2017 1 Comment

What Time of the Year Has the Highest Sign Up Bonuses?

Is there a “right time” to sign up and drive for Uber or Lyft? While you definitely have to sign up with a referral code to get any sort of bonus or guaranteed earnings, when you sign up with a code could make a difference in how much you’re offered. Today, RSG contributor Melissa Berry details how sign up bonuses work, if using a different referral code will earn you more money, and if signing up at a certain time of year really matters.

Before I started driving, I assumed you could just get started, start earning money, and get a bonus for doing so. Boy, was I wrong! I signed up to drive during the summertime in Phoenix, AZ, where I live. This is the wrong time of year to do many things in Phoenix, including:

Be outside
Start driving for Uber/Lyft
Assume you’re going to get the best sign up bonus

If you’re looking for one easy answer to the question of “What time of year has the highest signup bonuses?” you won’t exactly find it here – but you will find strategies to figure out when is the best time of year to get sign up bonuses in your market.

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by Harry Campbell on December 1, 2017 3 Comments

Why You Shouldn’t Chase the Surge: And Other Driving Strategies

Today we have a guest post from Adan Castillo, who we recently had on the Rideshare Guy podcast sharing his experience with the Maximum Ridesharing Profit course. Adan had so many great tips and strategies for drivers that we couldn’t cover it all, so I asked Adan for a guest post with his best driving strategies. Adan shares his strategies, including avoiding the surge, and how to get the best spot (and money!) after an event.

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