Driving Strategies - Page 3 of 11

by Jay Cradeur on November 29, 2017 12 Comments

8 Rules to Be a Successful Rideshare Driver

A lot of drivers end up quitting Uber and Lyft but why is it that some can stick around for years on end? Today, RSG contributor Jay Cradeur shares why you need to get into the right mindset in order to outlast others and make money consistently on your schedule.

Today I would like to share what I feel is the most important characteristic of a successful veteran driving: your mindset. By mindset, I mean how you think and respond and react to all facets of being a rideshare driver.

The great majority of drivers quit after a few months and I feel that this is because of poor mindset. Those of us who have been driving full time for at least a year have learned a thing or two about how to maintain a positive mindset so those challenges don’t derail our income potential on the road.

Let’s jump right in to some of the ways veteran drivers must think in order to remain successful and profitable.

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by Christian Perea on November 20, 2017 6 Comments

Is The Night Before Thanksgiving The Busiest Night Of The Year?

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Today senior RSG contributor Christian Perea talks about how the night before Thanksgiving is secretly one of the busiest nights of the year if you play your cards right while providing a forecast on what the week will be like.

Experienced rideshare drivers know the night before Thanksgiving is one of the busiest nights of the year.

It’s the only 24 hour period in the year where pretty much everyone has to be around their extended family, and that includes thousands of part-time drivers who would normally be crawling the roads. It seems counter-intuitive that the night before Thanksgiving would be the busiest night of the year, since it seems like everyone would be laying low. Let’s take a look at why that’s not necessarily true.

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by Harry Campbell on November 10, 2017 13 Comments

How Commuters Can Take Advantage of Driving in a Big City

Harry here. Commuting into a big city can be an overwhelming endeavor, for new and veteran rideshare drivers. Today, guest contributor Jim Miller shares his experience and advice for drivers to the LA market, but this info is applicable to almost all big cities. Jim commutes into LAX, and the concepts Jim shares apply to rideshare drivers nationwide who in the suburbs, but drive in large cities to stay busier and earn more money.

I’ve been driving for Uber part-time for the last three years, and I’ve learned a lot in this time. The bad news? Uber and Lyft are slow in the suburbs. There are a lot of drivers, but not a lot of passengers. Except for really big events, you won’t make much money. The good news? There’s still money to be made in the city, which is why I drive into LA one or two weeknights and most Saturdays to keep my earnings high. Here are a few tips for someone getting started in a big city, and specifically my advice for the LA area.

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by Christian Perea on October 27, 2017 19 Comments

Lyft Ride Streak Bonuses and Uber Consecutive Trips Boost

Uber and Lyft are releasing new driver bonuses in the form of ride streaks: consecutive rides given by drivers. But is this just another way to keep us from canceling on rides, like POOL or Line, that we don’t want to give? Today, senior RSG contributor Christian Perea lets us know what Lyft Streak Bonuses and Uber Consecutive Trip Boosts are, how they work, and how they could affect drivers.

There’s a new driver bonus in town from both Uber and Lyft, and it gives you cash for completing rides in a row during peak hours. Uber calls it the “Consecutive Trips Boost” and Lyft calls it the “Ride Streaks Bonus”. Both are similar programs that encourage drivers to accept every trip that comes their way without logging out, denying, or cancelling a ride during a set time period.

Lyft just announced they will be rolling this promotion out to drivers in all of their large and medium sized markets. Meanwhile, Uber has been testing several versions of this program in Boston, NYC, and Singapore over the last six months and are now testing it in San Francisco, Denver, and New Jersey. This leads me to believe that these sort of promotions will become a big part of driving for Lyft and Uber over the next few months.

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by Christian Perea on September 29, 2017 35 Comments

Uber Drops Destination Filters Back to 2 Trips Per Day

It’s official: Uber’s 6 Destination Filter options are history. Today, senior RSG contributor Christian Perea discusses what happened and why, and what this could mean for Lyft’s destination filter options.

Well that didn’t last long.

Recently, Uber rolled back the number of times we can use Destination Filter from 6 to 2 uses per day. The move comes after Uber featured an upgraded Destination Filter as part of Chapter 3 of their 180 Days of Change campaign. Before August, drivers had always been limited to 2 filters a day.

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Destination Filter has always been a popular feature among drivers because it allows us to control the direction that rides will take us. I liked the idea of having six instead of two because it would allow me to use it more often instead of on the rare occasion where a ride took me far away from the city or at the beginning/end of my shift. The extra four really makes it feel like you have a lot more control over your routes.

More importantly, in an era of lowest-fares-ever, it’s important to have that control over where you drive. So what went wrong?

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