It's my understanding, based on very unscientific research, that Lyft treats and pays their drivers better than Uber so I'll give them my business both in Vegas and here at home.

Most drivers are doing both at the same time so quality of service is likely identical.

I totally agree with this.

I'm speciifically asking those people in the thread saying Uber is best.

There are places where Uber is the only option. But in Vegas, I don't understand why someone would choose Uber over Lyft.

Most people don't care enough to support a better company. If they signed up with Uber first they just keep using them. If people cared Lyft would have almost all of the market share by now.

All that being said, Vegas is one of the few cities I choose to use taxis in, as it is one of the few cities where I actually find taxis to be convenient (I'm only talking about places where they have dedicated cab lines). As long as there isn't a wait, I prefer to just use the main entrance and get right in a cab than figure out where the Uber/Lyft location is. I haven't had any issues with them but understand why those who do would choose another service.

lyft has done plenty of dumb things to their drivers. i'd be surprised if lyft is actually a more wholesome company by more than a negligible amount.

My understanding is that both see their drivers as necessary evil with Lyft probably treating them a little less bad. It's a very weird situation because human drivers who basically work for them as they would for a taxi company, aren't even part of the business model.

This is basically it. They’re probably roughly the same shade of evil but Lyft is a lot better at hiding it, and objectively do treat their drivers marginally better. For that, I choose Lyft because otherwise I don’t care.

My last Uber driver had a Lyft sign on the car. He does both. Do you think this is common?

Yes, very common.

I heard some people actually drive for both Uber AND Lyft. Can anyone confirm/deny?

Pens, nick:

uber and lyft treat their drivers virtually identically. But lyft is a slightly less evil company in general, so I try to use them over uber when possible.

I haven’t taken them enough in Vegas to know if it’s true there, but in sf uber matching algorithms and time estimates are better than lyft, so if it’s a busy time or I’m in a hurry I usually go with uber for that reason.

I've been longhauled twice in my last two LAS to strip trips by Uber drivers,both within the past few months. I suspect that a decent number of taxi drivers are going uber gigs now.
Have taken lyft only once from airport so not a large enough sample there to compare.

Agree with lyft being marginally less evil than uber, but it's mostly a wash!


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This, period.

Typical tourist, who probably does not live in a desert.

Didn't read every post it this but you can just take the bus (WAX) for $2. Drops u on tropicana at nyny. Only runs once an hr tho so have to see if that works with ur flight time.

Is there actually people who come to Vegas on vacation that are that desperate to save a few bucks? Doesn’t sound like much of a vacation if you’re slumming it like this

From my understanding talking to Lyft and Uber drivers, Lyft is much better for the full-time drivers, as they have what is essentially a rake back program for portion(s) of Lyft's fee based on certain ride mile stones. One driver told me if you drive a LOT LOT, you can almost earn back 100% of the Lyft fee.

Of course there are, geez, how hard is it to imagine? Everything's relative. Some of my favorite Vegas trips were the ones in my early 20s when I was dirt poor. There's enjoyment in finding the cheap eat spots, and when the money means something to you, grinding a $20 bill in a penny machine and hitting a bonus is a blast. Granted, when I was doing it the strip had Hotel San Remo, the Boardwalk, the New Frontier, and Westward Ho. It was either Westward Ho or New Frontier that had a $3 all-you-can-eat pasta bar (with a salad bar!). Westward Ho you could get a beer and a shot of Jack Daniels for $2. You were supposed to be limited to two (maybe even one?), but the bartenders usually didn't care.

U too good to ride the bus bro? Getting long-hauled in some scumbag's 98 crown vic make u feel fancy bro?

+1

It's amazing how many people waste their hard earned money on taxis and airplanes and hotels when for a tiny fraction of that cost you can take the Greyhound bus to Vegas, and then walk from the bus station to the tunnels where you can live for free.

These suckers are probably out there buying drinks at the bar and sometimes even buying drinks for other people instead of getting a whole 12-pack of Old Englishe for $10 and getting drunk alone in their tents.

And don't even get me started on restaurants. You really want to go out and have someone cook food for you and then have to overpay some pretentious douchebag to bring it to you and tell you what you're eating?

Does that even sound like a vacation?

Actually pretty funny, but homelessness? Tent drinking malt liquor? Thats a pretty big leap. People were talking about walking/shuttle in this thread, ffs was trying to help.

Ghost,

I thought it was a reasonable option to suggest.

In another thread last year, I posted screenshots from my Garmin Connect of a walk from LAS to Vdara around 1PM on an sunny August day. Would I walk if it's >110 outside? Obviously not, that's potentially dangerous. But dry heat up to 100 just doesn't bother me. In fact I think 100 in Vegas is far more tenable than 90 + 90% humidity in the South or Midwest.

I occasionally run with somebody who is going to do the Western States 100-Mile Run at the end of June. If those guys can do that with temps often >100F during that race, any healthy adult should be able to walk 3 miles in those conditions without risking their health.

I'm totally impressed a thread about Taxi's vs Uber vs Lyft vs shuttle vs walking has 120+ replies.

Well done LVL!

Hitch hiking is a pro move

You're making a lot of assumptions. Personally I don't take what I consider to be "vacations". I used to go to Vegas on business trips, for want of a better term. I certainly always expected to make a profit, and tried my best to make sure I did. When I actually tried walking from the airport it was as a resident of Las Vegas coming back from a trip elsewhere.

Airport riders,

Went to Vegas yesterday, my first time since they started doing stall numbers for uber/lyft. System works great, complete no-brainer to go with rideshare now. The only downside before was finding your ride in that area, now that has been addressed with them texting you a stall number.

The only issue is what happens as it gets even more popular. I wouldn’t be surprised to have it turn into basically another taxi line with a person manning the line, etc.