London taxis

I've used Uber for a few years now and find them very reliable with pleasant drivers

You're told the cost of the journey beforehand, see a photo of the driver who is on the way, plus his/her name, make and registration number of the car so you can be sure you're getting into the right car.

No financial transaction with the driver so you don't have to worry about cards/cash.

I’m with you on that Riverwalk - the one I found the most expensive was that (well-known) London mini-cab firm Addison Lee that I used once to get to Hackney Empire from Walthamstow where there were no black cabs to be seen and I had not yet installed the Uber app.
Never again!

welbeck

bus would be better than tube, with luggage.
will you be able to walk with the luggage from the coach station to the front of victoria station.
why not just bite the bullet and pay for a proper taxi.
will still take much longer than 10 mins though.
but i think that is the safest option esp for out- of -towners with luggage.
less stressful. and that matters too.

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That’s what I’d do.

Reasons I’d never get in an Uber:

Taken from the independent 2019.

Uber’s ​lax approach to safety has resulted in a necessary and repeated backlash against the service. When the ride-hailing app lost its licence in 2017, it was because (among other concerns) it was failing to report sexual assaults, putting passengers at terrible risk. Police estimated that there were 48 attacks involving Uber drivers between February 2015 and 2017

But it wasn’t enough. This week Uber had its licence revoked once again by TfL, after it concluded that at least 14,000 journeys in the capital were conducted by unauthorised drivers – an alarming statistic

I Just don’t trust them.