New Uber service caters to those with too much luggage

The ride-sharing service is offering a number of new products and products for people looking to get from the airport to friends and family’s homes that they claim will save them money and make it easier to haul Buick-sized suitcases. announced the service. Insist on traveling together.

First, the UberX Share service is now available at select airports, allowing passengers to share their trip with other travelers, potentially saving both of them 25%. (Even if there is no match, single riders will still receive a 25% discount.) The service will initially be available in Austin, Denver, Newark, Dulles-Washington, DC, Miami, New Orleans, Phoenix, San Francisco, and worldwide. It will be possible. in Amsterdam and Madrid. Other cities will be added later.

For those traveling with a lot of luggage, Uber is also introducing UberXXL, which provides additional trunk space. The company says these rides typically cost between Uber XL and Uber Black prices. Riders who book between now and Dec. 1 will receive $20 in Uber cash back on their rides.

Uber XXL is currently available at 60 locations around the world and 40 in the U.S., including all three New York City airports, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Atlanta, Miami and more.

Uber also plans to extend shuttle service to New York’s LaGuardia, with service running every 30 minutes from 5 a.m. to 10:45 p.m. Three different routes take you to the World Trade Center, Grand Central Terminal, and Pennsylvania Station.

The Transportation Safety Administration says 2024 could be the busiest Thanksgiving travel period ever, with 18.3 million people likely to visit airports from Tuesday, Nov. 26 to Monday, Dec. 2. It states that there is.