[Naplesnole]

It’s dead. 2-3 hour wait at RSW the last two nights and no pings in the streets. Looks like only bar runs, so might be time to hibernate until the small rush of summer vacationers in June ?

 

[SunnyeeDee]

I was wondering about the airport.... I have seen many auto transporters in Naples especially the last 2 weeks.

 

[Naplesnole]

Yep. Gonna have to have a little luck for a while.

 

[espizarro83]

Season is not over yet but it is going down. Tuesdays generally are always slow even in March. Overall it is a combination of less people coming now (Easter week is the last spring break week) and more locals picking people. And also because of the cherrypicking frenzy last summer and more people using cabs, and Lyft now sending requests outside RSW (if you decline you go back to the bottom of the queue) does not make things easy.

 

[Naplesnole]

Season is not over yet but it is going down. Tuesdays generally are always slow even in March. Overall it is a combination of less people coming now (Easter week is the last spring break week) and more locals picking people. And also because of the cherrypicking frenzy last summer and more people using cabs, and Lyft now sending requests outside RSW (if you decline you go back to the bottom of the queue) does not make things easy.

I always wondered what the airport would be like, if only people from this coast could work there. Have Uber people work in their geographical location, with exceptions to taking PAX to the other coast etc. It would make off season a lot easier I would think.

 

[SunnyeeDee]

I turned on Uber and Lyft last night it was really slow!!!! I had exactly 3 rides made 23$ on Uber 5 of that was a tip and $2.36 on Lyft. I even went out to the "quest" area. No pings.

on a side note: My last ride was the Lyft I had to practically hold my breath and my eyes was literally starting to burn from the BO. Thank God it was only 2 miles !

 

[oldfart]

I took two snowbirds to the airport this morning. They are flying north and will return next winter

 

[Naplesnole]

I turned on Uber and Lyft last night it was really slow!!!! I had exactly 3 rides made 23$ on Uber 5 of that was a tip and $2.36 on Lyft. I even went out to the "quest" area. No pings.

on a side note: My last ride was the Lyft I had to practically hold my breath and my eyes was literally starting to burn from the BO. Thank God it was only 2 miles !

Lol I had a guy's breath two nights ago that almost made me faint. Actually I still believe it's the luck of the draw from here on out. I took a short ride from the airport and said it would hold my spot. While I was dropping off the short ride, I got pinged for a long ride across the street. So it was a good night. Strangely, I watch four and five planes land in a row, and the numbers waiting in fifo dont change at all. That seems weird to me that in five planes, nobody asked for Uber.

 

[oldfart]

Last summer was my first summer doing Uber and it really bad for me and other drivers I’ve talked to
Coincidentally red tide was the worst I’ve ever seen. Dead fish from Sarasota to Marco. I was told the vacancy rate on Ft Myers Beach was 90%. It seems that anyone that had scheduled a vacation here; if the could cancel, they did


Hopefully this summer will be better

 

[SunnyeeDee]

Last summer was my first summer doing Uber and it really bad for me and other drivers I've talked to
Coincidentally red tide was the worst I've ever seen. Dead fish from Sarasota to Marco. I was told the vacancy rate on Ft Myers Beach was 90%. It seems that anyone that had scheduled a vacation here; if the could cancel, they did

Hopefully this summer will be better

Yes Lets hope so!

 

[Rogers67]

Hello.
Season is slowing down but it is still easy to make a fair amount of money in Naples with airport trips.
If you turn up your app on around 4:30am with a set destination to RSW you will get a trip to the airport. You should be able to be in the airport queue around 5:30 am. At that time you only have between 1 to 10 driver in queue. You should get a trip back to Naples with the first arriving plane around 6:30am. Ofcourse that I involve cherry picking your rides. When back in Naples set a second destination on Uber to the airport and try to be close to some of the most popular hotels in Naples. It might take some time but you'll get lucky many times, take in consideration the checkout time which is usually 10 or 11am. You might have to wait a couple hours at the airport but you won't be wasting gas and mileage on your car. It happened many times that I had done 3 round trip to the airport in a 8 to 10 hours day. When at the airport I am always on select except for the 6:30am flight.
Of season a good place to be by are the fancy cars dealership because clients who brought there cars to be service are often send home by the dealership via Uber and many times they could be select rides.
Happy driving!!!

 

[Naplesnole]

Last summer was my first summer doing Uber and it really bad for me and other drivers I've talked to
Coincidentally red tide was the worst I've ever seen. Dead fish from Sarasota to Marco. I was told the vacancy rate on Ft Myers Beach was 90%. It seems that anyone that had scheduled a vacation here; if the could cancel, they did

Hopefully this summer will be better

I've been here since 79. New to Uber but you are correct. Believe it or not there are quite a few summer vacationers from all over that come here over the summer. Red Tide destroyed that last year. If red tide doesn't stay long it could at least have a means for us to make it over those few months.

 

[SunnyeeDee]

Hello.
Season is slowing down but it is still easy to make a fair amount of money in Naples with airport trips.
If you turn up your app on around 4:30am with a set destination to RSW you will get a trip to the airport. You should be able to be in the airport queue around 5:30 am. At that time you only have between 1 to 10 driver in queue. You should get a trip back to Naples with the first arriving plane around 6:30am. Ofcourse that I involve cherry picking your rides. When back in Naples set a second destination on Uber to the airport and try to be close to some of the most popular hotels in Naples. It might take some time but you'll get lucky many times, take in consideration the checkout time which is usually 10 or 11am. You might have to wait a couple hours at the airport but you won't be wasting gas and mileage on your car. It happened many times that I had done 3 round trip to the airport in a 8 to 10 hours day. When at the airport I am always on select except for the 6:30am flight.
Of season a good place to be by are the fancy cars dealership because clients who brought there cars to be service are often send home by the dealership via Uber and many times they could be select rides.
Happy driving!!!

Thanks!

 

[Tarvus]

I haven't really seen much slow down yet. Still getting a lot of business and airport runs daily. Rogers67 is right about Naples and return trips to the airport. I didn't realize first arrivals were at 6:30. I thought they were closer to 9am. That info may prompt me to actually check in at the RSW que for the first time ever!

 

[oldfart]

Season is not over yet but it is going down. Tuesdays generally are always slow even in March. Overall it is a combination of less people coming now (Easter week is the last spring break week) and more locals picking people. And also because of the cherrypicking frenzy last summer and more people using cabs, and Lyft now sending requests outside RSW (if you decline you go back to the bottom of the queue) does not make things easy.

I've gotten to the point that if I get a ping from outside the airport, I take it. A ride is a ride, after all

I'm a regular at the airport but for now there seems to be more people flying out, than flying in.... so now, after I drop someone at the airport, unless the queue is really small, I head south to Naples to work the street. As long as I stay west of 41 I will get an airport ride sooner or later

In addition to less airport traffic and less people here in the summer, there are a couple of other things going on that serve to reduce the number of rides.

I picked up a Ritz Carlton employee recently and noticed a guy sitting in his car near the service entrance. My passenger told me that guy was his regular ride home. The driver has regular customers that he takes to and from work every day for $30 a week each.

There are lots of drivers (including me) that do off app cash rides. Every cash ride we do is one less Uber or lyft ride available.

Did you know that there is no permit required in Collier county to do cash rides? Anyone with a car can be a taxi driver

 

[SunnyeeDee]

I've gotten to the point that if I get a ping from outside the airport, I take it. A ride is a ride, after all

I'm a regular at the airport but for now there seems to be more people flying out, than flying in.... so now, after I drop someone at the airport, unless the queue is really small, I head south to Naples to work the street. As long as I stay west of 41 I will get an airport ride sooner or later

In addition to less airport traffic and less people here in the summer, there are a couple of other things going on that serve to reduce the number of rides.

I picked up a Ritz Carlton employee recently and noticed a guy sitting in his car near the service entrance. My passenger told me that guy was his regular ride home. The driver has regular customers that he takes to and from work every day for $30 a week each.

There are lots of drivers (including me) that do off app cash rides. Every cash ride we do is one less Uber or lyft ride available.

Did you know that there is no permit required in Collier county to do cash rides? Anyone with a car can be a taxi driver

Totally off subject... but do we have to rate the Pax before we get another pax ping?

 

[Tarvus]

on a side note: My last ride was the Lyft I had to practically hold my breath and my eyes was literally starting to burn from the BO. Thank God it was only 2 miles !

I took a fare to the airport last week from Cape Coral - some 26 miles. The only way to describe his body odor is "stale butt crack". It was like a fog that permeated the car. I was queasy and fought the urge to vomit the entire trip. Had to crack the drivers side the window a few inches to let outside air in and chew on peppermint lifesavers to keep from getting sick.

Drove a couple of miles away from the airport with windows down afterwards then used a ton of Fabreeze to kill the stench.

 

[SunnyeeDee]

I took a fare to the airport last week from Cape Coral - some 26 miles. The only way to describe his body odor is "stale butt crack". It was like a fog that permeated the car. I was queasy and fought the urge to vomit the entire trip. Had to crack the drivers side the window a few inches to let outside air in and chew on peppermint lifesavers to keep from getting sick.

Drove a couple of miles away from the airport with windows down afterwards then used a ton of Fabreeze to kill the stench.

I am so sorry LOL

 

[Rogers67]

Thanks!

You're welcome. I saw your question about getting a new request before rating your last ride. You could get a new request before you rate your last rider but you won't be able to move to your next pickup before your rating is completed.

 

[SunnyeeDee]

that what I thought but i saw drivers saying they rate after the rider tips... maybe that was an old thread