Uber travel tips

Marriott announced changes to its partnership with Uber on Tuesday, including devaluing riders' points-earning potential while adding new yet less-than-worthwhile perks.

Good morning from Skift. It’s Wednesday, October 16, 2024, and here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today. 

One of the challenges of living in a prominent transit hub like New York City can be navigating your way to and from its airports.

Uber is launching a new black-car service for business travelers, the company told Skift Tuesday. The service, called Uber Business Black, will come with several features designed for busy business travelers. 

Booking a ride on a rideshare app to any major New York airport can get expensive, with fares sometimes costing well over $100.

Lions and zebras and elephants… oh my. 

If you have the American Express® Gold Card or The Platinum Card® from American Express, listen up: Your Uber benefits are about to change.

Dara Khosrowshahi, along with Barry Diller, built Expedia as we know it today. Khosrowshahi became CEO of Expedia in 2005 after it was spun out of Diller’s IAC, and spent the next 12 years overseeing multiple major acquisitions to consolidate the consumer travel industry and create a giant. The largest deals among them: Orbitz for $1.6 billion and HomeAway (now Vrbo) for $3.9 billion.

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Visitors to the upcoming Paris Olympics will soon have an easy way to save money on transportation. Uber, the popular rideshare app, will be offering an automatic 10 percent discount on rides for passengers from Paris airports between July 22 through Sept. 8. The discount applies to arrivals from both Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) and Orly Airport Aéroport de Paris (ORY). Passengers can also save 30 percent if they use UberX Share within the city, as long as they are matched with another rider during the trip. 

Uber users in France and the Netherlands can now earn points for flights with Air France-KLM.

Ahead of the start of the Paris Olympics, Uber unveiled a series of new features, products and partnerships Tuesday, including a Flying Blue promotion that gives passengers the chance to earn miles throughout France and the Netherlands.

We all want to see as much of a holiday destination as we can, but in places where public transport is scarce, it’s not always easy.

Uber is getting into the yachting game, expanding its boat options across Europe and tapping into a beloved mode of transportation.

The Paris Olympics are almost here, and Uber is ready to celebrate with a pair of new experiences allowing riders to toast their way through France and ride along the Seine on a free boat tour.

Glenn Fogel, the CEO of both Booking Holdings and its flagship brand, Booking.com, was the highest-paid travel CEO among the bosses of S&P 500 companies in 2023, with a total package of $46.7 million.

Uber just unveiled a new way to get to the airport.

After two years of launching features aimed at families, Uber unveiled six new products — three focused on shared rides and three new Uber Eats expansions — at its fourth annual product showcase, Go-Get. The new additions include airport shuttle and event rides, pre-scheduled Uber X shared rides and Uber Caregiver.

Uber is launching a shuttle service in the U.S. for transportation to airports, concert venues, and sporting events. 

Leaving a music festival outside of Austin in 2014, I remember pulling up my Uber app to book a ride back to the city—but thousands of other festival-goers around me were doing the same thing. After many failed attempts later, with no alternatives to make the nearly 20-mile journey back so late at night, I took a risk and piled into a car with a group of strangers. Thankfully, I was dropped off at my hotel safely.

There’s no denying that Uber is super convenient and an easy way to get around any destination and to and from the airport. But, let’s face it, wallet-friendly it’s usually not.