how much for grab car between airport and ho chi minh city

Instead you can check prices for both apps via Google Maps without getting punished.Ħ. Doing so will increase your ride price - both Uber and Grab do this because they know that you've already checked the price for the destination. DO NOT do the following: open the app, key in your destination, check the price and if you don't like it - close and re-open it to repeat.

Before picking up the app/means (uber or grab) for the ride, check prices via Google Maps. If app shows 5 min arrival time and car in 4 busy intersections away where green light is on just for 45 sec, instead it will be 15 min or more. Especially it is the case for evening rush hour time. Take approximate time of arrival of the car and further travel time with grain of salt. When picking up the car at the airport, pay close attention near which pillar you are (at least Uber will ask you to choose the one you will be waiting) so the car can come there, but if you see on the map that car has stopped and waiting at other pillar, just go there - do not expect that they will come to your location because, as said above, your GPS might not showing correct location.Ĥ. This will minimize potential confusion because for example in 90% of cases my phone's GPS showing location across the street.ģ. When booking Uber/grab, don't blindingly trust on 'my location' the app will show on map, but rather type the place you actually are at the 'from' field and make sure that app displays it correctly. At all cafes/restaurants/hotels there is wifi available and you can connect to them and use it to call Uber/Grab.Ģ. I did not purchase SIM card there and instead used wifi. Here is the list of observations:ġ.Obviously, you need to have data connection on phone, but while desired, it is not absolutely necessary to have local SIM card with data. Several conditions needs to be in place to make such experience successful - make sure that you have right expectations.

While reading some bad reports here about uber/grab, the result for us worked way better than I expected. We got out together for sightseeing/dining/etc and entirely relied on Uber/Grab instead of public transport/taxi. We used grab and uber more than ten times in 24h we (group of three adults) stayed in HCMC. While I have been in Vietnam/Saigon more than once, it was the first I used Uber/Grab instead of taxis to get from port to point and I am totally satisfied.

How much for grab car between airport and ho chi minh city