Taxi is good tips if you don't mind working nights. Drunks needing a ride home tip well. I have friends claim they make great tips giving suburbanites round trips into the unsavory parts of town for drugs.km1125 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 09, 2022 11:09 amI know a couple folks that used to drive for Uber and now drive for LYFT. They LOVE the change and won't ever consider going back. I knew a few that did taxi and that was tough work. Probably much better in very limited situations, like airports or congested downtown areas.
However, it's been a couple years since I used a taxi and it was at an airport. In the time I waited in the line for the taxi, I probably could have called an Uber or Lyfft and got faster service!
They say tired travelers needing late night taxi rides home from DTW tip well too. You can get a good portion of the money left over from the trip if you make an extra effort loading and unloading their bags for them.
I've also heard the same about driving shuttle bus at the airport. People coming home late at night are tired.
Get your ass outta the seat, load and unload their luggage, clear any snow off their car windows. Many airport shuttle drivers never take their seatbelt off and miss out on good tips.