California Ride Share Experience

My ride share experience in California!

Upon arrival, we took a taxi from the John Wayne Airport to Candy Cane Inn. The taxi driver was old, and it was the least enjoyable ride we took. With a tip, it cost $70USD($98.05CAD). I believe I only tipped $10.

When we took Lyft from Candy Cane Inn to John Wayne Airport $35.22USD($47.37CAD), big difference…

We went to Universal Studios Hollywood for one of the days. The day before I checked the approximate cost on Lyft and on Uber. Lyft was roughly $50USD and Uber was roughly $60USD.

We were picked up at 8:30am and got there at 9:47am. The fee including a $20 tip was $69.68. I tipped high as they drove for over an hour!

On the way back from Universal Studios Hollywood, I tried to order a ride at 6:30pm(on a Friday) and it was rush hour!! I checked Lyft and almost had a heart attack with the insane prices. 

I switched to Uber and found one for slightly cheaper and jumped on it. $89.96USD with a $25 tip as we were in the car for closer to 2 hours!

As someone who lives where they don't have these ride share options, my tip if you find yourself in that situation is to find something to do for an hour and wait.