Anchorage Taxi Cab Companies

The best prices in the city. When you find someone with lower tariffs, we will exceed his prices. Stevens Airport To Downtown Hotels; $25 for the first 2 people and then $5 for each other. Airport Eagle River Transfers: $69.00 up to 4 persons, $10.00 per person in addition up to 10 persons.

Palm/Wasilla transfers: $125.00 up to 4 persons, $25.00 per person in addition up to 10 persons. Girdwood Anchorage: $125 up to 4 persons, $25 per person up to 10 persons.

Carpooling to enter the anchorage markets

Uber, a carpool company, will open in Anchorage this weekend. Rather than call a taxi, those who need a drive can use a smart phone application to call a close-by home car. However, taxi companies in Anchorage and around the globe say that it is dishonest to compete. Uber. I took a regular cab to my interviewer.

The taxi rider came on schedule in a fragrant Toyota Prius. Driving into the city center was $17 for me, tip included. That' about how much the Uber application estimations would actually costs with their services. Why should I take Uber? Your West Coast General Director Steve Thompson says it's comfort and security.

According to Thompson, all riders must endure stringent crime and road security screening. You will also need the vehicle to have 19 point controls, and the driver and vehicle will have $1 million worth of insurance policies when they are on the job. What's more, you will need to have 19 point controls, and the driver and vehicle will have $1 million worth of policies when they are on the job. What's more, you will be able to get the most out of your vehicle. However, the automobiles do not have to have community approvals like traditional taxi cabs, and there is no need for local education and examination for them.

The Anchorage Taxi Cab Permit Owners Association representative Jim Brennan says it's not right. So, is Uber legally in Anchorage? Even locals recognize this. The Alaska Yellow Dispatch, the biggest taxi operator in Anchorage, published an application that works like the Uber application. They can order and keep tabs on cars and order specific articles, such as a base registered vehicle or a child safety chair.

About is paid over the application fully in advance. Sloane Unwin, Yellow Dispatch CEO, says the main distinction is that once the payments function is working correctly, your business is approved in Anchorage. Uber's Thompson says they are already working with the community to ensure that the business can run lawfully in the town.

Says they've already had over 100 driver job interviews, some of which already work for taxi companies. However, in some parts of the county they are faced with complaints from riders who say they are not getting the advice they promise. As soon as this is over, I need to find a way back to the gym.

Think it should be pretty simple in downtown Anchorage. I' m going to go to an empty cab right ahead. "Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes," the rider answers excitedly. I go back to the gym, chat with the chauffeur, my smart phone is hidden in my pocket.