This one is for Londoners (and for those visiting) - if you download one travel app - make it Hailo - one of the cleverest apps I've seen for a while.
Late last night, after a fun, buzzing evening at The Arts Club (all of London seemed to be there, it is the place to be at the moment), we were waiting outside the club with two dozen other people for a black cab.
Thanks to Hailo - we got ours within minutes and without the customary jostling that ensues when several people eye the same free taxi.
There is no need to enter your location (the GPS finds you). You also get a photo of the cab driver sent to your phone. To claim the cab - you simply show him your phone.
It beats Addison Lee as you know (to the minute) how long the cab will be. Add Lee's customer service is getting ruder by the day any way!
No booking fees, no waiting around (in the rain) craning your neck to see if a cab is coming down the road and best of all - you no longer have to fight for that one empty cab!
What a fantastic idea!
Posted by: Andrea Daniels | 08 January 2012 at 10:26 PM