Why do Uber and Grab taxi drivers refuse to ‘ride’ near and interprovincially?

First, let me clarify that here we are only discussing profitable business factors, not discourteous behavior towards customers by technology taxi drivers or `dirty tricks` of customers towards drivers.

Firstly, technology taxi drivers are divided into 3 types: Owners drive themselves, rent a car to drive and drive for rent like a traditional taxi.

In these three types, self-driving owners usually do not have much financial pressure if they do not borrow from banks or borrow to pay interest to buy.

I say this so that customers understand that driving a technology taxi is also a form of business, and business must be about profit first.

Second, for each trip, the driver costs 20,000 VND, but the driver still doesn’t make a profit and gets to wrap sticky rice

Technology taxi companies all deduct 28.5% of their revenue, meaning drivers are left with only 71.5%.

First, I calculated the cost of gas.

(See more: I had my trip canceled by Uber and Grab drivers because I was close)

Third, why do technology taxi drivers often refuse inter-provincial trips?

Let me explain as follows: First of all, drivers traveling long distances have a higher risk than driving within Ho Chi Minh City.

This leads to: The driver taking you away from home has to drive empty the whole way back. Gasoline costs increase by 200% for that trip, which is also unprofitable.

Any driver who goes to Binh Duong for a trip costing more than 200,000 VND and gets stuck in traffic for a few hours will definitely have to spend money to make up for the loss in gas costs.

Many times, drivers meet kind customers and even give them a few dozen fuel allowances to comfort them, but most of the customers who take technology taxis are the ones who save the most, so the drivers don’t dare to dream much about this.

(See more: I was forced to walk more than a kilometer by a traditional motorbike taxi because I booked a Grab)

Fourth, a reason from the car booking software

The ride booking software cannot update the map to calculate the exact value of the ride because it only calculates the distance `as the bird flies` or the `nearest route` and ignores important details.

So, you are a technology taxi user and so am I, but sometimes we should also find out why drivers often refuse near and intercity trips.

Bibo

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