Easy peasy lemon squeezy … and I’m home.
Kemey and I just got back from taking advantage of this extra long weekend with a fantastic afternoon feast at a friend’s place across the river. It’s been the most relaxed Tuesday we’ve had in ages – thanks Queenie! Steak, wine, a little more wine … and then a little more wine … and bam it was time for us to head home and face the inevitable humdrum routine of starting back to work tomorrow.
Lulled, full and a little buzzed, neither of us were up to hoofing it to the nearest Underground station (about a 10 minute walk away), taking the Tube and then the bus to get home. So, I used the Get Taxi app that I’d recently installed on my phone. The process was pretty intuitive and essentially effortless.
Tony, our cabbie, showed up quickly (as was indicated countdown-style on my phone’s screen while we waited) in a clean Black Cab. He was friendly and drove safely. The metered price was comparable to times I’d taken minicabs from the same friend’s place back to my flat in the past. But I didn’t have to trouble my friends’ for a rec or wait ages for a car to come.
In full disclosure, I should mention I was offered some free taxi credit in exchange for a review of this app. That said, I was really pleased with the service, and I definitely intend to use Get Taxi again. It was a lot easier and more seamless and felt more secure than calling an unfamiliar car company. I can especially see the app coming in handy next time I’m in a part of London that I don’t know all that well.
Get Taxi is a free app. It’s available throughout the UK and a number of other countries and is well worth checking out and giving a spin.
