Copying from https://www.cheapcheaplah.com/node/9746
FYI to those who will be travelling to South East Asia countries after April 8th 2018
and planning to use UBER services to take you around and order some local foods
Don't be shocked when you open the UBER app
I'm guessing that there would be notification in the UBER app to
download GRAB app to use the ride sharing facilities.
More info
https://www.grab.com/sg/comingtogether-passenger/
good luck
But without competition, will it stay good?
That is the question.
(I actually don't know if there is any other competition other than Uber so ignore me if there are others)
In Bali. There is Go-Jek app. Along with Grab (and Uber), they were the 3 main ride sharing (and two wheeler motor, food, parcel sending) app platform.
So yeah. Competition will remain for the big two. Still good for customer, for now.
in Malaysia I always open the 2 apps and use what ever is cheaper. I still find uber better but with better cars for the most part
Always use grab when in Singapore real good
just realized cheapcheap is no where near popular as ozb
because we love discounts from overrated RRP here.
Maybe the abengs and the aliens in SG don't like to share bargains. Coz they so kiasu
These rideshare apps were sometimes useless in parts of Indonesia (not to mention the large districts of SE Asia where they were absent altogether - Kedah in Malaysia finally has services).
In the southern parts of South Kuta, for example, you often have long entry roads that lead to a bunch of "resorts", and you'll see a bunch of signs saying Uber/Grab etc not allowed. The resorts make crazy commissions on transfer services (and sometimes charge per person) so they're not great fans of transport apps. Since the southern roads are sparsely populated and the resorts filled with honeymooner-types you probably won't find that many rideshares available anyway.
Then you have the rideshares that try to charge per person. Or the ones that contact you to ask where you're going so they can negotiate a price. Even the ones that sneak into the airport car-park for a mutual scam will try to rip you off.
I still managed to exploit all the apps for their free credit so it turned out okay.
Note that this was last year so maybe the situation has changed [insert symbol for sarcasm here].
About time to resurrect this topic.
Grab & Go-Jek are cheap to get around. Especially in Singapore & Malaysia. We've found with 4 of us it was nearly the same as local transport for short trips and not really much more for long trips (and the advantage of not having to drag kids around to the local bus/train stop in the humidity.
The one thing we love about Grab is being able to order a 6 person car when we have luggage so there's plenty of room. Also you can cancel a ride free of charge, unlike Go-Jek and the price isn't much different.
Any signup/referral bonus for Grab?
Grab rocks! So does Go-Jek in Bali!
They changed the way I travel. Taxi drivers give them a real hard time, sadly.