There are some travel hacks that are 100% on the up-and-up, where everybody wins. And then there are some travel hacks that are, as I like to call them “morally gray.” The person doing the hack will win, but it might be at the expense of someone or something else.
Examples of morally gray hacks
Skiplagging is a good example of morally gray hacking. The person who does it gets to go to the city they want for a whole lot less money, but the airline loses financially (and the person doing the skiplagging could get in trouble too. These people and this kid found that out the hard way).
Some other examples of morally gray hacks are:
- How to bring more liquids through the TSA security checkpoint
- How to fix a hotel shower with low water pressure (the video towards the bottom)
How to get a cheaper Uber from the airport
Not long ago, a TikToker named Chantel shared a hack so that she doesn’t have to pay exorbitant prices when she wants to catch an Uber from the airport.
“If you take Ubers from the airport to your house, here’s a hack to help you save some money. When I open the Uber app and saw that it was $70 just for me to get home, I said nuh-uh,” she said.
She then shows a screenshot of the Uber prices she was quoted. The cheapest option was a whopping $70.91 (there undoubtedly must’ve been some surge pricing going on).
Chantel continued: “What you’re gonna do is grab your bags go outside, and take one of those free hotel shuttles. So, of course, the shuttles are gonna take you to the hotel. But as you can see, the price went from $70 to $27.” That $27 was how much the Uber would be from the hotel, as opposed to $70 from the airport.
“Mind you, I was taking an Uber from DCA back to Maryland,” she added.
And frankly, it doesn’t matter which hotel you go to – you won’t have the surge pricing that’s frequently found at the airport, so the price you’re quoted is significantly lower.
Here’s the video:
@breathlessescapetravels Ubers at the airport are so expensive! You can save money by taking a hotel shittle and catching the uber from there‼️ you’re welcome! #traveltips #travel #airporthack #flighthacks
The responses
The replies varied from how smart this was, to concerns that the hotel shuttle might ask for proof of a reservation (one person mentioned that you might be planning to get the reservation when you arrive at the hotel. Someone else’s response to that is THEY take a shuttle to a car rental company. As long as it’s off airport property, the price will be significantly less). A few people reminded everyone to tip the shuttle driver a couple of dollars, which I thought was nice.
What do you think?
Personally, I could get behind this one. Surge pricing means the driver get paid more, but with their not having to deal with airport traffic, they might even out in the end. What do you think?
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