Does Getting an Uber or Lyft Make Sense in Tucson AZ?

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Things You Should Know (Tucson)

Does an Uber or Lyft make sense?

Uber and Lyft drivers often cancel once they arrive at your house, because the app doesn't tell them where they are going until they arrive at your home. Usually drivers don't want to drive that far and not get paid for two hours to drive back, or they are unavailable to work for that long. This may result in you missing your flight after 2-3 of them cancel in a row, and they charge you $5 for each cancellation. You then try to contact Uber or Lyft over the next week to get a refund, and they don't even have a phone number.

Another thing to consider is that Uber and Lyft drivers are never interviewed, so you may get a depressed guy complaining about his life, a tiny car with no leg room or a creeper. Uber and Lyft also do not train their drivers and the airport is moderately confusing to most people, so they usually have no idea where to go.

How reliable is the Greyhound bus or an Arizona shuttle with a lot of people?

Companies that do shared rides to Tucson will try to pick you up an hour or two earlier, but they make no promises about when you will actually get to the airport. If you're on a tight schedule, the shared ride option with Arizona shuttle or the Tucson Greyhound is probably not a good idea. Extra stops and scheduling with other passengers can either make you too early or potentially late. Even with great drivers, passengers can be unpredictable and end up making everyone miss their flight.

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With more than 100,000 customers and more than 8 years in business, Airport Shuttle of Phoenix owns Tucson Shuttle, and has drivers all over the State of Arizona. Our main office is 5 minutes from PHX airport in Phoenix.

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• Any Address - We pick you up at your home, hotel or airport.
• Better - most rides are non-stop in a nice car.
• Flexible - we pick you up on your schedule 24/7.
• Safer - we don't leave you at a bus stop and we have better drivers.
• Faster - most rides take half the time and it's just you in the vehicle.
• More Convenient - door - door and no need to arrange or pay for other companies to get home.
• Affordable - once you add it all up, it's the same price.

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There are no Phoenix or Tucson trains. Currently Amtrak only goes east to west through Tucson, not north and south. There is no Amtrak train in Phoenix.

Phoenix - Tucson flights are about $247 - $500 per person .not including bags and taxes depending on demand and season. Flight time non-stop is 45 minutes. One stop is about 4 hours in the air. Actual travel time on a plane is an hour waiting for the flight plus 30 minutes to exit the plane and get your bags plus 45 minutes in the air in a perfect world. Total travel time is a minimum of to hours and 15 minutes to 5 hours and 15 minutes. It only takes an hour and 40 minutes if you travel with us, and you save a lot of money.

Greyhound Phoenix to Tucson Arizona takes about twice as long because you stop and wait for 30 minutes at each stop. Plus the Greyhound is frequently 30 minutes to an hour late. This means your travel time is about double or 3 hours and 20 minutes. You're a lot better off having us drive you unless you are on an extremely tight budget. Riding the bus is rarely a fun experience.

Phoenix - Tucson drive time is about one hour and forty minutes depending on where you are being picked up and dropped off in Phoenix and Tucson.

Phoenix to Tucson Door to Door is our specialty. You don't have to coordinate and pay for multiple companies to get you home and it take about half as long as riding with other shared ride services or the Greyhound.

Tufesa Phoenix - Tucson Arizona is very similar to the Greyhound. It takes forever and they pack you in like sardines with 54 other people.

Our car service Phoenix to Tucson is the best without the same price as a private car. Our pricing is very similar to Uber, Lyft and other Tucson airport transportation companies except we have much nicer vehicles, door to door service included and it's non-stop. It's also very rare for customers to share with other people and you have the option to not share at all.