Meru Cabs are the best in the business of Taxi Cabs… PlugInCaroo advice is to stick to Meru cabs as drivers & passengers (riders). Meru has no hidden fares and no surge pricing. Forget about Uber & Ola both of whom use tricky fares, hidden fares, surge pricing and also exploit the drivers.

Personally I always use Meru cabs and they have never let me down. They are the most dependable & affordable Radio-Taxi, Website & Smartphone App based cabs in the bigger cities of India.  After you make the booking over your smartphone app the… driver usually calls to confirm the location. As he drives you can see him on your phone’s Google Map. For best & fast response experience you will need a 4G Phone & 4G (LTE) network selected on your phone network list as below:

Setting – Wireless & Network – More -Mobile Network Settings – Preferred Network Type – LTE

You could also manage with 3G Phone & 3G network.

Meru Cabs is now available in the following Indian cities and saves you a ton of headache (in alphabetic order):

• Ahmedabad,

• Bengaluru,

• Bhubaneshwar,

• Chandigarh,

• Chennai,

• Coimbatore,

• Delhi,

• Gurgaon,

• Hydrabad,

• Indore,

• Jaipur,

• Jodhpur,

• Kochi,

• Kolkata,

• Lucknow,

• Ludhiana,

• Mumbai,

• Mysore,

• Noida,

• Pune,

• Surat,

• Udaipur,

• Vadodra,

• Visakhapatnam,

Below are some of the reasons you should NOT take Uber/Ola who are nothing less than thieves!

• http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/meru-cabs-strikes-while-the-iron-is-hot-even-as-uber-and-ola-are-in-limbo-117022800124_1.html

• http://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/ola-uber-strike-takes-commuters-for-a-bumpy-ride-117021501033_1.html

• http://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/karnataka-hc-bans-surge-pricing-uphold-rules-to-regulate-ola-uber-116111000794_1.html

  Uber Rapes occurring due to almost zero background checks:

  • http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-34002051

  • http://www.cnbc.com/2016/02/22/uber-no-background-check-change-after-michigan-murders.html

  • https://www.cnet.com/news/uber-background-checks-missed-drivers-criminal-records-prosecutors-say/

  • http://www.dallasnews.com/news/news/2016/02/28/which-is-safer-uber-or-a-taxi

  • https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/dec/08/uber-rape-claim-india-7000-people-sign-petition

• Indian Uber Drivers complaining:

  • http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/ola-slashes-fares-in-bengaluru-despite-driver-protests-of-falling-earnings-117021000890_1.html

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilnLlrqBhzI

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3y8sqxzpRF8

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMzwGKxzTHM&spfreload=5

  • Uber driver tried suicide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPMGsPBt8CQ

  • Freedom Anti-Uber Union: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9h6OztR9A4Q

  • see Uber complaints playlist for more details: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbWAsvsip2Rx50OLBhNNAiqEwzUBnDYgE

  Low Prices closing Indian Taxi business:

  • http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/ola-shuts-down-taxiforsure-business-lays-off-700-employees-116081700132_1.html

  • http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/ola-to-lay-off-another-500-to-save-cash-for-fight-with-uber-116090300010_1.html

  • http://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/paid-higher-cab-fare-today-uber-and-ola-drivers-are-on-strike-in-delhi-117021000005_1.html

  Uber customer service representative says Uber is Evil:

  • https://thebillfold.com/my-nine-months-as-an-uber-customer-service-rep-30875403f267#.r4z97yoec

  Why Uber is a scam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgQPj90OrQE

  Uber Pool: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inFgkKRhUoc

  Uber Pool Problems of both passengers & drivers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I69AeB6T9-4

  Why are Uber drivers considering legal action? BBC News : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIvB1ND1H0s

  How much do Uber really drivers make: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dt3HX1ekWDA (If you work 6 hrs UBER Driver App will show that the driver worked only 5hrs so you feel you made more in less time.)

  If your phone is showing low battery your Uber will be in surge mode (big data at play):

  • http://www.npr.org/2016/05/17/478266839/this-is-your-brain-on-uber

  Tales of horrible UBER customer support:

  • http://mothership.sg/2016/11/uber-spore-facebook-page-increasingly-inundated-with-complaints/

  • https://uberpeople.net/threads/very-poor-customer-service.68259/

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYQqiJlwoo8&spfreload=5

  • https://www.buzzfeed.com/johanabhuiyan/contracts-and-chaos-inside-ubers-customer-service-struggles?utm_term=.ybv1vovRz#.ji10ORONB

  • https://www.consumercomplaints.in/uber-india-b111481

  • https://www.reddit.com/r/uber/comments/37s18h/ubers_poor_customer_service_doesnt_just_hurts/

  For those who are new to Uber:

  • http://mentalfloss.com/article/67010/16-things-you-might-not-know-about-uber-and-its-drivers