Brent and Michael's Secret Travel Hacks, Part 22!
Get cheaper Ubers and Mexican food, ditch your plastic spatula, solve the travel laundry problem, rate a ChatGPT travel hack, and learn *easy* Earth-friendly alternatives to Christmas wrapping paper!
Yet another edition of our unusual travel hacks!
For other travel hack columns, go to Part Ten and Part Eleven and Part Twelve and Part Thirteen and Part Fourteen and Part Fifteen and Part Sixteen and Part Seventeen and Part Eighteen and Part Nineteen and Part Twenty and Part Twenty-One and Part Twenty-Three and Part Twenty-Four.
Here are our latest hacks:
Rideshare apps like Uber use “dynamic pricing,” where the cost constantly fluctuates based on demand. How can you use this to your advantage? If you’re out with a friend or partner, both of you should get an Uber estimate — then opt for the price that’s lower.
If prices seem especially high, another option is to pick a slightly different pick-up point or to simply wait a few minutes and try again.
Too much work? Maybe, but Michael and I regularly save 10-30% on the cost of our rides.
(You can also opt for the cheaper Uber Pool group ride. But, I mean, duh.)
Travel with a rubber door stop, which can be used to prop open inside doors for ventilation or seal the outside door closed for extra security.
An American restaurant hack: if the restaurant serves fajitas for one, it’s always enough for two people. Always. But be clear: “We’ll just share the fajitas for one.”
Once it arrives, you can also ask for extra tortillas.
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