Uber "The Ultimate Side Hustle of Iowa"

Alright now on to some of the more detailed information about surge earnings this when it really pays off to be an Uber partner driver. Surge earnings come about when there are a large number of Uber rides being requested and not enough Uber drivers to fill all the rides. How the surge earnings are calculated all depends on the demand at the moment and mainly the city you are driving in. Larger cities such as; Orlando, New York City, Chicago, and Dallas have much higher scale in pay considering the difference in traffic and population. Here are a couple of pictures to show what it looks like while surging.  * The box in the upper right shows what the multiplier is for your area ranging from about 1.2 - 3.5 in my area. * In this image you can see a surging area in need of Uber drivers covering a large majority of the Iowa City area around downtown and the University. You can always tell there is a surge in an area when there is an Uber symbol is in the upper right hand corner...

So I have been driving with Uber for a few weeks now and I am having a blast getting to be out driving around being paid. This post I am going to cover just how easy it is to use the app and drive with Uber for great money. First and foremost you will need a new enough phone that can actually use and run apps so we are taking smart phone capabilities. Now after you have downloaded the app open it up and log into the app. Allow any permissions so it can access location for easy gps location when picking up and dropping off. Once your home screen loads it will look something like this... * Up top you have the button to turn online  and offline. *The main screen is your gps map showing your location with a blue dot. * The bottom bar is your other pages. * Earnings contains last trip and total trips today. * Also there is a driving report on quick menu if tap white box on bottom of screen * Ratings has all of your rated trips and comments. * Account contains all your persona...

Signing up for UBER is actually a really easy process so long as your background and driving records are clean. I am not a perfect drivers by any means I have some tickets and speeding fines, but for the most part my driving record is in good condition. I think they are more looking at real driving issues like DUI's, reckless driving, driving w/out a license, and bigger driving issues of that sort. To get started with UBER you will need a few things in order to drive as a partner with UBER . First you must have a valid license, up to date insurance, valid non salvaged registration, and obviously a reliable car. You will be able to snap pictures of all of these items from the UBER app and have them directly loaded to your profile.    If you are like me and have a pretty clean record all around both driving and criminal you can be driving with UBER inside of 10 to 20 minutes. UBER runs all of your files through federal checks immediately once you have submitted ...

My name is Andrew and I have just recently started driving with UBER in the Iowa City, Coralville, and North Liberty areas of Iowa. I must say I really am enjoying myself, the flexibility of driving and earning when you want, or when you NEED to really makes this a one of a kind business model. The fact that taxi drivers are so sketchy and expensive for that matter really gave UBER a direct line into this market. UBER runs good background checks to verify criminal and driving records before you are allowed to drive with them. Being able to have a picture and the vehicle description of your UBER driver before they even show up to your location really drives home that driver and rider safety is the most important part of the UBER platform. One thing that really got UBER drivers excited recently was the development of Instant Pay. Instant Pay now allows drivers to withdraw their earnings instantly up to 5 times daily, or you can just have it set up for a weekly direct deposit. Also...