Social networks explode against the ‘dynamic prices’ that VTC companies like Uber have during the April Fair, users are left with one-minute trips that exceed one hundred euros. Going to the Real to dance, drink and dance with your friends in Seville can be very expensive and even more so if you decide to go in this type of vehicle and leave behind the cheaper, although crowded, options such as the metro or buses.
Although the companies explain that the increase in prices is directly proportional to demand, those affected have exploded on social networks and have called the options that the VTCs provide them to go to the Real “abusive rates.”
What is dynamic pricing?
As we already told in La Información, Uber and Cabify offer a price based on the time of the trip and the kilometers traveled, with minimum rates. But under these conditions both known as dynamic prices. That is to say, it is an ‘extra’ that these companies add based on the demand for services, this is easy as more vehicle reservation requests increase, prices rise more.
It is common for VTCs to increase prices at times of greatest demand, such as festivals or sporting events, and the April Fair in Seville in 2024 is no exception.
The Taxi’s response to abusive rates
The Sevillian Taxi Union has joined the complaints of users on social networks and points out the “abusive charges” of the VTCs that operate for Uber or Cabify during the April Fair.
And these prices occur despite their restricted access according to Decree-Law 8/2022 of the Junta de Andalucía on the regulation of VTCs in the region, which provides for “imposing certain limitations on the VTC service, otherwise “This service would end up making most of the services more profitable, by offering them on less onerous conditions than taxi drivers”; This regulation specifies that VTCs are not expressly allowed to circulate in search of clients or promote the recruitment of travelers in any “place where a sporting, cultural, social or any other event that has great potential for generating revenue is being held.” trips”.
