Uber is rebranding its local delivery service, previously Uber Connectin time for the holidays. Launched in 2020, it now has a name that better clarifies its purpose: Uber Courier.
The service launched with support for sending and receiving items to and from local addresses. Since then, it is expanded to include collection of previously purchased items from local stores. So if traffic is a nightmare, you’re on a tight schedule, and you can spare an extra expense, tap the Courier button in the Uber app and have an Uber driver go to, say, the Best Buy pickup counter to take it something you ordered online and take it with you (or bring it to someone else).
Uber Courier can do it too collect and deliver your packages at the post office. Maybe it’s worth the cost to avoid the existential dread of standing in a long line of impatient people under fluorescent lighting, waiting for exhausted, underpaid government employees to weigh your package and call you.
Those traveling with kids have more options for Uber rides this holiday season. The ride-sharing company is expanding its Uber car seat service, which already covered New York City, Los Angeles and Orlando. Starting today, you can also use it in Washington, DC, Atlanta, Miami, and San Francisco. When you reserve an Uber car seat in advance, your driver will come equipped with a Nuna Rava convertible car seat for your baby or toddler.
Uber has a promotion for the Uber Car Seat until January 2nd. Code FESTIVESEAT10 lets you save “up to $20” on two Car Seat rides.
The company is too unfolding services that go into the deep end of holiday traditions. These include the delivery of Christmas trees or Hanukkah bushes, on-demand carols laced with alcohol, and… Macaulay Culkin (naturally).
