Hi Ivana, just one suggestion and this isn't from saving money point of view but safety. I'd suggest you take a cab to the nearest bus stop that has airport buses. These buses run by BMTC are safe and quite quick and they take the toll road as well. Only caution is that you must leave well on time. I find these buses to be far safer than cabs.
Multiple times I faced this issue. Cancelling the rides, asking to pay in cash. I have issues with Uber as they also cancel the rides frequently. No control over these app based taxis. I have a known person near to my house. I always use his cab for my airport drop and pick up. He costs more compared to Ola or Uber. But it is safe and convinient.
just take cash with you all the time. drivers are not fools to pay extra commision of online payment to company and government and much harder for them to maintain cash flow. they also need cash to spend and not gonna pay charge everyday to take few pennies out of atm all the time and if money get stuck in bank god help them. peace out.
Welcome to Kerala. Go and explore Jadayu bird sculpture in Jadayupara, Kollam and also explore Kappad Beach, Calicut Beach, Bekal Fort, Kovalam Beach, Gavi, Malampuzha Dam and the beautiful scenic train route Kollam-Punalur-Tenkasi.
So strange to see an airport again. The last time for me was just before the pandemic, in January 2020, when I came back from Mumbai to Düsseldorf. My plan was then to come back to India the next winter, because I wanted to visit the south of India, and very likely I would also have landed in Cochin... My first flight since the pandemic will be next week, to Porto and from there I will travel two weeks through central Portugal.
By the way I loved seeing you with Bambi. I was reminded of a 1977 Slovenian film from Yugoslavia called Sreča na Vrvici. By the way there is a film director from Kerala called Lijo Jose Pellissery and in my opinion he is just like Emir Kusturica in his film making style, I will tell you some similarities between them: 1) Emir bases his films in Balkan contexts while LJP bases his films in Kerala context. 2) Emir's films are centered around the Kafane while LJP films are centered around a Toddy shop. 3) In both films the protagonists sit across the table and they enjoy their food. In Emir's films it is čevapi, burek and whole roast lamb In LJP films it is Meen Pollichattu, Appams and Rabbit stew. 4) In both films the actors are all drunk, in Emir's film it is Rakija while in LJP films it is Toddy. 5) In both films the actors start fighting and there are brass bands to calm everyone down. Also Yugoslavian music in 1984 was better than American music in 1984 here is an example American artists from 1984 Bruce Springsteen Born in the USA Van Halen 1984 Laura Branigan Self Control Yugoslavian Artists from 1984 Bijelo Dugme Kosovska Djevojka Leb I Sol Tangenta Denis and Denis Program Tvog Komputera
So happy to see you travel again!! The pandemic has been so hard for everybody. It makes me happy to see your great big smile! Good for you for making your views on OLA known! They don’t know the power of “The Paneer Princess”! So glad that you had a great time!!
Yep. Multiple times they've taken me through this narrow road to avoid tolls. I really thought I am gonna miss my flight. That should be closed for cabs.
But it's not going to happen, Indian road & transport minister is very strict on this now days. He said, "doesn't matter who you are? If you wanna drive on good roads, you have to pay tolls". Companies should focus on to get a different solution
Good to see you again travelling . The way you delivered travel stories its soooooo nice.keep going .👍 And yes ola sucks ..good that during whole that time you kept cool yourself .
Ola as a company/service has always been a mix bag but it’s currently the best bet to drive an electric mobility revolution in India. So, it should work on providing professional service to customers.
Back when I was in Bangalore the toll road wasn’t made until the last 300m. Could that be the reason he didn’t want to go through the toll? But I agree, it’s a part of the total fare, and as a customer it should not be our responsibility to ensure they are earning enough, that’s on OLA.
No tipping is not common and tbh doesn't resolve the problem. The problem is that they don't make enough to sustain themselves. If it's not the toll money, it's cancelling rides or demanding cash payments. It's a structural problem where cheating is a symptom of a rotten company dna
The safest approach to get to-and-fro the airport safely in an ola is to tell them you will cover for the toll. And even a 100 INR extra on the final bill will be a good tip by Indian cab standards. Like Ivana pointed out, the drivers are seriously underpaid. With the whole bunch of socio-economic issues, they tend to cut corners (like avoiding tolls). Just reassure them about covering the toll fee and commit for direct-to-driver payment while booking; eases them up a lot.
Had been missing your travel vlogs so much!!! That said ,I try to avoid Ola because of their weirdly high prices and multiple cancellations. I remember whilst returning from the hospital post vaccination ,I had to wait for more than 30 mins for Ola cabs,because they cancelled so many times ,for a ride that took only 30 mins 😑. This is the scenario most of the times Thank you for bringing this up,will be sharing this ,so that more people can see this and it reaches Ola Management!!!
Hello Ivana, thanks for this informative video, it will help me a lot. You are a Gem 💎 of a person. Look forward to the Lakshadweep video. Have nice holiday. Stay fine.
I m from Bengaluru & I travel almost every 10 days / fortnight via OLA to BIALfor my businesstrips , that too I take early morning flights like 6 / 7 am boarding ,yes ,you are right ,drivers suddenly take detour to avoid tolls telling stories against OLA ,initially I confronted too with the drivers for their detours to save toll money but later ,I insisted at the time of entering the cab only to take Toll road only. I even complained to OLA about the same, but nothing improved. As I travel so much sometimes,it becomes routine and I tend to ignore but definitely when we say to drivers to take on toll road only ,they will take toll road.but many times even without telling anything, they take toll road only .. Not all of them are bad but sometimes you get bad drivers too.. One fellow asked me to cancel the booking after reaching my home so that the entire money is given to him without any record. I refused and insisted that I would never do, that too traveling by 2.30 am or 3 am in the midnight almost. Anyways, as always I enjoyed your video. Pl let us know the travel cost of Lakshdweep ( if it is not sponsored 😉) so that we will plan to go .. 😀
Thank you for sharing! It really confirms it's a structural problem and not just one driver. It's problem of Ola company dna where they just don't take care of their drivers properly
I have experienced this multiple times too - both with Ola and Uber. Worst is when they take you down the village road at night when it is petrifying. This seriously needs to be fixed. Thanks for drawing public attention to this issue.
Ola also changes price: when you book it will show one price and after completion of trip they will show increase in price... 100 or 200 extra we have to pay..
The dynamic pricing of Ola is ridiculous. God knows what algorithms they use to match drivers--- in Kolkata, almost always you end up with a driver really far away from your pickup spot. Have been refused by the driver at least twice in a week, I switched over to Uber finally. Much reliable and less costly than Ola, especially at night
If you come to Trivandrum try visiting kovalam Beach, veli tourist village, ponmudi, kallar meenmutty waterfalls, neyyar wildlife sanctuary, varkala beach etc.
I personally have travelled through this stretch multiple times … to avoid tolls they take us through at route … also in that narrow passage there are no proper street light and too many blind curves … always a scary experience to drive through them
As you know I am from Himachal and I have never seen beach in my life and it's my ultimate dream to travel all around India I want to go Andaman Nicobar Islands I want to go goa , I wanna go Lakshadweep and right now I am a high school students after completing my high school I am planning to pursue my bachelors from Bangalore office Bengaluru is my favourite city
@@lvchannels5904 first of all no one is imposing Hindi on you and I respect everyone and Karnataka does not belongs to your dad Karnataka belongs to India and every Indian can stay and live there Official language of Karnataka is Kannada And respecting someone language does not mean that you have to learn that language I respect my own mother tongue and Hindi is just a bridge to talk with many Indians who are not Kannada and living in Karnataka We also love r language you are not alone
@@lvchannels5904 and no need to spread propaganda of language again I will come there And no one can stop me And if I feel that Kannada is necessary then I will learn Kannada otherwise I will not
@@dramakun4931 then go to delhi. No need of some hindians like you who don't respect the language & culture.We don't want your Hindi language in south Indian.I respect every language & culture.But you some north Indians always show arrogance against non Hindi state language & culture.
great that you like kochi. Though im keralite, kochi is too laidback for me. But i guess thats why the urban travellers like it..because they are trying to get away from their rushed city lives. And you are right. Kochi is a good place for foreign travellers to land and start their india trips or to take break before heading to asia. kochi needs to build a Transit city to cater to this demand.
Ivana, very recently, almost a week or so, I did start watching your videos, I would say that you are a super girl. Pl always be a part of this big India family. Pl never ever leave this marvellous Country. We love you.❤️
True. Uber is much better. I have been in similar situations. Initially I used to get irate on drivers but then I spoke with a few and all of them had same issues: the way ola reimbuses them. That leads to under paid drivers which ultimately gets passed onto customers
@@IvanaPerkovicOfficial Exactly. And it gets worse if you use ola money. Even in a metro city/large airports, expect an hour or more of wait to get a driver to accept it or be ready to get stranded specially at night time. And then the messages ola sends daily even before your due date to make you pay, it feels like you have defaulted on them. I have now stopped using OLA completely, only issue now I have with UBER is its no way possible to speak with a live customer service representative in real time in case you need it. If Uber works on it, it will be a win win for both customers and drivers and UBER themselves. Anyways I can understand your frustration, trust me has hapenned with me many many times and OLA only has one scripted response for all of it i.e. we will look into it on a point based system.
You are doing great job sharing your experiences Ivana. Ola customer care also sucks. I delete OLA app 6 yrs ago as I always had one or the other issue with them.
Earlier there was a system or a prior understanding with the driver that we have to bear the toll fee separately at the tollbooth. If so why this confusion?
Yes. But ola has gazillion other issues and yes most of them are around the rowdiness of these drivers and things that may lead to because of that. 2 weeks ago when I took ola (because Uber wasn’t available) and when I asked the ola driver to go slow over the potholes, he turned back, abused me and manhandled me out of his cab. All this because a pregnant woman asked for some consideration. I had stopped using ola for similar experiences in the past but this one was the final nail in the coffin. I’m so done with them.
Public comments. Thanks you so much Ivana for sharing your experience with everyone. You are amazing and beautiful and intelligent person who understands the principal of life and it's journey.stay safe and enjoy your life.
The auto-generated subtitles were very amusing 🤣 6:26 "I'm sorry, pardon my french". No, it's quite alright. Google thinks you're speaking Indonesian 😂 To be clear, I'm not criticizing your accent, which is indubitably great. I am criticizing Google's arbitrary language detection software.
Trust me this happen to me too (many times), i just switched to UBER. & M happy. It never let me down. U can also use other apps if u want to. Or Hire a local Taxi driver beforehand for the day Btw i really appreciate your approach to this matter and appreciate you. Stay strong .
Mam please make complain about it... In my City OLA working very well... And my experience is super duper hit....... As an Indian Start-up we have to Support it.
Your English is getting Indianish .. indian or Soviet or Yugoslav English is something beautiful and exotic . Btw , the nation should watch your experience and correct them .
These nose tests are crazy, i wont do them myself. Kerala and Goa are amazing, love the beaches and discovering the area. Where is your adopted dog ?🙂 Its not easy to travel with animals. Thats why i wait taking any dog or cat now. Luckily i have friends who have pets and enjoying a bit with them.🤗
I have always found OLA a very poor taxi service provider. And your are absolutely right about them. Like you I have deleted their app more than 3 years ago. Not to forget their cars are maintained very poorly and their drivers are not as cleanly attired as Uber. Enjoy your vlogs very much.
You said it, ola as a company does not treat its drivers well which in turn results in drivers treating us bad. I stopped ola long back. 99% of drivers in ola are very rude and dont accept ola money for payment like hey its a feature introduced by “ola”. Am from bangalore and its very common here. Be safe Ivana, take care!!
Haha that may be because of 78 billion dollar vs. 3 billion dollar company. Let's hope Ola improves it's customer service, because in many small cities Ola is the only option for people 😊
Ola is the absolute worst. I almost missed my bus to go to my sister's wedding because the driver canceled my pre-scheduled, confirmed ride at the very last minute. Their customer support has no accountability whatsoever. I only use Uber and Meru Cabs these days. I heard recently train service was launched to the airport, so you can check that out to avoid traffic in the future.
Visit Mysuru. It is a must visit place in India. It's the best tier 2 city. Well-known for Heritage, Palaces, Education, Cleanliness, Yoga & Culture etc
We face same problem with Uber too. The drivers of both Ola and Uber have complained against the management. They are underpaid inspite of raised fuel price.
Hi Ivana, I was also taken by this route by ola and also Uber... and from then on..even before stepping into cab ..I will tell them if you don't take the toll road ...I am cancelling cab ...
Even I don't have a very good experience with Ola..Ola is not my preferred choice for travel..there prices are also always higher than uber..untidy cars too..I found them bit unprofessional..
Tweet Ola COO here: twitter.com/bhash
Hi Ivana, just one suggestion and this isn't from saving money point of view but safety. I'd suggest you take a cab to the nearest bus stop that has airport buses. These buses run by BMTC are safe and quite quick and they take the toll road as well. Only caution is that you must leave well on time. I find these buses to be far safer than cabs.
Multiple times I faced this issue. Cancelling the rides, asking to pay in cash. I have issues with Uber as they also cancel the rides frequently. No control over these app based taxis. I have a known person near to my house. I always use his cab for my airport drop and pick up. He costs more compared to Ola or Uber. But it is safe and convinient.
just take cash with you all the time. drivers are not fools to pay extra commision of online payment to company and government and much harder for them to maintain cash flow. they also need cash to spend and not gonna pay charge everyday to take few pennies out of atm all the time and if money get stuck in bank god help them.
peace out.
Welcome to Kerala. Go and explore Jadayu bird sculpture in Jadayupara, Kollam and also explore Kappad Beach, Calicut Beach, Bekal Fort, Kovalam Beach, Gavi, Malampuzha Dam and the beautiful scenic train route Kollam-Punalur-Tenkasi.
Jadayu is too far away from chochin
You have BMTC VOLVO services…convenient, comfortable and decently clean
Ya moreover it is cheaper than cabs and safer than cabs
I second this, if you can get to esteem mall by taxi and have light baggage, it’s best to catch a bus from that signal
Yes...But many times you need to travel in ungodly hours like 2 AM...that time you don't have these Busses
Yes BMTC Vayu Vajra has a very decent service.
Your voice is really soothing I must say..you're doing great ivana keep going 👏.....we are with you
Exactly
So strange to see an airport again. The last time for me was just before the pandemic, in January 2020, when I came back from Mumbai to Düsseldorf. My plan was then to come back to India the next winter, because I wanted to visit the south of India, and very likely I would also have landed in Cochin... My first flight since the pandemic will be next week, to Porto and from there I will travel two weeks through central Portugal.
Land in Kochi (Cochin) Airport , while visiting India....
Have a wonderful time in Portugal and hope you get tocome back to India again soon!
Your confidence living as single in india facing problem is awesome hats of you
After this serious issue I want to say that u r becoming beautiful every passing day ❤️
I agree!!! 😍
Even i was thinking same but you put it nicely..
What was that issue
By the way I loved seeing you with Bambi. I was reminded of a 1977 Slovenian film from Yugoslavia called Sreča na Vrvici.
By the way there is a film director from Kerala called Lijo Jose Pellissery and in my opinion he is just like Emir Kusturica in his film making style, I will tell you some similarities between them:
1) Emir bases his films in Balkan contexts while LJP bases his films in Kerala context.
2) Emir's films are centered around the Kafane while LJP films are centered around a Toddy shop.
3) In both films the protagonists sit across the table and they enjoy their food.
In Emir's films it is čevapi, burek and whole roast lamb
In LJP films it is Meen Pollichattu, Appams and Rabbit stew.
4) In both films the actors are all drunk, in Emir's film it is Rakija while in LJP films it is Toddy.
5) In both films the actors start fighting and there are brass bands to calm everyone down.
Also Yugoslavian music in 1984 was better than American music in 1984 here is an example
American artists from 1984
Bruce Springsteen Born in the USA
Van Halen 1984
Laura Branigan Self Control
Yugoslavian Artists from 1984
Bijelo Dugme Kosovska Djevojka
Leb I Sol Tangenta
Denis and Denis Program Tvog Komputera
Back to Kochi days! Kochi vlogs are always fun
Yeah I'm vinod from india I have soo many friends in Netherland in Rotterdam, across Netherland. nice to see your videos
So happy to see you travel again!!
The pandemic has been so hard for everybody. It makes me happy to see your great big smile!
Good for you for making your views on OLA known! They don’t know the power of “The Paneer Princess”!
So glad that you had a great time!!
Thank you, you're so kind!
Yep. Multiple times they've taken me through this narrow road to avoid tolls. I really thought I am gonna miss my flight. That should be closed for cabs.
Closing it down for cabs would be ideal!
But it's not going to happen, Indian road & transport minister is very strict on this now days. He said, "doesn't matter who you are? If you wanna drive on good roads, you have to pay tolls". Companies should focus on to get a different solution
Good to see you again travelling .
The way you delivered travel stories its soooooo nice.keep going .👍
And yes ola sucks ..good that during whole that time you kept cool yourself .
Really this is good and very perfect video , i am glad to see these real moments of ........
thats nice and thanks for this video
Please go and travel to Andaman and Nicobar islands.
Hope you will do it in future.
Dahnyabadh ivana very sweet your way of explain all 😊😊👌👌
Thank you for sharing it. Nice video!✌️
Ola as a company/service has always been a mix bag but it’s currently the best bet to drive an electric mobility revolution in India. So, it should work on providing professional service to customers.
Nice Story telling ivana ❤ Loved it & you are in good shape & getting better & better in every vlogs... How's it possible 😊😇
Welcome back!!!
Back when I was in Bangalore the toll road wasn’t made until the last 300m. Could that be the reason he didn’t want to go through the toll? But I agree, it’s a part of the total fare, and as a customer it should not be our responsibility to ensure they are earning enough, that’s on OLA.
Last sentence🙌🏻
Is tipping drivers a thing in India? If so, I’d offer to pay the toll and then just subtract it from the tip.
No tipping is not common and tbh doesn't resolve the problem. The problem is that they don't make enough to sustain themselves. If it's not the toll money, it's cancelling rides or demanding cash payments. It's a structural problem where cheating is a symptom of a rotten company dna
The safest approach to get to-and-fro the airport safely in an ola is to tell them you will cover for the toll. And even a 100 INR extra on the final bill will be a good tip by Indian cab standards.
Like Ivana pointed out, the drivers are seriously underpaid. With the whole bunch of socio-economic issues, they tend to cut corners (like avoiding tolls). Just reassure them about covering the toll fee and commit for direct-to-driver payment while booking; eases them up a lot.
Tipping is not allowed in India.
@@GaneshKumar-bv2td I understand. It’s sad they’re going through that… What’s the usual cost of a toll?
@@SoKelly 80 or 90 bucks IIRC
thank you so much @ivana
Had been missing your travel vlogs so much!!!
That said ,I try to avoid Ola because of their weirdly high prices and multiple cancellations.
I remember whilst returning from the hospital post vaccination ,I had to wait for more than 30 mins for Ola cabs,because they cancelled so many times ,for a ride that took only 30 mins 😑.
This is the scenario most of the times
Thank you for bringing this up,will be sharing this ,so that more people can see this and it reaches Ola Management!!!
Yes the cancellations were also a massive issue for me! Thank you for helping raise more awareness for this🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
I loved ur thoughts regarding india, and i am also a aspiring vlogger
Awesome ❤️❤️
It’s good to see you again in kochi dear
Hello Ivana, thanks for this informative video, it will help me a lot. You are a Gem 💎 of a person. Look forward to the Lakshadweep video. Have nice holiday. Stay fine.
Welcome back to Kochi ❤️
I m from Bengaluru & I travel almost every 10 days / fortnight via OLA to BIALfor my businesstrips , that too I take early morning flights like 6 / 7 am boarding ,yes ,you are right ,drivers suddenly take detour to avoid tolls telling stories against OLA ,initially I confronted too with the drivers for their detours to save toll money but later ,I insisted at the time of entering the cab only to take Toll road only. I even complained to OLA about the same, but nothing improved.
As I travel so much sometimes,it becomes routine and I tend to ignore but definitely when we say to drivers to take on toll road only ,they will take toll road.but many times even without telling anything, they take toll road only .. Not all of them are bad but sometimes you get bad drivers too..
One fellow asked me to cancel the booking after reaching my home so that the entire money is given to him without any record. I refused and insisted that I would never do, that too traveling by 2.30 am or 3 am in the midnight almost.
Anyways, as always I enjoyed your video. Pl let us know the travel cost of Lakshdweep ( if it is not sponsored 😉) so that we will plan to go .. 😀
Thank you for sharing! It really confirms it's a structural problem and not just one driver. It's problem of Ola company dna where they just don't take care of their drivers properly
Awesome vlog so nice to see kiki in your vlog .
(And OlA I deleted that app years ago )
Excited for your Lakshadweep vlogs 😍
Hlw di so excited for your lakshadweep vlog😍😍😄😄
I have experienced this multiple times too - both with Ola and Uber. Worst is when they take you down the village road at night when it is petrifying. This seriously needs to be fixed. Thanks for drawing public attention to this issue.
This is so useful and amazing video thank you. Take care and much love sister ❤
Winter is started plz come to North India.. and experience real winter ❄️ of india ...
Welcome to Kerala🌸🌸🌸 🙏🌸🌸🌸
Same thing happened with me in ola , Hi Evena I am aslo stay in Bangalore Electronic City. Wish a great time in India
Love to watch your vlogs. Keep traveling . Lots of love
Namaste Ivana! I 💖all your stories... It's like I've been traveling to all India thanks to you *Kushi* Still waiting for you to come to Costa Rica.☀
Thank you so much!
Wow ❤️
Sounds bad
I have never used ola for transportation and I am feeling blessed now I hope that they will improve this
Yes it's a blessing to never experience this horrible service! I really hope they improve too
Ola also changes price: when you book it will show one price and after completion of trip they will show increase in price... 100 or 200 extra we have to pay..
The dynamic pricing of Ola is ridiculous. God knows what algorithms they use to match drivers--- in Kolkata, almost always you end up with a driver really far away from your pickup spot. Have been refused by the driver at least twice in a week, I switched over to Uber finally.
Much reliable and less costly than Ola, especially at night
This is crazy!
When you come in india ...have you faced the quarantine problem ...due to COVID ....?
If you come to Trivandrum try visiting kovalam Beach, veli tourist village, ponmudi, kallar meenmutty waterfalls, neyyar wildlife sanctuary, varkala beach etc.
I always use uber in entire India ...uber is trust worthy ....
Your narration is getting Indian touch ☺
Always use the Vayu Vajra BMTC Volvo AC bus , when travelling to airport from city best, safe and affordable service
Have you installed Aarogya Setu app???
And
Is it required at the air port???
I personally have travelled through this stretch multiple times … to avoid tolls they take us through at route … also in that narrow passage there are no proper street light and too many blind curves … always a scary experience to drive through them
Ur videos r only thing which makes me wanna go out otherwise m a person who will stay inside alltime no matter where i m 🤷♂️
Welcome back
Love your vlog❤
Wow......Nyc vlog.........!!!!!!!!!!
As you know I am from Himachal and I have never seen beach in my life and it's my ultimate dream to travel all around India I want to go Andaman Nicobar Islands I want to go goa , I wanna go Lakshadweep and right now I am a high school students after completing my high school I am planning to pursue my bachelors from Bangalore office Bengaluru is my favourite city
That's awesome!!!!
First learn & respect bengaluru official language Kannada. Don't impose your Hindi language on south India.Respect every state language & culture
@@lvchannels5904 first of all no one is imposing Hindi on you and I respect everyone and Karnataka does not belongs to your dad
Karnataka belongs to India and every Indian can stay and live there
Official language of Karnataka is Kannada
And respecting someone language does not mean that you have to learn that language I respect my own mother tongue and
Hindi is just a bridge to talk with many Indians who are not Kannada and living in Karnataka
We also love r language you are not alone
@@lvchannels5904 and no need to spread propaganda of language again
I will come there
And no one can stop me
And if I feel that Kannada is necessary then I will learn Kannada otherwise I will not
@@dramakun4931 then go to delhi. No need of some hindians like you who don't respect the language & culture.We don't want your Hindi language in south Indian.I respect every language & culture.But you some north Indians always show arrogance against non Hindi state language & culture.
Wow, I was going to book ola e scooter. Now I seriously doubt if they wil provide me a good service. Thank you
Nice Vlog 🥰
Love your video 😍
Beautiful video ❤️
Amazing
Sending much love from jharkhand
great that you like kochi. Though im keralite, kochi is too laidback for me. But i guess thats why the urban travellers like it..because they are trying to get away from their rushed city lives. And you are right. Kochi is a good place for foreign travellers to land and start their india trips or to take break before heading to asia. kochi needs to build a Transit city to cater to this demand.
My experience says UBER is slightly better than OLA in India. For bangalore airport best is meru or similar taxis.
Hai Ivana. Welcomes to my state kerala.✋✋
It is actually better to travel to airport by bmtc in Bangalore the services are better than the cabs and cheaper too try it once
Agree, always used uber after having poor experiences with ola. Deleted the app a year back.
First like &coment 😁😁😁😁😁
Ivana, very recently, almost a week or so, I did start watching your videos, I would say that you are a super girl.
Pl always be a part of this big India family. Pl never ever leave this marvellous Country.
We love you.❤️
Aww thank you!!!
Hi Ivana, where did you leave your dog when you went to Lakshadweep?
Would like to know....
True. Uber is much better. I have been in similar situations. Initially I used to get irate on drivers but then I spoke with a few and all of them had same issues: the way ola reimbuses them. That leads to under paid drivers which ultimately gets passed onto customers
It's really sad for the drivers too
@@IvanaPerkovicOfficial Exactly. And it gets worse if you use ola money. Even in a metro city/large airports, expect an hour or more of wait to get a driver to accept it or be ready to get stranded specially at night time. And then the messages ola sends daily even before your due date to make you pay, it feels like you have defaulted on them. I have now stopped using OLA completely, only issue now I have with UBER is its no way possible to speak with a live customer service representative in real time in case you need it. If Uber works on it, it will be a win win for both customers and drivers and UBER themselves. Anyways I can understand your frustration, trust me has hapenned with me many many times and OLA only has one scripted response for all of it i.e. we will look into it on a point based system.
Yuuupp that's why I stopped using Ola too. This incident reminded me why I did and to never even bother again
Waiting for lakshadeep islands vlog !!!
You are doing great job sharing your experiences Ivana.
Ola customer care also sucks. I delete OLA app 6 yrs ago as I always had one or the other issue with them.
Can European tourist get the visa now for india ...or any quarantine problem faced in india ....?
Earlier there was a system or a prior understanding with the driver that we have to bear the toll fee separately at the tollbooth. If so why this confusion?
Ask Ola
Even Uber drivers take this diversion to avoid toll
Yes. But ola has gazillion other issues and yes most of them are around the rowdiness of these drivers and things that may lead to because of that. 2 weeks ago when I took ola (because Uber wasn’t available) and when I asked the ola driver to go slow over the potholes, he turned back, abused me and manhandled me out of his cab. All this because a pregnant woman asked for some consideration. I had stopped using ola for similar experiences in the past but this one was the final nail in the coffin. I’m so done with them.
Public comments. Thanks you so much Ivana for sharing your experience with everyone. You are amazing and beautiful and intelligent person who understands the principal of life and it's journey.stay safe and enjoy your life.
The auto-generated subtitles were very amusing 🤣
6:26 "I'm sorry, pardon my french". No, it's quite alright. Google thinks you're speaking Indonesian 😂
To be clear, I'm not criticizing your accent, which is indubitably great. I am criticizing Google's arbitrary language detection software.
I Have A Problem With UBER Too.
But OLA Is Just Next Level.
Use OLA Only When It Is Very Very Urgent.
Local Cabs Are Much Better Than OLA At Least.
Trust me this happen to me too (many times), i just switched to UBER. & M happy. It never let me down.
U can also use other apps if u want to. Or Hire a local Taxi driver beforehand for the day
Btw i really appreciate your approach to this matter and appreciate you. Stay strong .
Mam please make complain about it... In my City OLA working very well... And my experience is super duper hit....... As an Indian Start-up we have to Support it.
I did, they don't care
Your English is getting Indianish .. indian or Soviet or Yugoslav English is something beautiful and exotic . Btw , the nation should watch your experience and correct them .
Welcome വരവേൽക്കുന്നു வணக்கம்
These nose tests are crazy, i wont do them myself.
Kerala and Goa are amazing, love the beaches and discovering the area.
Where is your adopted dog ?🙂
Its not easy to travel with animals.
Thats why i wait taking any dog or cat now.
Luckily i have friends who have pets and enjoying a bit with them.🤗
I literally stopped using OLA from 2.5 years. UBER or Rickshaw is far good.
I have always found OLA a very poor taxi service provider. And your are absolutely right about them. Like you I have deleted their app more than 3 years ago. Not to forget their cars are maintained very poorly and their drivers are not as cleanly attired as Uber. Enjoy your vlogs very much.
You said it, ola as a company does not treat its drivers well which in turn results in drivers treating us bad. I stopped ola long back. 99% of drivers in ola are very rude and dont accept ola money for payment like hey its a feature introduced by “ola”. Am from bangalore and its very common here. Be safe Ivana, take care!!
Oh my goodness...Indian accent incoming...loved it...😁
Try to explore the unseen part of Kerala. Andaman and Nicobar islands, Lakshadweep....
So what do you use in India to get around Uber?
Not just OLA ...UBER drivers also do this. But in uber you can contact customer and they refund you the toll amount. I too face it every time.
And that's the massive difference between Ola and Uber: Uber actually has a customer service
Haha that may be because of 78 billion dollar vs. 3 billion dollar company. Let's hope Ola improves it's customer service, because in many small cities Ola is the only option for people 😊
When are you going to Nandi hills ... Being a bangalorian is incomplete without visiting it 😂
Remember air crew only get paid when they close the aircraft doors
Your today's look is awesome 🙏
Hope bamby is in good hands, back in Bangalore. She will be missing you.
Ola is the absolute worst. I almost missed my bus to go to my sister's wedding because the driver canceled my pre-scheduled, confirmed ride at the very last minute. Their customer support has no accountability whatsoever. I only use Uber and Meru Cabs these days.
I heard recently train service was launched to the airport, so you can check that out to avoid traffic in the future.
Visit Mysuru. It is a must visit place in India. It's the best tier 2 city. Well-known for Heritage, Palaces, Education, Cleanliness, Yoga & Culture etc
We face same problem with Uber too. The drivers of both Ola and Uber have complained against the management. They are underpaid inspite of raised fuel price.
Ola and uber and their drivers are both pathetic, but Ola leads in poor service. Please post this in Twitter also
Hi Ivana, I was also taken by this route by ola and also Uber... and from then on..even before stepping into cab ..I will tell them if you don't take the toll road ...I am cancelling cab ...
Yup that's a great tip!
Even I don't have a very good experience with Ola..Ola is not my preferred choice for travel..there prices are also always higher than uber..untidy cars too..I found them bit unprofessional..
Unprofessional is exactly the right word
Thanks for sharing this horrible incident.....will do the needful
Thank you for supporting!