If Uber Eats is available in your city, you can opt in to receive delivery requests through the same app you use to accept trip requests. This option can help you keep earning if ride requests are low in your area.
Heatmap and merchant hotspot
You can also use either the heatmap or merchant hotspot feature to find the busiest times and areas to drive or deliver around you. It uses data from the past 28 days to show you current surge areas, wait times between trips, supply/demand numbers, and promotions.
Trip type filter
With the trip type preference feature, you can select what type of requests you’d like to receive. You can modify your trip type settings as much as you’d like anytime you’re online. Your preferences will remain set even when you go offline.
When you go online to drive, you’ll only receive the trip types that are selected in your trip type preferences. You may find that certain trip type settings lead to fewer requests. Adjusting your settings to include all trip types will help you receive more trip requests.
To modify the trip types you want to receive for a vehicle:
You can also opt-in to all eligible offerings and receive the maximum amount of requests from the Preferences tab.
Missing preferences option
If you can’t see the trip type preferences when you follow the steps outlined above, try the below troubleshooting steps:
If there is a certain trip type option not displaying in your preferences that you think you’re eligible for, please let us know by signing in and using the form below.