"book a cab" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is commonly used when talking about arranging transportation, especially for a taxi or ride-sharing service. Example: "I need to book a cab to take me to the airport tomorrow morning."
Register your credit card information with the service and use it to book a cab in about 20 metropolitan areas.
A new Addison Lee app allows worse for wear customers to select a "take me home" function that means they can book a cab home in just two taps.
A growing number of people love the ability to book a cab, pinpoint its location and pay for their ride from a smartphone and in many cities the startup is offering much-needed competition to entrenched taxi cartels.
Users can book a cab through its website, and also through Android and iOS apps.
Now anyone can book a cab via the websites — by entering journey details and providing a phone number.
Both share a similar consumer proposition by making it easy to find and book a cab and cleaner respectively, coupled with a largely hidden B2B element in terms of recruiting, vetting and supporting the cab drivers and cleaners who provide the resulting services.
Journalists have occasionally found Reich a slightly stern character – one writer who arrived at his house was greeted by the composer asking him when he was planning on leaving, and quizzing him on whether he had booked a cab in advance to ensure he didn't outstay his welcome – but today, he is friendly, engaged, utterly fascinating and extremely loquacious.
Carla Sosenko Dear Diary: Returning home from a tiring trip to Cincinnati, I left my wallet/address book in a cab.
Photograph: Yves Herman/Reuters Not everyone has had to wait in a chilly railway station, though: Fiona Wilson (@MissFiWi) A woman in our brussels hotel lobby asking reception staff to book her a cab to Paris.
"While I was on tour for the book, I asked a cab driver what his opinion was on obesity," Ms. Weaver recalled.
