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New app allows to get a Tuk Tuk faster, connect to your ride in minutes

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Tuk Tuk App a mobile application that helps to get a Taxi or a Three wheeler at your convenience was launched recently. Launched by the Tuk Tuk Network the Tuk Tuk App makes it easy to get any ride across cities in Sri Lanka with the largest network of registered taxis and Three wheelers in the country. 

An abundance of Tuk Tuks: With so many Meter-Tuks, would we find a convenient, safety, affordable ride in few minutes as and when we required at the lowest possible time. Well that is the question that most of us face today amidst many platforms and cab companies that offer transport services in Sri Lanka. Not only that, the moment you describe your location most of Tuk Tks and Cab companies will refuse to come if the distant you need to travel is less than 5 kilometers. Well they would say ‘Sorry, the there is no driver close by to your location’. Besides some Tuk Tuk drivers have set up their meters in a way such that you will charged exorbitant per kilometer. But now you find the convenience of finding any Tuk Tuk driver or any cab company even individual transportation service providers with the latest app that allows you to send a SMS to get a Ride, as faster as possible. 

All you need to do is register yourself with Tuk Tuk App by downloading it Google Play Store for Androids or from Apple App Store.  TukTuk App is emerging as your private driver in more than 100 cities in Sri Lanka with thousands of registered Tuk Tuks and other Cab services. You have the convenience of requesting a ride using the TukTuk app and get picked up within minutes. Tuk Tuk App offers you On-demand service which means no reservations required and no waiting in taxi lines. The App offers you the benefit of comparing rates for different drivers. No Credit Cards are involved and therefore no risk in using the app and all transactions are handled manually between the driver and the passenger. All you need to do is login to the Tuk Tuk App and easily set your pickup location on the map, even if you don’t know the exact address. The app allows you to get connected to your personal driver and check the progress of your TukTuk ride any time. 

In today’s world we all carry on with an extremely busy lifestyle and for the poor, the middle class and the emerging middle class or perhaps even the rich to reach anywhere in their day to day life the most concerned subjects when it comes to an affordable ride is the price, time, safety and convenience. Sri Lanka is home to over 20 percent India’s Bajaj’s sales revenue with over 900,000 Three wheelers and several privately owned cab services amidst drawbacks of convenience and availability in both state owned Bus services and Train services. Thus people tend to seek services of the famous ‘Tuk Tuk’ or the Three wheeler or perhaps with the comfort of a cab services whenever they want to reach a destination faster in urban environments. Over the last few years few startups entirely focusing on tours and transport have emerged but most of those companies have not been able to meet the convenience of traveler and offer a timely service, yet Tuk Tuk App helps you to get a faster ride. 

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