The things you miss most when ordering an Uber, Didi, InDriver or Cabify

Whether due to carelessness, accident or haste, it is It is very common for some items to get lost during a trip to Uber, Cabify or other service companies. So much so that some companies even have a lost property department, so that passengers can recover their personal belongings.

Last year, Uber revealed a list with the most common and curious objects that were lost inside the cars. The report also revealed the countries where the most abandoned items were located, with Qatar, France and Spain among the top 3.

The items passengers lose when ordering a car

Every year the transport company Uber draws up a list of Lost and found, with the most common items, some unusual, getting lost in their cars all over the world. In the 2023 report, the top 10 abandoned articles were:

• telephones
• Clothes
• Backpacks
• Wallets and coin purses
• Keys
• Jewelry store
• Headphones
• Laptops
• Clocks
• Books

Additionally, they highlighted the most unusual items that drivers found inside their vehicles. Among them are a Danny DeVito Christmas ornament, a smoke machine, an ankle monitor, a unicycle, 473 milliliters of fake blood and dentures.

How to retrieve a forgotten item in Uber

If an item is lost inside an Uber car, the user can take two ways to recover it: by calling the driver or contacting the company from the app. Naturally the first option is simpler, although if you lose a cell phone, it is more complicated to take this path.

In these cases it is advisable to access the Uber page from your computer. Once inside, click on the option your travelsselect the trip where the item was lost, go to the section Help and choose I lost an item.

Then, the passenger needs to access the option Contact the driver about a lost item. There you have to enter a telephone number for the driver to contact you, it can be yours or that of a friend/family member, and press Send.