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As another has said, if you really want to use uber then book an XL. If you book a regular size uberx you'll very likely have drivers cancel on you. Some might even hit you with the cancellation charge for wasting their time and fuel.

Even an XL isn't a guarantee. You might get an estate car, but then you might also get a people carrier with a regular sized boot.

Taking stuff depends on the sizes of the things your taking. It all needs to fit in the boot or we usually won't take it. Private Hire is for carrying passengers and luggage, not for performing house moves on the cheap.

Little known fact is that private hire insurance demands this. Most policies don't allow for luggage to be carried anywhere in the car other than the space designed for it. So, put a long box on the back seat and we're now riding uninsured. We also can't put the back seats down without voiding the policy.

One of the things I like about working for Uber these days is the ability to cancel these types of jobs. When I was with normal private hire you got punished for cancelling, which was bullshit. They basically forced you to take rides that you knew were voiding your insurance.

Taxi insurance is different and will allow you to take bigger things, so a black hack is actually your better bet.