How to use the inDrive taxi app in Hurghada if it won't accept your home country's phone number
Based on 3 discussions with 3 participants · Last activity: 2 days ago
TL;DR
inDrive frequently rejects Russian phone numbers during signup; using a VPN to switch region (e.g. to Kazakhstan) can get you the verification code, but the app may still redirect you to an alternative app called Drivee. A reliable backup is having a direct contact of a Russian-speaking taxi driver.
What the community said
One traveler tried switching VPN region to Kazakhstan, received the verification code via Telegram, but when enabling location the app redirected to a different app called Drivee instead of continuing in inDrive.
2 days ago Drivee app (alternative)
It remains unclear whether this is a temporary bug (the person was physically in Russia at the time) or inDrive simply doesn't support Russian phone numbers at all — no definitive answer was found in the chat.
2 days ago
As an alternative to the apps, travelers in the chat asked for a direct contact of a Russian-speaking taxi driver to arrange rides without needing app verification tied to a phone number.
2 days ago Direct taxi driver contact
The original question in the chat: the inDrive app won't let you register with a Russian phone number — travelers were looking for anyone who had already found a workaround.
2 days ago