TAMPA, Fla. — Heading to the airport this spring break? You now have the option to skip the lines at some Tampa International Airport restaurants and shops through a popular app.
The TPA to Go mobile-ordering program now available on Uber Eats allows travelers to purchase food, drinks and other items in advance for pickup, according to a Tampa International Airport news release. Travelers can choose from 18 restaurants and four retailers.
This comes as the airport is preparing for a record 76,000 passengers a day this spring, compared to 60,000 on a typical day.
Travelers can set their location in the Uber Eats app before they arrive, choose items and have them ready to pick up when they get there.
Other tips from TPA to speed up your travel process include: get to the airport early, use express curbsides if you aren't checking luggage and plan ahead for parking by using the online booking system.
Spring break season for the airport runs from March 7 to April 10. Peak days are expected to be Saturdays and Sundays.
TPA to Go participating restaurants and retailers:
- Hard Rock Cafe (Main Terminal)
- The Shoppes at Bayshore (Main Terminal)
- P.F. Chang's (Main Terminal)
- Pei Wei (Airside A)
- Burger 21 (Airside A, C)
- Ducky's Sport Lounge (Airside A)
- Cigar City Brewing (Airside C)
- NewsLink (Airside C)
- Goody Goody Burger (Airside C)
- Louis Pappas (Airside C)
- Ulele (Airside C)
- Cafe Con Leche (Airside C)
- Bavaro's (Airside C)
- Columbia Cafe (Airside E, F)
- Air Essentials (Airside E)
- Gasparilla Bar (Airside F)
- Bella's Cafe (Airside F)
- Square One Burger (Airside F)
TPA is Uber's first official U.S. airport partner. They have previously worked with Toronto Pearson International Airport and launched pilot programs at John Glenn Columbus International Airport and Charlotte Douglas International Airport.
Editor's note: This story has been updated to clarify the TPA to Go program is not new, rather, it's now available through Uber Eats.
