BlaBlaCar - a new model of long-distance trips

Every day, thousands of drivers are sent to long-distance travel alone rather than to take to currently one-two travel companions and at least partially compensate or fully cover the costs petrol.

This travel size is beneficial not only economically. Among the time flies faster, but the trip did not seem so bleak. Agree, the idea is great, but there are two fundamental problems.

1. As drivers and suitable companions to find each other?
2. The question of mutual trust.

Today we will tell you about the service BlaBlaCarWhich successfully solves both problems and, more importantly, it really works. This is not some fantasy, and have been run in and streamlined service with millions of successful visits each month. The beauty is that BlaBlaCar, against all odds, successfully taking root in our country. Number of service users in Russia has grown so that now we can safely broadcast on BlaBlaCar as life hacking federal level.

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So, BlaBlaCar - replacement of intercity buses, trains and taxis, as presented in Web ServiceAs well as mobile applications for Android and iOS.

The search process is intuitive and unified as possible for the driver and passengers. The driver indicates the parameters of the route with all related information in order to avoid misunderstandings, and then waits for a response from those who are with him on the way.

For potential for travel, everything looks even easier.

Specify the desired point of departure and destination city with an accuracy of up to a particular house, and then displays the appropriate service offer from drivers.

Security

The degree of confidence in the first call to BlaBlaCar solved registration. A person will have to use only their real data: photos, phone, email, and to increase the loyalty you can add your social profiles. These data are moderated and verified customer support and muddy person immediately are cut out of service when applying for these complaints.

After the trip, the driver and fellow passengers leave of each other public reviews, on the basis of which each member's reputation is built.

In the primary interaction of the driver is not obliged to personally contact potential companions. Offer neponravivshegosya person can simply reject the application from the interface, and further enhance the level of mutual trust will help pre-phoned. Phone numbers of the driver and fellow travelers are hidden, but they can be shared by mutual consent.

Only for women

For objective reasons, such visits the beautiful half of humanity seem to be more risky. To solve the problem in a special mode BlaBlaCar "For Women Only". This option eliminates the selection of males. In general, such a nice Ride with no less sweet talk about everything.

NO TAXI

Particularly enterprising nothing to do here. One of the key rules BlaBlaCar is exclusively social orientation. Divide the cost of gasoline - is fair and square. Put up the price of travel above the cost of fuel - follow, please, in the commercial carriers. As mentioned above, in violation of the service rules of use (this also applies to changes in price) written complaint to the driver, and quickly blocked.

Facts about users

Now we need to dispel the assumption that the service is actually garbage, and they are three and a half men. For a simple example, make two search: drivers who intend to go from Moscow to the suburbs and other citiesAnd drivers heading to Moscow from the suburbs and other cities.

At the time of writing this post on the first request for proposals was found 1805 and the second - 1833 proposal.

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We have asked the developer prices, offers the driver statistics BlaBlaCar on certain topical routes. If you compare them to the cost of travel in the classical way (trains, buses and taxis), then we obtain the following figures:

• Passenger trip costs in half to two times cheaper.
• The driver, who took with him two or three travel companions, fully compensates for gasoline costs.

Do not forget about comfort. The convenience factor is difficult to calculate, but anyone who understands that to go in a private car nicer than the bus.

For all his coolness service is absolutely free. Payment for services performed directly companions, without BlaBlaCar. We do not know how these guys are monetized, but the fact remains that at the moment it is one of the most promising social projects that can make people's lives better.

service site BlaBlaCar.ru