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This is such a great product and the team behind it are so passionate about what they're doing.
I was fortunate to see these dudes on their Demo Day and what they had been able to accomplish in three months was nothing short of extraordinary (by my standards anyway).
Now they're much further ahead on that road (see what I did there?) and are really starting to execute on their vision of changing charter bus travel for the better.
Way to go guys!
I had to get busses to shuttle people between my wedding, hotels, reception, and afterparties. It was a huge PITA and we felt lucky to find even one vendor (First Student). Do y'all do in-city rentals?
@sachinag Yup, we totally get it. Shuttling is HARD. That's why we're here :). We basically do everything you can think of when it comes to bus transportation!
Hey PH-ers!
We’re stoked to introduce Sharethebus to the PH community today. In 2014, our co-founders Wolf and Kyle realized that getting to music festivals was too damn hard, so they sought to solve that problem. Thus, Sharethebus was born.
Now it’s grown into a much bigger animal. In the last year we’ve moved 50,000 people across 200 cities to all kinds of events. It’s been an incredible journey.
As anyone who’s ever tried to organize a bus trip can attest, the process can be quite cumbersome!
Today we’re proud to announce we’re the first company that allows you to reserve an entire bus for any trip in the U.S. and Canada, all within a minute.
To learn more about our product, check out this blog post. We’d love to get your feedback on the product, hit us up in the comments or shoot me an email at dave@sharethebus.com.
@bentossell This is great feedback.
So this is something that isn't unique in this space. A non-internet industry has a hard time seeing the value of being online. We've found the best way to make this work is to show companies the business you're able to bring them, and spend time looking for charter companies that understand what you're building. They do exist!
We have strong relationships with our bus suppliers, and they took a long time to build. But over the last year they've seen that we're able to drive real value for them, and that's made the difference.
Our ultimate vision is to bring a full stack Sharethebus experience to all parties involved. One that's tech featured, customer focused, and seamless for all parties involved.
@bentossell Honestly it's just trial and error for us. Send companies business, evaluate how the trip went riders, and decide if we can make it work between us.
Truthfully, our co-founder Wolf is a bus expert. He's been organizing bus trips since he was 16 in Germany. At the end of the day, he knows exactly what he's looking for in a company and charter companies tend to appreciate his expertise in buses and the internet.
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We need brilliant products like this to start shifting our travel habits and addiction to gas/oil. #sharethebus - it just makes sense.
@oliviatli Thanks a lot, Olivia! Travel is changing, we definitely want to be at the heart of it.
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I have friends who organize Tahoe trips every winter and winery trips every summer. I wish I had this in college. It's very hard to collect money from everyone, but seems Sharethebus makes it easy. No longer you need that friend who works at Google to book a bus for you :)
@dlasto I would love to see a small list of example trips / prices you have delivered. When I landed on your page a month ago I was curious, but not curious enough to fill out a full form. So now I don't know if you product fits my or friends finances. And I started to forget about it. By having a price point it would have allowed me to consider you for each event that comes up. Eg. my friends need a bus for a concert they are performing, but I didn't mention you because I don't know your prices. Even ball park.
@chris_smeder I'm not sure I entirely follow.
If you fill out the entire form, you will receive a price instantly once it's complete allowing you to either pay or ignore it entirely.
Are you suggesting a simple page that shows some of our previous pages, their prices, etc as a sort of validation that people are using this?
Thanks for your comment, appreciate feedback like this!
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@dlasto wrote:
>If you fill out the entire form
I didn't want to fill out a form, I wanted to know how much a bus ride was in a general sense. Eg. is it $200 per person for 1 hour trip? Is it $15 per person for a 1 hour trip?
>sort of validation that people are using this
Not at all, I trust people are using it and don't really care either way. I just wanted some example prices people have paid for past trips so I could know if this fits inside my budget and friends budgets. If it fits my friends budgets I would recommend it to them. Eg. when I walk into an ice cream shop I don't want to have to fill out a form to find out the two scoop cone is $3? or $18?. With your service, I had no idea how pricey or inexpensive the service was. So I started to forget about it.
Does that make sense?
Chris
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Yup, I get what you're saying now. I'll have a chat with my product team and see if we can get some sort initial mocks for something like this.
It's a pretty simple solution, it seems!
> I wanted to know how much a bus ride was in a general sense.
Thing is, you'd be surprised how much prices may fluctuate based on the variables involved. It's not as simple as scoops of ice cream or miles traveled or vehicle type. It's those things, plus where the vehicle is sourced, the borders it crosses, the relationship with the company, the length of the trip and the regulations that must be followed depending on length.
Dave
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@dlasto
I'm glad I was able to better explain this the second time around. Thanks for taking the time to read through these PH replies.
The end goal in my mind is that if someone visits your page, they leave (with out filling in a form) having a general sense of should I recomend this service to my friends (who make X dollars a year) or should I forget about this service because it is too pricey for my friends and I.
>Thing is, you'd be surprised how much prices may fluctuate based on the variables involved.
Hmm, yeah I agree this makes it a hard design challenge. The problem is clear, but a solution will take some brainstorming and ideation.
Very excited for what you guys are creating, hope to try it out some time soon!
Best,
Chris
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