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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Great team, great product. Thanks for making my trip that smooth and easy!
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 :)
@jpvalery Great point.
So depending on the trip destination, bus used, etc – we do offer a scale.
In fact, over the last could of weeks we've been able to get people a price immediately. It's actually the feature we shipped just last night. Because it's our algorithm was newly implemented, we expect there to be some things that it misses.
Feel free to send me any direct feedback at dave@sharethebus.com. Will pass it directly to our tech team.
Thanks, JP!
We want to share a promo code with the PH community.
Simply use "STBLOVESPH" in checkout for 10% off full bus or ticket booked. If you need a ride to anything (festivals, sports, etc), shoot us a message and we'll make it happen.
Also, noticed my previous comment forgot to link our blog post. Here's a bit more about how we're simplifying the booking process: http://blog.sharethebus.com/2016...
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!
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