BlaBlaCar, A New Way Of Traveling

With the arrival of the crisis, the imagination of many was awakened, especially not to have to give up one of the biggest ‘vices’ that many have: traveling. We can eat less, buy less clothes, but don’t take away the pleasure of traveling!

And for those of us who are car lovers, don’t take away the pleasure of traveling by car! BlaBlaCar was one of the most innovative platforms that marked a before and after in the way of traveling. We tell you more about her.

What is BlaBlaCar

BlaBlaCar is an app  that was created with the aim of car sharing to cut costs. These trips could be occasional,  daily, long or short. They could also be for different reasons such as work, leisure or family obligations.

Imagine that every day you travel several kilometers from your home to go to work. You can offer your car in this app so that someone who has to make that journey at the same time and daily will accompany you and pay part of the expenses.

In addition, if that person also has a car, you can agree that one week you will go with yours and another with his.

This idea of ​​car sharing benefits both parties, as it is not the same to travel alone than with someone and it is not the same to face expenses only half.

On the other hand, there are long trips in which there is enough time to do them by car. Although it is true that airline tickets are usually cheap, there is also the problem of having to do it in high season, which could be very expensive. With BlaBlaCar you can go four in a car comfortably and pay much less for the same journey.

How BlaBlaCar works

This platform works very simply: you just have to make a profile, in which you can also offer your car and start looking for what you need. You can look for two things: someone to accompany you or someone to take you.

For example, if you need to go from your home to a place, you just have to enter the route and the platform will automatically search for all the published trips that cover that route – or even longer – and that pass by your house.

Each will have a price, and many can differ quite a bit between them. You will have to assess which is the best for you. It is clear that price is not the only relevant aspect to choose from, since users have scores for what they have made trips with them.

This will allow you to make an even better decision. You will also be able to know if smoking is allowed in the car, how much luggage you can carry or not, if the driver listens to music and if it is blah, blah blah, or blah blah blah. What does this mean? Well, how much conversation it offers you.

The score of the other users will reveal all this data, which will allow you to make a good decision when choosing a host.

How much does BlaBlaCar cost

This question has two answers: how much does the app cost and how much do the trips cost? The application is free, but has management fees, although they are not high. Depending on the type of trip they can range between € 1.5 and € 5.

This amount is not even worth taking into account thinking that you will be insured at all times, although it has never been the case that there have been incidents with drivers.

On the other hand, the cost of travel will depend on the car owners, but the journey can be even 70% cheaper than public transport, with more comforts and taking less time on many occasions.

You see that to make a cheap getaway, BlaBlaCar is an option to consider. Do you dare to try it?