BlaBlaCar ("Blah blah car"): reviews about passengers and drivers

Service "Blah blahar", reviews about which are mostly positive, currently officially operates in 18 countries. During the year, 10 million people regularly or from time to time use it.

About the service

The name "Blah blahar" consists of the slang word "bla-bla", which means chatter, and car. His choice is intended to emphasize the basic principle of the service - the provision of all services on the basis of agreements reached between the driver and his potential passenger-fellow traveler.

This kind of autotravel appeared in 2006 in France. The author of this original idea was a NASA employee Frederick Mazella. One day at Christmas, he needed to drive from Paris to his parents in the province. Attempts to buy tickets were in vain, and Frederick decided to take advantage of the Internet to search for a ride. The driver was found quite quickly. Moreover, on that day, thanks to his announcement in social networks, problems were solved and about a dozen other Parisians who needed to get to different parts of the country or even to Belgium or Spain.

So the history of social service "Blah blahar" began. Over time, the company's branches have appeared in many European countries, and since 2014 online search for a passing car began to operate in Russia, where this French ridershour campaign began its work.

How does it work?

A popular application to search for fellow travelers to travel on cars "Bla Bash Car" allows drivers to save on gasoline, charging passengers a fee. At the same time, traveling companions travel at lower tariffs than RZhD's and, especially, airlines. For example, using the Bla Bla Car service from Moscow to St. Petersburg, you can get for 500-600 rubles from one person.

Having registered on a site, it is necessary to leave the demand or to look through available offers. For the convenience of potential passengers on the resource there is an option that hides flights in which all seats are occupied. Choosing the right one, you can contact the driver and discuss all the details of the trip. By the way, if you are a fan of talking on the road, pay attention to the mark "blah blah blah". If it is absent, then with this driver you are in harm's worth traveling. Note also that the choice is not only for you, and the driver also has the right to refuse to take you to your fellow travelers, without explaining the reasons.

Trip abroad

Reviews of "Blah blah blah" show that this service is suitable for organizing trips to near abroad and to Europe. At the same time, the application and all other operations are no different from those that need to be made in order to travel to a neighboring city.

How to find a fellow traveler?

To use the service "Blah blah" (reviews see below) you need:

• Download the same name app for iPhone or Android;
• Register;
• Specify where you are going to go, and also set additional parameters.

In addition to the cost and the route, it is indicated whether smoking is allowed during the trip, whether it is possible to take a pet with them to the salon,

How to leave a review for "Blah blah kar"?

Do you want to thank the driver or, on the contrary, warn other passengers about the boorish behavior of a particular motorist? Then go to the service website "Blah blah blah". Reviews about trips leave there quite simply. To do this, find the driver search form by phone number. After its introduction you will be redirected to the personal page of the car owner and you will be able to publish your opinion about the services rendered to you, about the behavior in the way of the driver, his punctuality, attitude to the passenger, etc.

Mutual Feedback

One of the advantages of using Internet services is the opportunity to learn the opinions of strangers about a particular product, service or person. That is why, before deciding to find a fellow traveler through the service "Blah blahar", reviews of passengers must be read. After all, it is possible that you will get a client who suddenly will demand to change the route, will not answer calls or inadequately react to the request not to smoke in the cabin.

The user to whom you leave a review will be able to read what you wrote about it only if he himself decides to share his opinion about you with other visitors of the site.

What should I specify?

On the site of the service "Blah blah car" reviews are left as follows:

• Indicates whether the user was a driver or passenger to you;
• In the column "Tell about your trip" one of the suggested answers ("excellent", "normal", "good", "disappointed") is selected;
• Leave a comment with a brief description of your travel experience with a specific user and notes whether you recommend him as a fellow traveler.

After that, you can view your review in preview mode and correct it, if necessary.

The user, about whom you expressed your opinion, will have two weeks to leave a response comment about the experience of the trip or communication on the issue of her organization with you.

How do I leave feedback?

The search service of fellow travelers through the Internet does everything to ensure that both drivers and passengers are satisfied. After all, this is the mission of "Blah blahar". The drivers' comments about the clients allow not to spoil your trip, inviting brawlers or bores into fellow travelers. However, experience shows that in any conflict situation, each side is confident of its rightness. Therefore, "Blah blahar" provides an opportunity to also talk about the experience of traveling with a particular person.

To ensure that the user does not remain unaware of how the recent fellow traveler characterized him, the system notifies him about posting the feedback on the site without indicating his content. This is done so that you express your opinion in the most objective way, and not try to answer the accusations, if they are present in the note. As you can see, all is fair!

The feedback response itself is left exactly as described above. After publication, it appears on the page of your fellow traveler. As practice shows, 75% of users receive feedback.

Anonymous driving assessment

If the tip is left to the driver, then you can also evaluate his skills. And this is done completely anonymously. As a result, the average score that is displayed in the driver profile is calculated. Such additional feedback helps the service to increase security, trust and responsibility.

Leaving feedback, passengers increase their level of experience and create a reputation as a reliable companion.

"Blah blah car": negative feedback

Like the work of any other service, you can also read negative reviews about an application that allows you to find fellow travelers for car trips.

For example, those who have been using his services for a long time already note that the excellent idea of mutual assistance has evolved into a commonplace business for those who want to earn money on road transport. In other words, many car owners simply use this service as a kind of dispatcher, allowing to find passengers. At the same time, no one cares about the convenience of the latter, and sometimes the car can drive up to the specified address already jam-packed. Or instead of the declared convenient minivan, the client will be offered to set off on a wreck. In fairness, it should be noted that service managers try to control the behavior of drivers and limit the number of places they can offer.

In any case, it should be remembered that the trip is made on the basis of mutual agreement. Therefore, and this is also evidenced by the reviews, there are situations when the driver refuses to travel at the last minute.

Now you know what the "Blah blahar" service is. Reviews published in user profiles will help you not make mistakes in the choice of fellow traveler. And after the trip you will be able to share your impressions, which will be useful to other travelers.