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This sounds like a good opportunity for a startup. You wouldn't even need to establish a counter at the airport. As a customer, you just check-in via Blackberry
by hobbs 19y ago
This sounds like a good opportunity for a startup. You wouldn't even need to establish a counter at the airport. As a customer, you just check-in via Blackberry, iPhone, or even text message. The shuttle bus swings by to pick you up and you're off.
- thaumaturgy 19y agoI was thinking the same thing. What a fantastic opportunity for somebody to build a centralized, remote system, that's easy to use and offers some really powerful features ("Hi Mr. Jones, would you like the same kind of luxury sedan you rented last time? A local map and directions to some common destinations is already on the front seat for you."), and then sell it to the rental car companies. Somebody'd better do it, or I will. ;-)
- hobbs 19y agoHeck, if you can collect the arrival times from the various airlines, you could send a confirmation message a few minutes after the plane lands. Checking in would be as simple as hitting reply.
- thaumaturgy 19y agoThat would require the traveler's flight information, which I wasn't assuming was something the rental software would have access to. However, if the customer wanted to offer it up ... sure! Higher-end hotels have systems that do this kind of thing already, and there's no reason that rental car companies couldn't also.