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If executed well, we're a lot more convenient than the third party lots and even more convenient than airport owned long term parking. (EDIT: So we think the va
by shrig94 14y ago
If executed well, we're a lot more convenient than the third party lots and even more convenient than airport owned long term parking. (EDIT: So we think the value of $10/day is quite low--it's more like an $18/day value (airport long term parking price), plus the cost of an extensive exterior and interior cleaning and the time benefits--we want FlightCar to be a free and magical experience. That's our goal.)
We really messed up Edward's experience and as a result ruined the entire value proposition.
Generally speaking, your car is very unlikely rented for every day of your trip and even more unlikely to have its miles maxed out (and if they went over, you're being compensated for $.35/mile).
We're aiming to be the industry leader when it comes to service in airport parking. We provide free Starbucks coffee to every parker and renter along with bottled water and our black car service. We also clean the cars inside and outside quite thoroughly so that owners come back to a car in a condition better than they left it. We've been able to clean off exterior scratches and clean out heaps of pet hair and everything in between.
We wouldn't be working on this if we didn't think it was a positive return for both sides of the marketplace. We really believe that having two garages at the airport, one with cars accruing parking charges and one with cars being rented for insane prices is incredibly inefficient, and we want to help consumers by changing that.
We're working on improving our user experience and benefits to parkers (non-cash), so please feel free to email me, shri@flightcar.com, if you have any great ideas on how to sweeten the deal for the parkers!
Cheers,
Shri
- rdl 14y agoAh -- if you think of the car wash as "light detailing" vs. "automated car wash at the gas station", that's a big difference in the value proposition. (~$5 vs. ~$40). I agree convenience could easily trump the financial returns from renting the car (or even vs. airport parking costs). It looks like you have some good ideas on that front.