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Blablacar: how to find a ride and travel companions

We'll tell you what BlaBlaCar is, how to register, find rides, behave on the road and when communicating with the driver. In general, how to travel cheaply and cheerfully with the help of Blablacar.

What is Blablacar?

The travel companion search service Blablacar currently operates in 22 countries, almost throughout Europe. In total, Blablakar has more than 35 million registered users. 10 million people travel every quarter.

"Blablakar" is a slang combination of the English words bla-bla, which means talk, chat and car.

BlaBlaCar search for travel companions The BlaBlaCar service was born on Christmas Day, when Frederic Mazzella, a Stanford student, wanted to visit his family in the French province. He didn't have a car, the trains were crowded, and at the same time there were a huge number of drivers traveling alone. He decided to try to find one of these passing drivers with free space in the car in exchange for paying for fuel. Having searched the Internet for the appropriate service, he realized that there simply weren’t any.

Fred came up with a new transport service that would work thanks to ordinary people, would make vehicles more efficient, would solve the problem of traffic jams, and would make travel accessible and interesting.

Fred launched the first website, and the community began to grow naturally. Later, two more partners, programmer Francis Narez and Nicolas Brusson, joined Fred's company.

They made the company a popular community where drivers could find passengers. They called it BlaBlaCar because when users create a profile, they indicate how talkative they are - “Bla” (silently looks out the window), “BlaBla” (maybe talk) and “BlaBlaBla” (talks incessantly).

How does Blablakar work?

For example, a person travels from Moscow to St. Petersburg. He registers in Blablakar (registration is naturally free and takes 2 minutes, try it yourself). Publishes information about his trip on the website - indicates the car, date and time of departure, route, travel time, number of seats in the car and the cost of travel for 1 passenger. Potential passengers who are looking for a trip from Moscow to St. Petersburg see this information, book and tell the driver - “Great, I need to go in the same direction.” The driver confirms the trip and they meet at the agreed location.

The passenger pays the driver an agreed amount for the trip. Typically, such a trip will be cheaper than train, plane or bus. In addition, on popular routes you can find a car that best suits your departure time. From Moscow to St. Petersburg a car can be found at intervals of 15-30 minutes around the clock. After the trip, everyone leaves each other feedback.

If you, as a driver, often travel on one route, and not necessarily on very long routes between cities, even within the city, register with Blablakar, publish information about your trips and save on gasoline.

The driver often travels along this route; most likely there are neighboring passengers who also need to go to this place at the same time. So why not give us a ride, it’s on the way anyway.

How to register in Blablakar

To start using the service you need to register in the system. This can be done on the blablacar website. Or download, install the application for iOS or Android and register through them. If you first registered on the site, then you can download the application and log into your account.

Registration on the blablacar website is very simple.

If you have a profile on one of the social networks - VKontakte or Facebook, you can log in through them. The "BlaBlaCar" application will receive: a public profile, a list of friends, a date of birth and an email address. The application will not be able to post on your behalf on the social network.

If you don’t have a profile or don’t want to log in through them, register by filling out a short form - indicate your gender, first and last name, year of birth, email address.

You will need to confirm your email address immediately after registration; simply follow the link that will be sent in the email to activate your profile.

Fill out your profile in as much detail as possible. Put your photo on your profile photo. All profiles and photos are moderated. You should not put photographs of famous people, dogs, etc. To confirm your profile, you must enter your cell phone number. A verification code will be sent to it, which you will need to enter to confirm. The more information you fill out, the more confidence the driver will have in you.

How to find a ride and who to go with

Let's say we need to get from Moscow to St. Petersburg. You need to find a driver who goes in the right direction on the right day and time. Find the route on the main BlaBlaCar website or through the application.

As a rule, drivers publish most trips 5-7 days before the trip. On the most common routes in 1-2 days. The driver can travel with you from the same city along a direct route, or maybe in transit. In the example above, drivers are traveling in transit from Adler through Moscow to St. Petersburg. You will arrange a meeting in Moscow, and most likely it will be somewhere on the highway or near a large shopping center on a bypass road, unless the driver needs to enter the city specifically for personal business.

This is what the driver's proposal looks like. You see the date, time of departure, number of available seats, cost.

If it is a direct route, as in the picture above, then the meeting and drop-off point will be in the city. The driver also determines the drop-off location for passengers; if your stop is in a city along the way, he will most likely drop you off there.

Select a trip to view more detailed trip information.

A good driver will describe the conditions of the trip as fully as possible - do they smoke, don’t smoke, where do they stop, how many stops on the road, the total number of passengers in the car. If you have any questions for the driver, before booking you can contact him and clarify the details.

Look at the driver's profile before booking.

Pay attention to how completely the profile is filled out, is there a photo, is the car listed. Irina R has a good profile, a lot of reviews and a lot of positive ones. High rating.

But Artyom S, even despite the lack of reviews, does not have a very good profile, it is completely empty.

What to look for when booking a trip to Blablacar
In Blablakar, drivers have a rating system. The highest level is Ambassador. This is a driver who has a lot of positive reviews. A trip with such a driver will be more expensive, since the driver is experienced. Only those who have made the trip leave reviews in Blablakar. You can't use bots to increase your rating.

Pay attention to the number of seats in the car. It will be very uncomfortable for four people plus a driver to travel in a passenger car. It is considered normal when there are two passengers in the back and one in the front.

What determines the cost of a trip on Blablacar?

The cost of the trip is not the main, but important criterion. The main thing is to find the best option so that the driver is experienced and the car is comfortable.

An experienced driver, a large number of positive reviews, a good car - always try to choose this option. It will be more expensive, but it will be quieter on the trip.

If the car is middle class, but the driver has a high rating and a lot of reviews, this is also a good option. Most likely, the cost of traveling with him will be cheaper than in the first case.

Sometimes you come across a middle-class car with a high cost of travel. Most likely this advertisement is given by a taxi driver or transfer company. There is no point in paying the price of a taxi for a Blablacar.

How to book a place in Blablakar

You have chosen a date, time, and found a driver who completely suits you. You can now book your trip. There are two types of booking - automatic and with confirmation.

If a yellow lightning icon is indicated, then the confirmation is automatic, and a seat in the car will be reserved for you immediately. If the icon is not specified, driver confirmation is required. Some drivers prefer to look at a profile before driving with strangers.

• Meeting point. It is worth remembering that this is not a taxi and the driver most likely will not pick you up from the entrance, much less wait for a long time.
• Meeting time. If this is a transit trip, check again the time of the meeting and perhaps he is traveling from a different time zone.
• Baggage. As a rule, fellow travelers travel with small bags. If you have a large suitcase, check if the driver can accommodate it.
• Duration of the trip. Basically, all drivers indicate how long the journey takes and the number of stops. But it’s better to ask again.
• Drop off point at destination. Let us clarify once again - this is not a taxi; most likely they will not take you to the entrance.

Before the trip, be sure (!!!) to contact the driver. And just call him. Perhaps his plans have changed. Confirm all agreements. Don't be shy about being persistent. A good driver will call you several times before the trip. A few hours before your trip, call the driver again. Remember, BlaBlaCar does not interfere in any way with your relationship with the driver. You can’t call there and say that they haven’t met you.

What to do if the driver doesn’t show up

If the day before your trip you try to contact the driver and he does not answer for a long time, we recommend looking for another option. In general, it is worth having several backup options and being ready to book another car if the driver suddenly cancels the trip on the appointed day. This happens very rarely for highly rated drivers, but no one is immune from car breakdown or illness.

If the driver hasn’t arrived, even though you’ve called him before, his phone is turned off or doesn’t answer, don’t despair. On popular routes in Blablakar you can find an offer for the same time or in an interval of up to 1-2 hours. Check through the application - perhaps some driver has a free seat. Maybe one of the passengers refused the trip and is waiting for you. After that, leave an appropriate review and rating for the driver who let you down.

Calculation for the trip

Payment for the trip is made with the driver in cash, take care of the exchange in advance. Transfer money only when you have reached your destination.

The driver will not be able to issue you a receipt, so if suddenly you are driving as a business traveler, think about what you will provide to the accounting department.

Tips for those who use Blablakar for the first time

You will be in a car with strangers. Observe basic rules of decency and do not forget about safety rules. Don't be overly intrusive and noisy. Some people like to just look out the window, others like to read. Moreover, you should not distract the driver while driving and give various advice if you are not asked. Communicate with fellow travelers only if they are inclined to do so.

Most routes are offered between major cities. If you need to go to a small village, you need to choose between which cities it is located and check with the driver whether he can take you there, or drop you off on the highway at a turn, at a bus stop, and so on.

When you reserve a seat in a car, you can view the profile of the driver and fellow travelers. If you don't like one of them, find another trip. If the car is not full and you are traveling only with a driver, decide for yourself. BlaBlaCar does not check drivers. Although some buy out all the seats so they can go alone.

At the end of your trip, be sure to leave an honest review.

Register in Blablakar on the website, or download applications for iPhone and Android. Don't forget to fill out and confirm your profile. It's worth registering now. Firstly, it’s free, and secondly, what if you urgently need to go somewhere, and you have a registered account and a verified account.

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How to travel cheaply and safely between cities

Save on travel and avoid being left on the sidelines.

I live in Tolyatti and often use Blablacar to go to Ikea in Samara, to visit friends in Ulyanovsk, and to visit my grandmother in Penza.

Blablakar is a convenient service if you know how to use it.

I’ll tell you what Blablacar is, how to find rides, behave when traveling and how to communicate with the driver.

What is Blablacar?

"Blablakar" is a service in which motorists look for travel companions. For example, a person travels from Tolyatti to Samara by car. He informs Blablakar about this, Blablakar publishes his trip on the website. Passengers see his trip and say: “Oh, I also need to go to Samara, I want to become a travel companion.” The driver says: “Okay”, meets the fellow traveler at the agreed place, and off they go. In a sense, Blablacar is just a big forum where drivers are looking for travel companions.

In Blablakar it is customary for fellow travelers to pay for the trip. The driver sets the amount when he publishes the ad. It is believed that the driver will use this money to compensate for part of the gasoline.

Blablacar is based on trust between drivers and passengers. After each trip, passengers and drivers leave reviews about each other.

Terms of use for Blablakar

Most often, a trip on Blablacar is cheaper than buses, trains and planes. I compared several popular destinations.

How to start so that they trust you

To sign up as a travel companion, you need to register on the Blablakara website or app. Fill out your profile in as much detail as possible and link social networks to it. The more information about you, the more confidence the driver has in you.

How to find someone to go with

To go somewhere, you need to find a driver who is going in the direction you need on the right day. That is, you need to fit into someone else's planned trip. All trips can be found through the search on the main page or in the application.

Typically, drivers publish trips 4-5 days before departure. On some popular destinations, most trips are published 2-3 days in advance.

Trips can be direct or transit. Transit - when the driver goes further than you need, but can drop you off along the road.

It is better to take a direct route - this way you will agree with the driver where he will pick you up from and where he will take you. If you are a transit passenger, the driver will not enter the city, but will ask you to drive up to the bypass highway or federal highway or drop you off there.

Now we select the trip and the driver.

Driver profile. See if there is a photo, car make, information about preferences, a short biography. If the driver spoke in detail about himself, then it is better to trust him than a person with an empty profile.

How comfortable your trip will be depends on the car. It’s better to overpay for a comfortable foreign car than to save money and suffer in a cramped Oka.

Reviews. The more good reviews a driver has, the higher his status in the service. Blablakar has a system of experience levels - from beginner to ambassador. The more positive reviews, the higher the level. There is an opportunity to go with an experienced driver - choose him.

Number of available seats. In Blablakar it is considered the norm when the driver puts not four, but three passengers into the car, so that everyone fits comfortably in the car. A special icon will help you understand this - it says that there are guaranteed to be two, not three, seats in the back seat.

The cost of travel evaluate last. The main thing is that the driver is experienced and the car is comfortable. Your task is to find the best option in terms of price and quality ratio, and not to save at all costs. Will explain.

If possible, choose an experienced driver with a good car. It's more expensive, but quieter and more comfortable. If the car is not the most comfortable, but the driver has good reviews, you can go. Such drivers, as a rule, have a lower price than owners of good cars.

Sometimes you can find offers for trips at a high price with a regular car and four empty seats in it. Most likely, this is a taxi driver who uses BlaBlaCar for part-time work. You might as well find a taxi driver at the station.

The trips are not legally documented. The only documentary evidence of the trip can be a receipt with a completed fax stamp from a Blablakar representative. But this only works if you've paid to book your trip. To receive a receipt, you need to send a request to the service's technical support.

How to book a seat and contact the driver

Having decided on the trip, we reserve a place. Reservations can be manual or automatic. If the booking is manual, you make a request and the driver confirms it. If automatic, BlaBlaCar will reserve a seat in the car you choose and driver confirmation will not be required. This method is less common.

Manual booking is more common because drivers also want to know who will ride in the car with them. Drivers study your profile just as you study theirs, and this takes time.

After booking, we agree with the driver about the details of the trip. You can write to the driver in private messages, but it is better to write an SMS or call by phone. Here's what to pay attention to.

Place and time of departure. Discuss where the driver will be coming from. Some will be willing to pick you up directly from your home, but this is rare. Most often you will have to get to the meeting place yourself. Drivers prefer major highways leaving the city.

If the departure point is far away, then explain the situation and ask for a discount - after all, you still need to spend money on getting there. Most likely, the drivers will accommodate you - either give you a discount or pick you up from a place closer to you.

Check departure time. If the driver is from a region with a different time zone, do not forget to check your watches and clarify what time the trip is published in - say, Moscow or Samara.

Baggage. Check to see if there is room in the trunk for your bag. As a rule, this is not a problem because fellow travelers take medium-sized travel bags with them. If you have a large suitcase, then warn the driver about this. The main thing is to discuss this in advance, and not when boarding.

Check the duration of the trip and the place of arrival. If your city is not the end point of the route, they are unlikely to take you to the city - rather, they will leave you somewhere on a bypass route or, at best, they will take you to the bus station. Take this point into account and ask your friends to meet you.

If your route and the driver’s route completely coincide, then perhaps he will agree to give you a ride home - it’s better to agree on this during the trip, when you get to know each other better.

Before the trip

At Blablakar everything is based on trust and verbal agreements. The service is not responsible for the fact that the trip will take place - you and the driver are responsible for everything. So prepare for the worst and be paranoid.

Remind the driver about yourself

The driver's plans may change and he may forget to warn you. Therefore, the day before the trip, call the driver to make sure that the trip will take place. If the driver doesn’t go, he usually already knows about it a day before.

Call again on the day of your trip a few hours in advance. This is the final check: what if the driver was poisoned or drunk. If the driver cancels the trip, then most likely you will not have time to find a new driver on the same day, but you will be able to find another in a few days.

I once agreed on a trip from Tolyatti to Penza. I reserved a seat, called the day before the trip - the driver confirmed it. I called a few hours before departure - the driver canceled the trip. The car broke down and he couldn’t fix it quickly. I had to look for another driver. But I didn’t stand on the highway with my things.

If the driver doesn't arrive

If the driver does not answer you several times, immediately look for a backup option. This often happens to me: you reserve a seat, call the driver, but he doesn’t answer the phone. Perhaps he did not respond for a good reason, or perhaps not. I prefer not to take risks.

If the driver let you down at the last moment - he simply did not arrive at the place even after two confirmations or canceled the trip an hour before, this is a reason to write a negative review. Last year I had such a case: I called the driver on the day of the trip, he confirmed everything, and an hour before departure his friend called and said that there would be no trip. I hope everything is fine with the driver.

How to behave while traveling

If the driver arrives, meet him and his fellow travelers. Communicate - this is not forbidden, the main thing is not to distract the driver from the road and behave calmly. Do not drink alcohol, smoke, or disturb passengers. Observe the rules of decency.

Passengers are different - some are friendly and don’t mind chatting, others are silent or asleep the whole way. Many people use BlaBlaCar as a bus to simply get from point A to point B, and are not in the mood to communicate. This is fine.

Always wear your seat belt and follow safety rules. According to the terms of use of Blablacar, all passenger seats must be equipped with seat belts. If the driver is driving too fast and aggressively, ask them to drive more slowly.

If the trip is long, ask the driver to stop for a snack or to use the restroom. As a rule, drivers stop themselves, but if not, don’t hesitate to ask. Surely other passengers will support you.

Payment and review

Pay for the trip only when the driver takes you to your destination. It is better to pay in cash - take care of them in advance. If you don’t have cash, then agree to transfer from card to card or put money on your phone. Most often, drivers agree.

When you arrive, say goodbye to your fellow travelers and driver, wish them a good trip. Ask the driver to leave a review about you - if the trip went well, the driver will write a review. Don't forget to say thank you in return.

If the trip did not leave you with the most pleasant impressions, also write a review - this way you will help other Blablakar users. I had a case when I was traveling from Samara to Tolyatti with a driver who preferred a very high-speed and aggressive driving style.

Subtleties

Travel to popular destinations

The more popular the route, the more drivers there are. The most popular routes are between Moscow and million-plus cities in the European part of Russia, between two administrative centers of the regions, and between large cities within the region. If you are traveling from Togliatti to visit your grandmother in a village in the Penza region, you most likely will not find a direct route. You will have to connect - go first to Penza, and from there by bus or taxi.

Don't ride alone with drivers

It happens that there are no passengers for the trip and you find yourself the only one. It’s up to you to decide whether to trust the driver or not. If you are a strongly built man, then you can take a risk. If the girl is fragile, it’s not worth it. Blablacar does not sign any documents with drivers and is not responsible for anything, so when you get into someone else’s car, you take full responsibility upon yourself. Nothing prevents the driver from taking the passenger into the forest belt.

Minibuses incognito

I had a trip when the driver had neither reviews nor a completed profile - the make of the car was not even indicated there. But I took a chance and went, because I urgently needed to get from Penza to Tolyatti. It turned out to be a regular minibus, driven by the enterprising Alexander from Mytishchi. Once every three days he rides back and forth and earns his living that way.

In principle, there is nothing wrong with this, but before boarding the bus I would not have known who the driver was or what kind of car it was, because there was no information about it. If you see such trips, check to see if it is a regular minibus.

In addition, such trips are prohibited by the rules of the service - according to them, the driver can have a vehicle with a maximum of 7 seats and 4 free places for booking. There are more of them in the minibus.

Accident on the way

If your car breaks down on the road, don't panic. Ask the driver how long you will be stuck. If it’s a long time, ask to get to a roadside hotel, gas station or place for heating. If the car is not running, tell your friends that you will be delayed. Ask a friend with a car to come pick you up.

Remember that if the car breaks down, you are not required to pay for the trip. Also, you should not give money for gasoline, repairs or debt. Most likely, this is the last time you will see the driver, and you should not give your money to a stranger.

If you get into an accident, the service and the driver will not help you. Blablacar does not insure drivers and passengers. Therefore, take insurance.

According to the terms of use, the driver must have insurance that covers liability to third parties, including passengers. But as practice shows, Blablakar does not always check documents. Therefore, check this point with the driver before your trip.

Booking fee

Since the beginning of 2017, Blablacar has introduced a fee for booking seats. Commission - 20%. If the cost of the trip is 400 rubles, then you will give the service 80 rubles.

Currently, paid booking only works on the route Ekaterinburg - Chelyabinsk and back. It's unclear whether paid booking will work elsewhere.

If the driver cancels the trip or your reservation, you will be refunded in full. The full cost of the reservation is refunded if the driver does not arrive at the agreed meeting point within 30 minutes. Don’t forget to take screenshots of your trip card, booking, and correspondence with the driver to show them to Blablacar technical support and get your money back.

If you cancel your booking before the time indicated on your travel card, you will be refunded half of the booking price. If you cancel your booking after the specified time or do not show up at the agreed meeting point with the driver within 30 minutes, your money will not be refunded.

The booking fee does not guarantee that the trip will take place. Blablacar says the booking fee is being introduced to ensure that passengers and drivers are safer and that trips are not cancelled.

You can negotiate with the driver directly, since in Blablakar drivers have phone numbers and personal messages. But in this case, there is no guarantee that the trip will take place. In addition, the terms of use of Blablakar prohibit this. Therefore, you should only do this trick with familiar drivers.

Remember

Blablacar is best used at medium distances between major cities. This way you will have more choice of drivers, and in extreme cases you can transfer to a bus or train. If the distance is long, it is better to take a train or plane.
Blablakar is not responsible for the trip. You and the driver are responsible for all arrangements.
Don’t skimp on safety and comfort - it’s better to overpay for a good car and an experienced driver than to ride in Oka with four people.
Pay for the trip only after the driver takes you to your destination. Have cash ready in advance.
Fill out your personal profile to the maximum. Leave reviews about drivers and ask them to leave reviews about you.
Behave calmly and communicate with fellow travelers and the driver, if they do not mind.

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BlaBlaCar (BlaBlaCar): how to use the service

BlaBlaCar is a travel companion search service. The driver compensates for his expenses on gasoline, the passenger moves from point A to point B for relatively little money, everyone is happy. BlaBlaCar allows you to save on travel between cities in several countries by offering more comfortable options to choose from.

Experienced travelers know the importance of being able to travel long distances and save money. See as much as possible and get a wagonload of impressions. There have been a lot of backpackers popping up lately. From the word backpack - backpack. These are travelers who are looking for all sorts of ways to travel cheaper with a backpack on their shoulders. Backpackers often hitchhike and live in cheap hostels. If this type of travel is extreme for you, but you want to save money, then I strongly advise you to master the BlaBlaCar service.

BlaBlaCar is used by millions of people throughout Russia, Ukraine and Europe. You can find company on the go in more than 20 countries. Among them: Great Britain, Germany, Poland, Ukraine, Turkey, Slovakia, France, Croatia, Italy, Spain, Russia, etc.

Features and benefits of the BlaBlaCar service

• Choosing a travel companion– each specific user, be it a driver with his own car or a fellow traveler, has a profile page on the website linked to their accounts on social networks. Before traveling, it is important to get to know the person you plan to travel with. Here you can also see comments from users who have already traveled with this driver/fellow traveler. Prepare for the meeting!
• Option " Only for women"- for brave and independent travelers. In the search form for a specific trip, you just need to select the “Women Only” criterion from your account so as not to feel discomfort in the company of a male driver (passenger).
• Receive travel notifications– such a service is provided in order not to miss the right people on specific dates. And if there is no convenient route and numbers, you will receive a notification when a driver/fellow traveler appears in the direction you need.
• Exact coordinates of the place of departure/arrival– of course, a random fellow traveler is not a taxi driver, and can insist on his own terms, but the system works in such a way that it is convenient for everyone to negotiate and choose the exact time and place of meeting. To do this, you can use the map in the order form and indicate the point of departure/arrival.
• Support for service creators– moderators respond incredibly quickly to user requests in case of dissatisfaction with their travel companion. The BlaBlaCar team assures that it strives to ensure that all registered users have a good reputation.
• Convenient ordering in mobile applications– like all popular carrier companies, BlaBlaCar has developed applications for mobile devices. You can download the Bla Bla Car application at the top of the page. Make a decision quickly and reserve a passenger seat anytime, anywhere. The main thing is that you are within the coverage area of ​​the Internet.

Bla Bla Car: how to find a car and a ride?

Visit the BlaBlaCar website. In order to book a trip on the website, you need to fill out information: where you are coming from and where you are going, when you will go. After filling out the form, you will see a list of all available drivers for this route on the specified day.

A very important point! Before agreeing to a trip, contact the driver (just correspond with your accounts on the website) to clarify the details: planned travel time, stops and deviations from the route, contact information for on-site communication, etc.

All users on the site earn a rating. This ensures their relevance, as well as long-term fruitful cooperation with many users. Therefore, do not be lazy and leave a positive (or not so positive) comment on your travel companion’s page after the end of your trip together.

Detailed algorithm for finding a ride on BlaBlaCar

• Fill out the search form on the main page;
• Choose only those who have at least one extra seat in the car;
• Contact the driver (correspondence can be either public or through private messages);
• Book now! Rest assured that the driver will confirm your reservation very quickly. After all, after sending your request, he will receive an SMS. You also have the opportunity to set a deadline within which the driver must respond. If you do not receive a response as soon as possible, your reservation request will be automatically cancelled;
• Pay in cash or by bank transfer after your trip. The service does not provide for online payment, so do not be fooled by requests for advance payment from the driver.

• Submit your reservation when you are sure of your choice. You can find out the driver's number on BlaBlaCar as soon as you submit a booking request. You can always cancel your reservation;
• If your plans change, cancel your trip immediately. While you are doubting for a long time whether it is worth going on the road, others who want to do so do not have the opportunity to “stake out” a car. In addition, you will not be able to book another similar trip in order to “sit on two chairs”;
• Warn the driver in advance if you have luggage, an animal or a smoking habit;
• If you suffer from allergies, asthma, or get motion sickness, warn the driver about this as well. And take the necessary medications with you;
• I think there is no need to tell you the basic rules of behavior on the road. Don't be lazy about buckling up;
• Warn your loved ones about the trip, leave them the driver’s contact number and information about his car. If another person comes to you in a different car that is not specified in the service, it is better to refuse the trip for your safety;
• I have not heard of such cases, but they are quite possible. Be careful before entrusting your life to a stranger. But you shouldn’t be paranoid out of the blue either.

You can find a trip on BlaBlaCar without registration by logging into the site via Vk or Facebook. No other way. Better yet, register fully and use the service when needed.

BlaBlaCar: how to find travel companions for the driver?

To start working with the service, drivers need to post information about themselves and the car. To do this, go to the BlaBlaCar website.

Then you will need to create a trip. To do this, click the button in the upper right corner of the BlaBlaCar website “Offer a trip”. Fill in information about the route and when you plan to go. On the next page, indicate the number of passengers you can take, the dimensions of your luggage, and, if necessary, write down the details of your trip.

Add a photo of yourself and your car to your profile to make it easier for passengers to recognize you. In addition, this will increase the level of trust in you. You will also recognize your passengers from photographs.

When you receive requests from passengers, you can accept them automatically or manually. When all the seats in your car are occupied, the application will automatically disappear from the search.

It is prohibited to ask or take advance payment from passengers. Blablakar advises paying for the trip in cash.

One interesting “life hack” on BlaBlaCar: when describing the route from point A to point B, indicate any intermediate point through which your path passes. This way, even more site visitors will be able to see your offer. Perhaps someone will keep you company halfway.

That's all, I wish you a pleasant trip!

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Bla bla car find a ride without registration

BlaBlaCar is a modern service that allows you to successfully use the services of not only buses, trains and minibuses, but also private cars. In each case, the opportunity to note the high level of functionality of the service is guaranteed, where you can find travel companions and agree on a successful move to the desired destination.

FEATURES OF THE BLABLACAR SERVICE

Does BlaBlaCar allow you to find a ride without registering? Certainly! The possibility of using services in three variations is guaranteed, each of which is aimed at maximum convenience of the target audience:

• web service;
• mobile application for the most common Android operating system;
• functional program for IOS.

The main advantage is the simple procedure of finding the right car for a trip in the right direction. If necessary, you will be able to find a trip without registration on the BlaBlaCar service in the shortest possible time!

Each driver must indicate the exact parameters of the route that is planned. At the same time, BlaBlaCar allows you to successfully study all available information about the route. After which interested people report their desire to hit the road.

Drivers, as already mentioned, must indicate detailed route parameters. At the same time, passengers indicate their points of departure and arrival in order to successfully find an interesting option for their trip.

Despite the fact that BlaBlaCar is available without registration, only the registration procedure allows you to successfully confirm personal data and guarantee a high level of security.

The BlaBlaCar system is built on a certain degree of trust, so registered customers receive privileges. To do this, it is recommended to complete lightning-fast registration indicating current and reliable information:

• photo;
• phone number;
• E-mail address;
• social profiles.

Moderation of the provided data is mandatory. Checking the technical service allows you to understand what you can still count on in the future and whether you can successfully plan your trip.

Attention!

It is interesting to note that you can find a car without registering with BlaBlaCar, use the available services and help other people successfully organize their trip. After a car trip, the driver and fellow travelers leave reviews about each other to build the reputation of each user of the service.

Primary interaction does not require the driver to have contact with potential travel companions. If you wish, you can reject the offer of a person who is not initially trustworthy. If you still become interested, you need to call first and discuss important nuances in a telephone conversation. Phone numbers can only be exchanged with the mutual consent of the driver and fellow travelers.

Of course, with the help of BlaBlaCar you can find travel companions without registration without any problems. At the same time, every woman understands the special risks for herself on such trips. In this regard, the creators of the service offer a special mode “Only for women”. It excludes the selection of male drivers or passengers. Such a trip should provide only the most pleasant impressions of yourself.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR FINDING A TRIP

How to find a trip in BlaBlaCar without registration? In fact, the search stage pleases with maximum ease. To do this you need to provide the following information:

• cities of departure and arrival;
• route features;
• departure – arrival time;
• price.

It should be noted that there are tips in the service. Thanks to them, the names of settlements can immediately be written correctly.

If desired, search results can be reduced by specifying a specific travel date and optimal time interval.

In BlaBlaCar, searching for travel companions without registration is the same as for registered clients.

BLABLACAR MOBILE APPLICATION

The service developers allow you to download BlaBlaCar on Android for free without registration. This application will primarily be appreciated by those who are actively planning their trips, because it offers the opportunity to search and propose a trip. In the first case you need to be a passenger, and in the second - a driver.

Finding travel companions without registering with BlaBlaCar is a reality of the 21st century, because the service is perfected to 100%. It has been working successfully for a long time, meeting the expectations of many users.

Are you planning to leave Moscow for another city? Absolutely free and in just a couple of minutes register for blah blah car Moscow.

In order to fully use the service, you need to go through the registration process on the official BlaBlaCar website. This can also be done after downloading and installing the application, which is available for both . If registration was made on the site, then after installing the application your account will be available to you.

There are different ways to travel: by plane, train or bus. And driving your own car is the very way of transportation that frees your hands. Well, what if you don’t have your own car, and tickets are expensive? Then modern search engines and applications, such as BlaBlaCar, can come to your aid.

If a passenger needs to find a blah blah car ride in Moscow

Search for a car and driver in .

For example, you need to get from Moscow to another city. Through the application or website, find a driver whose movement meets your conditions.

In most cases, drivers display information about the planned trip 5-7 days before it takes place. For popular destinations, this period is shorter - 1-2 days. This can be either a direct trip or a transit trip through Moscow.

So, you have decided on the date, time, driver - all your wishes correspond to the chosen trip. Proceed to the next step - booking. When the booking is confirmed, contact the driver and clarify everything you are interested in:

• Where will you meet in Moscow. Please note that you are not contacting a taxi service. Don't expect to be picked up at your home or have a long wait;
• What time will you meet? If the driver's route is in transit through Moscow, be sure to check the local meeting time;
• Availability of luggage. If you are traveling with a large suitcase, check if the driver has free space to accommodate it;
• Travel time. As a rule, this indicator is indicated in the publication - but it’s not a bad idea to ask;
• Where will you be dropped off?

For the driver to find a travel companion for a trip blah blah car Moscow

If you, as a driver, often travel from or to Moscow, then a blah blah car will help you find a passenger.

The driver posts trip data on the Internet resource:

• Car make;
• Date and time of planned departure;
• Route data;
• The time it is planned to spend on the journey;
• Data on the number of free seats in the car;
• Price per passenger.

The day before your trip, contact your fellow travelers from Moscow. Just don’t write SMS – make a call. Be persistent. Your plans depend on it. Contact us again on the day of your trip. If your trip is canceled, don’t despair. Blabla cars are popular in Moscow, so you can find travel companions, a passenger or a driver with an interval of 30 minutes, 24 hours, 7 days a week.

Payment

A trip booked through the bla bla car Moscow service will cost the passenger less than a trip by train, plane or bus. And don’t pay for a blah blah car Moscow like a taxi.

The passenger pays the amount agreed upon with the driver through the Blablacar website.

Review

At the end of the bla bla car Moscow trip, the driver and passenger give each other ratings and reviews.

Moscow Blablakar

Moscow

When choosing a driver or travel companion for a trip from Moscow, you can watch the video.

• Find a bla bla car ride Moscow;
• Check driver/passenger profile for Blablacar;
• Find a travel companion and a comfortable car;

In 2019, the popular Blablacar service slightly changed the rules of use for both drivers and passengers, and we decided to supplement our most complete instructions ““. If you have never used Blablakar, you might want to read it first; it thoroughly outlines all the points for registering with the service. But in this article we will briefly outline everything you need to know about Blablacar if you are a driver or passenger.

"Blablakar" is a slang combination of the English words bla-bla, which means talk, chat and car. Currently, Blablacar is the largest service for finding travel companions to move between points A and B, even within the same city.

The service assumes that the driver does not earn money on the trip, but compensates for his expenses on gasoline and depreciation of the car. And passengers get the opportunity to get to their destination at a low cost.

You can try to check any route right now - fill in the form “from” and “to”.

Don't think that only hitchhikers use Blablacar. The service has a lot of advantages that are appreciated annually by more than 20 million users in Russia and around the world:

• You can hitchhike to those cities and towns where public transport does not go.
• You don't have to call your friends to find someone to give you a ride.
• It’s convenient to connect your time with Blablacar; perhaps you can agree to wait with the driver, which a shuttle bus won’t do.
• The driver saves money on gasoline during the trip.
• It's more fun to travel with a group.

Blablacar important features of the service

1. You cannot find a ride or passengers anonymously, without registration. Both the driver and each user of the service have their own profile on Blablacar. You can create your profile only on the official website. Registration is very simple, it only takes 2 minutes. If you have any difficulties, you will find instructions and all the answers.

You don’t have to fill out Blablakar’s form, but log in through your Facebook or VKontakte profile

2. The driver creates the trip proposal, indicating your route - starting and ending points, travel date and cost. Passenger looking for a ride depending on where he is coming from and where he is going. The driver can arrange a specific meeting point in the city or even pick you up. Once the passenger has reserved a seat, the driver must confirm the trip. If there is a lightning icon (as in the picture above), then confirmation occurs automatically.

Remember the following:

- if the driver contacts you and asks you to make an advance payment on a card, electronic money or some other way, you should refuse to travel with him. Payment is made at the end of the trip, in cash;

- a good driver ensures that there are only 2 passengers in the back seat. It is unlikely that you would want to ride with three of you in the back of a passenger car. Please pay attention to this when booking - there is a two-man icon like in the picture above near the zipper.

3. It’s convenient to register and create a profile, and it’s more convenient to use Blablakar from a smartphone. Eat. But this is a purely subjective opinion of one of our editors. Another editor only likes to use the site.

How to find a ride on Blablacar

1. Register a profile on official website.

2. Find a trip and book your seat.

3. Contact the driver, clarify the details - meeting point, drop-off point. The driver's contacts will be available to you immediately after booking. If you have a lot of things, ask the driver if there is space in the trunk.

4. The day before the trip, contact the driver again to find out if the plans have changed. Anything can happen, including car breakdowns.

How to use Blablakar safely and comfortably

1. Read reviews of your travel companions. Reviews cannot be cheated or corrected. They are left by real users of the service after the trip.

2. If you are a woman (driver or passenger) and do not want to travel in the company of men, Blablacar has such a function, register, search for a trip and if there is at least one proposed trip with this function, you will see it. You can add a filter on the left side of the screen.

3. Warn your friends that you are going on a trip in Blablacar and give them the driver’s coordinates and car details. It may happen that another car and another driver will come for you. We recommend that you immediately cancel this trip and book another one. There are a lot of cars on popular destinations, you can find other travel companions in a very short time.

How can a driver find passengers on Blablacar?

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Save on travel and avoid being left on the sidelines

I live in Tolyatti and often use Blablacar to go to Ikea in Samara, to visit friends in Ulyanovsk, and to visit my grandmother in Penza.

Blablakar is a convenient service if you know how to use it.

I’ll tell you what Blablacar is, how to find rides, behave when traveling and how to communicate with the driver.

Alexander Marfitsin

traveler,
drives a Blablacar every month

What is Blablacar?

"Blablakar" is a service in which motorists look for travel companions. For example, a person travels from Tolyatti to Samara by car. He informs Blablakar about this, Blablakar publishes his trip on the website. Passengers see his trip and say: “Oh, I also need to go to Samara, I want to become a travel companion.” The driver says: “Okay”, meets the fellow traveler at the agreed place, and off they go. In a sense, Blablacar is just a big forum where drivers are looking for travel companions.

In Blablakar it is customary for fellow travelers to pay for the trip. The driver sets the amount when he publishes the ad. It is believed that the driver will use this money to compensate for part of the gasoline.

Most often, a trip on Blablacar is cheaper than buses, trains and planes. I compared several popular destinations.

From Moscow to St. Petersburg, Samara and Kazan

Moscow, Saint Petersburg

"Blablacar"

1000 R

1000 R

Reserved seat

1200 R

3000 R

Moscow - Samara

"Blablacar"

1200 R

1000 R

Reserved seat

1800 R

3500 R

Moscow - Kazan

"Blablacar"

1000 R

1300 R

Reserved seat

1500 R

3000 R

The price of Blablacar depends on the popularity of the destination: the more popular the route, the lower the price.

How to start so that they trust you

To sign up as a travel companion, you need to register on the Blablakara website or app. Fill out your profile in as much detail as possible and link social networks to it. The more information about you, the more confidence the driver has in you.

This is what my Blablakar profile looks like: there is a photo, a verified email, and Facebook is linked.

How to find someone to go with

To go somewhere, you need to find a driver who is going in the direction you need on the right day. That is, you need to fit into someone else's planned trip. All trips can be found through the search on the main page or in the application.

Typically, drivers publish trips 4-5 days before departure. On some popular destinations, most trips are published 2-3 days in advance.

Trips can be direct or transit. Transit - when the driver goes further than you need, but can drop you off along the road.

It is better to take a direct route - this way you will agree with the driver where he will pick you up from and where he will take you. If you are a transit passenger, the driver will not enter the city, but will ask you to drive up to the bypass highway or federal highway or drop you off there.

This is what a trip card looks like: the route, cost, available seats are indicated

Now we select the trip and the driver.

Driver profile. See if there is a photo, car make, information about preferences, a short biography. If the driver spoke in detail about himself, then it is better to trust him than a person with an empty profile.

How comfortable your trip will be depends on the car. It’s better to overpay for a comfortable foreign car than to save money and suffer in a cramped Oka.

Good driver profile: many reviews, high rating, photo and information about the car

Bad driver profile: no photo, personal information is not filled out, no reviews either

Reviews. The more good reviews a driver has, the higher his status in the service. Blablakar has a system of experience levels - from beginner to ambassador. The more positive reviews, the higher the level. There is an opportunity to go with an experienced driver - choose him.

Pay attention to the “Experience” line in the driver’s profile. If the level is “Expert” or “Ambassador”, then you are lucky - the driver is experienced

Number of available seats. In Blablakar it is considered the norm when the driver puts not four, but three passengers into the car, so that everyone fits comfortably in the car. A special icon will help you understand this - it says that there are guaranteed to be two, not three, seats in the back seat.

The blue icon below the price means there will be a maximum of two passengers in the back seat

The cost of travel evaluate last. The main thing is that the driver is experienced and the car is comfortable. Your task is to find the best option in terms of price and quality ratio, and not to save at all costs. Will explain.

If possible, choose an experienced driver with a good car. It's more expensive, but quieter and more comfortable. If the car is not the most comfortable, but the driver has good reviews, you can go. Such drivers, as a rule, have a lower price than owners of good cars.

Sometimes you can find offers for trips at a high price with a regular car and four empty seats in it. Most likely, this is a taxi driver who uses BlaBlaCar for part-time work. You might as well find a taxi driver at the station.

The trips are not legally documented. The only documentary evidence of the trip can be a receipt with a completed fax stamp from a Blablakar representative. But this only works if you've paid to book your trip. To receive a receipt, you need to send a request to the service's technical support.

How to book a seat and contact the driver

Having decided on the trip, we reserve a place. Reservations can be manual or automatic. If the booking is manual, you make a request and the driver confirms it. If automatic, BlaBlaCar will reserve a seat in the car you choose and driver confirmation will not be required. This method is less common.

Manual booking is more common because drivers also want to know who will ride in the car with them. Drivers study your profile just as you study theirs, and this takes time.

List of trips on the route "Tolyatti - Penza". The lightning bolt icon means the trip is automatically booked.

After booking, we agree with the driver about the details of the trip. You can write to the driver in private messages, but it is better to write an SMS or call by phone. Here's what to pay attention to.

Place and time of departure. Discuss where the driver will be coming from. Some will be willing to pick you up directly from your home, but this is rare. Most often you will have to get to the meeting place yourself. Drivers prefer major highways leaving the city.

If the departure point is far away, then explain the situation and ask for a discount - after all, you still need to spend money on getting there. Most likely, the drivers will accommodate you - either give you a discount or pick you up from a place closer to you.

Check departure time. If the driver is from a region with a different time zone, do not forget to check your watches and clarify what time the trip is published in - say, Moscow or Samara.

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Baggage. Check to see if there is room in the trunk for your bag. As a rule, this is not a problem because fellow travelers take medium-sized travel bags with them. If you have a large suitcase, then warn the driver about this. The main thing is to discuss this in advance, and not when boarding.

Check the duration of the trip and the place of arrival. If your city is not the end point of the route, they are unlikely to take you to the city - rather, they will leave you somewhere on a bypass route or, at best, they will take you to the bus station. Take this point into account and ask your friends to meet you.

If your route and the driver’s route completely coincide, then perhaps he will agree to give you a ride home - it’s better to agree on this during the trip, when you get to know each other better.

Before the trip

At Blablakar everything is based on trust and verbal agreements. The service is not responsible for the fact that the trip will take place - you and the driver are responsible for everything. So prepare for the worst and be paranoid.

Remind the driver about yourself

The driver's plans may change and he may forget to warn you. Therefore, the day before the trip, call the driver to make sure that the trip will take place. If the driver doesn’t go, he usually already knows about it a day before.

Call again on the day of your trip a few hours in advance. This is the final check: what if the driver was poisoned or drunk. If the driver cancels the trip, then most likely you will not have time to find a new driver on the same day, but you will be able to find another in a few days.

I once agreed on a trip from Tolyatti to Penza. I reserved a seat, called the day before the trip - the driver confirmed it. I called a few hours before departure - the driver canceled the trip. The car broke down and he couldn’t fix it quickly. I had to look for another driver. But I didn’t stand on the highway with my things.

If the driver doesn't arrive

If the driver does not answer you several times, immediately look for a backup option. This often happens to me: you reserve a seat, call the driver, but he doesn’t answer the phone. Perhaps he did not respond for a good reason, or perhaps not. I prefer not to take risks.

If the driver let you down at the last moment - he simply did not arrive at the place even after two confirmations or canceled the trip an hour before, this is a reason to write a negative review. Last year I had such a case: I called the driver on the day of the trip, he confirmed everything, and an hour before departure his friend called and said that there would be no trip. I hope everything is fine with the driver.

How to behave while traveling

If the driver arrives, meet him and his fellow travelers. Communicate - this is not forbidden, the main thing is not to distract the driver from the road and behave calmly. Do not drink alcohol, smoke, or disturb passengers. Observe the rules of decency.

Passengers are different - some are friendly and don’t mind chatting, others are silent or asleep the whole way. Many people use BlaBlaCar as a bus to simply get from point A to point B, and are not in the mood to communicate. This is fine.

Always wear your seat belt and follow safety rules. According to the terms of use of Blablacar, all passenger seats must be equipped with seat belts. If the driver is driving too fast and aggressively, ask them to drive more slowly.

If the trip is long, ask the driver to stop for a snack or to use the restroom. As a rule, drivers stop themselves, but if not, don’t hesitate to ask. Surely other passengers will support you.

Payment and review

Pay for the trip only when the driver takes you to your destination. It is better to pay in cash - take care of them in advance. If you don’t have cash, then agree to transfer from card to card or put money on your phone. Most often, drivers agree.

Return money to friends, pay rent and transfer money to grandma while drinking juice on your block

When you arrive, say goodbye to your fellow travelers and driver, wish them a good trip. Ask the driver to leave a review about you - if the trip went well, the driver will write a review. Don't forget to say thank you in return.

If the trip did not leave you with the most pleasant impressions, also write a review - this way you will help other Blablakar users. I had a case when I was traveling from Samara to Tolyatti with a driver who preferred a very high-speed and aggressive driving style. I wrote a review and said that lovers of a quiet ride should find something else:

Subtleties

Travel to popular destinations

The more popular the route, the more drivers there are. The most popular routes are between Moscow and million-plus cities in the European part of Russia, between two administrative centers of the regions, and between large cities within the region. If you are traveling from Togliatti to visit your grandmother in a village in the Penza region, you most likely will not find a direct route. You will have to connect - go first to Penza, and from there by bus or taxi.

Don't ride alone with drivers

It happens that there are no passengers for the trip and you find yourself the only one. It’s up to you to decide whether to trust the driver or not. If you are a strongly built man, then you can take a risk. If the girl is fragile, it’s not worth it. Blablacar does not sign any documents with drivers and is not responsible for anything, so when you get into someone else’s car, you take full responsibility upon yourself. Nothing prevents the driver from taking the passenger into the forest belt.

Minibuses incognito

I had a trip when the driver had neither reviews nor a completed profile - the make of the car was not even indicated there. But I took a chance and went, because I urgently needed to get from Penza to Tolyatti. It turned out to be a regular minibus, driven by the enterprising Alexander from Mytishchi. Once every three days he rides back and forth and earns his living that way.

In principle, there is nothing wrong with this, but before boarding the bus I would not have known who the driver was or what kind of car it was, because there was no information about it. If you see such trips, check to see if it is a regular minibus.

In addition, such trips are prohibited by the rules of the service - according to them, the driver can have a vehicle with a maximum of 7 seats and 4 free places for booking. There are more of them in the minibus.

Accident on the way

If your car breaks down on the road, don't panic. Ask the driver how long you will be stuck. If it’s a long time, ask to get to a roadside hotel, gas station or place for heating. If the car is not running, tell your friends that you will be delayed. Ask a friend with a car to come pick you up.

Remember that if the car breaks down, you are not required to pay for the trip. Also, you should not give money for gasoline, repairs or debt. Most likely, this is the last time you will see the driver, and you should not give your money to a stranger.

According to the terms of use, the driver must have insurance that covers liability to third parties, including passengers. But as practice shows, Blablakar does not always check documents. Therefore, check this point with the driver before your trip.

Booking fee

Since the beginning of 2017, Blablacar has introduced a fee for booking seats. Commission - 20%. If the cost of the trip is 400 rubles, then you will give the service 80 rubles.

Currently, paid booking only works on the route Ekaterinburg - Chelyabinsk and back. It's unclear whether paid booking will work elsewhere.

If the driver cancels the trip or your reservation, you will be refunded in full. The full cost of the reservation is refunded if the driver does not arrive at the agreed meeting point within 30 minutes. Don’t forget to take screenshots of your trip card, booking, and correspondence with the driver to show them to Blablacar technical support and get your money back.

If you cancel your booking before the time indicated on your travel card, you will be refunded half of the booking price. If you cancel your booking after the specified time or do not show up at the agreed meeting point with the driver within 30 minutes, your money will not be refunded.

The booking fee does not guarantee that the trip will take place. Blablacar says the booking fee is being introduced to ensure that passengers and drivers are safer and that trips are not cancelled.

You can negotiate with the driver directly, since in Blablakar drivers have phone numbers and personal messages. But in this case, there is no guarantee that the trip will take place. In addition, the terms of use of Blablakar prohibit this. Therefore, you should only do this trick with familiar drivers.

Remember

1. Blablacar is best used at medium distances between major cities. This way you will have more choice of drivers, and in extreme cases you can transfer to a bus or train. If the distance is long, it is better to take a train or plane.
2. Blablakar is not responsible for the trip. You and the driver are responsible for all arrangements.
3. Don’t skimp on safety and comfort - it’s better to overpay for a good car and an experienced driver than to ride in Oka with four people.
4. Pay for the trip only after the driver takes you to your destination. Have cash ready in advance.
5. Fill out your personal profile to the maximum. Leave reviews about drivers and ask them to leave reviews about you.
6. Behave calmly and communicate with fellow travelers and the driver, if they do not mind.

We'll tell you what BlaBlacar is, how drivers and passengers can register in 2019, how to find rides, and how to use the service safely. In general, how to travel cheaply and safely.

What is "BlaBlaCar"

This is a service that brings together drivers and fellow travelers. Operates in 22 countries, almost throughout Europe. In total, more than 35 million users are registered. 10 million people travel every quarter. "BlaBlaCar" is a slang combination of the English words bla-bla, which means conversation, chatter and car.

How it works

For example, a person drives his car from Moscow to St. Petersburg. He wants to save on gas, and driving with company won’t be so boring. To do this, he publishes information about his trip on the website:

• indicates a car,
• departure date and time,
• departure point,
• route,
• travel time,
• number of seats in the car,
• trip cost for 1 passenger. The price of the trip is calculated by the driver himself; the system does not add anything to this. The price consists of the cost of gasoline required for the trip and depreciation of the car.

Potential passengers who are looking for a trip from Moscow to St. Petersburg see this information, if they are satisfied with everything in terms of time and price, they book a seat in the car. The driver confirms the trip and they meet at the designated location.

Very often, drivers place trips not only between cities, but also within the city. For example, some people commute every day in the morning from one area to another and want to save on gasoline.

Find passengers

What to do, if you have a car and you want offer a trip and find passengers .

Driver registration

Register on the official website in the section, post information about your trip. It's free. The driver does not pay anything for publishing a trip offer.

• To do this, fill out a simple form - meeting and disembarking points, be sure to add intermediate points - this way you will collect more passengers, some will get off, some will get on. If you are traveling there and back, fill in the travel dates.
• Add your photo and a photo of the car. Passengers are much more willing to book seats with those drivers who have filled out their profile as completely as possible. No one will be your travel companion if you have an empty profile.
• If the passenger meets your conditions, he will send you a request to book a seat. You can set it to manual confirmation or automatic if you don't care who you go with.
• Passengers pay for the trip at the end of the trip.

Blablacar: find a ride

What to do, if you don't have a car and are looking for travel companions to make a trip .

Passenger registration

Register on the official website in the section. Or you can install and register through them. But the website is more convenient.

Registering for is very simple and takes 1 minute - just enter your email address. You will need to confirm your email address immediately after registration; simply follow the link that will be sent in the email to activate your profile.

Blablacar without registration

You cannot book a trip without registering at all!

Find a ride as a passenger

Let's say we need to get from Moscow to St. Petersburg. You need to find a driver who goes in the right direction on the right day and time.

updated 10.10.2018

Until October 10, 2018, Blablakar did not take any commissions from either the driver or the passenger. Now Blablakar has introduced a paid subscription for passengers, but this is not as scary as it sounds.

The fee only applies if you are looking for a trip longer than 120 km. If less, then the trip is free. During registration bonus - 1 month of subscription and use of Bla Bla Car for new passengers free of charge. If in a month you plan to use Blablacar very often, then you need to pay 199 rubles per month and use it unlimitedly, if rarely, then just buy a 1-day subscription for 149 rubles with each new booking.

1. Specify the route

Usually Drivers publish most trips 5-7 days before the trip. On the most common routes in 1-2 days. The driver can travel with you from the same city along a direct route, or maybe in transit. In the example above, drivers are traveling in transit from Adler through Moscow to St. Petersburg. You will arrange a meeting in Moscow, and most likely it will be somewhere on the highway or near a large shopping center on a bypass road, unless the driver needs to enter the city specifically for personal business.

You immediately see all offers from drivers— the date, time of departure, number of available seats, and cost are indicated.

The driver determines the drop-off location for passengers; if your stop is in a city along the way, he will most likely drop you off there.

Select a trip to view more detailed trip information.

A good driver will describe the conditions of the trip as fully as possible - do they smoke, do they not smoke, where do they stop, how many stops on the road, the total number of passengers in the car. If you have any questions for the driver, before booking you can contact him and clarify the details.

Look at the driver's profile before booking.

Pay attention to how completely the profile is filled out, is there a photo, is the car listed. Irina R has a good profile, a lot of reviews and a lot of positive ones. High rating.

But Artyom S, even despite the lack of reviews, does not have a very good profile, it is completely empty.

Pay attention to the number of seats in the car. It will be very uncomfortable for four people plus a driver to travel in a passenger car. It is considered normal when there are two passengers in the back and one in the front.

3. Book your trip

You have chosen a date, time, and found a driver who completely suits you. You can now book your trip. There are two types of booking - automatic and with confirmation.

If a yellow lightning icon is indicated, then the confirmation is automatic, and a seat in the car will be reserved for you immediately. If the icon is not specified, driver confirmation is required. Some drivers prefer to look at a profile before driving with strangers.

4. Contact the driver

Once your seat has been reserved, we recommend writing to the driver and clarifying the details of the trip. You can write through your profile, but it’s still better send SMS so that your number immediately appears in his phone (you will receive contacts after booking).

Be sure to check with the driver again:

1. Meeting point. It is worth remembering that this is not a taxi and the driver most likely will not pick you up from the entrance, much less wait for a long time.
2. Meeting time. If this is a transit trip, check again the time of the meeting and perhaps he is traveling from a different time zone.
3. Baggage. As a rule, fellow travelers travel with small bags. If you have a large suitcase, check if the driver can accommodate it.
4. Duration of the trip. Basically, all drivers indicate how long the journey takes and the number of stops. But it’s better to ask again.
5. Drop off point at destination. Let us clarify once again - this is not a taxi; most likely they will not take you to the entrance.

On the eve of the trip, be sure (!!!) to contact the driver again. And just call him. Perhaps his plans have changed. Confirm all agreements. Don't be shy about being persistent. A good driver will call you several times before the trip. A few hours before your trip, call the driver again. Remember, BlaBlaCar does not interfere in any way with your relationship with the driver. You can’t call there and say that they haven’t met you.

5. Payment for the trip

Payment for the trip is made with the driver in cash, take care of the exchange in advance. Transfer money only when you have reached your destination. No prepayments to cards or through electronic wallets, even if the driver says that he needs to refuel the car in advance. Payment only at the end of the trip!

The driver will not be able to issue you a receipt, so if suddenly you are driving as a business traveler, think about what you will provide to the accounting department.

What to do if the driver doesn’t show up

If the day before your trip you try to contact the driver and he does not answer for a long time, we recommend looking for another option. In general, it is worth having several backup options and being ready to book another car if the driver suddenly cancels the trip on the appointed day. This happens very rarely for highly rated drivers, but no one is immune from car breakdown or illness.

If the driver hasn’t arrived, even though you’ve called him before, his phone is turned off or doesn’t answer, don’t despair. On popular routes you can find an offer for the same time or in an interval of up to 1-2 hours. Check through the application - perhaps some driver has a seat available, some of the passengers have canceled the trip and are waiting for you. After that, leave an appropriate review and rating for the driver who let you down.

Rules for a safe and comfortable trip

You will be in a car with strangers. Observe basic rules of decency and do not forget about safety rules.

1. Don't be overly intrusive and noisy. Some people like to just look out the window, others like to read.
2. The driver should not be distracted while driving and give various advice if you are not asked. Communicate with fellow travelers only if they are inclined to do so.
3. For many women, when thinking about traveling in a company with unfamiliar travel companions, the question of safety immediately arises. Especially for girls who are using the service for the first time. That's why Blablacar has the option " Only for women". Users can schedule joint trips in which both the driver and passenger are women.
4. Before the trip be sure to send your driver and car details to your friends and relatives, departure and arrival times. Make sure everything matches before getting into the car.
5. If you arrived at the meeting place, and there was another car there and another driver (broke down, sick, replacing a friend) - We recommend canceling this trip and find another car.
6. When you book a seat in a car, you can view the profile of not only the driver, but also your fellow travelers. If you don't like one of them, find another trip. If the car is not full and you are traveling only with a driver, decide for yourself. By the way, sometimes some people buy all the seats so they can go alone.
7. Most routes are offered between major cities. If you need to go to a small village, you need to choose between which cities it is located and check with the driver whether he can take you there or drop you off on the highway at a turn, at a bus stop, etc.
8. At the end of your trip, be sure to leave an honest review.

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