College Students Use Ridesharing Technology To Get To Spring Break Destinations


Posted March 8, 2013 by prsub123

Students are turning to ridesharing sites such as Tickengo, Sidecar, RideShip and RideJoy as a method of reaching their final destination this Spring Break.

 
Spring Break, which many students refer to as "Partying after cramming", is one of several periods during the academic year when students forget about grade point averages, a flailing job market, and hit the road to a warmer and more lively place to let loose and have fun.

Florida, also known as the Sunshine State, is for many students the holy grail of Spring Break. Many sections of Florida have tended to attract students from different regions. For example, people in the south are more likely to travel to Panama City than Daytona Beach, Miami or Fort Lauderdale. Whatever the tradition, students are traveling in search of warmer weather, sandy beaches, partying with fellow students and making new friends, and sometimes more.

Students are turning to ridesharing sites such as Tickengo, Sidecar, RideShip and RideJoy as a method of reaching their final destination this Spring Break.

With Generation Y and Z and Millenials getting recommendations for lodging, restaurants, and night clubs through social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, Path, and too many to name ona single page, the experience of sharing a car to get to the same place is a common finding for this Spring Break. Since students are comfortable meeting new people through social networks based on some common experience or attribute, it makes sense that students are turning to the web to seek transportation with friends and friends of friends.

This year, students are crowdsourcing their travel needs. The concept is known as carpool or rideshare.

Carpooling, also called car-sharing or ridesharing or lift-sharing. It is a method of matching travel needs with travel capacities based on a common route, date, and time of day, whereby several people travel together in the same car going to, or passing through, points in common. It reduces the costs involved in repetitive or long distance travel such asfuel, tolls, and other driving coststypically born by the car owner. This is considered a basic way to change the tiresome means of traveling in multiple cars to the same or similar destinations with a common travel route. This saves oil, money, and the environment, which also leads to lower traffic and fewer accidents.

Rideship.com serves a solution for traveling in groups to desired destinations. It matches people who want to earn extra cash while taking a trip with people who want to catch a ride or send their stuff. A service that enables travelers to discover travel plans that are common to driver and rider. Givea ride or get a ride, visit http://www.rideship.com.
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Last Updated March 8, 2013