Altough this is a good way to get around and it still being cheaper than the Deutsche Bahn, this company has bought many of the other major sites offering similar service in order to establish a monopoly.
Now they have introduced (for some time actually) a reservation fee of a minimum of 20% of the actual ride fare per person - GOING UP TO ACTUALLY 100% reservation fee per ride fare per person!!!!
Although this was originally supposed to be
a) an ecological way of transportation
b) a cheap way for people to get around
, these people turned it into their money machine to extract horrendous amounts of taxes.
Just think of how many rides per day are executed -and for every single person, they get several euros...
Further Cons:
- you cant connect with travelers unless paying a fee (this is to ensure that the fee goes straight over to the company)
*The point is, that these fees do not correlate in a healthy proportion in regards to the offered services.*
Chrocie about BlaBlaCar: Carpooling and Bus, v4.9.11