Tried an airport cab service for a large event: Flawless and punctual

It was a boon to have the BYD EVs over the Toyota Etios, Maruti Dzire and Ertiga which are now mostly CNG-powered and lose out on the boot.

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I used Shoffr recently for a large event. They provide airport pickup drop as well as hourly rental for events.

The team got in touch with me and I was asked to share passenger and flight details for all the pickups in a Google Drive spreadsheet.

After that a WhatsApp group was created and I was given a partner login to check all trip statuses in real time on their website. I could see when the cab was assigned, and when the trip started.

The Shoffr team would send an SMS to the passenger with cab details and coordinate with them on the pickup at the airport.

In total, I had around 40 trips over 5 days and every trip was flawless and on time. They charge a little more than the direct booking for events but they give backend support to track flight delays and reassign cabs based on flight and 100% guarantee on trips.

All the BYDs were neat and clean inside and had water bottles, mints and newspapers.

Only thing I noticed was that a few of the cars were bruised on the outside. I think the drivers are a bit iffy in the way they drive.

Overall highly recommend them for events like weddings or corporate meetings where a lot of pickups are needed. Since a lot of the guests had luggage, I didn't risk with smaller cabs with CNG tanks. The BYDs gobbled up bags for 4 people easily, in one case 6 large suitcases plus handbags. It was a boon to have the BYDs over Dzire, Etios and Ertiga which are now mostly CNG-powered and lose out on boot.

End of the event was given a detailed invoice with all trips.

The added plus was the hourly rentals which is Rs.600 per hour and unlimited km. I used this for local errands and moving people from hotel to home and vice versa. If you take an Innova, it's usually 3500 for 4 hours 40kms and from that 10-15kms and 1 hour is cut as they charge from the time they start from the office and not the time they reach your place. In this case, the trip starts when the cab is at your gate.

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