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Veyo enlists freelance drivers to provide non-emergency medical transportation

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Commissions & fees: $8 – $14 per hour

Where: Arizona; Orange County, California; Connecticut; Detroit, Michigan; Missouri; Ohio; Houston, Texas; Virginia; and Wisconsin.

Requirements: Age 21 or older; clean driving record; pass a criminal background check; CPR and first-aid certified; regular drug tests

What is Veyo?

Veyo is a ride share marketplace that connects drivers with seniors and disabled people who need a lift to non-emergency medical appointments.

How it works

To sign up, drivers must undergo background checks, drug testing, training in first aid and CPR, not to mention ADA/HIPAA education and customer sensitivity training. While Veyo provides this training for free, drivers are apparently not compensated for the substantial time required. Veyo estimates its onboarding process takes 1 to 2 weeks.

When you finally get certified, your pay will depend on the city and the number of miles  from pick-up to delivery “by the most direct route,” according to Google maps.

However, the pay formula almost always appears to be more predictable and generous than what you’d find with Uber and Lyft — often amounting to more than $1 a mile. And the site promises sign-up bonuses in many cities, which can be substantial.

Veyo review

In some ways, Veyo seems like a nice alternative to traditional ride share companies, such as Uber and Lyft. At least in theory, you get paid better, are more likely to earn bonuses, and peak driving hours are in the middle of the day.

In California, for example, you get paid $1 per pick-up, plus $1.15 per mile, according to Veyo’s website. Thus, if you were driving someone 10 miles, you’d get $12.50.

Challenges

However, there is no additional payment for time, so you get paid the same amount if that 10 miles took 15 minutes or an hour. If you go out of your way to avoid a traffic jam, you don’t get paid for those extra miles. Comparatively, Uber and Lyft appear to price based on the expected amount of time any given ride might take.

You also don’t get paid for the time or miles spent getting to the customer.

No-show problem

If the customer is a no-show, there’s no compensation for the driver. And drivers complain that as many as 50% of assigned rides don’t show up.

Indeed, the bulk of the site’s business is with Medicare and Medicaid patients. While a portion of these patients are elderly people going to the doctor or needing to run errands, a good number are drug addicts, who are not at all predictable. Several drivers complain that the bulk of their riders are homeless people going to shelters and addicts going to and from methadone clinics.

Others note that they get riders in wheel chairs, who need to be lifted into their vehicles. And no one trains you how to do that without hurting the patient or yourself.

You’re also not allowed to refuse to take someone’s support animal. So, if you’re allergic to dog hair, this app won’t work for you. Riders are sometimes homeless, mentally ill and dirty.

Bonuses

The one saving grace for this app is that it provides substantial bonuses to new drivers. When we revisited Veyo to update our review in February of 2025, the current bonuses were as follows:

  • Phoenix, Arizona – Earn $1,000 when you become an active driver
  • Tucson, Arizona – Earn $500 when you become an active driver
  • Connecticut – Earn $700 when you become an active driver
  • Florida – Earn $1,000 when you become an active driver
  • Michigan – Earn $750 when you become an active driver
  • Missouri – Earn $1,000 when you become an active driver
  • Ohio – Earn $500 when you become an active driver
  • Texas – Earn $1,000 when you become an active driver
  • Wisconsin – Earn $500 when you become an active drive

Collecting a bonus

What does it mean to “become an active driver”? You’ve got to read the fine print. In Phoenix, it means you complete 125 trips. In Connecticut, you’ve got to finish 300 rides.

And you don’t get any of these bonuses in a single lump sum. Instead, for instance the $1,000 promised to Phoenix drivers would be granted like this: You get $100 after completing the sign-up process and completing your first trip; a $300 reward after completing your 50th trip; and an additional $600 reward after completing your 125th trip. All eligible trips must be completed within 60 days of activation.

To look at it another way, this $1,000 bonus boosts your per-trip pay by about $8 per trip. That’s nothing to scoff at. But, you’ve got to complete a lot of jobs to get there. And the site apparently doesn’t pay you the bonus at all, unless you follow other rules about accepting the vast majority of rides sent your way.

Worse, some drivers say that the company doesn’t honor its reward offers, even when you meet all the requirements. The company’s terms say the rewards can be changed at any time.

Recommendations

Drivers say they stay for the bonuses and get out as soon as they’re earned. We’re not sure they’re worth the trouble. Between the significant training requirements, the sketchy riders, and the lack of compensation for the frequent no-shows, we think this gig is a hard pass.

If you’re looking for driving opportunities that work within a normal work day, consider picking up kids after school with Kango, RubiRides and HopSkipDrive. 

What their drivers say (from Reddit)

I regularly drive homeless people to and from the homeless shelter. Lots of young riders going back and forth to methadone clinics. I’m not trying to bash anyone, just making it clear for anyone interested what all is involved. For me it’s a 50/50 split between taking seniors to dialysis or similar, and taking young people wherever they need to go.

A couple weeks back I had to file a report because someone was doing drugs in my backseat and tried to get me to partake while asking me if I realize how attractive I am. Very uncomfortable situation all around!

Passengers sometimes require or ask for assistance lifting themselves to walkers or wheelchairs. Veyo provides ZERO training on safe and proper lifting techniques.

These folks tend to be a little less clean than your average uber rider. Sometimes these folks come from very different walks of life and have been hit hard by their ailments. Some of them are a little out there/mean/gruff/mentally iffy. Have seat covers, wipes, and air freshener handy. Veyo claims they will pay for customers getting fluids in your vehicle. Also don’t feed into customer anger. Just smile and wave. De-escalating will be your best friend. 4). You must accept service animals. Other drivers claim some people abuse this, but since you can’t ask for proof if it’s a service animal, have a collapsible dog carrier so you can sequester rowdy animals

(From Indeed):

I worked at Veyo for a few weeks but when it was time to get paid they didn’t pay me. The money never hit my account and there’s nobody to contact!! I’ve been sending emails all week and support tickets but not one person has gotten back to me. I don’t like working for free. This job is terrible.

Their system for rides is terrible. Too many no-shows.

Lots of no show passengers. Much wasted time and gas money . Pay is way to low. your net after gas is not good. Riders can cancel 3 times in a row with no cause, other than they do not want to get up .They lose nothing and you are the one who suffers

Driving for Vejo was a great job at the beginning. Rates start dropping and calls became slow. When driving your own car for a company not appreciating what you do is one of the saddest occurrences. Then when you think it could not get any worse the company lowered the per mile rates.

Ghosts

Half of the assignments are what the company calls “ghosts” meaning the drivers drive to the location and the member is not there. Drivers are not paid for the drive to pick up location and use their gas with no reimbursement for “no shows” “cancels” or “ghosts” as they are called. Veyo says they will pay, but that’s not accurate and trying to get reimbursed never happens

They will not pay you for people who don’t show up and about 50% of them don’t since the insurance company pays for the rides

Setting your own schedule is the only positive for doing this job. Uber, Lyft, even food delivery with Door Dash is a better option that working for Veyo.

Downhill fast

In Orange county, California, you started at $20/Hr guarantee plus $35 bonus for 6 trips per day. Now there’s NO HOURLY GUARANTEE. NO BONUS. and the only thing you offer right now is $1.15 per mile plus 40% extra per mile which equals to $1.61 per mile. By own experience I know most of your trips are 5 miles long from pick up to drop off. Therefore the pay we get is $8.05 in an average of 1 hour. Adding to this are 5 dead miles we drive to the pick up location. Summary is that a driver in orange county is making between $8 to $11 dollars per hour minus gas, taxes, car maintenance

VEYO offers daily promotions to entice drivers to participate. But it does NOT honor its promotional offers. A ride offer may come in where you have to drive 10 miles to only drive the passenger a short distance. Before you know it you spent 45 minutes for a $5 payout, especially during peak driving hours.

Updated 2/15/2025

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