What: Z Trip is the taxi industry’s answer to Uber and Lyft, allowing you to sign on (for a fee) to operate a cab service via your smart phone
Expected pay: $20 + per hour
Husl$core: $$
Where:
Austin; Baltimore, Boulder, Colorado Springs, Denver, Houston, Jacksonville, Kansas City, Minneapolis, Northern Colorado, Orlando, Phoenix, Pittsburg, San Antonio, Tampa, West Palm Beach.
Requirements: Over the age of 23; a U.S. citizen; never convicted of a felony; be willing to be finger-printed and thoroughly background-checked
Review:
Z Trip is the taxi industry’s answer to Uber and Lyft. A company called Transdev, which operates taxi and black car services, sponsors this app, which is really for professional taxi drivers. The company realized that the new services were doing two things — convincing more people to hail rides and convincing more people to drive fares. Meanwhile, taxi companies have always had the problem of dealing with inconsistent demand. So Transdev created its own app and re-branded itself to sound more, well, millennial.
If you want to drive for them, you will get thoroughly checked out — finger printed, background checked, trained, your car inspected, and then you’ll either work for them full time or provide part-time services, much in the way that Uber and Lyft drivers do. The difference is that you’ll pay Z Trip a fee, which is not disclosed on the website. The company, in return, provides your car with 24/7 auto insurance through their company policy and auto maintenance. The lack of pricing transparency is a red flag. Meanwhile, there are few driver reviews and plenty of reviews from unhappy customers.
Better-rated apps include Lyft, Ride Zum, Wingz and Uber. If you have a truck and are willing to drive it around to help people move, check out Truxx, Hitch It, and GoShare, which all offer relatively high hourly pay.
What their drivers say: (From Indeed)
Too much competition from uber and lyft in the city. Too many drivers at ztrip and not enough ridership. Very long waiting lines behind other cabs at airports and hotels to get a fare
We are actively seeking driver reviews. Please hit “contact us” if you have driven for them and are willing to express your opinion.
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The omaha market i applied at is still putting drivers in wrecked old beat up chevy impala with happy taxi logos nothing about z trip seems scetchy to me i tried it but decided ti just keep using my personal car for uber i have no desire to drive a bright yellow taxi i only applied at z trip because i like the image of the nice cars z trip bought but at this moment they still use taxi cars my experience wasnt what i expected at all my car didnt even take gas it took cng which have nothing but issues so i returned the car they lost a ghid hustling driver in my opinion i drive 14-16 hr days with my uber app on 7 days a week
You pay $95 a day for the lease, which seems like a lot, but it’s really not considering how much you make per day. The daily lease is what pushes a lot of people away, but if you put in the hours and work you can easily pull in $300 a day. $300 – $95 is still $205 per day. If you can work even 5 days a week that’s making a little over 1g a week, 4g a month. Work 7 days a week and you’re making almost 6g. If you own a car and use it as your cab, the daily lease gets knocked down to $50 a day. The potential to make really good money is 100% up to you. You can work up to 16hrs a day or 80hrs a week. Not to mention, ever person you refer to the job, you make $5 every day they work. Just another way to lower your lease and make even more money. You create an LLC when you join, so network your business. Advertise your business and get people to work under you. The freedom you get by making your own hours and dictating your pay is amazing. I highly recommend zTrip for anyone who loves driving and making money.
is it worth ? avg 200.– a day?
Yes. $200 a day is good money. Unless you are a lawyer, doctor, or other professionals that make $100 per hour.
This is a very positive review. I have an interview with them on Thursday. Bless you, champ.
What do you mean when you say have drivers work under you?
Taxi co suck uber is the future z trip will slave you to a grind of paying 500 a week leaee run away run away
I did Uber and Lyft for 5 years and now I make 2500 a week doing Ztrip and I don’t kill my car.
Really? That sounds really good. R u bullshittin? I’ve been driving for uber and Lyft for 3 1/2 yrs and I’m willing to switch.
I worked for ztrip last year and i slaved 14 to 18 hour days and the rides are so inconsistent and the fact that your still in a beat up taxi cab And you still have to pay $500 a week regardless if you made $500 a week the 1st week you work there you make and they credit you and you only pay 365 but you only have 3 days to make that amount this is not a job many people could do and especially if you have small children as life will get in the way so much that you don’t end up making any money at all
maybe if yall would actually show up yall would have more business
They work you to death for far less than minimum wage. Beware.
I’m just a customer that tried to make an early morning reservation to go for hospital surgery via the app (wait time to talk to rep was hours haha). Was Told my request for a reservation was received. But it was not a real reservation ha ha and they would let me know. So at that point I knew this was not a “taxi” of days gone by. Have hour before my 4:30 AM pickup time received text to “hold on” and that we were looking for driver ha ha. You guessed it, no driver showed and I drove myself to hospital. The out was formally Yellow Cab but I guess Ztrip was a needed upgrade.