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
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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?