A new car share service is on its way to Florida. ‘Hitch’ a ride.
A car service called Hitch wants you to use its app to dial up a ride to take you around Florida.
Hitch’s pitch: They do long trips for less.
The service, already a hit for intrastate travel in Texas, is starting up in Florida on Monday. Initially, it is offering routes from Miami to West Palm Beach — the only other South Florida destination so far — plus Orlando, Tampa, and a few other cities.
Shared rides — targeted mostly at college students looking to travel from their hometowns to a university hub — start at $20 per seat and can range to as much as $50.
A private car ride to and from one of Hitch’s designated locations, like a popular coffee shop, starts at $75. Both these options have set departure and arrival times. Drivers range from professionals to a family looking to monetize extra space in their car.
A door-to-door premier ride starts at $90.
Founder Kush Singh said there hasn’t really been a new way to travel between cities since Amtrak in 1971. The service has already logged some 60,000 rides since starting up in the Lone Star State six years ago.
“We’re really hoping to come in this space and offer something new and fresh,” he said, “and hopefully enable ridesharing between cities.”
Visit ridehitch.com for more information.
This story was originally published August 27, 2021 at 6:00 AM.
