BlaBlaCar and ixigo Partner to Offer Inter-City Ridesharing to Indian Travellers
Summary
Today, car owners and co-travellers across France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Poland, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Germany, Russia, Ukraine, Turkey, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Croatia and India choose BlaBlaCar as a trusted inter-city travel solution.ixigo offers travel search and planning across flights, hotels, buses, trains and packages, and has recently entered the taxis & cabs segment.Over 20 million people around the world connect using BlaBlaCar’s people-powered network which is present in 18 countries.The platform makes a distance-based cost recommendation for every journey that is fair and perfectly transparent for both parties.About BlaBlaCarBlaBlaCar was born in 2004 when founder Frederic Mazzella wanted to get home to his family in the French countryside.He imagined a new transport network, where car-owners could offer their empty seat to passengers, and share fuel costs.Along with co-founders Nicolas Brusson and Francis Nappez, Fred created an online long distance ridesharing platform in France.Today, car owners and co-travellers across France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Poland, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Germany, Russia, Ukraine, Turkey, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Croatia and India choose BlaBlaCar as a trusted inter-city travel solution.Backed by Accel Partners and Index Ventures, the fast-growing company has 290 employees in 11 offices.