Here's an idea I'm actually executing at the moment...
Basically, I want to end the hassle involved with private bus charter.
Lets say you want to book a private bus for a friend's stag or somewhat, the current system looks something like this:
- Search yellow pages for list of local bus companies
- Call up bus company, give them details of trip
- Wait for call-back with quote
- Consider quote. Try another bus company.
- Repeat until satisfied.
- Handle organizing everyone to get them to turn up at the right time and place for the bus.
This can be a very time consuming process.
I want to make it really easy for someone to go to Big Bus Co's website (or my own website), fill in some details about their journey (eg. where they want to go, where they are leaving from and the travel dates), enter their credit card details and pay the money. You then get a page on the website with the details of the bus which you can post on your Facebook or whatever so that their friends know.
Booking a bus will be as easy as buying a book from Amazon. By facilitating this, I believe that I can make private bus hire a better experience for users while making it more profitable for charter companies at the same time.
I am a programmer (ex. poker player) and I have a lot done already. Hopefully will be launching soon. Company is called
Busables.
Would love to hear what you guys think.