Florida, also known as the
Sunshine State, is for many students the holy grail of Spring Break. Many sections of Florida have tended to
attract students from different regions.
For example, people in the south are more likely to travel to Panama
City than Daytona Beach, Miami or Fort Lauderdale. Whatever the tradition, students are
traveling in search of warmer weather, sandy beaches, partying with fellow
students and making new friends, and sometimes more.
Students are turning to ridesharing sites such
as Tickengo, Sidecar, RideShip and RideJoy as a method of reaching their final
destination this Spring Break.
With Generation Y and Z
and Millenials getting recommendations for lodging, restaurants, and night
clubs through social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, Path, and
too many to name ona single page, the
experience of sharing a car to get to the same place is a common finding for this
Spring Break. Since students are
comfortable meeting new people through social networks based on some common
experience or attribute, it makes sense that students are turning to the web to
seek transportation with friends and friends of friends.
This year, students are crowdsourcing
their travel needs. The concept is known
as carpool or rideshare.
Carpooling,also called car-sharing or
ridesharing or lift-sharing. It is a method of matching travel needs with
travel capacities based on a common route, date, and time of day, whereby
several people travel together in the same car going to, or passing
through, points in common. It reduces the costs involved in repetitive or long
distance travel such asfuel, tolls, and other driving coststypically born by the
car owner. This is considered a basic way to change the tiresome means of
traveling in multiple cars to the same or similar destinations with a common
travel route. This saves oil, money, and
the environment, which also leads to lower traffic and fewer accidents.
