“DriveProfit clients will be featured and geographically marketed in their respective cities throughout Rental Limo’s impressive and growing online footprint,” says Pat Charla, CEO of DriveProfit. “More importantly, DriveProfit clients can now experience the higher conversion rate of Book.limo, resulting in an immediate ROI spike for online marketing and website traffic. We are thrilled to be able to pave the path for our operators to upgrade to the latest and greatest online website reservation technology.”
According to Rental Limo, Book.limo lets operators embed a white-label version of the Rental Limo 3-step reservation process directly onto their company website in minutes. Operators can easily add vehicles, set rates, and create coupon codes with the click of a button by logging into the Book.limo control panel. Customers enjoy the ease of booking and paying for rides directly from the transportation company’s website in less than a minute.
“We’re very excited to be partnering with DriveProfit and their impressive clientele of chauffeured transportation and limo companies to increase their online presence as well as ours,” says Rental Limo Founder & CEO, Ryan Hilberth. “We look forward to working with each limo company, in tandem with Pat and her team, to significantly improve their website reservation process and web exposure.”
Rental Limo provides chauffeured transportation services across half the U.S. with over 150 different companies. The company’s main website, rentalimo.com, allows customers to easily browse, compare, and book providers and vehicles, everything from sedans and SUVs to motorcoaches. Customers can access a mobile version of the site on m.rentalimo.com on their iPhone or Android smartphone.
DriveProfit’s clients include Exclusive Sedan Service in North Hollywood, Calif., as well as 25 other top chauffeured transportation providers ranging across the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. The first operator to go live as part of the alliance is Exclusive Sedan Service. As a result of the partnership, Rental Limo’s coverage and company/fleet options will increase nationwide. “We are very pleased to hear that Ryan and Pat will be working together on this project to help our company continue to grow,” said Brandan Stein, president and COO of Exclusive Sedan Service.
Visit driveprofit.com for more information about DriveProfit; visit rentalimo.com for more information about Rental Limo.
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LAS VEGAS, Nev. — The limousine industry is about to get its first consistent, yet flexible, online training program that strives to set universal high standards for chauffeured service.
The PAX curriculum involves six key components of service and knowledge for which users can be tested and certified. Trainees work online at their own paces. Limousine company clients can add to the components or integrate them with their in-house training programs. As part of the program format, operators can communicate and update training points with employees via email as often as they like. E-verification options ensure employees have read and understood any training policies or instructions.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. —DriveProfit, a marketing firm for limousine companies, and Rental Limo, a nationwide chauffeured transportation booking service and technology provider, have partnered to help limousine operators significantly increase their return on investment for online marketing.
“The tragic and horrific acts committed in Kalamazoo, Michigan are the latest in a string of incidents involving ride-hailing service drivers, many of which could have been avoided or averted with due diligence and basic communications protocols. Without suitably comprehensive background checks to prevent unfit drivers from getting behind the wheel or reliable early-warning standards and practices to monitor, respond and react to potentially dangerous driver situations, these services are putting passengers, drivers and the general public at risk. By relying on little more than algorithmic rating systems and providing limited means of communication between the company and its passengers, ride-hailing apps like Uber are operating in a bubble, without a reliable means of real-time, person-to-person communications.” — Scott Solombrino, NLA board director and co-founder of The National Limousine Association
“The NLA and its members understand and champion client and passenger service as a cornerstone of their business, and value personal contact and relationships, both with drivers and passengers, as one of the most critical aspects of their responsibility as transportation providers. The ability to identify, address and rectify customer, employee and safety issues, in order to offer exemplary service, is the mission of our members and their organizations, and a mission that we feel is glaringly absent from the agenda of ride-hailing services, which all too often leads to disastrous consequences.” — Gary Buffo, President of The National Limousine Association
NLA Ride Responsibly Campaign: 
Taxi drivers in Boston are now getting fingerprinted as part of a new requirement. All of the city’s taxi drivers will have to get fingerprinted every year as they renew their taxi license.
New questions are being raised about the safety of popular transportation network company Uber. In Kalamazoo, Jason Dalton confessed to killing 6 and injuring 2 others and did the shootings while driving for Uber.
The Uber Drivers Network, a vocal group of Uber and Lyft drivers who have organized strikes and protests in New York City, will soon have a new tool to wield in their battle for better working terms. As early as this month, instead of petitioning Uber and Lyft, the group plans to launch its own ride-hailing app to compete with them.
