Self Drive anyone ??

Just realised that i havent posted anything on my blog this year…bbad !!

Anyways, here is a good reason to do so

A friend and I were discussing the car rental industry and why the ‘Self drive’ option is still not popular in India…unlike the US or UK…and why is it still so difficult to find a company from whom you can rent a car for a few days ??

Am sure there are folks like me who don’t want to own a car on a daily basis, but would like the convenience of being able to independently rent one (without a driver) whenever i feel like it.

Have created a short survey(6 questions) to get a feel of whether people in India would actually be interested in renting cars without the hassles of getting a driver. Ofcourse, getting a driver has its benefits in our crazy metro traffic, but there are occassions when you want to go for a short weekend trip with your friends, or maybe your parents are in town, or you are in another city which you know pretty well and would prefer to be mobile…

So it will be great if you can take 2 minutes out of your time to answer these questions. You can take the survey by clicking on either of the links below:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=Obrzaz3bHtQ3Mtog0W3NBQ_3d_3d

OR

http://tinyurl.com/58py27

Please note, no personal information is being collected in this survey

Survey results will be available on my blog in a week’s time for all interested in the results

cheers
abhik

P.S: If you are wondering what struck this, have been stuck in Dallas for a month, where the public transport sucks and everybody has a big car…so if you are a visitor, you either take a cab or rent one…My license has expired so obviously i can rent one, but the simplicity and ease of the entire exercise just got me thinking

Please pass on to all your friends