<p>Hey everyone, I’m doing a business project on Zipcar. My school isn’t enrolled in the program.<br>
I did a lot of research online + their own website ([Car</a> Sharing, an alternative to car rental and car ownership – Zipcar](<a href=“http://www.zipcar.com%5DCar”>http://www.zipcar.com)),
Realized that you guys at UMich are their largest college users, so I thought I’d ask for some feedback here.</p>
<p>To those of you who have used, (or seriously considered using) Zipcar,
- was your experience what you had expected?
- what can be IMPROVED to the Zipcar service to attract even more college students to use it?</p>
<p>Personally, my uncle lives in Manhattan and uses Zipcar all the time. I love it.</p>
<p>thanks guys.</p>
<p>I used Zipcar a lot my senior year for various reasons. I thought it was a great service and it definitely exceeded my expectations. The cars were always clean, well fueled, and at the location at the right time, even if the car was booked back-to-back.</p>
<p>I would say that more students would use Zipcar if the prices were more reasonable and more cars were available on Central. The times when I didn’t use it were when I had to schlep all the way up to North. It is pretty cheap to use when I used it (about $8 an hour) but I usually used it when I had to go a longer distance for a longer time (when I couldn’t ask a friend for a ride) and the cost added up pretty fast. Reducing the membership fee would also be helpful.</p>
<p>There also seemed to be a lack of knowledge about Zipcar on campus. If they did more publicity events people would probably use the service more.</p>
<p>Zipcar definitely needs more cars on the campus. Northwestern also had 4 Zipcars, but it’s a much smaller campus.</p>