Blabla Car

BlaBlaCar offers two very different types of transportation services.

There's carpooling with individuals who offer rides in their cars on a specific route between point A and point B, and there are buses that operate on predefined routes.

So you need to specify which service you're referring to.

There will be two of us traveling from Aixe to Arles by car.

There will be two of us

Looks like 7 hours on a couple of BlaBla buses. Great fun.

Aixe isn't a city that exists in France, and there are at least five cities in France called Aix...something. (Aix without a e)

If you mean Aix-en-Provence, I don't think there's a BlaBlaCar bus service from Aix-en-Provence to Arles.

It will be a carpooling service with individuals, a kind of pre-booked, paid hitchhiking service for which you have to be registered on the website

Where is Aixe?

Do you mean Aixe-sur- Vienne in western France or Aix-en-Provence in southern France?

Oh yes I meant Aix en Provence ! Thanks for your replies!

If you use GPS or any search, don't forget the hyphens in Aix-en-Provence. Be careful with French location spellings. It matters.

So,

Is BlaBla car a reliable type of transportation in France?

There is train service available between Aix-en-Provence and Arles with an easy connection in Marseille. And doesn't take much longer than driving.

Again, Blablacar is not a single type of transport but an application that allows you to book either a bus trip or a carpooling trip with French people who have unoccupied seats in their car and want to share travel costs.

Thanks for all the Info

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I found this review on Blablacar in France. Maybe it will help. https://wherefoodtakesus.com/blablacar-review-france/

I had an account a few years ago. I liked the process and had a ride booked from Chișinău to Odesa but things got a tad dicey on the road so we both decided better to wait. So I haven't got any experience beyond the booking process. I may try again in the summer.

We’ve used BlablaCar rideshare. The government promotes and favors it by offering newly-registered drivers a monetary bonus after sharing four rides.

Elizabeth, the government promotes it? Thats facinating. I will give the French credit for putting their money where their words are. Like the short haul flight ban. Perfect sense. I know, not executed perfect, but a step in the right direction especially in a country with such a forward thinking energy production mindset. I admire a lot about the French.

FYI, the traditional nightly weather report changed to "climate and weather report" several years ago. Every evening a viewer's climate question is answered by an expert, a real expert with diplomas and experience. No heads in the sand around here.