Tandemsplit is a platform that connects college students traveling to or from the airport, allowing them to form groups and share a single ride. Users submit their travel details, pay a $5 grouping fee, and receive contact information for other students on the same route, enabling them to coordinate and split transportation costs by at least 50 %. If no match is found, the fee is refunded.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
College students often pay high costs for airport transportation because they lack an easy way to find fellow students traveling at the same time to share a ride.
Solution
Tandemsplit offers a web‑based platform that matches students from the same university who are heading to or from the airport at similar times. Users submit their travel details, including departure time, number of passengers, and luggage count. After a $5 grouping fee, the service connects them via email (or optional group chat) so they can coordinate a shared ride, typically reducing transportation costs by at least 50 %. If no shared ride is arranged, the $5 fee is refunded automatically.
Target Audience
Primary customers are college and university students who need affordable transportation to and from airports and are willing to coordinate rides with peers from their campus.
Features
- Simple online form to capture departure time, passenger count, and luggage information
- Automated matching algorithm that groups users from the same school with overlapping travel windows
- $5 grouping fee charged only after a match is created, with a full refund if the ride is not split
- Email (and optional group chat) connection between matched students to facilitate ride coordination
- Cost‑saving model that aims to cut airport transport expenses by half for participants