Ace Rental Cars are the official sponsor of the wheels beneath the Jayride Rideshare Challenge. Jayride will be carpooling from Auckland to Queenstown using a compact Ace Rental Car.

Ace Rental Cars is committed to doing their part to reduce their environmental impact. They are a member of Greenfleet, an initiative from NZ’s Sustainable Business Network, determined to reduce the harmful environmental effects of travel in NZ. Sounds good to us!

Jayride and Ace Rental Cars; keeping NZ beautiful… and getting you around it for nix.

Jayride is taking to the road to prove ridesharing can work for New Zealanders!

Rod Bishop, cofounder of Jayride will take a compact car from Auckland to Queenstown, departing Auckland on 26 January. Jayride will carpool to iconic New Zealand destinations, using every means to find passengers – meeting locals, backpackers and business people, blogging and listing rides on Jayride.co.nz

“If Jayride makes it from Auckland to Queenstown filling spare seats for the whole trip it will show ride-sharing works by proving that kiwis can share any ride they want, whenever they want,” says Rod Bishop.

We also aim to remind kiwis of the great destinations on their doorstep. In tight financial times domestic travel is a cost-saving alternative to overseas holidays, especially when New Zealand’s greatest destinations are now cheaper than ever to reach with Jayride.

The Jayride rideshare road-trip challenge will be blogged straight from the road to you at news.jayride.co.nz. Will we make it? Is ridesharing feasible in New Zealand? We certainly believe so and we’re going to try and prove it!

To learn more, view our press release here or check out the free rides on our itinerary and maybe catch one for yourself!

Rideshare from Auckland to Rotorua, 26th January

Rideshare from Rotorua to Wellington, 28th January

Rideshare from Wellington to Kaikoura, 30th January

Rideshare from Kaikoura to Punakaiki, 1st February

Rideshare from Punakaiki to Franz Josef, 3rd February

Rideshare from Franz Josef to Queenstown, 5th February

The top five ways to green your New Year from the NZ Herald:

1. Set up a composting system or worm farm at home. The Environment Ministry, says nearly half the contents of rubbish bags taken to rubbish dumps could be composted.

2. Just say no … to plastic bags at the supermarket check-out. Do you really need more plastic bags cluttering your home?

3. Recycle. Find out what recycling services and facilities are available in your area. When you’re in a public place with no recycling take recyclable bottles and containers home to your own bin.

4. Insulate your hot water cylinder. Water heating is the single biggest energy consumer in the average home. Cut your power bill and reduce the energy your household uses by investing in a wrap for your hot water cylinder.

5. Go car-free one day each week. 1.2 million of us drive to work every day. Think what would happen if we all left our cars at home one day a week and walked, rode a bike, or used public transport instead.

They missed out mentioning Jayride by name; but if you need any help with point 5, Jayride’s your first place to look. 

Have a great New Years from Jayride!