9th August 2020, Kathmandu
Fab, a Nepali transportation tech Startup started their operation with cab services in early 2018 but they close their operations due to some problems they faced. Finally, in early Jan 2020, they have started their operation with an initial cab and bike ride-share. Currently, they are operating in Kathmandu, Lalitpur, and Bhaktapur. Soon, they are expanding their services to Pokhara as well.
Why Fab?
- Better customer experience.
- Safety (Emergency button from where they can send trip detail s without leaving the app and trip insurance).
- Offline booking via phone.
- On spot booking.
- Ride later option.
- Multilingual
- User-friendly UI.
- Chat with drivers without leaving the app.
Booking Fab ride is easy. Fab Rides for the customer and Fab Partner for ride sharer/rider partner are available in both Playstore and Appstore. For customers, you need to download the Fab Rides from Playstore and signup. While signing up, you must add the two emergency numbers (when you press the emergency button, the trip details will be sent to these two numbers as well as you can call emergency numbers). Then you will be greeted with a good UI.
Here, your app will automatically detect your pickup location and you need to add your drop location plus select a vehicle (Cab or Bike). If you want to book for later just Click RIDE LATER and if you want Right now, then click RIDE NOW. After that, you can see your fare amount, Payment method (cash/wallet – add cash from e-sewa), ETA, and Apply coupon code (if any) and click confirm.
Nearby Rider accept your ride and reach your pickup location and head toward drop location. At final, both rate and give suggestions to each other.
