Ever wanted to book a flight or bus ticket at the last minute and had to shell out exorbitant amounts? Especially, during the holiday season? Or there were absolutely no seats left and you had to forego that much-anticipated trip? It was a situation similar to this that got Pradeep Reddy and Krishna Vedula’s minds working and they came up with CoYatri. An inter-city ride sharing portal and app, it lets working professionals and students post and share rides as and when an inter-city road trip is in the offing.

According to Pradeep, the ride-sharing portal connects lone travellers looking for seats and car owners with empty seats looking to reduce their fuel and toll expenses. “The site lets users check if a car owner will be driving to their destination and book or share a seat in advance,” he explains, adding, “The idea of CoYatri originated from a thought of maximising the output from a common and under-utilised resource like a personal vehicle which in turn benefits someone who does not have a similar resource at hand. That is how Krishna and I decided to work along these lines.”

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