The Football League and Liftshare signed a nationwide deal to bring cheaper match day travel to fans of all 72 clubs, and throughout season 15/16 we’ll be working with supporter groups and fan sites to help get their communities car sharing to games and saving big cash on football travel.
As part of the deal, we launched an…
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The Football League and Liftshare have joined forces to create a new official travel tool called Get to the Game (just to the right of this paragraph), which lets fans enter their favourite team, select a match and see the cheapest and most-convenient travel…
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From Geisha girls to Cosplay characters, Hyper Japan offered something for everyone at this year’s festival. Taking place in the O2, Japanophiles from all over the country gathered to celebrate the nation’s vibrant pop culture and immerse themselves in all things kawaii! The atmosphere was fantastic – all smiles, chats, and…
My experience of the Financial Times Sharing Economy European Summit felt like an intense but exciting ‘call to action’. Two days before the summit, I was about to sign a contract for a new job that I wasn’t really going to enjoy, when Ali Clabburn offered me a job at Liftshare, the UK’s most…
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The AA has predicted that the UK will be hit with significant traffic jams thanks to the closure of major rail lines over the Easter break.
Reporting on the projected chaos, The Guardian states that some 15 million people are expected to take to Britain’s roads across the coming weekend, which will create delays on many major…
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The music festival format has been so ingrained that it can be hard to imaging a big open air event with tents, stages and camping without a dedicated musical component.
However, the wonderful Barefoot Festival jumped ahead of the curve with an alternative extravaganza focused on dancing, theatrics and naturally – a lot of fire. It takes…
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Wychwood Festival 2015 kicks off at Cheltenham Racecourse on May 29-31, and it’s going to be a megaton year! The festival is now recommending Liftshare as a replacement travel option as a way of helping revellers save money on petrol, get a lift if they haven’t got a car, and to reduce carbon…
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Liftshare is always keen to see festivals reduce the amount of waste they produce each year, which is why we encourage revellers to share cars together as a way of cutting down on emissions.
But what about the material waste left behind after a big open-air festival? We recently spoke with Kes, editor at the Festival…
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The road between London and Bristol is a costly one – especially if you drive it every week. But it’s a popular route and Liftshare members like Roger Burrows may well have the solution if you also travel that way.
After leaving the Army, Roger became a recruitment consultant in London…
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Liftshare’s on something of a festival roll at the moment, as we’ve started covering some of the best, alternative and green-conscious music festivals across the UK. Check out our introduction to Tramlines and their stunning first wave of band announcements here.
Today we’re looking at the wonderful Village Pump…
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OpenPlay is a great site that we simply had to discuss as part of our ongoing series on the sharing economy – that wonderful place full of sites and schemes that helps countless people across the world save money, stay social and lower their impact on the environment. These are all values that Liftshare holds dear,…
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Willowman Festival 2015 has started recommending Liftshare to its fans as an alternative mode of transport, so we thought we’d post an introduction to this wonderful four-day event in the heart of North Yorkshire.
This year’s festival takes place 18th-21st June at Hillside Rural Activities Park in…
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London bus strikes are due to happen not once, but three times in February – according to new updates from Transport For London.
The city’s Evening Standard reports that the first strike will take place this Thursday, February 5, and will run from 4am on Thursday until Friday morning. Subsequent strikes…
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Sometimes a festival comes along that truly nails the concept of community spirit and the real power that music has to bring people together. The Tenterden Folk Festival (1-4 October) is one of those inspiring events that sees many people and businesses from across the town do their bit to make it a truly memorable occasion….
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Liftshare is all about helping you save money on the road, but did you know that there is a whole world of sharing economy sites out there like us for other aspects of your daily life? We’ve been covering many of these amazing companies on our blog lately, so if you’re concerned about getting frugal in…
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Happy new year Liftsharers and fans of money-saving alike!
The new year is upon us and it’s likely many of you will have added ‘save more money’ to your resolution list. Let’s be honest; the cost of living isn’t going down any time soon, but that doesn’t mean you can’t break old habits, trim back on non-essential spending and put…
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Car Tetris is a term often used when all of your shopping won’t fit in the car and you have to move things about to make space. You might have played this most dastardly of games before when moving home and that old IKEA side-table you wish you had thrown out years ago refuses to slot neatly into the…
filed in: Fun | tags: A Place For Everything, car accessories, car storage, car tetris, christmas,
Christmas can be a pain, especially when you’re struggling to come up with an idea for your office’s Secret Santa, or when a relative gives you next to no clues about what they want? If they drive there may be hope for you lost gift-givers yet.
We decided to trawl the internet for the best geek culture car gifts around…
filed in: Fun | tags: Back to the Future, Batman, car-share, car-sharing, christmas gifts,
Hello Liftsharers, and welcome to another Twosday – the day we champion the benefits of sharing, and reveal new ways you can make someone else’s life that little bit brighter.
As always, you can share your tips and advice with us, or just namedrop someone who made your life amazing on Twitter using the tag #littlemoments. Because it’s not always…
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Happy Monday Liftsharers.
We hope you had a brilliant weekend, and now we’ve got a brand new week of huge UK events for you to share lifts to. We’ve got a blast to the past of metal with a three-way gig from Soil, American Head Charge and Hed (P.E.), the comedy of John Bishop, and a performance from the…
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