Do you hate parking? The difficulty of finding a parking spot is something that we’re all familiar with and one of the major disadvantages of driving yourself. In terms of experience, this can have a significant negative impact on your day and can be a particularly stressful part of getting somewhere on time, be it to an appointment, work, concert or play. This issue is one that we hear about all the time – but that we have a solution to. Ralph Bretzer explores the situation.
I really love driving. But parking, I hate parking. When many other things in the world are digitised and streamlined to near perfection, parking is a truly analogue experience in the worst sense of the word. Let’s face it, parking in any bigger city – and most smaller ones as well – is a nightmare.
Going from point A to point B goes well enough, but when you get there the problems start. First you have to find a free spot, preferably not too far from your intended destination.
And when that is done the next hassle arises: where is the parking meter? And when that also is found you have to go back to your car with the ticket. Given my luck, it will probably be raining and the spot I found is half an hour’s walk from where I want to go.
When going to any major event, like a big concert or football game with audiences of tens of thousands, this turns from a minor hassle into a major problem. Will I get a parking spot at all? Do I have to be there hours in advance to get a spot?
At the bottom of it all is of course a city planning problem, but it doesn’t have to be this way. It can, if not resolved, at least be seriously eased.
Just think about it. What if you could, from the comfort of your home or office – or even walking down the street – find the nearest available parking spot to where you want to go, book it for the time you want it and pay for it. And this long before you even go to your car. Maybe you could even do it at the same time that you buy the ticket for that concert! You’d soon lose your ‘hate parking’ attitude and gain a ‘love parking’ one.
That is the beauty of app, or online-based booking. And Preoday, with its industry-leading, tried and tested technology, could make this a reality for car park companies and help dramatically improve the parking experience for customers. We know this is a very real problem for many people and one that needs urgently solving.
And it doesn’t have to stop with concerts or major sporting events. What about a parking spot by the airport, railway station or in the shopping centre? Using an app could work wonders for that as well.
It’s not as catchy as: ‘When is a door not a door?’ (answer, when it’s a jar) but it speaks to the idea that in-car collection, and the technologies that support it, are flexible enough to bend to the needs of a business and its guests.
Delivery can be daunting to the uninitiated, and it might be tempting to sign up with a third-party ordering aggregator that offers the service, such as UberEats, but other options could suit your business and brand better. Here we present three different ‘levels’ of delivery, starting with the most basic – and cheapest method: doing it yourself.
Vi ved alle sammen hvor irriterende det er at lede efter en parkeringsplads. Det må siges at være en af de største minusser ved at have bil. Jeg taler af erfaring, når jeg siger at det faktisk kan påvirke hele ens dag negativt, og det kan være en stor stressfaktor når man skal være et bestemt sted på et bestemt tidspunkt. Vi kender alle sammen problematikken, dette er måske løsningen. Ralph Bretzner ser på denne løsning.
Jeg elsker at køre i bil. Og jeg hader at lede efter en parkeringsplads. Parkering er et af de få områder, hvor der endnu ikke er udviklet en teknologisk løsning til forbedring. Man kan lige så godt sige det som det er; det er et mareridt at finde en parkeringsplads i en storby.
Det med at komme fra A til B går sådan set fint nok, det er når du er fremme, at problemerne starter. Først skal du finde en ledig plads, helst ikke alt for langt fra din destination.
Når det er ordnet, starter det næste problem. Hvor er billetautomaten? Når den er fundet, skal du gå tilbage til bilen, med billetten. Mit meget begrænsede held taget I betragtning, regner det sikkert, og parkeringspladsen er en halv times gang fra det sted jeg skal indfinde mig.
Ved store begivenheder, for eksempel en koncert, eller en fodboldkamp er der tusindevis af andre mennesker, som skal det samme sted hen. Da viser parkerings-problematikken sig oftest at være begyndelsen på en længere række bekymringer. Finder jeg overhovedet en parkeringsplads? Er det virkeligt nødvendigt at være der så mange timer i forvejen?
Det bunder selvfølgeligt i byplanlægning. Men det behøver ikke være så besværligt. Der findes faktisk en meget enkel løsning, som, hvis den ikke fjerner problematikken, i hvert fald reducerer den.
Forestil dig scenariet: Hvad hvis du kunne, fra dit hjem eller kontor – eller endda imens du går ned ad gaden – kunne finde den nærmeste tilgængelige parkeringsplads, booke den i det tidsrum du ønsker, og betale for det. Og dette længe før du overhovedet sætter dig ind din bil. Måske kunne du endda ordne det samtidigt med at du køber billet til den koncert du gerne vil til.
Det er det som er så fantastisk med en app, eller online-baseret booking. Og Preoday, med sin brancheførende, afprøvet teknologi, kan gøre dette til en realitet. Preoday kan tilbyde virksomheder en drastisk forbedring af parkering for kunderne. Vi ved, det er et reelt problem for mange mennesker. Et problem som kalder på en hurtig løsning.
Og det behøver ikke at stoppe ved koncerter eller store sportsbegivenheder. Hvad med en parkeringsplads ved lufthavnen, togstation eller i indkøbscenter? En app kan også gøre underværker på disse områder.
It’s not as catchy as: ‘When is a door not a door?’ (answer, when it’s a jar) but it speaks to the idea that in-car collection, and the technologies that support it, are flexible enough to bend to the needs of a business and its guests.
Delivery can be daunting to the uninitiated, and it might be tempting to sign up with a third-party ordering aggregator that offers the service, such as UberEats, but other options could suit your business and brand better. Here we present three different ‘levels’ of delivery, starting with the most basic – and cheapest method: doing it yourself.
The difficulty of finding a parking spot is something that we’re all familiar with and one of the major disadvantages of driving yourself. In terms of experience, this can have a significant negative impact on your day and can be a particularly stressful part of getting somewhere on time, be it to an appointment, work, concert or play. This issue is one that we hear about all the time – but that we have a solution to. Ralph Bretzer explores the situation.
I really love driving. But parking, not so much. When many other things in the world are digitised and streamlined to near perfection, parking is a truly analogue experience in the worst sense of the word. Let’s face it, parking in any bigger city – and most smaller ones as well – is a nightmare.
Going from point A to point B goes well enough, but when you get there the problems start. First you have to find a free spot, preferably not too far from your intended destination.
And when that is done the next hassle arises: where is the parking meter? And when that also is found you have to go back to your car with the ticket. Given my luck, it will probably be raining and the spot I found is half an hour’s walk from where I want to go.
When going to any major event, like a big concert or football game with audiences of tens of thousands, this turns from a minor hassle into a major problem. Will I get a parking spot at all? Do I have to be there hours in advance to get a spot?
At the bottom of it all is of course a city planning problem, but it doesn’t have to be this way. It can, if not resolved, at least be seriously eased.
Just think about it. What if you could, from the comfort of your home or office – or even walking down the street – find the nearest available parking spot to where you want to go, book it for the time you want it and pay for it. And this long before you even go to your car. Maybe you could even do it at the same time that you buy the ticket for that concert!
That is the beauty of app, or online-based booking. And Preoday, with its industry-leading, tried and tested technology, could make this a reality for car park companies and help dramatically improve the parking experience for customers. We know this is a very real problem for many people and one that needs urgently solving.
And it doesn’t have to stop with concerts or major sporting events. What about a parking spot by the airport, railway station or in the shopping centre? Using an app could work wonders for that as well.
It’s not as catchy as: ‘When is a door not a door?’ (answer, when it’s a jar) but it speaks to the idea that in-car collection, and the technologies that support it, are flexible enough to bend to the needs of a business and its guests.
Delivery can be daunting to the uninitiated, and it might be tempting to sign up with a third-party ordering aggregator that offers the service, such as UberEats, but other options could suit your business and brand better. Here we present three different ‘levels’ of delivery, starting with the most basic – and cheapest method: doing it yourself.
Problemet med att hitta en parkeringsplats är något vi alla känner allt för väl och en av de största avigsidorna med att köra själv. Det är något som kan ha en seriöst negativ påverkan på upplevelsen av din dag, särskilt när du behöver vara någonstans vid en särskild tid, oavsett om det är för ett möte, jobb, konsert eller föreställning. Det är ett problem som vi hör talas om hela tiden – men som vi har en lösning till. Ralph Bretzer tar en titt på situationen.
Jag älskar verkligen att köra bil. Men att parkera, nej, det älskar jag inte lika mycket. När många andra saker här i världen är digitaliserade och strömlinjeformade till närmast perfektion är parkering en sant analog upplevelse i ordets sämsta bemärkelse. Det är bara att inse, att parkera i vilken större stad som helst – och de flesta mindre med, för den delen – är en mardröm.
Att ta sig från punkt A till B går bra nog men när man kommer fram, det är då problemen börjar. Först måste man hitta en ledig parkeringsplats, helst inte allt för långt ifrån ens avsedda destination.
Och när det är gjort kommer nästa bekymmer: var finns parkeringsautomaten? När den väl är hittad måste man gå tillbaka till bilen. Med min tur kommer det säkert dessutom att regna och parkeringsplatsen vara en halvtimmes promenad från dit jag ska.
När man ska till ett större evenemang, som en stor konsert eller fotbollsmatch med tiotusentals människor i publiken, blir det lilla dilemmat till ett stort.problem. Kommer jag över huvud taget att hitta en parkeringsplats? Måste jag komma dit timmar i förväg för att hitta en?
I grund och botten handlar det naturligtvis om stadsplanering, men det måste inte vara så här. Det kan om inte helt lösas så i alla fall förbättras rejält.
Föreställ dig det här: tänk om du, från bekvämligheten i ditt eget hem eller arbetsplats – eller till och med när du promenerar längs gatan – kunde hitta den närmaste parkeringsplatsen till dit du ska, boka den för den tiden du behöver den och betala för det. Och det skulle du kunna göra långt innan du ens sätter dig i bilen. Kanske skulle du till och med kunna göra det samtidigt som du beställer biljetterna till konserten!
Det är det som är det fina med app-, eller online-baserad, bokning. Och Preoday med sin marknadsledande, beprövade teknologi kan göra det till verklighet för parkeringsbolag och hjälpa till att dramatiskt förbättra parkeringsupplevelsen för kunderna. Vi vet att detta är ett väldigt verkligt problem för många människor och ett som verkligen behöver lösas brådskande.
Det behöver inte sluta med konserter och sportevenemang. Varför inte också vid järnvägsstationen, flygplatsen eller stormarknaden? Att använda en app skulle kunna göra underverk även för det.
It’s not as catchy as: ‘When is a door not a door?’ (answer, when it’s a jar) but it speaks to the idea that in-car collection, and the technologies that support it, are flexible enough to bend to the needs of a business and its guests.
Delivery can be daunting to the uninitiated, and it might be tempting to sign up with a third-party ordering aggregator that offers the service, such as UberEats, but other options could suit your business and brand better. Here we present three different ‘levels’ of delivery, starting with the most basic – and cheapest method: doing it yourself.