Reflecting on a Year of Growth and Innovation
2024 has been a monumental year for Limo Anywhere, and we would like to highlight some of these achievements. From significant system upgrades to the introduction of powerful new features, we've continued to evolve our platform to better serve your needs.
Below, you’ll find an overview of what we’ve accomplished in 2024, as well as a glimpse into what’s coming in 2025. For those who want to dive deeper, links to additional resources are included throughout.
Stability and Modernization
Expanding Our User Base
This year, we surpassed a major milestone: 5,500 operators now use Limo Anywhere across the globe, a testament to our dedication to the ground transportation industry. While this increase in users is good for us, it is also great for you. More operators on Limo Anywhere translates to an increase in affiliate relationships across the LA Network. Connecting through Limo Anywhere opens the door to a larger customer base and boosts bookings, enabling fleet owners to expand their business and revenue.
Infrastructure Investments
Backed by our new ownership, Fullsteam, we made substantial investments to modernize our platform, ensuring greater speed, security, and reliability.
- Speed Improvements: Pages now load up to 400% faster, with an average speed increase of 30%.
- Security Enhancements: New measures are in place to safeguard your data.
- Reliability: We restored 99.99% uptime, ensuring consistent availability. Track our uptime performance at status.limoanywhere.com.
- Learn more about these improvements in our blog: Unlocking Speed, Efficiency, and Innovation with AWS.
Major System Upgrades
Modernization Milestones:
- Expanded system capacity and quadrupled memory to boost response times.
- Implemented advanced monitoring tools to proactively identify and resolve issues.
- Optimized queries and network traffic for improved efficiency.
Team Growth:
- Our team expanded significantly, with more staff added to development, support, onboarding, and communications. Since last year we have increased our overall staff by 30% with major increases in our Onboarding and Q&A departments.
Enhanced Reporting Tools
- We restored historical reporting functionality, allowing you to query up to 3 years of data with prior years being reintroduced soon.
- Addressed inconsistencies in gratuity breakdowns within Driver Payroll reports and optimized overall report performance.
- Explore the benefits of expanded reporting: Expanded Reporting Data Announcement.
Other New Features Delivered in 2024
Here are some highlights of the tools and enhancements we launched this year:
- Auto Farm: Automate trip assignments based on pre-set criteria. Discover Seamless Affiliate Assignments with Auto Farm.
- Payroll Automation: Export payroll data for seamless ADP integration. Streamline Payroll Management.
- ORES Marketing Analytics: Integrate with Facebook ads and track events. Maximizing Google Analytics 4 Integration.
- Driver Anywhere Enhancements
- Expanded trip visibility for drivers and enhanced job details for airport pickups. Learn More
- Streamlining Dispatch Management with Improved Refresh Options
- The Auto Updates functionality is designed to enhance the dispatch management experience by providing more immediate, visible updates to your Dispatch Grid. Learn More
- Dispatch App Improvements
- Improved guest booking experience and enhanced rate editing capabilities.
- Auto Payments
- Auto Payments for ORES & PWA Reservationsallows operators to automate credit card authorization and capture, saving time and enhancing security for every transaction.
- LA Pay Enhancements
- Custom forms and message tags.
- AVS/CVV Verification Settings
- Enhanced Security in LA Pay: Focus on Address Verification Service (AVS) and Card Verification Value (CVV) settings. Learn more
Pricing Update
Starting on December 1st 2024, we began transitioning to a new pricing model that aligns with the growth of our service offerings and the evolving needs of our customers. The new structure includes:
- Simplified Packages: We've consolidated our pricing into straightforward packages: Core, Plus, & Black —each designed to suit different business needs. You can find detailed information about each package on our website.
- New Monthly Rate: The new rate structure will include a lower flat monthly rate for each package level, accompanied by per trip pricing.
- Volume-Based Value Pricing: Per trip pricing applies to all trips created during your monthly service period, including internal and affiliate bookings. This means you'll only pay for what you use, offering cost-saving opportunities during slower seasons and flexibility during peak times.
How This Benefits You:
- Potential Cost Savings: For businesses with fluctuating trip volumes, this model offers potential savings during slower months with a lower flat monthly rate while ensuring you have the tools you need during busier periods. Further, businesses that do larger volumes may realize greater savings by upgrading to one of the premium package levels.
- Predictable Expenses: We understand the importance of budgeting. This new model helps you better predict monthly expenses by aligning your fees with your usage.
Looking Ahead:
We are excited to build on this momentum with several groundbreaking initiatives:
Coming Very Soon:
- Batch Payment: We’re streamlining settlement by highlighting trips needing payment attention and allowing batch capture of multiple transactions.
- Request A Card: Empower your business with the ability to request card details in a single step. With secure email links, clients can easily provide their card information, which can be saved on their account for future use or applied to individual reservations or invoices.
- Auto-Time Zone Lookup: Benefits dispatchers by helping them manage rides across different time zones. It serves as a reminder to adjust for time zone differences when handling bookings.
- Advanced Compliance MGT: A tool for managing compliance with regulations and requirements, including those related to insurance, licensing, and safety.
Coming in 2025
- User Interface Redesign: A modernized user interface will be introduced gradually, allowing customers to opt-in at their own pace.
- System Performance Upgrades: Continuous improvement remains a priority. We are committed to optimizing the platform’s performance and speed across all areas.
- AI Integration: We are actively developing AI-driven solutions across multiple areas of our platform, including sales, support, and customer service. These initiatives will enhance operational efficiency and provide smarter tools for our customers.
- Innovative Payment Solutions: We are streamlining workflows for secure and efficient customer payment processing, while integrating tools from card networks to minimize fraud and reduce risk.
- Enhanced Messaging/Notifications (Push, WhatsApp, Slack) We are designing a more flexible notification system, enabling the delivery of event-based data across multiple channels for operators, customers, and stakeholders.
- Platform Unification: We aim to further integrate add-ons and Limo Anywhere into a cohesive platform. Both the user interface and back-end systems will evolve to create a unified experience.
- Double Farm: Responding to customer demand, we are incorporating double farm support within our system.
- Advanced Mapping & Autocomplete: The core mapping engine is undergoing a comprehensive update to deliver improved auto-complete functionality in address fields across the platform.
- GPS Integrations: We are consolidating hardware GPS data into the GPS tab, enabling side-by-side viewing of DA and GPS feeds.
- Authentication Enhancements: Our authentication process will be enhanced to simplify secure access for all users, balancing security with user convenience by integrating new technologies that reduce friction.
- IO Experience Optimization: In 2025, we will launch an IO (Independent Operator) focused app experience, designed to simplify key processes such as farming, assigning, paying, and communicating with IO partners.
- System-wide Alias Support: We are introducing "Alias Aware" features, which will enable the creation of brand silos while maintaining unified dispatching tasks across the platform.
Educational Resources
This year, we increased our training staff by 200% and expanded our educational content. Access tutorials, guides, and best practices to maximize the value of Limo Anywhere:
Getting Started Videos:
- Part 1: Your All-in-One Transportation Command Center
- Part 2: Interface and Navigation Guide
- Part 3: Key Terminology Explained
- Additional Videos:
Blogs & Webinars:
- Unlock the Full Potential of Your Limo Anywhere Mobile Applications (Blog & Webinar)
- Understanding LA Pay Error Codes
- Tracking Reservation Incidents in Limo Anywhere
- Boost Your Revenue with Promo Codes, Miscellaneous Fees, and Holiday Pricing
- Setting Up Company Policies
- Passing Credit Card Processing Fees onto Clients with Limo Anywhere
- Adding a Child Seat Charge by Utilizing Multiplier Rates
- Unleashing Your Business Potential with Our Incoming Calls Screen Pop Ups
- Utilizing Wait Time in Limo Anywhere
- Unlock the Power of Customer Feedback with Custom Passenger Surveys
- Utilizing Custom Statuses in Limo Anywhere
- Unlock Effortless Operations with Limo Anywhere’s Automated Driver Wake-Ups
- Elevate Your Limo Service with Online Reservations
- Utilizing Account Credits
- Utilizing LA Pay’s Request Payments Feature
- Making the Most of Your Dispatch Grid
- Mastering Reservations with Limo Anywhere: Key Takeaways from Our Latest Webinar (Blog & Webinar)
- Using PWA Trip Tags in Limo Anywhere
- Utilizing the Fleet Notes Field in Limo Anywhere
- Utilizing the Passenger Web App (PWA)
- Upgrade to the Latest Limo Anywhere Packages
- Utilizing the “Arranged By” Field in Limo Anywhere
- Elevate Your Limo Anywhere Experience with Lead Quote Close (LQC)
Check out our full list of resources: Educational Resources.
Thank You for Being Part of Our Journey
We couldn’t have achieved these milestones without your trust and partnership. As we look ahead to 2025, we’re committed to continuing to innovate and provide the best tools to power your business.
If you have any feedback or suggestions, we’d love to hear from you. Together, let’s make 2025 even more successful!