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Luxe Valet — Luxe is an on-demand valet parking and car services app
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@rrhoover @rsarver @Jason Have you seen Spotlight Parking? They are launching in Boston in a couple of weeks. http://www.spotlight-parking.com/
@rrhoover @rsarver @Jason I used it yesterday because my friend @snajmi is the head of product there. Awesome experience. I dropped it off with the valet by the building I work at in Soma, then later in the day I walked across town to the financial district and the valet drove my car to me in the evening on that side of town. And it got a much needed bath at no extra charge!
Glad to see you enjoyed it, @lylemckeany! One of our unique features is cross-town returns across all of SF. You can drop your car off in SOMA and get it returned anywhere in our service zone!
@rrhoover @rsarver @Jason one other interesting insight the teams has heard from female users is that they love being able to just park right at their location instead of walking alone through parking garages.
I've also had them drop my car off at home (in SF) once when I've had a few drinks after work with friends instead of considering driving home.
It seems like an exceptionally competitive space, with seemingly 10+ teams all thinking of the same idea at pretty much the same time.
Zirx is the highest funded company in the space, with about ~$1m more in funding than Luxe.
It will now be about an execution play really to see who becomes most dominant I would imagine, as from a consumer's perspective, it's hard to differentiate Luxe vs Zirx vs Vatler vs Valet Anywhere.
competitors:
http://techcrunch.com/2014/08/18...
https://angel.co/snap-valet
http://www.valetanywhere.com/
https://angel.co/valet-boss
https://angel.co/spotlight-parking
http://caarbon.com/
https://angel.co/smartvalet
https://angel.co/locomobi
http://techcrunch.com/2014/09/05...
@_jacksmith Luxe is a *much* better brand IMO, easy to remember, fun to say. Sometimes that's the edge you need in a highly competitive space.
@_jacksmith because it's a real word http://dictionary.reference.com/... -- that alone makes it much easier to remember if overheard (increases conversion of word-of-mouth growth)
@dannyjespinoza @_jacksmith ok. domain probably makes a slight difference though:
www.luxevalet.com
vs
www.zirx.com
Love the concept but what happens when there's a (valet driver) supply shortage when you need your car returned? Even if it's rare, not being able to access your car is high consequence.
One of these companies needs to crack this for airport parking.
@ryanajon1 We know that not being able to get your car when you want it is a huge blocker, so we pay close attention to the return experience. During peak times, we deploy dedicated valets that only serve return requests.
Hey guys -
Phil from Luxe here. Happy to answer any questions that you may have about the company, product, or experience. Luxe has been operating in SF under a closed beta in May, and we're super excited to announce the App Store launch today.
In order to control demand, we launched with a wait list feature. However, use the invitation code 'PRODUCTHUNT' to bypass it and get early access. Can't wait to see you guys on the curb!
I wish the valet could pick up my car for free and drive for Uber while I'm not using it. I also wish I had a car.
"Luxe parks for you, so you don’t have to. For $5 an hour - and maximum of $15 per day - you can own a parking spot in your pocket. Luxe is a new service in San Francisco that sends valets to you, wherever you need to park. It’s fast, stress-free, reliable, and affordable."
Love this concept! However it seems very similar to Zirx--how do you plan to differentiate? Also what are your service hours? I really like the idea of getting the car washed while it's parked, saves a bunch of time!
@mironv I would also add that Zirx never charges less than $15 even if you use the service for an hour (from what the Zirx people in our building are telling me - they're stationed here for their Seattle launch).
I totally understand why they do that but Luxe has a leg up IMO for the following use case: I want to cover my client's parking fees for an hour long meeting so my choices are to pay for validation in our garage (of which I have to buy $60 of validation tickets at a time) or I can have Zirx handle it. I don't mind paying $15 to buff my client out - but I'd rather pay less to Luxe for the same privilege.
Of course, the same logic goes for anytime I have a meeting across town and don't want to Uber, Car2Go, or drive around looking for a spot.
When a product comes along and you can't use it because you don't drive. This might force me to get my license. That's when you got a good product. Desire.
One of those ideas I had just started thinking about over the last few weeks :)
Huge market out there. Hoping to see this in the DC area!
@nitinalabur Thanks for your support. We are expanding rapidly - might see you soon! :)
@philsometypaway @nitinalabur Really need this tomorrow. Gonna be hell finding a parking spot tomorrow morning for the place I need to go.
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