This is a really bad idea for reasons already mentioned in other comments. Personally, I travel a lot and there's zero chance I would ever take someone's random package.

I think you should instead think of this as a B2B2C type business. As in, Business (You) helps Businesses (B) find people (C) that would help deliver freight packages. Even then, it's not really clear why UPS or DHL or whomever would trust a random person in their car vs. their sophisticated logistics networks. If there is some gap in their network, that gap is your sales opportunity. Maybe last minute things? Urgent packages? Etc.

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0xffff2 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> Even then, it's not really clear why UPS or DHL or whomever would trust a random person in their car vs. their sophisticated logistics networks.

Amazon seems to have a sophisticated logistics network that is built at least 50% on random people in their car in Southern California. What I don't get is why someone with an existing logistics network of any kind would rely on a third party to integrate the random person rather than doing it in-house.

	▲	occamofsandwich 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Liability. I.e. when they get sued they can try to argue the contractor is an employee of the nothing firm and doesn't need an equivalent retirement plan to Bezos.

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zephen 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> This is a really bad idea for reasons already mentioned in other comments.

Agreed, although that doesn't mean it won't be successful.

> Personally, I travel a lot and there's zero chance I would ever take someone's random package.

Me neither, but I'd never cart random strangers around, or let them into my house either when I wasn't there, so I'm not the best judge of these things.

One thing that I will predict is that, if this does, in fact, take off, it will only hasten the enshittification of airline travel. You think you have a hard time trying to find a place to stuff your small carry-on now??!? Just wait. And checked baggage pricing will be through the stratosphere.