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Our Mission

kumar@prontojourneys.com (Pronto Transportation) — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 18:02:31 GMT

We have made it our mission to create a new paradigm that brings all three elements - Destinations, Experiences and Journeys - together in a manner that reinstills the joy of exploration and discovery of new and unique destinations and experiences to satisfy the passions of the sports and music fans, the wanderlust of the traveler and the thrill-seeking Adventurer in each of us.

The three principal components of the Pronto solution to enable this new paradigm are:

Meta portal to aggregate all the Leisure AND Entertainment experiences on one portal
Leisure : Tours, Activities, Adventures
Entertainment : Sports, Music, Live Shows

As a Meta portal, we aggregate Experiences from leading / existing Portals - Viator, SeatGeek - and other curated / unique Experiences not available on the leading portals to offer the Largest and Broadest collection of Experiences to fulfill the needs of the passionate sports and music fans, the wanderlust of the Traveler and the thrill-seeking Adventurer.

At 100,000+, the Pronto Portal is already offering the largest collection of Leisure AND Entertainment experiences worldwide. Our goal is to continue to add / aggregate more experiences and over time add each and every Leisure and / or Entertainment Experience that’s available on the Portal so the search for any such Experience begins and ends with Pronto.

Spatial, Map-based Search : Map the locations of all the Destinations where these Experiences are offered, which is the key to:
collating all the Experiences from all the sources and presenting them collectively to compare them side-by-side, and
to explore, search and discover not only the experiences at a particular destination, but also ones nearby simply by zooming in / zooming out to narrow / expand the search and seeing the results instantly and in the process eliminating the fatal ‘tunnel vision’ flaw which all other linear, 3-Dimensional search engines suffer from.
7-Dimensional Meta Search Engine : Our 7-Dimensional Search Engine includes Spatial Search combined with other search criteria or dimeions - Destination, name of the artist / team / band, My Interests, My Location, Date range, Price range, etc.

Search the Pronto Portal with a combination of these seven (7) search criteria or filters and watch the search engine generate a short-list of Leisure AND Entertainment experiences categorized in 64 categories, and correlated with the destination / location for the experience, instantly .

Exciting Destinations. Unforgettable Experiences. Memorable Journeys.

Tue, 21 Jan 2025 17:58:55 GMT

Leisure & Entertainment experiences center around destination or venue, event or experience , and journey to get to / from the event or the destination. The Pronto portal brings them all together like never before with a new search paradigm and new search engine to help you explore, search and discover exciting destinations , enjoy unforgettable experiences , and create memorable journeys .

The consumer’s interest in tours, activities, and adventure travel and in attending Live Events has grown substantially since the pandemic and continues to grow at a faster clip than any other travel sector.

Leisure Experiences market:
The global tours and activities market was an estimated $168.2B in 2023 ( Research Markets )
The Adventure tourism market was valued at $483.3B in 2023 and is projected to grow at CAGR of 15.2% between 2024 and 2032 to $1.65T by 2032 ( GMIPulse )
Entertainment Experiences market:
The online Event ticketing market is projected to grow from $82.23B in 2024 to $99.04B in 2029 ( MordorIntelligence )

Each of us has been driven at various times and phases of our lives by:

our passions as sports and music fans ,
the wanderlust of the traveler looking for new frontiers to explore, and
the thrill-seeking Adventurer wanting to engage in new activities and adventures

While there are lots of portals addressing one or a couple of these elements, each element is a ‘silo’, disjoint from others, which results in each of us having to piece together these experiences from different portals manually to meet all of these facets of our lives..

Finding the perfect leisure and / or entertainment experience is like finding a needle in a haystack.

One simple search for tour and activity on Viator, for example, in Italy between August 1 - 8, 2024 returned a list of 24,271 experiences .
A search for live events in San Francisco for the July 4 week-end on Ticketmaster generated a list of 9,896 events

The search engines employed by these portals are quite rudimentary and offer just three search criteria - Destination (Location), Price Range and Date Range. We refer to them as 3-Dimensional Search Engines, since they are designed to search in just these three dimensions.

The results are then classified by categories into multiple lists, which you then review one-list-at-a-time.

By the time you generate the search results from other portals and look through each of the lists, you are overwhelmed with the available options with no tools to collate the results and to help you narrow your search to create a short-list.

If you wish to then search in a different / adjacent location - different city, state, country - you have to restart your search. This is why we refer to these search engines as Linear Search Engines - conducting the search in any of the other dimensions - one element at a time (outside of the three basic elements).

These Linear Search Engines have one inherent flaw - they suffer from ‘ tunnel vision ’. They are not designed to search for / find experiences that are in an adjacent location, even if it is just a mile away from your search area.

With the existing portals, the time and effort it takes to find and then plan these elements and the task of finding them is such a drudgery that it detracts from the spirit of exploration and from the pleasure of finding new and unique experiences.

Meet Pronto : Our Brand Ambassador & Your Companion & Guide

Tue, 21 Jan 2025 17:27:46 GMT

Meet Pronto : Our Brand Ambassador & Your Companion & Guide

Pronto , our puppy, is a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel (CKCS) breed. Pronto will help you explore, search, discover, find and book the perfect Leisure & Entertainment Experience that matches your vibe, interests, location - in your hometown and around the World.

Follow Pronto as it explores the world of Leisure & Entertainment with you and as we chronicle those experiences:

#WhereIsProntoToday : Join Pronto on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and other social media as it partakes in the Leisure & Entertainment experiences around the World each day and shares your personal experiences with the Pronto community and followers around the World.

#WhereIsPronto : Follow Pronto’s journey over time at #WhereIsPronto and check out where and when Pronto has been

Pronto is in training…

Pronto , our puppy, is still in its formative phase and is learning and training on our Leisure & Entertainment Experiences and Pronto Journeys models. Our chatbot has been set up to enable Pronto to communicate with you and over time truly become your guide and companion to find the Perfect Leisure & Entertainment Experience and plan and manage the perfect Pronto Journey for you and even join you virtually and help you share your Perfect Experience with the Pronto community.

ProntoOS : Our Cloud-based Reservation System

Tue, 21 Jan 2025 15:55:01 GMT

ProntoOS : In action...

Along with the launch of the Pronto brand and Pronto Portal, we also launched ProntoOS ( www.ProntoOS.com ) , the industry’s first Cloud-based Operating System - which covers all the aspects of running, operating and managing the people transportation services - reservations, scheduling, dispatch, subcontracting services to affiliates, drivers, accounting (invoicing, receivables, payments).

Pronto is Uber for Group / Ground Transportation AND MORE

The Pronto Journeys Portal is powered by ProntoOS and together they enable you to Book. Manage. Track. Pay. all of your journeys with the same ease and convenience as booking a ride with Uber, Lyft, Ola.

ProntoOS addresses the needs of all the stakeholders involved in the delivery of group transportation services:

Transportation Service Provider

Reservations Agent
Scheduler
Dispatcher
Driver
Payroll
Accounting

Customer

Booker - Transportation department, Administrator
Group Leader traveling with the group
Accountant - Invoicing / payments

Affiliate

Reservations
Dispatch
Driver

ProntoOS : Keeps everyone connected

The ProntoOS system includes:

Web browser and Mobile App for Customers
Web browser and Mobile App for the TSP (Reservations, Dispatch, Accounting)
Mobile App for Drivers

With the Cloud-based Operating System and all these endpoints connected to it, the ProntoOS and Pronto Journeys Portal keep all the stakeholders connected and in-sync.

Any / all the stages of the Journey and any adds, moves, changes to these stages are made in the Cloud-based system and instantly accessible to all the stakeholders with notifications sent to them:

Quotes
Reservations
Dispatch
Driver status
Invoices
Payments

Since the launch of ProntoOS and Pronto Journeys Portal, we have realized a whopping 80%+ reduction in OpEx for the services we deliver.

Enterprise-grade Services and Scalability:

With our ability to create and sub-divide the organization into domains, ProntoOS and Pronto Journeys Portal are designed to scale to meet the demands of even the largest, multinational organizations and to manage the concurrent tracking of all active trips: from a single trip for an individual to thousands to tens of thousands of trips across the organization and to manage any / all ground transportation services for the entire Enterprise / Organization:

Schools : Field Trips, Athletics, College Tours, Retreats
Colleges & Universities : Athletics, Student Life Activities, Campus transportation
Corporations : Employee Shuttle Services, Employee outings, Customer Events, Conventions, Off-sites, Retreats, Team-building activities
Transit agencies : Scheduled services, On-demand services
Private Groups : Family outings, Weddings, Bachelor / Bachelorette parties
Fleet managers : Complete operating system to manage the operation

THe Platform for next generation of services

ProntoOS : The Platform for the Next Generation of Services

Besides the services listed above, the ProntoOS platform is designed for the next generation of services:

B2B2B Services
B2B2C Services
On-demand Services

Pronto Network

kumar@prontojourneys.com (Pronto Transportation) — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 15:29:57 GMT

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Over the years, we have cultivated, nurtured and built one of the largest - if not the largest - networks of Transportation Service Providers (TSP’s) / Affiliates in the US. With more than 6,600 Transportation Service Providers (TSP’s) / Affiliates in our Network, we offer you the ability to book your journey for individuals or groups of any size, for any occasion, anytime, anywhere, nationwide.and give you unprecedented access to:

the widest selection of vehicles - buses & motorcoaches, shuttles, sprinters, vans, SUVs and sedans - and
more than 40% of the inventory of vehicles - nationwide.

Pronto verifies the Safety Record of all the Affiliates with the regulatory authorities - Federal Motor Carrier Safety Agency (FMCSA), Public Utility Commission (PUC), and Enforcement agencies - like California Highway Patrol (CHP).

The Pronto Network in the San Francisco Bay Area

The Pronto Nationwide Network

Pronto Journeys - It's not the destination, but the Journey

kumar@prontojourneys.com (Pronto Transportation) — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 15:17:33 GMT

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“It's not the destination, it's the journey” , Ralph Waldo Emerson the American philosopher.

About Pronto

We are not only a firm believer in this adage, but a practitioner as well. We have developed and over the years delivered one of the most comprehensive suites of group / ground transportation services - Journeys - in the San Francisco Bay Area:

Schools, School Districts, Colleges and Universities
Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) (2018 - Present)
OUSD Expanded Learning Program (Summer 2023) : 100+ Trips
30+ School Districts, 150+ Public & Private Schools
Colleges & Universities
UC Berkeley
Stanford
San Mateo County Community Colleges
CSU - SJSU, East Bay
Community colleges : Ohlone, Holy Names, Foothill, Mission, De Anza
Corporations
Apple, Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, and many others
Transit Services
Amtrak services : San Francisco to Stockton
Amtrak services : San Jose to Stockton
Town of Truckee Public Transit Service
Public Event Shuttle Services
49ers fan shuttle services under a 4-year contract with San Francisco 49ers
UC Berkeley fan shuttle services for football games
Paul McCartney Concert, San Francisco
Jay Z & Justin Timberlake Concert, San Francisco
Live Nation concert series
Public and Government Agencies
City & County of San Francisco - Rec & Park department (2005 - Present)
City of Mountain View - Rec & Park department (2010 - Present)
San Mateo County - Educational Field Trip program (2012 - Present)
Alameda County - StopWaste Educational Field Trip Program (2016 - 2024)

We have delivered Safe. Dependable. Comfortable. Group transportation services to:

6,000+ organizations and corporations
60,000+ Journeys / Trips
2.4+ Million people

with an exemplary safety track record of 100% of the journeys being 100% Injury Free .

Our Customers

The Pronto Journeys Portal , offers consumers, businesses, organizations, schools, colleges & universities, tour operators, wedding groups, and private groups the ability to plan, book, track and pay for their journeys for groups of any size for any occasion, anytime, anywhere, nationwide - to the exciting destinations and unforgettable experiences featured on the Pronto Leisure & Entertainment Portal .

We operate our own fleet of buses & motorcoaches in the San Francisco Bay Area for group transportation services for schools, colleges & universities, corporations, weddings, private groups and for transit services for Amtrak and other public transit agencies. More than 40% of the Journeys in the SF Bay Area are fulfilled by our robust and vibrant network of affiliates.

100% of the Journeys booked outside the SF Bay Area are fulfilled by our Affiliates serving the destinations where services are needed.