Lyft Business is an optional service that may be used by departments who want to manage rides for travelers.
For information on allowable ride-sharing options and other guidelines, visit the Ground Transportation page. To learn more about Lyft Business, visit the Riding with Lyft help page.
Benefits
- Departments can save time and streamline a traveler’s experience by providing pre-paid passes or allow direct billing to a university Travel Card (TCard) rather than out of pocket expenses that need to be reimbursed.
- Rewards and partnerships: Link your accounts to earn points with participating programs such as Hilton Honors and United MileagePlus.
Stanford administrators can select from a variety of Lyft Business programs to schedule and manage rides for Stanford travelers or visitors, with tools such as Lyft Pass and Concierge as described below. It is the account administrators responsibility to ensure they follow the university’s rideshare guidance.
How to set up an account
For information or to enroll your department in a Lyft Program, please contact @email. The Stanford x Lyft partnership team will reach out to grant you access to create and manage your programs and send you instructions on how to login and get set up.
Additional account tools
- Lyft Pass allows departments to create and send customized ride credits that fully or partially cover trip costs for eligible riders, such as transportation for campus visitors. Passes can be shared via phone number , email, promo code or link.
- Direct billing lets faculty, staff, and students charge business rides directly to a department Travel Card (TCard) simplifying the expense reimbursement process. Departments can enable direct billing for all your riders, or just a select few.
- Concierge is a web-based portal that lets departments arrange, manage, and pay for rides on behalf of others, including travelers who may not have access to the Lyft app.
Payment options
It is recommended that account administrators pay per ride with a department Travel Card (TCard). Each ride must be accounted for with an individual receipt and business purpose on the expense report.
It is not recommended to choose monthly billing, as these statements do not provide trip details, which are required for expense reimbursement. If monthly billing is selected, the account administrator must submit individual receipts for every ride and a business purpose on the expense report.
In this case, since Lyft Business is a Stanford Travel optional travel service it is permissible to save the TCard as the default or payment method.