How to post a job on the Grid (and claim one the same night)

Posting a job on the Grid is how you hand a trip you booked to another LimoGrid operator without losing the client. You set the rate. Someone claims it. You still bill the passenger under your brand. That is the whole product.

This is not a theory post. It is the sequence a dispatcher runs when Saturday morning has three Logan runs and two cars, or when a Boston client needs a Chicago pickup you will never drive yourself.

If you want the wider checklist — when to farm out, how to vet an affiliate, what to put in the packet — start with how to farm out limo jobs. This post is only the Grid: post, claim, settle.

What the Grid is (in one screen)

The Grid is LimoGrid's marketplace inside the same software you already use for dispatch.

• You post trips you cannot cover.
• You claim trips other operators posted in your service area.
• The poster sets the rate. There is no auction and no bidding war.
• The passenger stays the poster's customer. Billing and brand stay with the company that took the reservation.

On paid plans there is no per-trip fee to post or claim. On LG Connect, the free plan, it is $5 per claimed and completed ride. See pricing.

Affiliates who run other dispatch software are a different path: GNET. Use the Grid for operators on LimoGrid; use GNET for the ones who are not.

Before you post: three things that must already be true

1. The client is booked with you. Price confirmed, confirmation sent, card or account in place. Do not post a job you have not sold.
2. You know what you will pay the driver company. The Grid rate is what the claiming operator earns. Your client rate is separate. The gap has to cover your time and risk.
3. You know who is allowed to see it. Open to the marketplace, or restricted to affiliates you already trust. First time with a new city: prefer your vetted list.

A Grid post is not a search for a cheaper chauffeur. It is coverage with your name still on the trip.

How to post a job on the Grid, step by step

1. Open the reservation you cannot cover. Same record your client already has.
2. Offer it to the Grid (from dispatch / network — the same place you offer a driver or an affiliate).
3. Set the rate the claiming operator will earn. Flat and clear: what is included for wait time, parking, tolls, gratuity. Ambiguous rates create disputes after drop-off.
4. Choose the audience. All operators who can take it, or only your affiliate list.
5. Confirm the post. Until you confirm, nothing is live. (If you use LimoGrid AI, you can ask it to post and it will still wait for your yes.)
6. Watch for a claim. When an operator takes it, the trip is theirs to staff. Status still comes back to your board.
7. Stay the client desk. Delays, flight changes and "where is my car" calls come to you. You talk to the passenger; the claiming operator talks to their chauffeur.
8. Close it out. You bill your client. The Grid settlement covers what you owed the operator who drove.

If nobody claims it, you still own the problem — call a known affiliate, move another car, or tell the client early. Silence after posting is not a plan.

What to put on the post (so someone actually claims it)

Operators claim clear jobs. Vague ones sit.

• Pickup date, local time and address
• Flight number for airport work, plus curbside or meet-and-greet
• Passenger name, mobile, headcount and bags
• Vehicle class you promised the client
• Drop-off and stops
• The rate and what it includes
• Brand rules: your company on the name sign, no affiliate cards, no rate talk with the passenger
• Your dispatch number for changes

The claiming chauffeur represents you on the curb. Write the post the way you would brief your own driver.

How to claim a job on the Grid

Claiming is the other half of the same marketplace: someone else's overflow becomes your night.

1. Open jobs in your area on the Grid.
2. Read the rate and the inclusions before you tap. You are agreeing to drive at that price.
3. Check vehicle class, pickup window and airport rules. A Sprinter you do not have is not a claim.
4. Claim only what you can staff. A claim you dump later burns both operators.
5. Run it like farm-in. The other company owns the passenger. You own on-time, on-location and a clean status trail back to their board.

Quiet Tuesdays are when claiming pays. Peak Saturdays are when posting saves the account.

Post vs GNET vs a phone call

The Grid does not replace relationships. It shortens the night you do not have one in that city.

Frequently asked questions

Does posting on the Grid give my client to another company?

No. The passenger stays yours. You bill them. The claiming operator is paid the rate you set for driving the trip.

Who sets the price on a Grid job?

The operator who posts it. There is no auction. Claimers take that rate or leave the job.

Can I show a post only to my own affiliates?

Yes. Restrict the post to operators you have already vetted if you do not want it open to the wider marketplace.

What does it cost to post or claim?

On paid LimoGrid plans, no per-trip fee to post or claim. On LG Connect, $5 per claimed and completed ride. Details are on pricing.

What if my affiliates do not use LimoGrid?

Post on the Grid for LimoGrid operators, and use GNET for affiliates on other systems. Both can show on the same dispatch board.

If you want to walk a live reservation from your board onto the Grid, book a demo, or start on LG Connect and claim a job in your city.