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blainevess
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Comment #14590519
I hear your concerns. The key I found in certain airports is that one day immigration might have no wait, but another day you're stuck waiting for over an hour. For people who trav…
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Comment #14590456
We definitely see the pain point here. It'd be great to be met by our agent and handed a SIM card or hotspot. Thanks for your feedback!
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Comment #14590419
Pricing varies and our goal is to make it much consistent in the not so distant future. When we decided to build Solve, we thought we were building a simple booking engine. But rea…
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Comment #14590387
This is certainly our hope. Thanks!
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Comment #14590354
Thanks so much for your feedback! We are seeing a number of clients who simply want a little help getting through the airport, especially on tight connections.
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Comment #14590344
The key for us is making it more accessible and easy to book. We know that the current space is about to evolve pretty quickly. The current companies and individuals have actually …
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Comment #14590315
Thanks for your feedback. I definitely see the similarity with the check mark, but it wasn't on purpose.
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Comment #14590298
True - it won't work in every situation. We're planning to communicate similarly to how Airbnb communicates when a host gets a booking - push notification, text message, and email …
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Comment #14589225
You're right, the domain wasn't cheap, but we had it prior to YC. We bought Solve.com at my last company (n/k/a StudentBrands.com) for a math-related product we were going to build…
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Comment #14589184
Thanks! You're spot on about the difference between us and Clear. It sounds like you had a tiring customs experience on your trip from Rome to the USA! It wasn't easy to launch in …
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Comment #14589061
Communication with everyone involved has been a pain point for us, even as we've thrown technology at the problem. Right now, we're of course communicating with our agents via emai…
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Comment #14589024
Thanks for your feedback. We are working on the language on the website. Believe it or not, our pricing / services page ( https://www.solve.com/pricing/ ) explains this service muc…
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Comment #14589007
This type of service has actually existed for about 20 - 30 years and a decent number of people use it, but there's never been 1) an easy way to book it and 2) price transparency. …
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Comment #14588973
We definitely want to make this type of service available to more people in the long term and we believe that increased awareness/volume will help make that happen. TSA Precheck ha…
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Launch HN: Solve (YC S17) – We Save International Travelers Hours of Time
Hey! I’m Blaine from Solve ( https://www.solve.com ) and we're in YC's current batch. We save international travelers hours of time by greeting them at their arrival gate, expediti…