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By Fair Staff

How Will We Get Around After COVID-19?

From Cars to Ridesharing to the Subway, This Is What ‘Normal’ Might Look Like

BY Tom MullenMay 15, 2020

The health and economic problems surrounding COVID-19 aren’t likely to be behind us any time soon, but many of us have already started to ponder what a post-pandemic world will look like. Specifically, we at Fair wonder how people will cover actual distances in our socially distanced lives. We preview how fallout from the novel coronavirus could upend the ways we get around – or simply accelerate changes that have long been in motion.

How We Move

Why This Lifelong Nomad Just Got a Car

Raquel Lieven Likes to Stay on the Move. She Didn’t Want Her Car Situation to Change That.

BY Fair StaffMay 8, 2020

Raquel Lieven isn’t somebody to stay in one spot for long. The Brazil native spent her late teens and 20s modeling internationally before moving to the U.S. with her American husband five years ago. At no point did she want a vehicle to slow her down – until she recently discovered Fair, which let her order up a car right on her phone and keep it as long as she wants. While COVID-19 has her social distancing from her home in Miami, she recently spoke with us about her love of travel, her need for total flexibility, and why she’s never been a car person.

Company News

Stepping Up During COVID-19

How Fair Team Members Are Doing Their Part During the Coronavirus Shutdown

BY Tom MullenApril 30, 2020

When COVID-19 began putting the world in shutdown mode in March, Laura Petersen wanted to help those on the front lines of the pandemic while heeding orders from health officials to stay home. An avid seamstress, the fraud specialist in Fair’s Phoenix office soon found a solution: making custom facemasks for a pharmacist friend and his colleagues – and anyone else who needed one. She's just one of a number of Fair team members doing their part during the coronavirus pandemic.

Your Flex Life

My First Auto Loan Lesson

I Survived Grad School, Flunked My First Car Purchase

BY Ben WoodmanApril 17, 2020

Grad school is a logistical headache of the first order, a seemingly constant stream of different apartments, classes, internships and opportunities in sometimes very far-flung locations. In this scenario, having a long-term car loan should not be one of the things you’re stuck juggling. Our own Ben Woodman learned this the hard way.

How We Move

How Uncertain Times Led A Transit Enthusiast To Fair

Jeff Garver Got Around for 8 Years Using the Metro and Ridesharing. Then COVID-19 Hit.

BY Katie KennedyApril 9, 2020

Living in traditionally traffic-choked Los Angeles, Jeff Garver has made his way around the city for much of the last decade by biking, ridesharing and taking the Metro. But with L.A. in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, he recently used Fair to get his first car in eight years. He chats with us about the moment he decided to make the change, his experience with the app, and why Fair’s flexible model ended up being the right choice for him during this period of uncertainty.

Company News

Doing Something (And Nothing) During COVID-19

Free Delivery, Reduced Prices Are Part of Our Coronavirus Response. So is Family Time and Zoom Trivia.

BY Fair StaffApril 2, 2020

It’s hard to imagine anyone whose life has not been impacted by the rapidly unfolding COVID-19 situation – from those in seclusion at home to those facing sickness or daily danger on the pandemic’s front lines. With these people in our hearts, we at Fair are taking a number of steps to ensure that anyone who needs a car can access one more affordably and safely – without even leaving the safety of their home.

Money Matters

Is It Actually Smart to Live Debt-Free?

Plus 5 Other Things to Know About How Much You Owe

BY Carly MilneMarch 12, 2020

Is debt really such a bad thing? Or is there really such a thing as good debt? Fair talks to a panel of financial-planning experts to get the skinny on what – and how much – we should owe.

Your Flex Life

A Non-Permanent Worker's American Journey

An H1-B Visa Brought Timothy Anand Opportunity Alongside Challenges. And Then There's the Driving Thing.

BY Thom FainMarch 5, 2020

Timothy Anand came to the United States from India nine years ago on an H1-B visa, leaving in 2019 due to complexities and shifting policies in the immigration system. He spoke with Fair about his experiences with immigration laws in the U.S., the joys and challeges of his time in America, and how he handled the rampant uncertainty of the H1-B life – including the ever-important matter of getting (and getting rid of) a car.

Fighting For Fair

The Danger of Underwater Trade-Ins

Owe Money After Trading In Your Car? It's Setting a Record Number of Americans Down a Painful Path

BY Ben WoodmanFebruary 27, 2020

When you own a car, annoying financial setbacks of the “whatever” variety happen all the time. But an underwater trade-in can be more than annoying. In fact, it can set off a Mousetrap-style chain reaction as that debt is folded into the next car loan – and often the next. The end result can leave one stuck under a compounding weight of crushing financial pressure. And this very thing is happening to a record number of Americans right now.

Your Flex Life

7 Stresses That Only Parents of Teen Drivers Understand

Why Having Your Kid Behind the Wheel Can Be Truly Anxiety-Inducing

BY Katie KennedyFebruary 20, 2020

If you’re a parent with a new driver living under your roof, one thing’s for certain: You’re going to stress about it big time. You fear the logistics, the lurking danger and of course your teenager’s total lack of fear. And while experts say this is all perfectly normal, it doesn't take the sting out of the long list of pressures you'll find yourself facing as your own almost-adult hits the road.

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