About Ryde
Made in Belize to help Belizeans earn more. Taxi drivers pay nothing: every fare and every tip is theirs.
Why Ryde exists
Belizeans deserve services that are convenient and reliable, and a way to earn that does not take a cut of every hard-working day. So a taxi driver pays Ryde nothing: no commission, no sign-up fee, no weekly fee. Every fare and every tip goes to the driver, in full.
A rider pays what the ride costs. Paid in cash, nothing is added. Paid by card, a ride carries a BZ
What it is
Taxis, anywhere in Belize. Licensed taxis booked from your phone, from one town to the next or across the country, with the fare shown before you ask for the ride. Book for yourself or for someone else, like a parent in another town. Say how many are riding and choose how you ride: Ryde, Wait & Save for less, Comfort or Lux for more, or Ryde XL for a bigger group, up to 6. Every taxi offered has a seat for everyone.
Vehicles to rent from local companies. Golf carts, cars, SUVs, vans, pickups, ATVs and motorcycles, anything a rental company lists, in any town in Belize. Many deliver to your hotel, your house or any spot you pin. Every one is priced for your dates, all in, in Belize dollars with US dollars beside it, and every company's own rules are shown before you book.
Tours with licensed local operators: on the water, on land and on guided ATV rides.
Where to find it. On ryde.bz, and in two apps for iPhone and Android: Ryde, where riders book taxis and vehicles and rental companies run their bookings, and Ryde Driver, for taxi drivers.
Ryde opens to everyone on January 1, 2027.
How Ryde pays its way
Riders who pay by card pay Ryde a BZ on a ride, or a BZ$4.00 booking fee on a taxi booked ahead; the driver keeps the whole fare. Rental companies pay Ryde 15% of each completed booking made through Ryde and keep the rest. A rental a company records itself, at its own counter, or that its own customers book through its own Ryde link, costs it nothing.
Businesses may also pay to be shown in the app. Those are always marked Sponsored.
If what Ryde charges ever changes, it will be said here first. Any charge on drivers needs 60 days' notice, and drivers may leave without penalty.
Who you are dealing with
The taxis belong to their drivers and the vehicles to local companies, not to Ryde. Each is a Belizean business responsible for its own licence and its own insurance. Every driver and company gives Ryde a photo of each paper, and a person at Ryde checks it: a driver's certificate of title (registered as a taxi), vehicle licence, PSV driver's licence and passenger insurance before going online, and a rental company's licence and each vehicle's permit and insurance before anyone can book it. A renewal counts only once Ryde has checked its photo too.
For anything about a vehicle, the driver or the company is the fastest answer. Their number is on your trip or booking.
Who is behind Ryde
Ryde is a Belizean business, registered as Ryde Tech. Its principal office is in San Pedro Town and its head office in Orange Walk Town.
Contact
Email [email protected], or WhatsApp +501 613 5737 (messages only), 8am to 8pm every day.