Wissem Neifer is recruiting drivers to TRIPO, a booking platform for southern Luxembourg. He told the Luxembourg Times he had grown tired of struggling to find a taxi near his home in Belvaux, and that the services already available cluster on Luxembourg City and the airport. He found that some drivers avoid the south because they think the demand is too thin. TRIPO is not another taxi company. It connects passengers with licensed operators, both taxi firms and chauffeur-driven hire cars, known in Luxembourg as VLC. He checks a partner's papers, including the authorisation to operate, before registration. A passenger can book in the app, on the website or by WhatsApp, and a person answers and looks for a free driver. Taxi app for the south
What a driver pays
Two options are on offer. A driver can pay €200 a month and keep the fare, with no further commission. Or the driver can pay a commission on jobs that come through the platform. The commission rate was not given. Regular work may suit the flat fee. An occasional job may suit the commission. The first partners are offered three months free, and then they choose.
“The human presence is very important in this market. If he makes €1,000, it is his. If he makes €2,000, it is his.”
The flat fee is meant for drivers who think other intermediaries take too much. It does not, on its own, make the ride cheaper for the passenger. The fare still depends on the firm that runs the car.
How large the network is
On the figures he gave for early October, TRIPO had six partner taxi companies, four in the south and two in Luxembourg City, plus four independent drivers. Registered drivers came to 13. He puts the point at which the business would start to pay at 50 partner drivers or more, nearly four times that early-October number, and he hopes for full profitability within one to two years. He wants those drivers signed before he spends more on marketing. Passengers do not come back if no car is free, and drivers do not stay if the work is scarce.
On his account, the platform has been connecting customers with drivers since July 2026, with the weight of the work in the south. The idea started about three years ago, in a conversation with a friend who works in IT. Neifer has no formal IT training. He assembled a team to build the service. Before the launch he spoke to drivers who were unhappy with commissions, and with how hard it was to get help after an incident with a passenger.
Luxembourg Times places WebTaxi, Uber's June 2024 partnership with that firm, and taxi.eu alongside TRIPO, and finds that after a few months the platform has yet to show a lasting improvement in taxi service in the south.
The rule on booking apps
Luxembourg Times reports two points that spokespeople gave Virgule. From Luxembourg's transport ministry, current legislation does not require a specific approval to run a digital booking platform. The requirements sit with the operators, through a taxi operating licence and a driver card. From the French transport ministry, cross-border taxi journeys are not permitted without a bilateral agreement between France and Luxembourg. How far that reaches into the journeys TRIPO offers is still open.
Bill 8624, deposited on 30 September 2025, would require ministerial approval for a booking intermediary. The approval would last five years and could be renewed. The intermediary would have to contract only with operators who hold a valid taxi or VLC licence. An operator taking bookings only for its own licences would not count as an intermediary. The same bill abolishes the cap on taxi and VLC licences from 1 January 2030. Bill 8624
The Ministry of Mobility presented the reform on 18 September 2025. Taxi and chauffeur-hire reform
The App Store listing is in the name of Wissem Neifer. It describes licensed local drivers for Luxembourg City, Esch-sur-Alzette, Schifflange and the surrounding area, including airport transfers. TRIPO on the App Store