“Book a Food Truck”: 5 Websites to find trucks

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“Book a Food Truck”: 5 Websites That Connect Food Trailers to Customers

If the title of this blog looks familiar, it is.

Last week, we wrote about five awesome apps that help connect food trailers and trucks to customers via Twitter and live maps.

We got great feedback on the post, with some readers sharing that apps weren’t really their thing. Which is fair- apps can sometimes be a little confusing, or more time consuming for the kitchen owners out there that don’t have a whole lot of it.

And apps aren’t the only technological development that have helped connect mobile kitchens to food trucks and trailers in their area.

Pages of websites are dedicated to bringing customers to food trucks, and many of them facilitate booking trucks in communities and hiring for catering services.

So if apps really aren’t your thing, these websites should be on your radar as a food truck owner. As part of your online marketing strategy (which you can build with our business plan guide), integration into third party websites can bring you a lot of money.

These Websites Help Connect Customers to Catering Bookings

  1. Off The Grid

    2. One of the most extensively developed sites out there for food trucks, Off The Grid connects customers to food trailers in a tonne of ways.

    They facilitate private and corporate booking catering services provided by food trucks of their choice. Website visitors can browse a catalogue of over 320 vendors in their given area and choose their next catering provider. They can browse menus, photos, reviews, pricing etc. at a click of a button and make their selection. They’re the one-stop shop point of contact, making it real easy to book.

    Their initiative- “Bring The Grid To Work” – aims to help workplaces hire food trucks for employee food programs. Food trucks are flexible, mobile services that are a perfect in-office solution. As they quote:

    We’re redefining scalable culinary experiences at work through the innovative use of mobile food infrastructure.

    Learn more about becoming a creator with Off The Grid, and the application process to get in the catalogue.

  2. Food Trucks Go

    3. Food Trucks 2 Go is a simple, straightforward directory of food trucks and trailers that are available for private & corporate bookings.

    These guys have a crazy big list of vendors, and you can get quite literally any cuisuine on the planet. With 2000+ food trucks and trailers to choose from, visitors can select the perfect food truck for their event.

    With a directory that big, you could probably expect to see food trailers as cool as these beauties. We would hope so.

  3. YYC Food Trucks

    4. Calgary loves their food trucks. Canada was a little late onto the scene as far as mobile kitchens go, but the larger cities in the country are moving fast to adopt them.

    Calgary is a pretty “foodie” city, so it’s no surprise that Calgarians wanted an online connection to their food truck seen.

    YYC Food Trucks acts a useful combo of a food truck event calendar, directory and catering booking service all in one. Connecting to the city of Calgary and surrounding area, the website is somewhat of a local celebrity with partners such as Virgin Radio and East Village.

    Narrow it down to the cuisine or area of your choice, and you’ll be connected to a robust list of vendors for your choosing.

    The YYC Food Trucks branding truly has landed them a name in the mobile food industry, so hopeful entrepreneurs in Calgary- this would be well worth looking at.

  4. Street Food App

    5. No, no- it’s a website, don’t worry!

    Street Food App brings Canadian & US food trucks and trailers under one roof. With listings all across both countries, Street Food App is a platform for bookings anywhere.

    A newbie to the scene, their directory is growing everyday as they continue to add to their rotation of over 58 food trucks.

    The ease of having a website and app means management of your listing in any style.

  5. Street Food Vancouver

    6. Looking for a food truck or trailer for your next catering event in Vancouver? Street Food Vancouver is the perfect solution, as a networking directory of some of Vancouvers best food truck vendors.

    So for food truck owners wanting to take advantage of the busy, and hungry market of Vancouver, consider this site in your online marketing strategy.

    With a simple online quote available, and minimal participation required on the booking party, Street Food Vancouver couldn’t have made it any easier to book a food truck in YVR.

  6. Thumb Tack

    7. Thumb Tack is a wicked website for the mobile food industry. It caters to more than just food trucks- like private caterers or select take out providers- but users can narrow the search down to food trucks.

    Thumb Tack acts mimics the process of Booking.Com or Expedia, but incorporating a talent pool into the mix like Fiverr- giving the website visitor complete control in their booking from contact to payment.

    Unlike the other websites listed here, Thumb Tack takes a very hands off approach and acts merely as an introduction between the two parties. Think of Thumb Tack as an online, automated talent agent.