Whether you’re a tour guide or leader of a large group, or simply hosting a small group of friends, you may want to pay for multiple riders all at once or coordinate payment methods. You have several options:
- Option 1: Pay individually using a phone or contactless credit card. Have each rider tap their payment-enabled phone or contactless credit/debit card on the Hop reader as they board to pay the Adult fare ($2.80). Recommended if group members have a payment-enabled phone or contactless credit card and are not using reduced fares. Fast and easy – This is the way!
- Option 2: Get a reloadable plastic Hop card ($3) for each rider from the grocery store or from the Hop card machine at the MAX/WES station. Have each rider tap their card on the Hop reader as they board. Recommended if group members are unable to pay using their phone or contactless credit card, or wish to use TriMet's reduced Honored Citizen or Youth fares.
- Option 3: Add a virtual Hop card ($3) for each rider to your phone’s mobile wallet using the Hop app (iOS only). The minimum load per card is $5. As you board, tap your phone on the Hop reader once for each rider, using their respective Hop card in your mobile wallet. (You will be tapping once for each rider, but using a different Hop card each time. Hop readers don’t accept repeated taps from the same card.) Note: You'll need to change a setting on your phone to do this. Recommended if you have an iPhone, expect to travel frequently with this group and/or you want to simplify boarding for the group members by paying the group’s fare all at once.
- Option 4: Add a virtual Hop card ($3) to each rider’s mobile wallet on their phones. The minimum load is $5. Have each rider tap their phone on the Hop reader as they board. Recommended if group members have phones with mobile wallets, wish to use reduced Honored Citizen or Youth fares, and expect to ride again in the future.
- Option 5: Get a TriMet Class Pass if your group has 15 or more people (such as a school field trip). To make sure there is room on board for your group, and to receive the reduced Class Pass fare of $1 round-trip per rider, you must schedule and pre-pay at least two weeks in advance of your trip. Required for large groups and school field trips consisting of 15 or more riders.