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The price of the fare depends on the area travelling from .to the destination
Broadly there are two types of shuttle runs
Ad-Hoc - built as bookings are received - common with:
Areas with sporadic bookings
Private addresses
Route - scheduled runs
Some stops are made even if no booking exists
Strict schedule adherence
Bookings can auto-attach easily
There are a number of key items
States of Operation - a shuttle run will normally only travel in a single state
Hubs or Areas of operation (within states)
Destinations Serviced for each hub
Destinations Serviced
Hubs are a grouping of destinations
Areas serviced for the destinations
ie Areas that do have a travel time to the destination chosen
Services offered
Shuttle or Private Vehicle
Online customer booking portal including CC Payment
Planning Ad-Hoc Bus Runs from bookings
Driver Portal marking onboard / missed
Delegations to others (A need to Pay others)
Delegations from others (A need to Collect payment from others)
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An example booking screen
The fields can be arranged in any order or as a simpler stepped wizard easily
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The customer will then receive a booking confirmation email with the booking information and also an attached invoice PDF.
Email Template fo the booking confirmation
Usage context = Booking
System Usage = Order/Booking Payment Receipt
Recipients Role = Customer
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Ad-Hoc runs do not follow a schedule and bookings are commonly manually planned. A view of the day and bookings shows
Planned Bus runs (a combination of a driver and a vehicle with a from and to time on a date)
Bus Run Legs
Ad-Hoc runs = a group of bookings in a direction to or from a destination
Eg a group of bookings to the airport will be a leg
At the end of the leg the driver will indicate starting the next leg
The following bookings from the airport will be the next leg
Route runs = a route from start to finish
Eg a route may start at a destination (eg the airport) full of people - expecting to later end at a destination (eg the airport) full of people.
Travel around a series of stops
Drop off and pickup during the route
Allocated bookings (bookings already assigned to a Run Leg)
UnAllocated bookings (bookings that need to be assigned to a run
Here is a business flow of
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a shuttle booking
The system include full financials (GL/AP/AR etc)
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Here is pricing logic used by the shuttle system
Each customer may use a different pricing logic - below is an example
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